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NEW FACULTY

Michelle Hampton Chiao-Ju Fang
Associate Professor Assistant Professor

The Valley Foundation Department of
School of Nursing Occupational Therapy
Yoshitaka Iwasaki Shaun Fletcher Research Interests: Research Interests:
Department Chair Assistant Professor Trauma, racial/ethnic disparities in mental Outcomes measurement for cross-cultural
health care, and issues pertaining to doctoral research, advanced technologies using robots
Department of School of Journalism and education in nursing such as scholarly and smart homes, the use of computer-based
Health Science and Recreation Mass Communications writing. interventions such as virtual reality, and
Research Interests: Research Interests: leadership, marketing, and management in
Community-engaged research and education, Diversity problems within the tech industry, occupational therapy.
knowledge mobilization, and capacity- health communication among underserved/ Dorothy Moore
building through addressing social justice underrepresented communities, political Assistant Professor
issues which include poverty, empowerment discourse and rhetoric of social protest.
and mental health.
The Valley Foundation
School of Nursing
Research Interests:
Vicky Gomez Nisha Garud Opioid addiction: nurse practitioners usiing
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor suboxone to treat patients with opioid
use disorder; stigma around addiction and
Department of School of Journalism and medically assisted treatment.
Health Science and Recreation Mass Communications
Research Interests: Research Interests:
Community-developed digital storytelling Interaction between digital content and April Wood
intervention for increasing colorectal cancer new media technologies, communication Assistant Professor
screening intention among Latinos. mediated via social media and its influence
on political and social factors and The Valley Foundation
relationships between different entities such School of Nursing
Deborah Hicks as global events that are still evolving and are Research Interests:
Assistant Professor likely to influence international relations. Clinical simulation, exploring levels
of student engagement and transfer
School of Information of knowledge before, during and after
Research Interests: Ted Hayduk observing a clinical simulation scenario.
Professional identity of information Assistant Professor Cross-cultural health beliefs and practices, Enjoying
professionals and how this informs the work especially as they relate to the lifelong care
they do, the organizations they run, and the Department of Kinesiology of children and adults with developmental
relationships and communities they build. Research Interests: disabilities such as autism. Retirement
Entrepreneurship, innovation, technology
adoption and analytics.
Luis Arabit Emeritus and Retired
Michele Villagran Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor Faculty Luncheon
Alex Feng Department of
School of Information Assistant Professor Occupational Therapy
Research Interests: Research Interests: The College of Health and Human Sciences held its annual
Cultural intelligence, diversity, inclusion, Department of Nutrition, Caregiving, healthy aging advocacy in Emeritus Retired Faculty Luncheon, Thursday, November 1,
community and equity, serving disabled Food Science and Packaging occupational therapy, occupations of at Flames Eatery in downtown San José.
populations, serving multicultural Research Interests: travel, neurological and orthopedic
populations, social justice in library and Food chemistry, with emphasis on functional shoulder injuries, preventive healthcare, We were so happy to see our retired faculty who look so
information science, implicit bias and food, food flavors, food processing mentoring, and professional development in relaxed and refreshed!
microaggressions, and faculty of color. technologies and preservation. occupational therapy.

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