ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGY FORUM 
 
THE HISTORY 
The California Sociology Forum (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 students—who have served on the 
editorial board through all its iterations. 
 
THE MISSION 
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 
 
© 2025 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. 
 

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CSF 2024-2025 Editorial Board 
Volume 7 was reviewed, promoted, edited, uploaded, and published by 
the following editorial board. Their innovations have continued the 
endeavors of CSF for sociological relevance. The pieces in the Reviews 
were mainly contributions from the Fall 2024 CSF cohort. New to this 
publication, the Alumni Advisory Board (AAB) was founded on August 
13th, 2024, with an inaugural meeting over Zoom. The AAB consists of 
former CSF Student Board Members who have progressed in their 
academic journeys but are still passionate about volunteering to invest 
time in mentoring the new CSF cohorts each semester. We are grateful 
for their continued support! 
 

Student Managing Editor 
Taryn Bates 

 
Publication Lead 

Jalene Garcia-Santamarina | Maria Hernandez  
 

Original Content Lead  
Angel Jaimes | Annica Meija 

 
Public Relations Lead 

Shanya A. Olivares Perez | Hilda Gamero 
 

Board Members 
Keila Bailey | Taryn Bates | Kayla Bellipanni | Tenille Blackburn  

Spidey Canoy | Lorena Escalante | Ian Joaquin Esparza | Hilda Gamero  
Darinka Luciana Garcia | Jalene Garcia-Santamarina | Jackeline E. Gomez Diaz 

Maria Hernandez | Angel Jaimes | Victoria Lopez | Sabrina Loya  
Michael Madrilejo | Stephanie Mayahua | Annica Mejia | Alicia Justice Melich  

Ashliegh B. Norwood | Elibeth Ochoa Deleon | Shanya A. Olivares Perez  
Erik Ortiz | Alondra Pacheco | Celia Peña | Nicole R. Perez | María Ramírez 

Daniel Roman | Amaya Simental | Desiree Denise Suarez  
Nathalie Velasco-Quiroz | Abigail Whitenack | Ramona Vega 

 
Alumni Advisory Board Members 

Darron Michael Cunanan | Sammy Garcia III | Marie Rivera | Esai Santana  
Miguel Valadez | Kandance Vass | Lauren Whiting | Michael Young  

 
Faculty Editors-in-Chief 

Dr. Katie Dingeman (Fall 2024) | Dr. Luoman Bao (Spring 2025) 
 

Faculty Editors 
Professor Gilbert Garcia (IT Liaison) 

Dr. Roseann Giarrusso (Advisor) 
Dr. Hyojoung Kim (Founder)  


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