Performing Arts Center Campus Map Giving COVID-19 Update Apply Visit Get Info Toggle search Menu MAIN NAV (SOKA) PRESS AND MEDIA CENTER About Home About WELCOME TO SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA About Visit COMMUNITY RELATIONS Our staff is available to help you set up interviews or find answers to your questions as quickly as possible. Wendy Harder, MBA, APR Director of Community Relations wwharder@soka.edu P: 949-480-4081 EXPERT CENTER Our experts are available to respond to qualified inquiries from journalists, conference organizers, and more. On a deadline? If you are a journalist, please inform us of deadline requests and we will respond promptly. Shane Barter, PhD Professor of Comparative Politics Director of International Studies Concentration Dr. Barter focuses on Southeast Asian politics, civilians in war, as well as autonomous areas and conflict resolution. Interests: Minorities, Separatism, Indonesia, Conflict Resolution, Southeast Asia, Civil War George Busenberg, PhD Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Policy Dr. Busenberg focuses on environmental policy. Interests: Environmental Policy, Environmental Management Edward M. Feasel, PhD President Chief Academic Officer Professor of Economics Dr. Feasel is president of Soka University of America. Interests: Foreign Aid, Economic Growth, Economic Outcomes and Societal Values Michael D. Golden, DMA Professor of Music Composition and Theory Dr. Golden’s teaching and creative interests include composition and jazz improvisation, music and ecology, and music and peace building. Interests: Music and Ecology, World Music, Composition (including computer music) John M. Heffron, PhD Director of the MA Program in Educational Leadership and Societal Change Professor of Educational History and Culture Dr. Heffron is a development scholar whose focus is the cultural and intellectual history of education nationally and transnationally. Interests: US Relations in Asia and the Pacific, Development History, Educational History Anthony Inder Mazeroll, PhD Professor of Biology Dr. Mazeroll focuses on the behavioral ecology of fishes. Interests: Ecology of Amazonian Fishes, Population Genetics, Fish Ecology Bryan E. Penprase, PhD Vice President for Sponsored Research and External Academic Relations Professor of Physics and Astronomy Dr. Penprase is Dean of Faculty and a Professor of Science. Interests: Quasar Absorption, Line Spectroscopy, Archaeoastronomy Seiji Takaku, PhD Professor of Psychology Institutional Research and Assessment Coordinator Dr. Takaku’s research interests focus on cross-cultural examinations of people’s apology- (and excuse-) giving behavior Interests: Cross-Cultural Research on Apology and Forgiveness, Social Psychology Gail E. Thomas, PhD Professor Emerita of Sociology Dr. Thomas is an Emerita Professor of Sociology who specializes in the analysis of higher education. Interests: Mentoring and Empowering Youth Michael Weiner, PhD Vice President for Academic Affairs Interim Dean of Faculty Professor of East Asian History & International Studies Dr. Weiner is Vice President for Academic Affairs, Interim Dean of Faculty, and a Professor of East Asian History and International Studies. Interests: Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern and Imperial Japan, Japan’s Minorities 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949-480-4000 info@soka.edu Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Jobs Directory Contact Us Directions Consumer Disclosures Title IX Annual Security and Fire Safety (Clery Act) Report Covid-19 Update © 2021 Soka University All Rights Reserved Site Design by iFactory