Our Team

Cheryl Grills, Ph.D.
Director

1 LMU Drive, UH 4745
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.338.3016
E: cheryl.grills@lmu.edu

Sandra Villanueva, Ph.D.
Associate Director

1 LMU Drive, UH 4728
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.258.4343
E: sandra.villanueva@lmu.edu

Diane Terry, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

1 LMU Drive, UH 4728
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.338.7095
E: diane.terry@lmu.edu

Elia De la Cruz Toledo-He, MPA, Ph.D.
Research Associate

1 LMU Drive, UH 4726
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.258.4344
E: elia.delacruztoledohe@lmu.edu

Peter Rej, Ph.D.
Research Associate

1 LMU Drive, UH 4726
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.258.4344
E: peter.rej@lmu.edu

Christine Nguyen, M.A.
Research Assistant

1 LMU Drive, UH 4725
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.568.6634
E: christine.nguyen@lmu.edu

Jade Hernandez
Administrative Coordinator/ Research Assistant

1 LMU Drive, UH 4714
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.568.6634
E: jade.hernandez@lmu.edu

Luis Lopez
Research Assistant

1 LMU Drive, UH 4714
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.568.6634
E: luis.lopez@lmu.edu

Jennifer Abe, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

1 LMU Drive, UH 4751
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.338.4586
E: jennifer.abe@lmu.edu

Deanna Cooke, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

1 LMU Drive, UH 3315
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.338.2917
E: deanna.cooke@lmu.edu

Ben Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

1 LMU Drive, UH 2726
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.338.7892
E: bfitzpatrick@lmu.edu

Negin Ghavami, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

1 LMU Drive, UH 4714
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.338.4507
E: negin.ghavami@lmu.edu

Magaela Bethune, Ph.D.
Asst Professor, African American Studies 

1 LMU Drive, UH 4714
Los Angeles, CA 90045
E: magaela.Bethune@lmu.edu

Curtiss Takada Rooks, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate 

1 LMU Drive, UH 4714
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310.338.1711
E: curtiss.rooks@lmu.edu

Jason Douglas, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

Andrew Subica, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate