2016-2017 Catalog

Regular Faculty

Bevin Ashenmiller

Associate Professor, Economics; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara

Courtney Baker

Associate Professor of American Studies

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

Erica Ball

Professor of American Studies

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

Renee Baran

Associate Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience

B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., UC Berkeley

Treena Basu

Assistant Professor, Mathematics

B.S. Jogamaya Devi College: University of Calcutta; M.S. University of Texas-Pan American; M.S. Bengal Engineering and Science University; Ph.D. University of South Carolina

Linda Besemer

James Irvine Distinguished Professor, Art History & Visual Arts

B.A., B.F.A., Indiana University; M.F.A., Tyler School of Art

Roger Boesche

The Arthur G. Coons Distinguished Professor of the History of Ideas, Politics

B.A., Ph.D., Stanford University

Scott Bogue

Professor, Geology

A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz

John Bouchard

Professor, Theater

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

Elizabeth Braker

Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Kinesiology; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

B.A., Colorado College; Ph.D., UC Berkeley

Ron Buckmire

Professor, Mathematics

B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Thomas Burkdall

Director of the Center for Academic Excellence; Associate Professor, Writing & Rhetoric

B.A., Pitzer College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA

Jeffrey Cannon

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

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

 

Mijin Cha
Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

Anthony Tirado Chase

Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

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

Sarah Chen

Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures; Advisory Committee, Group Language

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

Tsung Chi

Professor, Politics; Affiliated Faculty, East Asian Languages and Cultures

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

Lesley Chiou

Associate Professor, Economics

B.A., UC Berkeley; Ph.D., MIT

Mary Christianakis

Associate Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice

B.A., UCLA; M. Ed., UCLA; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley

Lan T. Chu

Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

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

Chris Craney

Professor, Chemistry; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry

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

Alexander F. Day

Assistant Professor, History; Affiliated Faculty, East Asian Language and Cultures

B.A. Colby College; M.A., Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz

Allison de Fren

Assistant Professor, Art History & Visual Arts

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

Nancy Dess

Professor, Psychology; Advisory Committee, Kinesiology; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience

B.A., UCLA Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Peter Dreier

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

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

Sophal Ear

Associate Professor, Diplomacy & World Affairs

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

Dennis Eggleston

Professor, Physics

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., UCLA

Robert Ellis

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

B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA

Hanan Elsayed

Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

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

Salvador Fernández

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

B.A., UC Riverside; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., UCLA

Sharla Fett

Professor, History; Advisory Committee, American Studies

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

Daniel Fineman

Professor, English

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

James Ford III

Assistant Professor, English

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

Broderick Fox

Associate Professor, Art History & Visual Arts

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

Eric Frank

Professor, Art History & Visual Arts

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

Debra Freas

Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture; Advisory Committee for Classical Studies Minor

B.A., University of Texas; Ph.D., UC Irvine

Regina Freer

Professor, Politics; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy

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

Michael Gasper

Associate Professor, History

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

Nina Gelbart

Professor, History

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

Roger George

Professor of Practice in National Security

B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Irene Girton

Professor, Music

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

Shana Goffredi

Associate Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry

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

Thalia González

Associate Professor, Politics

B.A., Arizona State University; J.D., Northwestern University

Susan Grayson

Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

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

G. Elmer Griffin

Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice

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

Felisa Guillén

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

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

Laura Hebert

Associate 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 History & Visual Arts

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

Associate Professor, Politics

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

Marcia Homiak

Professor, Philosophy

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

Jane Hong

Assistant Professor, History

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

Andrea Hopmeyer

Professor, Psychology

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

Maryanne Horowitz

Professor, History

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

Andrew Jalil

Assistant Professor, Economics

A.B.; Sc.B. Brown University; Ph.D. UC Berkeley

Mary Johnson

Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Linguistics; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University

David Kasunic

Associate Professor, Music

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

Sanjeev Khagram

John Parke Young Chair in Global Political Economy

B.A.; M.A.; Ph.D. Stanford

Brian Kim

Associate Professor, Psychology

B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

Alan Knoerr

Associate Professor, Mathematics, Cognitive Science

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

Sarah Kozinn

Assistant Professor in Theater

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

Ari Laskin

Assistant Professor, Art History & Visual Arts

B.A., University of Victoria; M.A., York University; M.A., Ph.D. U.C. Irvine

Brandon Lehr

Assistant Professor, Economics

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

Tamás Lengyel

Professor, Mathematics

Diploma, Ph.D., Eotvos University, Budapest

Ross Lerner

Assistant Professor, English

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

Carmel Levitan

Associate Professor, Cognitive Science; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience

B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley

Justin Li

Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science

Ph.D, University of Michigan

Jan Lin

Professor, Sociology; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy

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

Diana Card Linden

Professor, Cognitive Science; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience

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

Krystale E. Littlejohn

Assistant Professor of Sociology

A.B, Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University

John Chung-En Liu

Assistant Professor in Sociology

B.S., National Taiwan University; M.A., Yale University; Master of Environmental Management, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Adelaida López

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

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

Mary Lopez

Associate Professor, Economics; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

B.A., UC 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, Critical Theory and Social Justice

B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA

Amy Lyford

Professor, Art History & Visual Arts

B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley

Linda Lyke

Professor, Art History & Visual Arts

B.A., M.F.A., Kent State University

Donna Maeda

Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice

B.A., St. Olaf College; Ph.D., USC J.D., Boalt Hall (UC Berkeley)

Gary Martin

Professor, Biology

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

Martha Matsuoka

Associate Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

A.B., Occidental College; M.C.P., UC Berkeley Ph.D., UCLA

John McCormack

Assistant Professor, Biology; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

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

Lynn Mehl

Professor, Kinesiology and Psychology

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

Nancy Marie Mithlo

Associate Professor, Art History & Visual Arts; Chair of American Indian Studies at The Autry Museum of the American West

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

Warren Montag

Brown Family Professor in Literature, English

B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

Robby Moore

Elbridge Amos Stuart Professor of Economics

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

Jesse Mora

Assistant Professor, Economics

B.A. Claremont McKenna; M.A. John Hopkins-SAIS; M.A., Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz

Richard Mora

Associate Professor, Sociology; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a & Latin American Studies

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

Clair Morrissey

Associate Professor, Philosophy

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

Ramin Naimi

Professor, Mathematics

B.S., UCLA; Ph.D., Caltech

D. Keith Naylor

Professor, Religious Studies

B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Pacific School of Religion; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara

Aram Nersissian

Associate Professor, Chemistry; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry

B.S., Moscow State Lomonosov University; Ph.D., Armenian Academy of Sciences

Leila Neti

Associate Professor, English

B.A., UCLA; M.A., Ph.D., UC Irvine

Eric Newhall

Professor, English; Advisory Committee, American Studies

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA

Diana Ngo

Assistant Professor, Economics

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

Gretchen North

John W. McMenamin Endowed Chair in Biology; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy

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

Cheryl Okumura

Assistant Professor, Biology

B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. UCLA

Christopher Oze

Associate Professor, Geology

B.A., Whitman College; Ph.D. Stanford University

Virginia Parks

Madeline McKinnie Endowed Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

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

Jennifer Piscopo

Assistant Professor, Politics; Advisory Committee, Latin American and Latino/a Studies

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

Roberta Pollock

Professor, Biology; Biochemistry; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry

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

Daniel Pondella

Associate Professor, Biology; Director, Vantuna Research Group

A.B., M.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., UCLA

Julie Prebel

Associate Professor, Writing & Rhetoric

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

Marcella Raney

Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

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

Movindri Reddy

Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

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

Jaclyn Rodríguez

Professor, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

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

Stuart Rugg

Professor, Kinesiology

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

Margaret Rusmore

Professor, Geology

B.S., UC 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

Arthur Saint-Aubin

Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Janet Scheel

Associate Professor, Physics

B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana; M.A., M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Caltech

Anne Schell

Professor, Psychology; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience

B.S., Baylor University; M.A., Ph.D., USC

George Schmiedeshoff

Professor, Physics

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Adam Schoenberg

Assistant Professor, Music

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

Alec Schramm

Professor, Physics

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

Joseph Schulz

Associate Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience

B.S., Indiana University; Ph.D., UC San Diego

Bhavna Shamasunder

Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

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

Derek Shearer

Stuart Chevalier Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

BA, Yale University; PhD, The Union Graduate School

Michael Shelton

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

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

Aleksandra Sherman

Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience

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

Andrew Shtulman

Associate Professor, Cognitive Science; Psychology

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

Daniel Snowden-Ifft

Professor, Physics

B.A., Swarthmore College M.A., Ph.D., UC Berkeley

Ronald Solórzano

Professor, Education; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

B.S., M.Ed., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., UCLA

Lisa Sousa

Professor, History; Chair, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., UCLA

Damian Stocking

Associate Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Department

B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA

Marla Stone

Professor, History

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

Woody Studenmund

Laurence de Rycke Professor of Economics

A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

Eric Sundberg

Associate Professor, Mathematics

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

John Swift

Professor, English

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

La Mont Terry

Associate Professor, Education

A.B., M.A.T., Occidental College; Ph.D., UCLA

Nalsey Tinberg

Professor, Mathematics

B.A., UCLA M.S.; Ph.D., University of Warwick

Saul Traiger

Professor, Cognitive Science, Philosophy

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

Dolores Trevizo

Professor, Sociology; Advisory Committee, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA

Andrew K. Udit

Associate Professor, Chemistry

H.B.Sc., University of Toronto; Ph.D., Caltech

Kristi Upson-Saia

Associate Professor, Religious Studies

B.A., University of Washington; M.Div., Princeton Theol. Sem.; Ph.D., Duke University

Raul Villa

Professor, English; Advisory Committee, American Studies; Advisory Committee, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

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

Katharina Von Ankum

NTT Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

BA, University of Tübingen; MA, PhD University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Lisa Wade

Associate Professor, Sociology

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., New York University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Kirsten Wandschneider

Associate Professor, Economics

M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Illinois

Dale Wright

David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor in Religion, Religious Studies

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

Jean Wyatt

Professor, English

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

Xiao-huang Yin

Professor, American Studies; Affiliated Faculty, East Asian Languages and Cultures; Affiliated Faculty, History

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

Amanda Zellmer

Assistant Professor, Biology

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