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