Jose Reyes Hurtado

Dr. Hurtado is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the California State University, Long Beach. His work focuses on advocacy in optimizing human service organizations’ (HSOs) performance. His research trajectory is to improve the management and performance of HSOs and, ultimately, to improve the quality of health care services provided to marginalized and underserved communities. He completed his PhD and MSW at the University of Southern California, and completed his undergraduate education at the California State University, Dominguez Hills.

  • PhD from the University of Southern California (2023)
  • MSW from University of Southern California (2010)
  • BA Political Science and Sociology from California State University, Dominguez Hills (2005).

Organizational behavior, particularly human service organizations (HSOs); Patient/client, organizational, and policy advocacy; Organizational performance; Organizational capacity and program evaluation; and Culturally responsive evaluation.

  • Research Methods including mixed methods research
  • Applied Project Seminar and Thesis
  • Social Work Leadership and Management

  • SW594A
  • SW698A
  • SW698C & SW699C
  • SW670