The CSU Task Force on the Advancement of Ethnic Studies report encouraged each campus in the California State University system to strengthen its African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Mexican American Studies, and Native American Studies programs. In August 2018 the College of Social Sciences will welcome the following new faculty in those fields:

African American Studies

Wendy Thompson Taiwo, Assistant Professor

Asian American Studies

Joanne L. Rondilla, Assistant Professor
[Assistant Professor Yvonne Y. Kwan will be in her second year after joining the Asian American Studies program in August 2017]

Mexican American Studies

Jonathan D. Gomez
Estevan C. Azcona

Professor Kwan was profiled in the Fall 2017 edition of our Together newsletter. New August 2018 faculty members will be profiled in the Fall 2018 edition of the newsletter.