Rate My Professor Judith Stevenson

Judith Stevenson is Professor Emerita in the Department of Human Development at California State University, Long Beach, where the department studies maturation and development as lifelong processes, integrating anthropology, biology, psychology, sociology, and related fields. During her tenure as Associate Professor, she served as Director of the Peace Studies program in the College of Liberal Arts. In this capacity, she oversaw an undergraduate certificate program in Peace and Social Justice Studies aimed at students interested in contemporary peace and social justice issues. The program featured an interdisciplinary faculty drawn from departments such as Finance, Communication Studies, International Studies, English, Comparative World Literature and Classics, Geography, Film & Electronic Arts, Political Science, Teacher Education, Art, American Indian Studies, and Asian and Asian American Studies. Contact details for the program under her directorship included telephone (562) 985-5914 and email jsteven4@csulb.edu.

Judith Stevenson also held the position of Associate Editor for Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, published by Taylor & Francis. This editorial role highlights her contributions to scholarship in social justice and peace studies. Her academic engagements extended to collaborative educational projects, including serving as content specialist for the GlobaLink-Africa curriculum alongside the UCLA Globalization Research Center-Africa, focusing on globalization and African perspectives. Additionally, she has been involved in discussions on human trafficking prevention. As an active voice in academia, Stevenson endorsed numerous open letters from scholars, including condemnations of blacklists targeting faculty like Canary Mission, support for migrant child separation policies reversal, advocacy for academic freedom in California universities, and solidarity with international academics. These activities demonstrate her impact on public discourse within the academic community concerning human rights, peace, and justice.