Dr. Arya Alami
Assistant Professor
Department: Kinesiology
Research Interests: My research interests center around the learning process, specifically how humans optimize motor skill acquisition. The majority of the research I conduct or am involved in focuses on learner motivation, learner autonomy in the learning environment, and attentional focus strategies. I also enjoy collaborating with both students and faculty on their research.
Dr. Kelly Cotter
Associate Professor
Department: Psychology
Research Interests: I am a Health Psychologist interested in physical activity and its influence on health and wellness. I teach research methods, statistics, developmental psychology, and health psychology. I live in Turlock with my husband and two small children, and I enjoy outdoor activities, cooking, eating, yoga, reading, and family dance parties.
Dr. Garrick Garcia
Lecturer
Department: Psychology
Research Interests: Attraction & Relationships, Prejudice, and Humor
Dr. Wura Jacobs
Assistant Professor
Department: Kinesiology
Research Interests: I am a public health researcher. My research examines disparities in biopsychosocial determinants of health risk behaviors, particularly alcohol, tobacco, and drug use behaviors, among adolescents and young adults. More recently, my work has examined the impact of single-and poly-use of e-cigarette and marijuana on development and other health risk behaviors among adolescents and young adults (AYAs), particularly among minority AYAs.
Dr. Meggan Jordan
Dr. Dae Hee Kim
Assistant Professor
Department: Computer Science
Research Interests: Dr. Kim's research interests include Big data analysis and processing, Computer networking and Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, and the Internet of Things (including smart city and smart farm). The projects under Dr. Kim involve extensive design, deployment, and development of practical solutions for the topics. One of the ongoing projects is medical Big data analysis to find a correlation between disease (8,000) and genome data (of 22 chromosomes) of 20,000 patients. The other ongoing project is Big data transfer to send large amounts of data (e.g. video streaming) through the high-speed network (10 Gbps).
Dr. Xuejun Liang
Assistant Professor
Department: Anthropology
Research Interests: I am a critical medical anthropologist with research interests focused broadly on health disparities, migration, community health workers, and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). My research has examined the impact of community health workers, their integration within the broader professional workforce, and how their advocacy serves as a form of caregiving. I’ve also conducted research looking at the impact of faith-based activism and immigration reform and the usage of CAM in the Tampa Bay region. My future research will examine the impact of promotors de Salud in the California-Mexico borderlands and the use of CAM in the Central Valley.
Dr. Victor Luevano
Professor
Department: Psychology
Research Interests: I’m generally interested in evolutionary psychology. I am particularly interested in topics at the intersection of biopsychology and social psychology. For example, I recently received a grant along with Dr. Bissonnette in Biology to study how the serotonin system and early experiences with parents combine to predict one’s approach to romantic relationships. Most of my research these days is driven by students and their interests.
Dr. Sari Miller-Antonio
Professor
Department: Anthropology
Dr. Brian Morsony
Assistant Professor
Department: Psychology
Research interests: Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics
Dr. Grace Paradis
Assistant Professor
Department: Child Development
Research Interests: Parent-child relationships, attachment relationships throughout the lifespan, language development (including Deafness) and use in the context of parent-child interactions, influences of media on children, and how current technological trends affect various aspects of development.
Dr. Koni Stone
Professor
Department: Chemistry
Research Interests: Biochemistry, DNA Damage & Repair
Dr. Jennifer Strangfeld
Associate Professor
Department: Sociology
Research Interests: Race/Class/Gender/Sexual Inequalities, Environmental Sociology, Political Sociology, Political Economy, Macro Sociology
Dr. James Youngblom
Professor
Department: Biological Sciences
Research Interests: The gene editing tool, CRISPR, is now well established as the best method for inducing site-specific mutations in higher plants and higher animals. Not so well publicized is the ability of CRISPR to efficiently induce mutations in the chromosomes of microorganisms. Building off of this information, our lab investigates the use of the gene editing tool, CRISPR, in conjunction with recombineering to form custom-made mutations in E. coli plasmids. We have established that it is possible to generate custom-made mutations in plasmids using CRISPR but the constraints on this technique need to be clearly defined. Understanding the limits of CRSIPR technology for mutating common plasmids is the goal of our laboratory.
Updated: November 01, 2023