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Dr. Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg

Sheila is a full professor of social sciences at Brandman University. She completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara; her master of science degree at the University of California, Berkeley; and her doctorate at the Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania. She enjoys guiding students in research and teaching them about the important role research plays in effective policy creation. Sheila’s research interests include interdisciplinary research methods, environmental sociology, applied sociology, community, geospatial research, culture, and policy. She has conducted field research in Nepal, Guatemala, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and California. She is also a former US Peace Corps volunteer, having served in Guatemala, where she was involved in community development and taught classes at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, in Huehuetenango. Throughout her career, Sheila’s primary research focus has been the examination of people and their relationships to space and place. Her research examines the intersection of community, people, place, and the environment through a policy lens. During her career, Sheila has taught at Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico; Humboldt State University, Arcata, California; and Chapman University, Orange, California. In 2013, she joined Brandman University, Irvine, California, and part of the Chapman University system. She currently teaches courses on research methods, senior capstone, diversity, and environmental science. Sheila enjoys Brandman University for its innovative approach to teaching and learning.

Dr. Steven J. Steinberg

In 2011, Steve joined the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, a public agency for environmental research in Costa Mesa, California, where he is a Principle Scientist leading the research and development of geospatial and data collection, management, analysis, and visualization systems. Steve received his bachelor of science degree from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; his master of science degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and his doctorate from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. From 1998 to 2011, Steve was a professor of geospatial science at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California and he introduced the first geographic information system (GIS) course at Chapman University, Orange California in 2011. Steve was honored as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) in 2004 and a Fulbright Senior Scholar (University of Helsinki, Finland) in 2008. He continues to remain involved with the Fulbright program as a disciplinary reviewer in geography. Steve is active as a member and leader in multiple professional geospatial organizations, including the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, the GIS Certification Institute, and the California Geographic Information Association. Steve has been a Certified GIS Professional (GISP) since 2008. He also serves on a number of statewide and regional workgroups that address data management and visualization of spatial data. Through each of these opportunities, he remains actively engaged in the practice and application of GIS in both environmental and human contexts and in actively exploring opportunities to incorporate the integrative power of GIS across a variety of disciplines involving space and place.