Faculty

Tel:(415) 422-6894
organistap@usfca.edu

Pamela Balls Organista

Professor

Pamela Balls Organista, has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and serves as the Chair of Psychology and the Director of Ethnic Studies at the University of San Francisco. Her areas of research include health issues in underserved populations, Ethnic minority psychology, Community-Based Research, and preventive Interventions.

Tel:(415) 422-2418
chunk@usfca.edu

Kevin Chun

Professor

Kevin M. Chun, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology and Co-Founder of Asian American Studies. He completed his B.S. in Psychology at Santa Clara University, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at UCLA, and Psychology Internship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System.

Tel:(415) 422-6619
edwardsw@usfca.edu

William Edwards

Associate Professor

William A. Edwards received his B.A. from Virginia Union University, his M.A. from the University of Washington, and his Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley. Before coming to USF he taught in the Department of Sociology and the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he was also a Fellow at the Center for Black Studies. His research interests include: Urbanization, consumer credit, sociology and the mystery novel, and globalization and development.

Tel:415-422-5063
taylorj@usfca.edu

James Taylor

Chair, Associate Professor

James Lance Taylor is author of Black Nationalism in the United States: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama (2011). Between 2009 and 2011 he served as the president of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS). He is the newly elected Chair of the Department of Politics at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches various courses in the areas of religion and politics, race and ethic politics, law and public policy, and African American politics. His current research is on the forthcoming book manuscript, Peoples Temple, Jim Jones, and Black America.