Christine Ma-Kellams

Christine Ma-Kellams

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology.

Christine Ma-Kellams is an associate professor of the Department of Psychology. Her research draws on social and cultural psychology to explore how thoughts, emotions, and close relationships interact as a function of a person’s ethnicity, gender or social group memberships. She holds a doctoral degree in social psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and completed her postdoctoral training in both the psychology department and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Phone: 408-924-5642
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Diversity, Culture, Discrimination, Mental Health, Relationships

Gordon Douglas

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Director, Institute for Metropolitan Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning (Photo by: David Schmitz/San José State University)

Gordon Douglas is the director of the Institute for Metropolitan Studies and an associate professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. His work focuses on social inequality in planning and development, neighborhood identity and gentrification, and peoples’ relationships to their physical surroundings from streetscape design to disaster response. He is currently working on local improvement efforts in San José and Oakland, including affordable housing production, safe streets, and the rights of our unhoused community members. Prior to joining SJSU, Gordon helped lead the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University and worked on the U.S. exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale. He holds master’s degrees in media and communication from the University of Southern California and the London School of Economics; and a doctoral degree in sociology from the University of Chicago.

Phone: 408-924-5852
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City Design, Design, Diversity, Disaster Preparedness, Politics, Gentrification, Social Inequality, Urban Communities, Urban Design

Meghna Virick

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Professor and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, Management. (Photo by: David Schmitz/San José State University)

Meghna Virick is a professor of business specializing in human resource management and associate dean of undergraduate programs. Her research focuses on unemployment/underemployment and gender and race-related issues in HR practices, such as talent and succession planning. Her focus on diversity emphasizes issues that affect women and older workers. Virick worked in HR at multiple organizations for six years before returning to academia. She holds a doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Arlington in HR management/organizational behavior.

Phone: 408-924-3575
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Business, COB, Discrimination, Diversity, Human Resources, Jobs, Management, Working Women

Stan Malos, J.D.

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Professor, Management, Lucas College and Graduate School of Business. (Photo by: David Schmitz/San José State University)

Stan Malos is a professor of management, specializing in human resource management at the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business. His teaching and research include employment discrimination, professional career mobility and related legal issues. He holds a law degree from UCLA and a doctoral degree from Purdue University.

Phone: 408-924-1342
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Business, COB, Discrimination, Diversity, Human Resources, Management, Technology

William T. Armaline

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Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, College of Social Sciences. (Photo by: David Schmitz/San José State University)

William Armaline is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the College of Social Sciences and founder of the Human Rights Minor Program and Director of the Human Rights Institute. His formal training and professional experience span sociology, education, and human rights. Dr. Armaline’s interests, work, and scholarly publications address social problems as they relate to political economy, environmental sustainability, human rights, racism and anti-racist action, critical pedagogy and transformative education, inequality and youth, mass incarceration and drug policy reform. Please follow him and all things Human Rights at SJSU on the HRI website (www.sjsu.edu/hri) and on Twitter (@SJSUHumanRights).

Phone: 408-924-2935
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Black Lives Matter, Social Sciences, Discrimination, Diversity, Governance, Human Rights, Jails, Justice, Police