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

World Politics:

José Z. Calderón

José Calderón, PhD

Expertise:
Chicano and Latino communities; Civil rights; Critical ethnography and participant observation; Experimental and service learning; Immigration; Healthcare policies; Language rights; Labor relations; Multi-ethnic coalitions; Race and ethnic relations; Urban community development; Urban and political sociology; US/Mexico relations.

Adrian Pantoja, PhD

Adrian Pantoja, PhD

Expertise:
American politics; California government and policy; Gangs; Immigration; Health care reform; Latino political behavior; Public opinion; Race relations; Racial and ethnic politics; Urban unrest.

Lako Tongun, PhD

Expertise:
African and Third-World Politics; Civil wars in Africa; Darfur; Developmental economics (Third World); Global economic development in third world countries; Global genocide; Globalization; Islamic religion; Israeli policy/conflicts; Middle East politics; Political Economy; Sudan; War in the Middle East.