Expert Directory

Pitzer College faculty experts are ready to assist the members of the media on a variety of topics. If you do not find the topic you’re looking for, contact Anna Chang at 909.607.0491 or anna_chang@pitzer.edu

Asian Culture:

Dipa Basu, PhD

Expertise:
African and Asian diasporic issues, Consumption, Economics and changing consumption patterns, Ethnicity, gender, race in popular culture, film and media representation, Globalization, Hip hop, Service learning and study abroad, Urban polices

Azamat Junisbai, PhD

Expertise:
Political developments, social and economic inequality in Central Asia, Societ Union and Post-communist societies

Joe Parker, PhD

Expertise:
Asian-American culture and diaspora studies, Critical pedagogy, East Asian aesthetic theory, East Asian religion, Epistemology and critiques of Euro-American science, International feminist and gender studies, Neocolonialism and postcolonial studies, Orientalism and representations of Asia and Asian-America, Social role of intellectuals and the academy, Transnational cultural studies, Zen Buddhism.

Sharon Snowiss, PhD

Expertise:
Alternative medicine, Comparative political theory, Contemporary feminist theory, French feminist theory, Integrative medicine, Political philosophy, Traditional Chinese medicine, Qi Gong.

Kathy Yep, PhD

Expertise:
Sociology, Asian American Studies, Immigration, Asian communities; sports, Asians in sports, culture wars and racial tension, generational difference in culture practices, Asian history, community changes, ethnic studies, social movement, gender studies, non-violence social change