2023-2024 Catalog

Faculty

President

Harry J. Elam Jr.

President

Professor, Theater

B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Dean

Wendy F. Sternberg

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College

B.A., Union College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Associate Deans

Carolyn Brighouse

Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs

Professor, Cognitive Science, Philosophy

B.A., University of Liverpool; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

Salvador Fernandez

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., University of California, Riverside; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Kathryn Leonard

Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs

Professor, Computer Science

B.S., University of New Mexico; M.S., Ph.D., Brown University

Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty

Nicholas P. Alt

Assistant Professor, Psychology

B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., The College of William & Mary; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Jamie Amemiya

Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
 
Michael Amoruso

Assistant Professor, Religious Studies

B.A., Lehigh University; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

 

Bevin Ashenmiller

Associate Professor, Economics

B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Madeline Baer 

Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., American University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

 

Erica Ball

Mary Jane Hewitt Department Chair in Black Studies

Professor, Black Studies

B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York

 

Renee Baran

Professor, Biology

B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Treena Basu

Associate Professor, Mathematics

M.S. University of Texas; Ph.D. University of South Carolina

 

Susan Blake

Assistant Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., Indiana University
 
Mariška Bolyanatz Brown

Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.A., Gordon College, Massachusetts; M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Elizabeth Braker

Professor, Biology

B.A., Colorado College; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Jim L. Brown

Professor, Mathematics

B.S., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Michigan

 

Ron Buckmire
Professor, Mathematics
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Patricia Cabral
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., M.A., California State University, Northridge;  Ph.D. University of California, Merced

 

Claire Cahen

Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Pomona College; M.Phil, Ph.D., Graduate Center, City University of New York
 
Jeffrey Cannon
Associate Professor, Chemistry
A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
 
Anthony Tirado Chase

Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A.L.S., Columbia University; M.A.L.D., Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

 

Tsung Chi

Professor, Politics

B.A., National Chengchi University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

 

Lesley Chiou

Laurence de Rycke Professor of Economics

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Mary Christianakis

Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice

B.A., M.Ed., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Lan T. Chu

Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., M.A., New York University; Ph.D., George Washington University

 

Chris Craney

Professor, Chemistry

B.S., University of Puget Sound; M.S., D.A., Washington State University

 

Alexander F. Day

Associate Professor, History and Asian Studies

B.A., Colby College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

 

Allison de Fren

Associate Professor, Media Arts and Culture

B.A., Grinnell College; M.F.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Emmanuelle Despagnet-Ayoub

Professor, Chemistry

B.S., Ecole Normale Superieure; M.S., Ph.D., Paul Sabatier University

 

Evan Nylen Dethier

Assistant Professor, Geology
B.A., Williams College; M.S., Ph.D., Dartmouth College
 
Peter Dreier

E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics; Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.A., Syracuse University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

 

Hanan Elsayed

Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.A., Montclair State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University; Graduate Certificate in African Studies, Rutgers University

 

Sharla Fett

Professor, History

B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Rutgers University

 

James Ford III

Associate Professor, English and Black Studies

B.A., Morehouse College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

 

Broderick Fox

Professor, Media Arts and Culture

B.A., Harvard University; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Regina Freer

Professor, Politics

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Michigan

 

Michael Gasper

Associate Professor, History

B.A., Temple University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

 

Shana Goffredi

Professor, Biology

B.A., University of San Diego; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Susan Grayson

Professor, Spanish and French Studies

A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Wright Institute Los Angeles Attestation d’études, Université de Bordeaux

 

Glenn A. Elmer Griffin

Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice

B.A., Pacific Union College; Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary

 

Isaac Hale

Assistant Professor, Politics

A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, Davis

 

Jorgen Harris

Assistant Professor, Economics

B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Laura Hebert

Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; M.A., University of Oregon; Ph.D., University of Denver

 

Mary Beth Heffernan

Professor, Art and Art History

B.F.A., Boston University; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts; Fellow, Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, 1995

 

Caroline Heldman

Professor, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

B.A., Washington State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University

 

Michael Hill

Fletcher Jones Foundation Professor of Chemistry

B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

 

Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa

Associate Professor, Religious Studies and Asian Studies

B.A., Victoria University of Wellington; Ph.D., Australian National University

 

Jane Hong

Associate Professor, History

B.A., Yale University; A.M., Brown University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Maryanne Horowitz

Professor, History

A.B., Pembroke College, Brown University; M.A.T., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

 

Aleem Hossain

Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture

B.A., University of Chicago; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Stephen S. Hudson

Assistant Professor, Music

B.A., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., Northwestern University

 

Syeda ShahBano Ijez

Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.S., Lahore University; M.S., University of Oxford; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
 
Janna Ireland

Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

B.F.A., New York University; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Andrew Jalil

Associate Professor, Economics

A.B., Sc.B., Brown University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

David Kasunic

Associate Professor, Music

B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Sohaib Khan

Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
B.S., Lahore University; M.A., Duke University; Ph.D., Columbia University
 
Stephen Klemm

Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., University Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Sarah Kozinn

Associate Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University; Post-doctorate Fellow, Occidental College

 

John T. Lang

Associate Professor, Sociology

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University

 

Darren Larsen

Associate Professor, Geology

B.A., Colby College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder; Ph.D., University of Iceland

 

Min Joo Lee

Assistant Professor, Asian Studies
B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
 
Brandon Lehr

Associate Professor, Economics

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Tamás Lengyel

Professor, Mathematics

Diploma, Ph.D., Eotvos University, Budapest

 

Ross Lerner

Associate Professor, English

B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Carmel Levitan

Professor, Cognitive Science

B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Justin Li

Associate Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer Science

B.S., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Michigan

 

Vivian Lin

Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.P.S., NYU; M.F.A., Sandberg Instituut; P.h.D., City University of Hong Kong
 
Jan Lin

Professor, Sociology

B.A., Williams College; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., New School for Social Research

 

Igor Logvinenko

Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., University of Redlands; M.A., Villanova University; Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Mary J. Lopez

Professor, Economics

B.A., University of California, Riverside; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

 

Shanna Lorenz

Associate Professor, Music

B.A., Reed College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., New York University

 

Heather Lukes

Associate Professor, American Studies

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Amy Lyford

Arthur G. Coons Professor in the History of Ideas

B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Jacob Mackey

Associate Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.St., Christ Church, Oxford; Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Viviana MacManus

Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies

A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

 

Katarzyna Marciniak

Professor, Media Arts and Culture

M.A., University of Lodz; M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., University of Oregon

 

Celia Martínez-Sáez

Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.A., University of Alicante; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University

 

Martha Matsuoka

Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy; Executive Director, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute

A.B., Occidental College; M.C.P., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

John McCormack

Professor, Biology; Director and Curator, Moore Laboratory of Zoology

B.S., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Warren Montag

Louis M. Brown Family Professor in Literature in English

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

 

Jesse Mora

Associate Professor, Economics

B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

 

Richard Mora

Associate Professor, Sociology

B.A., Harvard College (Sociology); M.A., University of Michigan (Education); M.A., Harvard University (Sociology); Ph.D., Harvard University (Sociology and Social Policy)

 

Clair Morrissey

Professor, Philosophy

B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

Michael W. Murphy

Assistant Professor, Black Studies

B.A., University of San Diego; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University

 

Ramin Naimi

Professor, Mathematics

B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Raul Navarro

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Stephanie Nellie

Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science

B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

 

Leila Neti

Professor, English

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

 

Diana Ngo

Associate Professor, Economics

B.S., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Gretchen North

John W. McMenamin Endowed Chair in Biology

B.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of Connecticut; M.A., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Cheryl Okumura

Associate Professor, Biology

B.A., Pomona College; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Yumi Pak

Associate Professor, Black Studies

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

 

Karla Pena

Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., California State University Northridge; M.S., University of Michigan; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
 
Jennifer Piscopo

Associate Professor, Politics

B.A., Wellesley; M.Phil, University of Cambridge; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

 

Alexandria Pivovaroff

Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A., Whittier College; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
 
Roberta Pollock

Professor, Biology

B.S., Emory University; Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Daniel Pondella

Professor, Biology; Director, Vantuna Research Group

A.B., M.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Will Power

Assistant Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

B.A., San Francisco State University

 

Teddy Pozo

Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
 
Julie Prebel

Associate Professor, American Studies; Director of Writing Center and Programs

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., California State University, San Francisco; Ph.D., University of Washington

 

Ryan Preston-Roedder

Associate Professor, Philosophy

B.A., Rice University; Ph.D., New York University

 

Irina Rabkina

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

B.A., Scripps College; M.S., Loyola University of Chicago; Ph.D., Northwestern University

 

Timothy Rainone

Assistant Professor, Mathematics

B.S., M.S., McGill University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University

 

Movindri Reddy

Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., University of Natal; M.A., Ph.D., Cambridge University

 

Seva Rodnyansky

Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Stuart Rugg

Professor, Kinesiology

B.S., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Margaret Rusmore

Michael G. Gibby ’68 and Barbara J. Gibby ’68 Professor of Science Professor, Geology

B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington

 

James Sadd

Professor, Environmental Science

B.S., University of Southern California; M.S., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

 

Jose Guadalupe Sanchez III

Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

B.F.A., Otis College of Art and Design; M.F.A., University of Southern California

 

Robert Eli Sanchez, Jr.

Associate Professor, Philosophy

B.A., Pitzer College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

 

Janet Scheel

Professor, Physics

B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana; M.A., M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Adam Schoenberg

Associate Professor, Music

B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M., D.M.A., The Juilliard School

 

Alec Schramm

Professor, Physics

B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

 

Joseph Schulz

Professor, Biology

B.S., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

 

Natasha Sekhon

Assistant Professor, Geology
B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.S., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
 
Nikki M. Seymour
Assistant Professor, Geology
B.A., M.S., University of Texas, Austin; Ph.D, Colorado State University
 
Bhavna Shamasunder

Associate Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.S./B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.ES., Yale University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Derek Shearer

Stuart Chevalier Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., The Union Graduate School

 

Michael Shelton

Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.S., St. Cloud State University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

 

Aleksandra Sherman

Associate Professor, Cognitive Science

B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Northwestern University

 

Andrew Shtulman

Professor, Psychology

B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Zachary Silver

Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University; Ph.D., Yale University
 
Daniel Snowden-Ifft

Ezra Frederick Scattergood Professor, Physics

B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Ronald Solórzano

Professor, Education

B.S., M.Ed., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Lisa Sousa

Professor, History

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Eileen Spain

Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry

B.S. Sonoma State University; Ph.D., University of Utah

 

Sabrina Stierwalt

Assistant Professor, Physics

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Damian Stocking

Associate Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture 

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Marla Stone

Professor, History

B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Amber Stubler

Assistant Professor, Biology

B.S., Ph.D., Stony Brook University

 

Eric Sundberg

Professor, Mathematics

A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., Rutgers University

 

Amanda Tasse

Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture

B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

La Mont Terry

Associate Professor, Education

A.B., M.A.T., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Mai Thai

Assistant Professor, Sociology

B.A., Pomona College; Ph.D., Indiana University

 

Kerry Thompson

Professor, Biology

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Dolores Trevizo

Professor, Sociology

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Andrew K. Udit

Professor, Chemistry

H.B.Sc., University of Toronto; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Kristi Upson-Saia

David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professorship in Religion

B.A., University of Washington; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Duke University

 

Jonathan Veitch

Professor, History

B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Raul Villa

Professor, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

 

Yurika Wakamatsu

Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Elizabeth Wiener

Assistant Professor, Politics

B.A., Kenyon College; Ph.D., Emory University

 

Benjamin Weiss

Assistant Professor, Sociology

A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Kevin M. Williams

Assistant Professor, Economics

B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Davis

 

Xiao-huang Yin

Professor, American Studies

B.A., Nanjing University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Amanda J. Zellmer

Associate Professor, Biology

B.S., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Michigan

 

Meimei Zhang

Assistant Professor, Asian Studies

B.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

On Special Appointment

Meredith Abood

Visiting Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
Joe Addington

Visiting Instructor, Music; Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble

 

Jamie Angell

Resident Professor of Theater and Performance

B.A., Dartmouth College; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

 

Taylor Aquino

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., University of Chicago; doctoral candidate, University of California, Los Angeles
 
Alec Arellano

Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics

B.A., Colorado College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

 

Daryl Barker

Visiting Instructor, Core Program
A.B., Occidental College; M.L.I.S., doctoral candidate, University of California, Los Angeles
 
Kirk Bentzen

Visiting Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

A.B., Occidental College; M.P.T., University of Southern California; M.B.A., La Sierra University; D.P.T., University of Southern California

 

Alejandra Martínez Berdeja

Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology

B.S. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

 

Christopher G. Berger

Visiting Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

B.A., Arizona State University; M.S. University of Oregon; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

 

Mariano Bertucci

Resident Assistant Professor, Politics

B.A., Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires; M.A. University of Denver; Ph.D. University of Southern California

 

Stephanie S. L. Birnbaum

Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., Emory University; P.h.D., Vanderbilt University
 
Christopher M. Blakley
Visiting Assistant Professor, Core Program
B.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., North Carolina State University; P.h.D., Rutgers University
 
Scott Blum

Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology

B.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

 

Ann Blythe

Visiting Associate Professor, Geology

B.S., Cornell University; M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Alexander H. Bolyanatz

Visiting Professor, Core Program
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., University of Texas, Arlington; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
 
Jongnic Bontemps
Visiting Instructor, Music Production
B.A., Yale University
 
Marta Llorente Bravo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., M.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Ph.D., University of California, Davis
 
Janis Breidenbach
Visiting Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Prescott College
 
Ry Brennan
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
 
Lauren Brown

Visiting Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Stephen Cabell

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music

B.M., The Curtis Institute; M.M., The Juilliard School; Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Anthony Cardella

Visiting Instructor, Music
B.A., Lawrence University; doctoral candidate, University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music
 
Alicia O. Carranza
Visiting Assistant Professor, Public Health
B.A., University of California, Riverside; M.P.H., National University; D.P.H., Loma Linda University
 
Alejandra Castellanos

Visiting Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.A., California State University, Channel Islands; M.A., doctoral candidate, University of California, Irvine

 

César Castro

Visiting Instructor, Music

 

Sevada Chamras

Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; P.h.D, University of California, Santa Barbara
 
Hsing-Hau Chen

Resident Assistant Professor, Computer Science

BA., B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Rick Cole

Visiting Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

A.B., Occidental College; M.S., Columbia University

 

Ara Corbett

Resident Assistant Professor, College Writing Program

B.A., Loyola Marymount University; M.F.A., Boston University; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles

 

Ariana Corral

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.F.A., The University of Texas at El Paso; M.F.A., The University of Texas at Austin
 
Milo Crimi

Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy

B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Bryon Cunningham

Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology

B.S., University of Georgia; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University; M.F.A., University of Southern California

 

Chekwube O. Danladi

Visiting Assistant Professor, English; Writer in Residence

B.A., Oberlin College; M.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Kenturah Davis

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

A.B., Occidental College; M.F.A., Yale University

 

Jordanne Dervaes

Visiting Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
 
Kimberly A. Diaz

Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies

B.A., University of California San Diego; M.A., doctoral candidate, University of California, Riverside

 

Jessica Dirkes

Resident Assistant Professor; Public Health Program Coordinator 

B.S., University of Missouri; M.P.H, Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Daron Djerdjian

Visiting Associate Professor, Economics

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Syracuse University

 

Caitlin Joy Dobson

Visiting Instructor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., doctoral candidate, University of Southern California
 
Mercedes Dorame
Wanless Artist in Residence
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute
 
Douglas Duquette

Resident Associate Professor, Chemistry

B.A., M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Jacqueline Elam

Visiting Assistant Professor, Core Program

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., The Claremont Graduate School

 

Kimiko Elguea

Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
A.B., M.A., Occidental College; J.D., Loyola Law School
 
Micah Farver
Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
 
Christopher Fennessy

Visiting Instructor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., Loyola Marymount University; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles

 

Alexandra Fine

Visiting Assistant Professor, American Studies

B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., California College of the Arts; Ph.D., University of California, Davis

 

Nathan Fisher

Visiting Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
 
Brian Fitzmorris

Resident Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

B.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University

 

Jacques Fomerand

Visiting Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs; Assistant Director, Occidental-at-the-United Nations Program

B.A., Lycée Janson de Sailly; M.A., Diplôme de I’Institut d’Études Politiques; Ph.D., City University of New York

 

Heng Lam Foong

Visiting Instructor, Public Health

B.A., College of New Rochelle; M.S., Capella University

 

Max Foreman

Resident Assistant Professor, Music; Director, Choi Family Music Production Center

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

 

Luz D. Forero

Visiting Instructor, Spanish and French Studies; Specialist for Language Education
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
 
April Forrest

Visiting Instructor, Education

B.A., Pitzer College; M.Ph., Claremont Graduate School

 

Andrew V. Frane

Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology

B.A., M.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Devin Fromm

Visiting Assistant Professor, Core Program

B.A., University of Montana; M.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Joel Garcia

Curator in Residence
 
Alexander Gardner

Visiting Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

 

Jean-Luc Gauvreau

Resident Associate Professor, Physics

B.S., Universite Laval, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada; Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park

 

Susan Geffen

Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology

B.S., University of Miami; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Ramona Gonzalez

Visiting Instructor, Music

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Alicia Gonzalez

Resident Senior Instructor, Spanish and French Studies

A.B., Stanford University; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Christine Grant

Visiting Assistant Professor, History

B.A., University of Bradford; M.A., West Virginia University; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University

 

Eugenio Grippo

Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California
 
David Guignion
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., Bishop's University; M.A., Ph.D., Western University
 
Shani Habibi
Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., Woodbury University; M.A., Pepperdine University; Ph.D., Alliant International University
 
Paul Haitkin
Visiting Instructor, Physics
B.S., Rutgers University; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles
 
Babak Hassanzadeh

Visiting Instructor, Biology

B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; doctoral candidate, University of Southern California

 

Julia Holter

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music

B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

 

Kellie Hsu

Visiting Instructor, Chemistry
A.B., Occidental College
 
Edmond Johnson
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music; Director, Academic Advising

B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Soo Mee Kim

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Ithaca College; M.A., San Diego State University; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Sciences; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 
Chris Kim

Resident Professor, Music; Choi Family Director, Instrumental Music

B.M., Northwestern University; M.M., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

 

Nevin P. Kozik

Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology

B.S., University of California, Riverside; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

 

Desiree La Vertu 

Resident Professor, Music; Director, Choral and Vocal Activities

B.Mus., California State University, Fullerton; M.M., University of Nevada, Reno

 

Nishu Lal

Visiting Associate Professor, Mathematics

B.S., M.S., University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

 

Don Lawrence

Visiting Professor, Mathematics

B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Swee Fong Lee

Visiting Instructor, Asian Studies

B.A., Tokyo Gakugei University; M.A., Hitotsubashi University; M.A., California State University, Long Beach

 

Marisol León

Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice

B.A., Yale University; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; J.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Daniela Smolov Levy

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., Princeton University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Stanford University
 
Promise Li
Visiting Instructor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., doctoral candidate, Princeton University
 
Xinyuan Li

Visiting Assistant Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

B.F.A., Shanghai Theater Academy; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

Daniel Ryan Long

Visiting Instructor, Music

B.A., University of Virginia

 

Michael Luo

Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles
 
Samuel Luterbacher

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

B.A., University of Geneva, Switzerland; M.A.,Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Ph.D., Yale University

 

Francisco Martinez

Visiting Senior Instructor, Theater and Performance Studies

 

Mia Mattioli

Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A., Barnard College; M.D., The Pennsylvania State University
 
Joshua Nicholas McGuffie
Visiting Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A, University of California, Los Angeles; M.Div., Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary; M.A., Oregon State University; doctoral candidate, University of California, Los Angeles
 
Aed McMillan

Resident Assistant Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

B.F.A., University of Montevallo; M.F.A., Hunter College

 

Laural Meade

Resident Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

A.B., Occidental College; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Jeffrey Miller

Resident Associate Professor, Mathematics

B.S., University of California, Davis; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Sydney K. Mitsunaga-Whitten

Resident Instructor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Yale University

 

Malek Moazzam-Doulat

Resident Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice

A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook

 

Karen Molinder

Resident Assistant Professor, Biology

A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles

 

Jeffrey Morse

Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
A.B., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Rhode Island
 
Natalie Muren

Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry

B.A., Willamette University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Sarah Murphy

Visiting Instructor, Chemistry
B.A., Pomona College; M.S., doctoral candidate, California Institute of Technology
 
Laila H. Noureldin
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Georgetown University; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Chicago
 
Nicholas O’Connell
Visiting Instructor, Kinesiology
A.B., Occidental College; D.P.T., University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
 
Olubunmi Oguntolu
Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., Boston College; M.A., Emerson College; M.A., University of New Mexico; Ph.D., University of Florida
 
Celka Ojakangas

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music

M.A., Drury University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Southern California

 

Emi Okubo

Visiting Instructor, Asian Studies
B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
 
Daryl Ono

Resident Senior Instructor of Accounting, Economics

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Pacific Western University

 

Q. Ostendorf

Resident Assistant Professor, College Writing Program

B.A., Northwestern University; M.F.A., Mills College; Ph.D., New York University

 

Aviad Ozana

Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology

B.A., The Open University; M.A., Tel-Aviv University; Ph.D., Ben-Gurion University of Negev

 

Fabio Paolizzo

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Audio/Music/Sound Engineering

B.A., M.A., Tor Vergata University of Rome; Ph.D., University of Kent

 

Angela Park

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.M., University of Texas at Austin; M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., University of Southern California
 
Jocelyn Webb Pedersen

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

B.A., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; M.A., University of Iowa, Center for the Book; M.F.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Tuyetdong Phan-Yamada

Visiting Instructor, Computer Science
B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles
 
John Phillips

Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry

B.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

G. Simeon Pillich

Resident Professor, Music

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Erica Preston-Roedder

Resident Assistant Professor, Philosophy

B.A., Stanford University; M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., New York University

 

Lisa Pringle

Visiting Instructor, Politics

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., University of California; M.A., Claremont Graduate University

 

Jackie Provost

Visiting Instructor, Public Health
A.B., Occidental College; M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles
 
Jonathan Richards
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music; Director, Occidental Jazz Ensemble

B.A., University of Southern California; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

 

Karina Rincon

Resident Instructor, Spanish and French Studies

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Sandra Ritz

Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
 
Maura Roosevelt
Visiting Assistant Professor, Core Program
A.B., Harvard University; M.F.A., New York University; Ph.D., Columbia University
 
Cynthia Rothschild

Resident Instructor, Diplomacy and World Affairs; Faculty Director, Kahane United Nations Program

B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Columbia University

 

Dylan Sabo

Resident Associate Professor, Philosophy, Cognitive Science

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

Charlyne Sarmiento

Resident Assistant Professor, College Writing Program; Assistant Director, Writing Center

B.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Sheldon Schiffer

Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Georgia State University

 

Gary Schindelman

Resident Professor, Biochemistry

B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., New York University

 

J Selke

Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies
B.A., DePauw University; M.A., doctoral candidate, University of California, Riverside
 
Kyle Shen
Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics
A.B., The University of Chicago; J.D., University of Texas School of Law
 
Sami Siegelbaum

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

B.A., New York University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

 

Robert Sipchen

Visiting Professor, College Writing Program

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Doug Smith

Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., University of Oregon; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles
 
Lucie Suchomelova
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
M.S., P.h.D., Charles University
 
Brittany Suh
Visiting Instructor, Sociology
B.A., Handong Global University; M.A., New York University; doctoral candidate, City University of New York
 
Julia Sushytska

Visiting Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

B.A., John Carroll University; M.A., Ph.D., Stony Brook University

 

Camilla Taylor

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.F.A., University of Utah; M.F.A., California State University, Long Beach
 
Yuki Taylor

Resident Associate Professor, Asian Studies

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Shivani Thakkar

Visiting Instructor, Theater and Performance Studies
B.A., University of Southern California
 
Madeline Thayer
Visiting Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
 
Mia Doi Todd
Visiting Instructor, Music; Johnston-Fix Professor of the Practice in Songwriting
B.A, Yale University
 
Gregory Toy

Visiting Assistant Professor, American Studies

B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

John Trafton

Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., Chapman University; M.S., University of Edinburgh; Ph.D., University of St. Andrews
 
Anthony Tróchez

Visiting Assistant Professor, Education

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Victoria Umanskaya

Resident Associate Professor, Economics

B.A. (DHE), Saratov State University; Ph.D., University of Wyoming

 

Igor Umanskiy

Laboratory Coordinator

M.S., Saratov State University, Russia; Ph.D., Saratov State University, Russia

 

Kevin Urstadt

Resident Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science

B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

 

Stephen van Dyck

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
A.B., Occidental College; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
 
M. Gabriela Venegas
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A, Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil; M.A., Florida State University; P.h.D., University of California, Los Angeles
 
Anh Vo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.S., Creighton University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
 
Benjamin Wang

Visiting Assistant Professor, Education

B.A., Nanjing University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Weidong Wang

Instrumentation Facilities Manager, Chemistry

B.S., Jilin University; Ph.D., Rochester University

 

Ezra Weisz

Visiting Assistant Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

 

David Weldzius

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

B.F.A., University of Illinois, Chicago; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

 

Dawn Monique Williams

Wanless Visiting Theater Artist
 
Garret Williams

Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture

 

Jonathan P. Williams

Resident Senior Instructor, Biology

B.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; M.S., California State University, Northridge

 

Patricia Yossen

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

B.A., Escuela Provincial de Artes Visuales Juan Mantovani; M.F.A., Pratt Institute

 

Anne Yu

Resident Senior Instructor, Chemistry

B.A., Pomona College; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Anita Zachary

Visiting Assistant Professor, College Writing Program

B.A., Pitzer College; M.F.A., San Diego State University

 

Alexander Zhu

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.M., New England Conservatory; M.M., DMA, University of Southern California
 
Steve Zimmer

Visiting Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.A., Goucher College; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles

 

Sigfrido A. Zimmermann

Visiting Instructor, Biology
B.A., M.S., California State University, Northridge

Emeriti Faculty

Arthé Anthony

Professor of American Studies, Emeritus (1979-2014)

B.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; M.A., Boston University

 

David Axeen

Professor of American Studies, Emeritus (1969-2007)

B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

 

Elizabeth Barber

Professor of Linguistics and Archaeology, Emerita (1969-2007)

B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

 

Scott Bogue
Professor of Geology, Emeritus (1985-2021)
A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

 

John Bouchard

Professor of Theater, Emeritus  (1986-2018)

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., Rice University

 

Thomas Burkdall

Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, Emeritus  (1991-2022)

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., Rice University

 

Larry Caldwell

Cecil H. and Louise Gamble Professor in Political Science, Professor of Politics, Emeritus (1967-2014)

B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., M.A.L.D., Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

 

Wellington K. K. Chan

National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Professor of the Humanities; Professor of History, Emeritus (1971-2010)

B.A., Yale University; B.Lit., University of Oxford; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Sarah Chen

Professor of East Asian Studies, Emerita (1989-2019)

B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Norman S. Cohen

Robert Glass Cleland Professor of American History, Emeritus (1966-1998)

B.A., George Washington University; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Phoebe Dea

Fletcher Jones Professor of Chemistry, Emerita (1993-2014)

B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Donald Deardorff

Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus (1981-2015)

B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ph.D., University of Arizona

 

Frank P. DeHaan

Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus (1961-1995)

A.B., Calvin College; Ph.D., Purdue University

 

Nancy Dess

Professor of Psychology, Emerita (1986-2022)

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

 

Lynn Dumenil

Robert Glass Cleland Professor of American History, Emerita (1991-2014)

B.A., University of Southern California; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Dennis Eggleston

Professor of Physics, Emeritus (1987-2022)

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Robert Ellis

Norman Bridge Distinguished Professor of Spanish, Emeritus (1984-2021)

B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Daniel Fineman

Professor of English, Emeritus (1976-2020)

B.A., Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Eric Frank

Professor of Art and Art History, Emeritus (1986-2021)

B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., New York University

 

Alan Freeman

Professor of Theater, Emeritus (1969-2014)

A.B., M.A., Occidental College; M.F.A., American Film Institute

 

Erich A. Frey

Professor of German, Emeritus (1960-1996)

B.A., Nebraska Wesleyan University; M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Nina Gelbart

Professor, History; Anita Johnson Wand Professor of Women's Studies, Emerita (1981-2023)
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
 
Irene Girton

Professor of Music, Emerita (2000-2021)

B.Music, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

 

Evelyne Glaser

Registrar, Emerita (1980-1998)

A.B., Occidental College

 

Donald Y. Goldberg

Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus (1978-2002)

B.A., New College; A.M., Ph.D., Dartmouth College; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Robert Gottlieb

Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Emeritus (1997-2015)

A.B., Reed College

 

Susan Gratch

Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, Emerita (1985-2022)

B.A., M.F.A., University of Michigan

 

Allen Gross

Professor of Music, Emeritus (1983- 2014)

B.A., Queens College; M.A., University of California, Berkeley; D.M.A., Stanford University

 

Felisa Guillén

Professor of Spanish and French Studies, Emerita (1990- 2021)

B.A., M.A., University of Madrid; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

John Hafner

Curator of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology and Professor of Biology, Emeritus (1982-2010)

A.B, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, M.S., Texas Tech University

 

James F. Halstead

Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1977-2004)

B.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Marcia Homiak

Professor of Philosophy, Emerita (1974-2019)

A.B., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Anne B. Howells

Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Emeritus (1966-2005)

B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

 

Jane S. Jaquette

Bertha Harton Orr Professor in the Liberal Arts, Emeritus (1969-2005)

B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Alan Knoerr

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Cognitive Science, Emeritus (1991-2018)

B.A., Oberlin College; Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown University

 

Herman A. Lauter

Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus (1963-1991)

B.S., Purdue University; M.A., University of Washington, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Diana Card Linden

Professor of Cognitive Science, Emerita (1982-2017)

A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Adelaida López

Professor of Spanish and French Studies, Emerita (1990-2020)

B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

 

Linda Lyke

Professor of Art and Art History, Emerita (1976-2022)

B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

 

Gary Martin

Professor of Biology, Emeritus (1980-2021)

B.A., M.A., California State College, Sonoma; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Michael M. McAleenan

Professor of Sociology and Law, Emeritus (1972-2005)

B.A., M.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Hawaii; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Rae McCormick

Professor of Education, Emerita (1977-2004)

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ed.D., University of Southern California

 

Jacquelyn Ann McCoy

College Librarian, Emerita (1986-2001)

A.B., M.S.L.S., Syracuse University

 

Lynn Mehl

Professor of Kinesiology and Psychology, Emerita (1977-2022)

B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Robby Moore

Elbridge Amos Stuart Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1978-2019)

A.B., M.S.L.S., Syracuse University

 

Martin L. Morton

James Irvine Professor in Environmental Biology, Emeritus (1967-2000)

A.B., M.A., San Jose State College; Ph.D., Washington State University

 

Joan Rand Moschovakis

Professor of Mathematics, Emerita (1965-1995)

A.B. University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

 

D. Keith Naylor

Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus (1989-2019)

A.B. University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

 

Michael Near

Professor of English, Emeritus (1988-2013)

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Eric Newhall

Professor of English, American Studies Emeritus (1975-2019)

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Martin N. Olson

Professor of Education, Emeritus (1975-2005)

B.A., M.Ed., Western Washington State College; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

 

Annabelle M. Rea

Professor of French, Emerita (1966-2002)

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Thomas Robertson

Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus (1960-1991)

B.A., University of St. Andrews; M.A., University of Southern California

 

Jacyln Rodríguez

Professor of Psychology and Latin@ and Latin American Studies, Emeritus (1984-2021)

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

 

Martha Ronk

Irma and Jay Price Professor of English Literature, Emeritus (1980-2014)

B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Yale University

 

Arthur Saint-Aubin

Professor of Spanish and French Studies, Emeritus (1979-2022)
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
 
Timothy D. Sanders

Professor of Physics, Emeritus (1964-1992)

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Anne Schell

Professor of Psychology, Emerita (1971-2017)

B.S., Baylor University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Nathan Shenfeld

Associate Professor of Psychology, Emeritus (1965-1988)

B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Buffalo

 

John Brooks Slaughter

President, Emeritus (1988-1999)

B.S., Kansas State University; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

 

Thomas A. Slobko

Chief Information Officer and Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus (1971-2006)

A.B., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Thomas C. Somerville

Professor of Music, Emeritus (1977-2000)

B.A., B.M., University of Dubuque; M.M, D.M.A., University of Southern California

 

Woody Studenmund

Laurence de Rycke Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1970-2022)

B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

John Swift

Professor of English, Emeritus (1981-2019)

B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

 

Nalsey Tinberg

Professor of Mathematics, Emerita (1980-2021)

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Warwick

 

Jeffrey Tobin

Associate Professor of Critical Theory and Social Justice, Emeritus (1998-2011)

B.A., Earlham College; M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa; Ph.D., Rice University

 

Saul Traiger

Professor of Cognitive Science and Philosophy, Emeritus (1985-2021)

B.A., State University of New York, Binghamton; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

 

Dennis A. Vanderweele

Professor of Psychology, Emeritus (1973-2006)

B.S., M.A., Western Michigan University; Ph.D., University of Maine

 

Jim Whitney

Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1982-2014)

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

 

Dale Wright

David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor in Religion, Emeritus (1980-2018)

B.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa

 

Jean Wyatt

Professor of English, Emerita (1970-2021)

A.B., Pomona College; Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Esther Yau

Professor of Art History and the Visual Arts, Emeritus (1990-2009)

B.A., University of Hong Kong; M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Louise Yuhas

Professor of Art History and the Visual Arts, Emerita (1977-2013)

B.A., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Athletic Coaches

Anahit Aladzhanyan

Assistant Athletic Director

Head Coach, Women's Basketball

 

Rob Bartlett

Compliance Officer

Head Coach, Cross Country and Track and Field

 

Heather Collins

Head Coach, Women's Volleyball

 

Rod Lafaurie

Head Coach, Men's Soccer

 

Colm McFeely

Assistant Athletic Director

Head Coach, Women's Soccer

 

Haley Meryl Mitchell

Head Coach, Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving

 

Will Morris

Community Wellness Coordinator

Head Coach, Men's and Women's Golf

 

Shanda Ness

Director of Athletics

 

Brian Newhall 

Associate Athletic Director

Head Coach, Men's Basketball

 

Stephen Murray Perkins

Head Coach, Men's and Women'sTennis

 

Sierra M. Slack

Head Coach, Lacrosse

 

Jack Stabenfeldt

Head Coach, Men's and Women's Water Polo

 

Luke Wetmore

Head Coach, Baseball