New Faculty
The College of Social Sciences welcomes six new faculty members, Dallas Augustine, Gabriela Gonzalez, Justin Strong, Désia Bacon, Susana Gallardo, and Kerri J. Malloy.
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Dallas AugstineAssistant Professor, Justice Studies Dr. Augustine conducts research on punishment, law, and inequality, with substantive emphases on prisons, prisoner reentry, and employment. She is especially interested in working with and for groups at heightened risk of incarceration, such as those with intersecting vulnerabilities including people who use drugs, have serious mental illness, and/or experience homelessness. Continue reading |
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Gabriela GonzalezAssistant Professor, Justice Studies Gabriela Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor of Justice Studies at SJSU. Dr. Gonzalez received her PhD in Criminology, Law & Society from the University of California, Irvine. Her research is focused on the nature and impact of punishment and inequality in the United States. Continue reading |
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Justin StrongAssistant Professor, Justice Studies Justin Strong is an assistant professor in the Department of Justice Studies at San José State University. Dr. Strong earned a Ph.D. in Criminology, Law & Society with doctoral emphases in Critical Theory and Race and Justice Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Continue reading |
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Désia BaconAssistant Professor, Pscyhology Désia Bacon earned her MS and PhD in (Developmental) Psychology at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, a Wisconsin Distinguished
Graduate Fellow, and a Morse Scholar. Continue reading
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Susana GallardoAssistant Professor, Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Dr. Susana L. Gallardo is Assistant Professor of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
(WGSS). She earned her doctorate in Religious Studies from Stanford and a Masters
of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. Continue reading
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Kerri J. MalloyAssistant Professor, Native American & Indigenous Studies Kerri J. Malloy is an Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies.
His research focuses on the genocide of Indigenous peoples and the ongoing healing
and reconciliation in North America. Continue reading
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