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

Popular 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

Carmen Fought, PhD

Expertise:
Bilingualism, Bilingual education, Chicano language, Dialects, Ebonics, English in Los Angeles, ESL, Intercultural communication, Latino language, Language change, Language and ethnicity, Language and gender, Language policy, Language prejudice, Learning language, Linguistics, Official language, Phonology, Slang, Sociolinguistics, Spanish in Los Angeles, Language classes, Valley girls.

Claudia Strauss, PhD

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