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THE HISTORY 
CSF was initially published in 2007-2008 by Professor Hyojoung 
Kim. It was re-launched in 2022-2023 by a group of faculty 
members in the Department of Sociology. CSF expresses its 
immense appreciation to all editors—both faculty and student —
who have served on the editorial board through all its iterations. 
 
THE MISSION 
The California Sociology Forum (CSF) is a student-run online 
journal that publishes scholarly and creative works of students 
enrolled in the Sociology program or taking Sociology classes at 
Cal State LA at both the undergraduate and graduate level. It is 
committed to cultivating student research, supporting intellectual 
exchange, and featuring diverse perspectives on various issues of 
our society and world. Students are strongly encouraged to submit 
not only original research papers, but creative works such as 
poems, cartoons, music, pictorial essays, personal essays, and 
fieldwork notes that use the sociological imagination, as well as 
sociologically relevant book and film reviews. As we continue to 
grow, we welcome new additions to our editorial board. Please 
feel free to reach out to us! 
 
CONTACT US 

 
 
 
 

 
Website: https://journals.calstate.edu/csf/  
Email:  csf.csula@gmail.com 
 
© 2024 by California Sociology Forum (CSF) 
All rights reserved. No part of this journal may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, 
or transmitted in any form, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review study, 
without prior permission from the publishers and the student author. Copyright reverts to 
each author upon further publication of his or her article. 
 

Department of Sociology, California State University, Los Angeles 
5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032-82  



 

CSF 2023-2024 Editorial Board 
Volume 6 was reviewed, promoted, edited, uploaded, and published by 
the following editorial board. Their innovations have continued the 
endeavors of CSF for sociological relevance. For this publication, 
previously established sections were expanded even further, to Research 
subsections for Articles, Essays, Theoretical Framework, & Theses; 
Creative Works subsections for Cover Image Art, Multimedia Poems, & 
Zines; and Reviews subsections for not only Books & Films but also 
Video Games Adapted into Film & Music! The pieces in the Reviews were 
mainly contributions from the ever-evolving editorial student board sub-
team of Media Reviews and Original Content Creations. 
 

Publication Managing Editors 
Taryn Bates | Marie Rivera 

 
Website Specialists 

Marlonzo Smith | Michael Young 
 

Public Relations Leaders 
Andrea Dominguez | Joram Mugerwa | April D. Laird 

 
Media Review & Original Content Creation Leaders 

Esai Santana | Kandice Vass 
 

Board Members 
Jesse Arceo | Taryn Bates | Andrea Dominguez | Katherine Eason 

Sammy Garcia III | Emely Gavini Mendez | Jasmine Gaytan 
April D. Laird | Anthony Jonathan Morales | Joram N. Mugerwa 

Rachel Natland | Luis Ortiz | Christina Mary Ramirez 
Jessica Rivera | Marie Rivera | Leticia Romero | Esai Santana 

Marlonzo Smith | Andrea Cesar Urbach | Kandice Vass 
Lauren Whiting | Michael Young 

 
Faculty Editors-in-Chief 

Dr. Luoman Bao (Fall 2023) | Dr. Katie Dingeman (Spring 2024) 
 

Faculty Editors 
Prof. Gilbert Garcia (IT Liaison) 
Dr. Roseann Giarrusso (Advisor) 

Dr. Hyojoung Kim (Founder)  


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