This page lists notable alumni and former students, faculty, and administrators ofCalifornia State University, Northridge .
Eric V. Anslyn – distinguished professor of chemistry at theUniversity of Texas at Austin Judy Baca – professor of Chicana/o Studies and professor of World Arts and Cultures atUCLA Jeffrey Beall – librarian at theUniversity of Colorado Denver Betty Beaumont – conceptual artist who has served on the faculty of theUniversity of California at Berkeley ,The School of the Art Institute of Chicago ,SUNY, Purchase ,Hunter College ,New York University , andColumbia University Michael Ferejohn – professor of philosophy atDuke University Lori Cox Han – professor of political science atChapman University Jack C. Hayya (1929-2018) – professor of management science at thePennsylvania State University Judith H. Hibbard – senior researcher and professor at theUniversity of Oregon Michael Klonsky – activist, professor of education atLoyola University Chicago David C. Lane – author, professor of philosophy and sociologyRalph Larkin – sociologist, assistant professor of sociology atRutgers University, Newark and adjunct professor atJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice Minnette Gersh Lenier – teacher who used magic to improve students’ learning skillsKathleen Lowe Melde – professor of electrical engineering and associate dean at theUniversity of Arizona Annette Nellen – professor as well as the director of the graduate tax program at the San José State UniversityPeter W. Schramm – professor of political science atAshland University Alex Sevanian – professor of molecular pharmacology and toxicology atUniversity of Southern California Chauntelle Tibbals – sociologist specialized in gender and sexualitiesBarbara Tilley – professor of biostatistics atCase Western Reserve University , theMedical University of South Carolina , and theUTHealth School of Public Health Robert H. Todd – professor of mechanical engineering atBrigham Young University C. Richard Tracy – ecologist and professor of biology atUniversity of Nevada, Reno Ann E. Watkins – professor of mathematics atCalifornia State University, Northridge Mark Watson – professor of economics and public affairs atPrinceton University , previously atHarvard University andNorthwestern University Andrew Anagnost – president andCEO ofAutodesk Vincent Barabba – market researcher and former head of theUnited States Census Bureau Gene Baur – president and co-founder ofFarm Sanctuary Jim Berk – CEO ofParticipant Media (An Inconvenient Truth Bridge of Spies Green Book Spotlight Stephen Bollenbach (1960) – co-chairman and CEO ofHilton Hotels Wendi Deng Murdoch – media executive, wife of News Corp ChairmanRupert Murdoch Doug Emhoff – entertainment lawyer, formerSecond Gentleman of the United States , husband ofKamala Harris Christine Essel – senior vice president,Paramount Pictures Jon V. Ferrara – entrepreneur and founder of NimbleDirk Gates – founder and CEO ofXircom andXirrus Gene Haas –NASCAR team owner;Haas F1 Solo owner;Haas Automation presidentJerry Jordan – former member of PresidentRonald Reagan 'sCouncil of Economic Advisers and former president and chief executive officer of theFederal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Rao Machiraju – executive in residence and co-director of Center for Human Applied Reasoning and the Internet of Things (Chariot) at theUniversity of Southern California , former CEO ofReQall .David Nazarian – businessman and philanthropist, founder and CEO of Nîmes CapitalCharles Noski – CFO ofAT&T ,Northrop Grumman Corporation , andBank of America Nick Patsaouras – businessman, engineer, and public officialSteve Pavlina – self-development professionalDan Pena – businessmanVicki Roberts – attorney, on-air legal commentator, television and film personalityStan Polovets – led the $15bn merge and $55bn sale ofTNK-BP , lead director on the board ofL1 Energy and chairman atEdelman Ravi Sawhney –industrial designer , founder and CEO of RKS DesignAmanda Simpson –vice president for research and technology atAirbus Americas Lee Soo-Man – founder and chairman ofSM Entertainment Kathleen Utgoff – economist and commissioner of theBureau of Labor Statistics Michelle Vicary – executive vice president of programming and network publicity forCrown Media Frank K. Wheaton – attorney, sports agent and personal managerAlex Yemenidjian – chairman and CEO ofMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Inc.Cameron Kashani – Iranian-American entrepreneur, coach, speaker, and advisor[ 1] Film and television [ edit ] Paula Abdul (attended) – entertainer; singer, dancer, judge for television seriesAmerican Idol The X Factor [ 2] MTV Video Music Awards ,Grammy Awards , andEmmy Awards Ariane Andrew (2005) – wrestlerDavid Michael Barrett (1992) – screenwriter and film producerDeanne Bray (1989) – actressKimberly J. Brown – actressAnna Behlmer – Academy Award nominated sound engineerDave Caplan – television writer and producerCharmian Carr – actressJoan Chen , BA 1979 – actress, filmmaker[ 3] Morris Chestnut (1987) – film and television actorKarin Anna Cheung (1992) – actressKristen Cloke – actressKevin Corcoran (1967) – actor, entertainment producer-directorMike Darnell – television executiveBobby Diamond – actor and attorneyRichard Dreyfuss (1965) – actor, winner of anAcademy Award , aGolden Globe , and aBAFTA Jenna Elfman – film and television actress known forDharma and Greg Golden Globe winnerRobert Englund – actor best known for his role asFreddy Krueger Shannon Fill – actor,Star Trek: The Next Generation Diane Franklin — film and television actressTeri Garr (attended) – film actress, comedian, Academy Award nomineeAlexandra Grey (2013) – film and television actress, singerDon Hahn , BA 1975 – film producer, film director; film producer ofBeauty and the Beast The Lion King The Hunchback of Notre Dame .Golden Globe winner[ 3] Alyson Hannigan (1992) – actressPhil Hartman (1966) – film and television actor, comedian, producerLinda Kaye Henning — film and television actressHelen Hunt (1981) – film and television actressPaul Hunter - film director, screenwriter, and music video directorDavid Knoller – television producer, director and writerDale Launer – screenwriterLillian Lehman – film and television actorNicole Linkletter – Cycle 5America's Next Top Model Eva Longoria – actressCheech Marin – actor,comedian , co-star ofCheech and Chong film and television teamAustin Matelson (aka Luchasaurus) , BA 2008, MA 2010 – professional wrestlerEva Mendes – actressCharles Martin Smith – actor and directorAl Mayer Jr. — 2x Academy Award and Emmy Award winning camera designerBraddon Mendelson – filmmaker and playwrightJillian Michaels – personal trainer andBiggest Loser Brian A. Miller – Senior Vice President and General Manager ofCartoon Network Studios .Emmy Award -winningtelevision producer Michelle Mizner –Academy Award -winning film producer and editorDavid Mullich – game designer and producerArsi Nami – Swedish-Persian actor, singer, songwriter, music therapist and philanthropistRobert Newman – actor,Guiding Light Harry Northup – actor,Taxi Driver andThe Silence of the Lambs ; poet, "Red Snow Fence"Cubby O'Brien (1955–59) – musician; drummer, original member ("Mouseketeer") ofThe Mickey Mouse Club Utt Panichkul – actor and modelDonald Petrie – actor and film directorChuck Pfarrer – screenwriter, author, former SEAL Team commanderEve Plumb (1976) – actress, "Jan" onThe Brady Bunch Lauren Ridloff — actress,Tony Award nomineeRobbie Rist – actor and musician, "Cousin Oliver" onThe Brady Bunch Mark Saul – actor,All That Grey's Anatomy The Social Network Deborah Lynn Scott – costume designer and set designerJean Bruce Scott – actressScott Shaw (1976) – author, actor, filmmakerLloyd Sherr – voice actorJenny Shimizu – actress and modelPhil Snyder –voice actor ; voice ofDisney characterJiminy Cricket ; professor,University of Houston James Stanfield – professor and film producer, won theAcademy Award for Technical Achievement Jeri Taylor – co-creator ofStar Trek: Voyager Brian J. Terwilliger (1994) – producer/director ofOne Six Right Jennifer Tisdale – actressTim Toyama – playwright, producerDJ Trevi – actor, DJ, reality personality, directorMinoti Vaishnav – singer, screenwriter and producerLarry Wilcox – actorDebra Winger – film and stage actressGovernment and politics [ edit ] Richard Alarcon (1971) – formerCalifornia State Senator andLos Angeles City Council memberNicole Avant – 13thUnited States Ambassador to the Bahamas Judy Baca (1964) – artist, civil rights activist,Guggenheim Fellow Christopher Bogdan – retiredUnited States Air Force GeneralKatie Eyre Brewer – member of theOregon House of Representatives from the 29th districtKansen Chu – member of theSan Jose City Council from the 4th District, member of theCalifornia State Assembly from25th Assembly District Lance Clow – member of theIdaho House of Representatives from the24th District Mike Curb (1962) – musician, record company executive, 42ndLieutenant Governor of California Mike Davis (politician) – president pro tem, Los Angeles Board of Public Works and former member of theCalifornia State Assembly Jamshid "Jimmy" Delshad (1958) – mayor ofBeverly Hills Tara Flanagan –judge of theSuperior Court of the State of California in the County of Alameda Katie Hill – former Democratic member of theUnited States House of Representatives , representative ofCalifornia's 25th congressional district George J. Hochbrueckner – member of theNew York State Assembly , member of theUnited States House of Representatives forNew York's 1st congressional district Brent A. Jones (born 1963) – Republican member of theNevada Assembly .[ 4] Ida B. Kinney – civil rights activist and teacherJeanne Kohl-Welles – member of theWashington State Senate andWashington House of Representatives from the36th legislative district Charlotte Laws – author, politician and animal rights advocateRalph Lazo – only known non-spouse, non-Japanese American who voluntarily relocated to a World War IIJapanese American internment camp John Lee – member of theLos Angeles City Council representing the12th district Marc Levine – member of theCalifornia State Assembly from the10th District Linda Lingle – formerGovernor of Hawaii Mark! Lopez – activist and winner of theGoldman Environmental Prize Bob Marshall – member of theVirginia House of Delegates from the13th District Nury Martinez – former president of theLos Angeles City Council representing the6th district Caroline Menjivar – member ofCalifornia State Senate Esha Momeni –Iranian-American women's rights activistKevin Murray – formerCalifornia State Assemblyman andSenator S. James Otero –U.S. District Court judgeImelda Padilla – member of theLos Angeles City Council William Paparian – lawyer and former mayor ofPasadena, California Fran Pavley – first mayor ofAgoura Hills , member of theCalifornia State Assembly for the41st District , and member of theCalifornia State Senate from the27th District and23rd District Rick Rollens – former secretary, California State Senate;autism health and research activistPeter W. Schramm – director of the Center for International Education in the United StatesDepartment of Education during theReagan Administration Amanda Simpson – test pilot, former executive director of theU.S. Army Office of Energy Initiatives (OEI) and deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Operational Energy (became the first openlytransgender female presidential appointee)Scott Svonkin – politicianBob Thorpe – member of theArizona House of Representatives from the6th District Kathleen Utgoff – economist and commissioner of theBureau of Labor Statistics Suzette Martinez Valladares – politician elected to theCalifornia Assembly Racquel Vasquez – mayor ofLemon Grove, California Alex Villanueva – the 33rd sheriff ofLos Angeles County, California Lorie Zapf – member of theSan Diego City Council for the Sixth District andSecond District Marc Cooper – journalist and academicBarbara Fairchild – food journalist and editor-in-chief ofBon Appétit Tod Goldberg – author and journalistBill Griffeth (BA 1980) – anchor (Closing Bell CNBC Bill Handel – KFI morning talk show host, attorneySue Herera (BA 1980) – anchor (Power Lunch Robert Hilburn (BA 1961) – music critic for the Los Angeles TimesRon Insana – analyst on CNBCAna Kasparian (2004) – internet personality, co-host ofThe Young Turks Ken Lubas – photographer, photojournalist, winner of twoPulitzer Prizes Rory Markas – play-by-play announcer for theLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim A Martinez – journalist and radio hostFrank del Olmo – editor, columnist and reporter for theLos Angeles Times , winner of anEmmy Award andPulitzer Prize for Public Service Paul Pringle – winner of aGeorge Polk Award ,Worth Bingham Prize ,Pulitzer Prize for Public Service , andPulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism Rip Rense – writer and journalist at theLos Angeles Times D. Scott Rogo – writer and journalistAnita Sarkeesian (2002) – blogger, media criticBarbara Starr – television news journalistJames Taranto – columnist for theWall Street Journal Carol Vaness Serj Tankian Cristian Amigo – composer, guitarist, andethnomusicologist Tigran Arakelyan – conductorMark Balderas (1982) – musician, keyboardist and songwriter with the rock bandHuman Drama Richard Campbell – bass guitarist and vocalistTony Clements – musician and tubistMike Curb (1962) – musician, record company executiveJohn Densmore (1962) – musician, former drummer ofThe Doors Daryl Dragon (1960) – "The Captain" of theGrammy Award -winningCaptain & Tennille Michelle DeYoung – classical vocalist andopera singerJohn Doan — musicianMike Elizondo –Grammy Award -winning record producer (Eminem, Alanis Morissette, Pink, Natasha Bedingfield, Twenty One Pilots)James Fortune (1996) – musician,gospel singer Grant Geissman (1974) – guitarist, session guitarist, composer, recording artistGordon Goodwin –big band composer ,arranger , andsaxophonist Scheila Gonzalez –saxophonist Andy Grammer (2007) – singer[ 5] Kalani – musician, percussionistFred Katz – jazz cellist[ 6] Kariné Poghosyan – pianistJeannie G. Pool – music producer and composerJim Pons (1961) – musician, bass guitarist and singer for The Leaves, The Turtles, and The Mothers of InventionLouis Posen – punk rock music producer and record label founderKentaro Sato – musician, composerMaia Sharp – singer, songwriterToshiyuki Shimada (1977) – music director, conductor and professor, Yale Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Yale School of MusicSebu Simonian – singer, songwriter, keyboardist, producer, half of the Los Angeles-based indie pop duoCapital Cities Leland Sklar – musician, session bassistAndy Summers – musician, guitarist withThe Police Andrew Surmani – music executive and professorSerj Tankian – musician,System of a Down Pinar Toprak – composer for film and televisionCarol Vaness – opera singerDiane Warren – musician, music publisher, winner of aGrammy Award , anEmmy Award , and aGolden Globe Award Tim Weisberg (1960s) – jazz/rock fusion flautist, composer, producer, vocalist[ 7] Bill Worrell – musicianTroy Glass – (teego ) - rapper, song writerScott Horowitz Florence Griffith Joyner Retired and former faculty [ edit ] Kim Victoria Abeles –Guggenheim Fellow and professor in drawing,public art , and sculpturingRodolfo Acuna – Chicano studies scholarAnthony Arthur – author and educatorLucille Ball – American actress and comedian known forI Love Lucy [ 9] [ 10] Irving Block – artistVern Bullough – historian and sexologistHans Burkhardt – Swiss-American artistEdmund Snow Carpenter – Associate Professor of AnthropologyYreina Cervantez – professor of Chicano studiesAnnette Charles – actress and speech professorStan Charnofsky – professor of educational psychology and counselingBarbara J. Collins – ecologistLorence G. Collins – geologistTodd Compton – historianJohn Daversa –Grammy Award -winning jazz musician and professorJames Dickey – visiting lecturer, poet and novelist appointed as the 18thUnited States Poet Laureate and awarded with aGuggenheim Fellowship andNational Book Award for Poetry Fritz Faiss – German-American artistLorraine Foster – mathematician, first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics fromCalifornia Institute of Technology Adele Eskeles Gottfried – professor of educational psychology and director of Research Enhancement of the Michael D. Eisner College of EducationJohn Curtis Gowan – professor of psychologyBeverly Grigsby – musicologist and composerSheldon H. Harris – historianBess Lomax Hawes – associate professor of anthropology and head of the Anthropology DepartmentHarold Hellenbrand – administrator and scholarGeorge Heussenstamm – composerAmir Hussain – associate professor of religious studiesWilliam Karush – mathematicianFred Katz – jazz cellist and composer, and anthropology professorWilliam M. Kramer – rabbi and professor of religious studiesAlexis Krasilovsky – filmmaker and professor of cinemaArt Kunkin – journalist and founder of theLos Angeles Free Press James Lawson – Visiting scholar in civil discourse and social changeDorothy D. Lee - professor of anthropologyJoe Lewis – chair at the Department of ArtMagnhild Lien – mathematicianRobert Oscar Lopez – professor of humanitiesPrakash Chandra Lohani – professor of finance andMinister of Finance ,Minister of Foreign Affairs ,Minister of Agricultural and Livestock Development , andMinister of Labour & Transportation inNepal Gloria Ricci Lothrop – historianSabina Magliocco –Guggenheim andFulbright Fellow , professor of anthropology and religionElena Marchisotto – mathematicianKhaled Mattawa – poetLeemon McHenry –bioethicist Beatrice Medicine – anthropologistMohammed Morsi – engineer and 5thPresident of Egypt Raoul Naroll – professor of anthropologyJulian Nava – diplomat and educatorRoy Peel - director of the U.S. Census BureauPeter Plagens – artist and art criticRon Purcell – professor of musicMohammad Qayoumi – professor ofEngineering Management and Minister of Finance and chief adviser on Infrastructure and Technology to thePresident of Afghanistan Daniel Raymer – aerospace design engineerCarol Rosenberger – classical pianistVelva E. Rudd – research fellow in the department of biologyRaul Ruiz – journalist, activist, and professor of Chicano studiesBenjamin Saltman – poet and Professor of LiteratureBarry Sautman – adjunct assistant professorSaba Soomekh – professor of religious studiesAnn Stanford – poet and professor of creative writingNayereh Tohidi – professor and former chair at the Department of Gender & Women StudiesAurelio de la Vega – composer-in-residence, educator, distinguished professor emeritus, poetAnn E. Watkins – professor of mathematicsGerald Wilson – jazz composer and educatorLewis Yablonsky – sociologist, criminologist, and psychotherapistThe following persons served as president of California State University, Northridge:[ 11]
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