CALIFORNIA STUDIES

Harold Adler
Oakland
Harold Adler is an independent filmmaker, curator and photographer who has made films on such subjects as the 30th anniversary of the Berkeley free speech movement and the 30th anniversary celebration of the 1969 Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island. Find out more·

James Jerome Barilla
English
University of California, Davis
James Barilla is a scholar of environmental studies and literature and has lectured on women's roles in traditional farming and place identification based on interviews with a Hispanic farmer and a Pomo Indian woman. Find out more·

Malcolm E. Barker
San Francisco
Malcolm Barker is an independent scholar of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Find out more·

Tad A. Beckman
Humanities & Social Sciences
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont
Tad Beckman is a scholar of the history of philosophy, environmental philosophy, and ethical issues in science and engineering. Find out more·

Lucy Bernholz
Blueprint R&D
San Francisco
Lucy Bernholz is president of a private grantmaking consulting firm and is knowledgeable about philanthropic history and policy. Find out more·

Michael Black
San Francisco
Michael Black is a scholar of environmental history and policy and is co-editor of Greening Environmental Policy: The Politics of a Sustainable Future. Find out more·

Gray Brechin
Geography
University of California, Berkeley
Gray Brechin is a scholar of cultural geography and history and is the co-author of Farewell, Promised Land and author of Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. Find out more·

Soo-Young Chin
Anthropology
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Soo-Young Chin is a scholar of Asian American studies and oral history and curated the ReViewing Our Past: Finding Family Stories exhibit at the Korean American Museum. Find out more·

Lauren Helene Coodley
History
Napa Valley College
Lauren Coodley is a professor of California history, the history of American women, American history, and children's literature, and has given numerous lectures on the early 20th century activist Upton Sinclair. Find out more·

Lee Davis
Anthropology
San Francisco State University
Lee Davis, who is director of the California Studies Department at San Francisco State University, is a scholar of native North Americans, California ethnography and ethnology. Find out more·

Lawrence B. de Graaf
History
California State University, Fullerton
Lawrence de Graaf is a scholar of African American history and ethnic studies and is the author of Seeking El Dorado: African American Experiences in California. Find out more·

Kendra Dillard
History
Oakland Museum of California
Kendra Dillard is an expert in historic preservation and site restoration. Find out more·

Charles B. Faulhaber
Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Charles Faulhaber is a scholar of language and history, specializing in medieval Spanish literature and rhetoric and is the author of Latin Rhetorical Theory in Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century Castile. Find out more·

Philip L. Fradkin
Pt. Reyes
Philip Fradkin is an independent scholar of California history and cultural geography and is the author of The Seven States of California: A Natural and Human History. Find out more·

Lisbeth Haas
History
University of California, Santa Cruz
Lisbeth Haas is a scholar of California history and is the author of Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769-1936. Find out more·

Anthea Marie Hartig
History
University of California, Riverside
Anthea Hartig is a scholar of California studies and architectural history, specializing in the historic build environment, and has given numerous lectures on the citrus culture of Southern California. Find out more·

Gerald W. Haslam
Rohnert Park
Gerald Haslam is a writer and retired professor of English at Sonoma State University. He is the author of The Other California: The Great Central Valley in Life and Letters and Workin' Man Blues: Country Music in California. Find out more·

Kevin Hearle
San Mateo
Kevin Hearle is a scholar of literature and California studies and has written articles and given lectures on John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Find out more·

Timothy A. Hodson
Center for California Studies
California State University, Sacramento
Timothy Hodson is a scholar of California history and political science. Find out more·

William Henry Issel
History
San Francisco State University
William Issel is a scholar of California political culture and local history and is co-author of San Francisco, Politics, Power and Urban Development. Find out more·

Andres Eugenio Jimenez
California Policy Research Center
University of California, Office of the President
Berkeley
Andres Jimenez is a scholar of race and ethnic relations, immigration policy, and US-Latin American relations and has lectured on Mexican political identities and influence in California. Find out more·

David Morris Kipen
San Francisco Chronicle
David Kipen is the book editor for the San Francisco Chronicle and a steering committee member of the California Studies Association. Find out more·

Michael Kowalewski
English Department, Carleton College
Minnesota
Michael Kowalewski is a scholar of California literature and the American West and is the editor of the anthology Gold Rush: A Literary Exploration. Find out more·

Joann Levy
Sutter Creek
Joann Levy is a scholar of the California Gold Rush and is the author of They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush. Find out more·

Susan Lobo
Intertribal Friendship House
American Indian Center
Susan Lobo is a scholar of Native American cultures and urban studies and is the author of Pride of Place: Bay Area Urban Indian Communities. Find out more·

Jacquelyn Marie
McHenry Library
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jacquelyn Marie is a scholar of women's studies and multimedia technology and is working on a women's health exhibit for the University of California, Santa Cruz. Find out more·

Glenna Matthews
Institute of Urban and Regional Development
University of California, Berkeley
Glenna Matthews is a scholar of California studies and history and is currently writing "Silicon Valley Women and the California Dream: Class, Community and Opportunity in 20th Century San Jose." Find out more·

Martin D. Meeker
History
San Francisco State University
Martin Meeker is a scholar of gay, lesbian, and bisexual studies and has given numerous lectures on homosexuality and its place in American culture. Find out more·

Rick Moss
History
California African American Museum
Rick Moss is a scholar of African American Studies and is currently working on three exhibits that will open before 2003. Find out more·

Alexandra Nickliss
Social Science
City College of California
Alexandra Nickliss is a scholar of women's studies and has given numerous lectures on female philanthropy. Find out more·

Doyce B. Nunis, Jr.
History
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Doyce Nunis is a scholar of California history, particularly the Gold Rush era, and is the editor of El Presidio de San Francisco: A History Under Spain and Mexico. Find out more·

John William Ott
Art History
University of California, Los Angeles
John Ott is a scholar of art history and Victorian California and is the author of "Art of the Gold Rush," an article in the Pacific Historical Review. Find out more·

Stephen Joseph Pitti
History and American Studies
Yale University
Connecticut
Stephen Pitti is a scholar of California history, specializing in Chicano history and farmworker labor. Find out more·

Dr. Florence Shipek
Riverside
Florence Shipek is a scholar of early California history and is a retired history professor from the University of California, Riverside. Find out more·

Denise S. Spooner
History
California State University, Northridge
Denise Spooner is a scholar of California history, specializing in Southern California, and is the author of "'Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars': Migration, Politics, and the Growth of Suburban Southern California in the Post-War Years," an article in 20th Century Los Angeles: Power, Promotion and Social Conflict. Find out more·

Tim Stroshane
Housing Department
City of Berkeley
Tim Stroshane is a planner on housing and homeless policy issues and an environmental writer focusing on water and food politics. Find out more·

Susan O'Neal Stryker
Gay and Lesbian Historical Society
San Francisco
Susan Stryker is a scholar of history and community identity and co-authored Gay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area. Find out more·

Jules Tygiel
History
San Francisco State University
Jules Tygiel is a scholar of California history and has published articles and books related to Los Angeles history and the history of baseball. Find out more·

Arthur C. Verge
History
El Camino College, Torrance
Arthur Verge is a scholar of California history and is the author of Paradise Transformed: Los Angeles During the Second World War. Find out more·

Richard A. Walker
Geography
University of California, Berkeley
Richard Walker is a scholar of economic geography and urban studies, specializing in California and the Bay Area, and is the co-author of The Capitalist Imperative: Territory, Technology and Industrial Growth. Find out more·

Michael Edward Welsh
History
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley
Michael Welsh is a scholar of the history of the Southwest region and is the author of A History of the San Francisco District, US Army Corps of Engineers, 1980-2000. Find out more·

James C. Williams
History
De Anza College, Cupertino
James Williams is a scholar of California history, including the history of agriculture, energy, and technology. Find out more·

Charles Wollenberg
History
Vista College, Berkeley
Charles Wollenberg is a scholar of California history and is the author of Berkeley: A City in History. Find out more·

William Wong
Piedmont
William Wong is a scholar of Asian American studies and political science and is currently working on a book of essays on the Asian American experience. Find out more·