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Expert Biographies

HAIN, JR., ELWOOD B.
Professor, Law
Phone: (714)444-4141, ext.226

* Law

Hain has taught at the University of San Diego Law School and Wayne State University Law School and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. His subjects include civil procedure, constitutional law, evidence, federal courts and government contracts. Hain received his B.A. and LL.B. from Southern Methodist University and his LL.M. from Harvard University.

HAYTHORN, J. DENNY
Associate Dean, Library and Information Resources
Professor, Law
Phone: (714) 444-4141, ext.494

* Law

Haythorn's subjects include admiralty law, advanced legal bibliography, agency and conflicts of law and sea law. He is a retired Air Force Staff Judge Advocate General, past president of the Southern California Association of Libraries, and Staff Commodore of the California Yacht Club. Haythorn is also a member of the Washington State Bar Association and an adjunct associate professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

He received his B.A. from DePauw University, an M.A. from Chapman College, a J.D. from the University of Puget Sound and an M.L.L. from the University of Washington.

HEILMAN, JOHN
Visiting Profesor, Law
Phone: (714) 444-4141, ext. 246

* Law

Heilman is a city councilmember in West Hollywood. He has served as mayor five times. He developed the city's rent stabilization ordinance, its inclusionary housing policy and its ordinance prohibiting discrimination against people living with AIDS. He teaches civil procedure, community property, criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence and torts. He is a board member of the National League of Cities. He is a past board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and of the Local Government Commission of California.

HILL, CHARLES T.
Professor, Psychology
Phone: (562) 907-4805

* Gender Issues * Relationships * Psychology * Sex and Sexuality

Dr. Hill has conducted a 25-year study tracking the relationships of 231 couples in the Boston area, examining breakups, marriage, sex, divorce and related issues. He found that couples who stayed together tended to have four common characteristics: age, intelligence, educational plans and levels of attractiveness.
Dr. Hill graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Oregon, and he holds an M.A. in sociology from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University.

HOWARD, LESLIE
Professor, Sociology
Phone: (562)907-4200, ext.4305
(Speaks Spanish)

* California * Economics * Mexico * NAFTA * Politics * Sociology

Dr. Howard's expertise is the relationships between the organization of work and other aspects of people's lives and in U.S.-Mexican border society and culture. Dr. Howard spent his 1994-95 sabbatical year in Mexico and Canada studying the Mexican-Canadian relationship since NAFTA.

He earned a B.A. at Whittier College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.

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