Jason Whitehead — My Background

Jason Whitehead — My Background

For a full, but boring, description of my professional life, click here for my Curriculum Vitae.  For those interested in a slightly more engaging discussion of where I come from, keep reading and clicking.   As you will discover, I have deep roots here in southern California and at The Beach.  After graduating from CSULB with a degree in Political Science, I went on to law school and a brief legal career.  While I enjoyed life in the law, my heart and soul were always in scholarship and teaching, so I went back to school and earned a Ph.D. in Political Science.  When a position opened up here at CSULB, I was overjoyed to come back and teach in the same department where I got my start as a scholar.  As a professor, an advisor, and a mentor, my biggest joy is helping other first-generation college students — especially those interested in law — become successful professionals who give back to their communities.  I can’t imagine doing anything else!