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Committee for International Research

The Committee for International Research (CIR) is open to all ÌÇÐÄÉÙÅ® faculty who conduct research and scholarly and creative activities outside of the United States

Our goals:​

• Build community​
• Develop ideas to support international research needs​
• Connect faculty to campus and CSU resources & guidance â€‹
• Communicate & develop processes to further university support of international scholarly work​
• Engage in and support interdisciplinary work across campus​
• Promote & amplify faculty international research at annual symposium​

2025-2026 Meetings:

These meetings are open to ÌÇÐÄÉÙÅ® faculty who engage in international and/or global research, creative, and scholarly activities.

Remote meetings are held from 10-10:50 am on the Mondays listed below. To receive the Zoom passcode and access details, please contact Dr. Xiaoye She, CIR Faculty Fellow, at xshe@csusm.edu

Faculty Fellow:

• 2025 - 2027 Dr. Xiaoye She

  Dr. Xiaoye She - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

  Dr. She studies the political economy of development in Northeast and Southeast Asia. Dr. She has rich experience with cross-boarder and international research and has navigated many of the hurdles facing the Committee for International Research (CIR) members. Through navigating these systems, Dr. She has significant campus networks and relationships with colleagues across colleges, including experience working with groups and offices such a UGAC, OGSR, IRB, and Travel. 

• 2023-2025 Dr. Elizabeth Ridder

  

  - Associate Professor, Geography

  Founding Faculty Fellow 2023-2025

  Vegetation response to climate changes. Human landscape use. Urban wildlife.

  I am plant biogeographer and physical geographer and I am interested in human-environment relationships. I study climate and human-related changes to plant distributions, specifically the underlying factors that lead to land-use and land-cover change, and how human decision-making in response to environmental change influences agricultural practices. I use field-based methods to study vegetation and landscape-level disturbances by integrating geospatial analysis and modeling. From this perspective I examine prehistorical to modern vegetation change, model present-day species distributions, and combine projections of land-cover change and species distributions under multiple climate change scenarios.

Committee Members:

• 2025-2026

  Abigail Nappier Cherup, CoBA Marketing

  Alan Malfavon, CHABSS History

  Alheli Calderon Villarreal, CEHHS Public Health

  Andrew Spieldenner, CHABSS Communication

  Antonio De La Garza, CHABSS Communication

  Antonio Zaldivar, CHABSS History

  April Ibarra Siqueiros, Library

  Armaghan Ziaee, CHABSS Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  Asherlev Santos, CEHHS Public Health

  Cecilia Uy-Tioco, CHABSS Communication

  Ching-Ming Cheng, CHABSS School of Arts - Music

  Christiane Assefa, CHABSS Ethnic Studies

  Devan Romero, CEHHS Kinesiology

  Dino Bozonelos, CHABSS Political Science

  Elizabeth Matthews, CHABSS Political Science & Global Studies

  Elizabeth Ridder, CHABSS Liberal Studies

  Elvis Nshom, CHABSS Communication

  Eric Rhodes, CoBA Management

  Erika Diaz Almeyda, CSTEM Biology

  Fernando Amador II, CHABSS History

  Fernando Soriano, CEHHS Human Development

  France-Luce Benson, CHABSS School of Arts - Theatre

  Gloria Pindi, CHABSS Communication

  Jon Spenard, CHABSS Anthropology

  Leonardo Silva, CHABSS Modern Language Studies

  Lucy HG Solomon, CHABSS School of Arts – Art, Media, and Design

  Marion Geiger, CHABSS Modern Language Studies

  Meegan Feori-Payne, CoBA Marketing

  Meshack Simati, CHABSS Global Studies

  Michael Hughes, CHABSS Modern Language Studies

  Mikee Inton-Campbell, CHABSS Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  Paola Ometto, CoBA Management

  Ranjeeta Basu, CHABSS Economics

  Reuben Mekenye, CHABSS History

  Roni Kay O'Dell, CHABSS Political Science and Global Affairs

  Sandra Doller, CHABSS Literature and Writing Studies

  Shannon Swanson, CHABSS Environmental Studies

  Teru Toyokawa, CEHHS Human Development

  William Byun, CoBA Finance

  Xiaoye She, CHABSS Political Science

  Yu Zhang, CHABSS Child and Adolescent Development

• 2024-2025

  Abigail Nappier Cherup, Assistant Professor, CoBA Marketing

  Alan Malfavon, Assistant Professor, CHABSS History

  Alhelí Calderón-Villarreal, Assistant Professor, CEHHS Public Health

  Alyssa Sepinwall, Professor, CHABSS History

  Andrew Spieldenner, Associate Professor, CHABSS Communication

  Antonio De La Garza, Associate Professor, CHABSS Communication

  Antonio Zaldivar, Associate Professor & Department Chair, CHABSS History

  April Ibarra Siqueiros, User Experience Librarian, Library

  Armaghan Ziaee, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  AsherLev Santos, Associate Professor, CEHHS Public Health

  Cecilia Uy-Tioco, Associate Professor, CHABSS Communication

  Ching-Ming Cheng, Professor, CHABSS School of Arts - Music

  Christiane Assefa, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Ethnic Studies

  Devan Romero, Associate Professor, CEHHS Kinesiology

  Dino Bozonelos, Lecturer, CHABSS Political Science & Global Studies

  Elizabeth Matthews, Professor, CHABSS Political Science & Global Studies

  Elizabeth Ridder, Associate Professor, CHABSS Liberal Studies

  Elvis Nshom, Associate Professor, CHABSS Communication

  Eric Rhodes, Associate Professor, CoBA Management

  Erika Díaz-Almeyda, Assistant Professor, CSTEM Biology

  Fernando Amador II, Assistant Professor, CHABSS History

  Fernando Soriano, Professor, CEHHS Human Development

  France-Luce Benson, Assistant Professor, CHABSS School of Arts - Theatre

  Gloria Pindi, Associate Professor, CHABSS Communication

  Jon Spenard, Associate Professor, CHABSS Anthropology

  Leonardo Silva, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Modern Language Studies

  Lucy HG Solomon, Associate Professor, CHABSS School of Arts – Art, Media, and Design

  Marion Geiger, Professor, CHABSS Modern Language Studies

  Meegan Feori-Payne, Assistant Professor, CoBA Marketing

  Meshack Simati, Associate Professor, CHABSS Global Studies

  Michael Hughes, Associate Professor, CHABSS Modern Language Studies

  Mikee Inton-Campbell, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  Paola Ometto, Assistant Professor, CoBA Management

  Ranjeeta Basu, Professor, CHABSS Economics

  Reuben Mekenye, Associate Professor, CHABSS History

  Sandra Doller, Professor, CHABSS Literature and Writing Studies

  Shannon Swanson, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Environmental Studies

  Teru Toyokawa, Associate Professor, CEHHS Human Development

  William Byun, Lecturer, CoBA Finance

  Xiaoye She, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Political Science

  Yu Zhang, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Child and Adolescent Development

• 2023-2024

  Alyssa Sepinwall, Professor, CHABSS History

  Andrew Spieldenner, Associate Professor, CHABSS Communication

  Antonio De La Garza, Associate Professor, CHABSS Communication

  Antonio Zaldivar, Associate Professor & Department Chair, CHABSS History

  Armaghan Ziaee, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  AsherLev Santos, Associate Professor, CEHHS Public Health

  Cecilia Uy-Tioco, Associate Professor, CHABSS Communication

  Ching-Ming Cheng, Professor, CHABSS School of Arts - Music

  Dino Bozonelos, Lecturer, CHABSS Political Science & Global Studies

  Elizabeth Matthews, Professor, CHABSS Political Science & Global Studies

  Elizabeth Ridder, Associate Professor, CHABSS Liberal Studies

  Elvis Nshom, Associate Professor, CHABSS Communication

  France-Luce Benson, Assistant Professor, CHABSS School of Arts - Theatre

  Gloria Pindi, Associate Professor, CHABSS Communication

  Jon Spenard, Associate Professor, CHABSS Anthropology

  Lucy HG Solomon, Associate Professor, CHABSS School of Arts – Art, Media, and Design

  Marion Geiger, Professor, CHABSS Modern Language Studies

  Meegan Feori-Payne, Assistant Professor, CoBA Marketing

  Meshack Simati, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Global Studies

  Michael Hughes, Associate Professor, CHABSS Modern Language Studies

  Mikee Inton-Campbell, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  Paola Ometto, Assistant Professor, CoBA Management

  Ranjeeta Basu, Professor, CHABSS Economics

  Reuben Mekenye, Associate Professor, CHABSS History

  Robert Gutierrez, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Communication

  Sandra Doller, Associate Professor, CHABSS Literature and Writing Studies

  Shannon Swanson, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Environmental Studies

  Teru Toyokawa, Associate Professor, CEHHS Human Development

  William Byun, Lecturer, CoBA Finance

  Xiaoye She, Assistant Professor, CHABSS Political Science

ÌÇÐÄÉÙÅ® International Research Collaborations:

If you want to add a new collaboration to the map or update an existing one, please contact Mar Roig Ripoll (mroigripoll@csusm.edu), Grants and Contracts Specialist at OGSR.