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

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 policies

Claudia Strauss

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.