Mitra Baghdadi

In the past 20 years, I have worked in different capacities within the fields of Education. I began working with refugees in Canada, then for the United Nations, and ultimately at California State University, Long Beach. Currently, I work as a coordinator for the Center for Community Engagement. I am delighted to work with many vibrant and intelligent people. My primary goals in this position are to help students with personal growth, promote opportunities that will enhance their university experience, as well as foster a safe and collegial working environment for faculty and staff.
Academically, I am a Psycholinguist and Social Science researcher. My research and professional interests are in Student Success, Gender studies, Homelessness, Social identity & discrimination, Cross-cultural education, and Educational assessment.
As for my personal life, I am an environmentalist and Human Rights, advocate. Living a simple & happy life, I enjoy cooking, gardening, and am passionate about world music and cinema/movies.