Department of Sociology
Message from Chair
On behalf of all the Sociology faculty and staff, we offer our heartfelt congratulations to all the B.A. and M.A. graduates. We know you have worked hard and we hope you appreciate that you succeeded despite incredible challenges! We are confident that you will take your sociological imaginations with you on your journey forward to make sense of our transformed and shifting reality. To all the family members and friends who supported the graduates through this journey, we acknowledge all the sacrifices you have made to get to this moment. Congratulations Sociology Class of 2022! We celebrate the positive force for good in this world that we know you will be.
Dr. Berna Torr
Student Speaker
Sophia Estrella Briseno (she/her)
Sophia Estrella Briseno is a first-generation sociology college graduate graduating with cum laude honors. She has been at CSUF for four years and lived on campus her first year. She held the position of inter-club Council representative for AKD Sociology Club for 2022 and is starting her Master's in Social Work at CSUF this coming fall. She is looking forward to helping underrepresented communities through her future profession.
Department Awards/Honors
Undergraduate Student Awards
Distinguished Undergraduate Research Award
Allison Brown
Outstanding Community Leader Award
Sophia Briseno
Outstanding Junior Scholar Award
Elise Cunanan
Outstanding Undergraduate Award
Kiri Oshiro
Academic Achievement and Persistence Award
Giselle Bishop
Graduate Student Awards
Distinguished Graduate Research Award
Bailee Blankemeier
Outstanding Graduate Award
Aspen Dyer
Outstanding Graduate Community Leader Award
Stephen Windes
Faculty
Anthony Alvarez – Associate Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
Mariam Ashtiani – Assistant Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
Christina Chin – Associate Professor/Graduate Advisor
Dana Collins – Professor
Ed Collom – Professor
Taylor Cruz - Assistant Professor
Jorge Fontdevila – Professor
Christopher Gibson – Assistant Professor
Sharon Kim – Professor
Patricia Literte Associate Professor
Edwin Lopez – Associate Professor
Maria Malagon – Associate Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
Michael Perez – Professor/Faculty Athletics Representative
Carter Rakovski – Professor
Devon Thacker Thomas – Associate Professor/Vice Chair
Berna Torr – Professor/Department Chair
LaTosha Traylor – Assistant Professor
Eileen Walsh - Professor
Sociology M.A.
Shelby Abrahamian
Alondra Alexander-Hughes
Erik Arroyo
Bailee Blankemeier
Odalys Bravo
Christopher Crawford
Elise Dang
Christian De Los Santos
Aspen Dyer
Christopher Fuentes
Michelle Garcia
Steven Gastelum
William Green
Carlos Jimenez
Peter Kao
I-Jung Lin
Ashley Lowery
Inyssa Perez
Brianna Tate
Maria Telahun
Stephen Windes
Sociology, Sociology of Deviance and Crime B.A.
Ian Baker
Alondra Chavez
Stephanie Garcia Sanchez
Keri Gaydos
Kylee Gomez
Cozette Kim
Kelly Laurean
Andrew Lien
Diego Lomeli Martin
Denise Medina
Gabriel Ponce
Sachini Rajapaksa
Daisy Rosillo
Sociology, Health and Social Welfare Concentration B.A.
Brittney Alicea
Miguel Arredondo
Michael Banuelos
Allison Bebout
Saul Bernardino Perez
Ayden Bevan-Hiveley
Shelby Carrel
Arianna Chavez
Alexia Esparza
Claudia Galvan
Genesis Garcia
Maddisen Harmon
Andres Hernandez
Evangeline Laino
Shannon Lance
Sophia Lester
Steven Macias
Jamie Lee Maglalang
Olga Martinez
Brenda Mejia
Jessica Molina
Kenia Olvera
Gaby Pantaleon
Kimberlee Pham
Yohanna Ramos
Shaunte Rice
Aylene Rivas
Odalis Rodriguez-Alcina
Michael Ruiz
Andrea Valdivia
Michelle Vang
Michelle Zaragoza
Sociology, Social Inequalities Concentration B.A.
Sarah Anderson
Suraj Chand
Rosa Estrada
Luis Gutierrez
Serena Jordan
Elizabeth Liem
Melissa Mijares
Desiree Mijares
Gabriel Ponce
Maria Roque
Henry Sampson Paiz
Anna Tran
Hien Tran
Jazmine Troncoso
Nicole Van Bouchaute
Jon Wyatt
Sociology B.A.
Valerie Abarca
Leilani Rhea Abdon
Mariya Abdulmajeed
Whitney Abmalik
Krystalina Acevedo
Kasey Ackerman
Chrystal Aguilar
Karinna Aguilar
Yanet Agustin
Jocelyn Aldape
Michael Alfante
Eman Alquraini
Joana Amezcua
Jasmine Arellano
Maegan Aronson
Janet Arrue
Sydney Ashner
Roberto Baez
Slater Baloff
Crystal Banuelos
Rebeca Barcelo
Maritza Barrios
Sylvia Basurto
Ronique Bean
Katherine Becerra
Brandon Bemis
Michelle Bemmer
Edith Bernardino Vasquez
Andrae Bibbs
Amanda Biggerstaff
Brenna Boeke
Kaitlynn Borjas
Sophia Briseno
Allison Brown
Sarah Brubaker
Consuelo Bruno
Zachary Buchanan
Cindy Cabral
Armando Caldera
Marco Canchola
Axel Cano
Alana Cantu
Hugo Casarrubias
Andrew Castaneda
Raquel Castillo
Esther Castro
Ashley Cazarez
Nora Ceballos Hernandez
Cassandra Cerda
Ashley Cervantes
Danielle Cervantes
Hee Seung Cha
Haley Chiapuzio
Felicia Contreras
Grace Cordero
Kimberly Corona
Vincent Cortes
Dania Cortez
Tillie Cortez
Travis Cox
Emely Cruz
Elise Cunanan
Catalina Curren
Amy Dalgoff
Teona Darjania
Jessica Dassa
Marisa Dauber
Cecilia de la Lastra
Luis De La Riva
Ivan De La Torre
Lisette Del Real
Sabreen Diab
Desiree Diaz
Nhu Dinh
Karla Dominguez
Destiny Duarte
Tuyet Duong
Jennifer Duque
Brooke Earkman
Angie Echeverria
Cindy Elefane
Joanna Enriquez-Juarez
Sarah Ensinger
Lucina Epstein
Katelin Erwin
Gloribella Esquibel
Aref Farahi
Danielle Fasana
Dayanara Favela
Celeste Fekay
Roxanne Fino
Tony Flores
Justin Flores
Courtney Flowers
Huntyr Ford
Justin Fujii
Adaly Gamboa
Alexis Garcia
Stephany Garcia
PATRICIA GARCIA
Arizbeth Garcia
Dulce Garcia
Jaleene Garcia
Bryan Garcia
Karla Garcia Garcia
Lorei Genilo
Stephanie Gomes
Samuel Gomez
Mario Gomez
Emmanuel Gomez-Bojorquez
Evelyn Gonzalez
Mariela Gonzalez
Ursula Gonzalez
Gisselle Gonzalez
Nancy Gonzalez
Terry Goodman
Zachary Gowlett
Shealynn Graves
Connor Grevin
Lee Groover
Jada Gutierrez
Nelitza Gutierrez
Emily Gutierrez
Jazmine Guzman
Leslie Guzman-Ramirez
Ryan Hall
Saraa Hassan
Monica Hernandez
Brenda Hernandez
Roxana Herrera
Ernesta Herrera
Amanda Hilton-Chamberlain
Nicole Hindin
Brendan Hoolihan
Luisa Huitron
Dominic Huizar
Won Ji
Nena Jimenez
Jacqueline Jimenez Bruno
Brittany Johnson
Trevor Johnston
Briana Juarez
Clifford Kampa
Harutyun Kejejyan
Allan Kennedy
Ian Kent
Danielle Khandehroo
Sunah Kim
Laura Kramm
Michael Kruger
Oriana Lainez
Andreas Lamboy
Mike Lee
Vincent Lee
Sarai Leos
Chad Lessman
Marlene Leyva
Joshua Lliteras
Amanda Lo
Lilia Loera
Kennedi Lopes
Demitri Lopez
Karina Lopez
Fidel Lopez
Norelly Macias
Johnette Marmo
Todd Martinez
Oscar Martinez
YVETTE MARTINEZ
Jasmine Martinez
Morgan McCauley
Davina McKnight
Kelli Meadows
Zai Medina
Daisy Medina
Rafaela Mejia
Cindy Mel
Jaqueline Mena Garcia
Monique Menchaca
Karen Mendez
Carolina Meza
Zabdy Meza Moreno
Caleb Miller
Serina Misiaita
Michelle Monette
Steven Montejano
Sierra Montenegro
Javier Montes
Terri Moore
Ana Morales
Denise Moran
Tania Morones
Brianna Morris
Fariha Mostafa
Ashley Mucino
Allison Munoz
Jennifer Munoz
Emily Murillo
Lorena Murillo
Alicia Murray
Emily Nava
Yesenia Nava
Esther Navarro
Justin Nghiem
Genevieve Nguyen
Geneva Nguyen
Michelle Nham
Stephanie Nichols
Logan Nielsen
Samuel Noija
Sandra Nunez
Mayra Ochoa
Jennifer Ock
Eduardo Ornelas
Gabrielle Orozco
Oscar Ortiz-Lopez
Kristy Owens
Monica Pacheco
Elden Pamplona
Karla Paniagua
Anthony Pantoja
Luis Payes
Miranda Perez
Joseph Perez
Sandra Perez
Elizabeth Perez
Alissa Perez
Tiffany Phan
Jovany Pichardo
Briana Poma
Jesus Quevedo
Daniel Quintero
Mark Taylor Raquipiso
Alondra Rayo
Troy Recktenwald
Quinn Reid
Crystal Rendon
Stephanie Reyes
Leticia Reyes
Erika Reyes
George Rico
Alejandra Rios
Adriana Robles
Erick Robles Martinez
Crystal Rodriguez
Vanessa Rodriguez
Vanesa Rodriguez
Angel Rodriguez
Janet Roman
Martha Romero
Sarah Rossetter
Camry Rothenberger
Paola Ruiz
Carmen Ruiz
Daniela Ruiz Vazquez
Lina Sabri
Felicia Salas
Jose Salazar-Parker
Arely Samano
Madison Sams
Guadalupe Sanchez
Starlina Sanchez
Miguel Sanchez
Guadalupe Sanchez
Adriana Sanchez
Elena Sanchez
Joshua Schlachter
Lillian Schweighofer
Sarah Segal
Jessica Serrano
Brian Shenas
Emily Sherlock
Maricruz Sida
Antonio Tejeda
Orlando Tilford
Angel Torres
Rolando Torres
Gwyneth Truman
Tina Truong
Diaana Truong
Valarie Tumamait
Mey Lee Ung
Alyssa Valdez
Maria Valentin
Patricia Valenzuela
Esmeralda Valenzuela
Serena Valle
Leslie Valle
Susanna Vallejo
Gabriela Vargas
Linette Vartanian
Rachael Vaughan
Darlisa Vazquez
Evelyn Velasco Luna
Wendy Velazquez
Cynthia Veliz
Omar Veloz
Brenda Venegas
Charles Vuong
Chuan Wang
Madison Wolff
Maria Xhurape
Jon Yates
Aida Yeh
Maritza Zavala
Loreto Zermeno
Lixia Zhang
Sociology Minor
Jessica Acuna
Bella Ahumada Olivares
Adriana Alvarado
Tania Alvarez-Solis
David Anastasia
Vanessa Andrade-Vivero
Daniel Arellano
Ava Bergman
Ashley Bevan
Dustin Borough
Haley Brown
AnaGoretti Castro
Alma Contreras
Tyler Costa
Jared Cuica
Andrew Delgado Alonso
Anthony Deloya
Melissa Flores
Martin Flores
Katrina Marie Francisco
Alejandra Frutos
Michael Galeas
Maggie Gip
Melissa Guerrero
Lydia Hong
Seif Jarrah
Delilah Juarez
Samuel Lee
Jacklyn Martinez
Zulma Mazariegos Amaya
Timia McDaniel
Alissa Medina
Denise Mendez
Ryan Miller-Meier
Abigail Murillo
Adam Murray
Alexandria Nguyen
Hope Nguyen
Cynthia Nguyen
Maliya Nicanor
Nancy Orozco
Andrea Quiroz
Courtney Ricotta
Bella Rodriguez
Alexys Roldan
Beqsaida Saavedra
Isaura Sanchez
Camille Sanchez
Kaybee Sanchez
Kiana Seow
Jacob Stephan
Stephanie Suarez Solano
Megan Tsu
Alessandra Vazquez
Cristina Yates
Michelle Yu
Natalia Zizumbo
