2021-2022 Catalog

Faculty

Regular Faculty

Kerry Thompson, chair

Professor

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

Renee Baran

Associate Professor 

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

Elizabeth Braker

Professor 

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

Shana Goffredi

Professor 

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

Amanda Zellmer McCormack

Associate Professor

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

John McCormack

Associate Professor 

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

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 

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

Roberta Pollock

Professor 

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

Daniel Pondella

Professor

Director, Vantuna Research Group

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

Joseph Schulz

Professor 

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

Amber Stubler

Assistant Professor

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

On Special Appointment

Maria Adreani
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor
B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Northeastern University; M.S., California State University, Northridge; Ph.D., Florida State University   

Babak Hassanzadeh
Non-Tenure Track Instructor
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles

Karen Molinder
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor
A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Gary Schindelman
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor 
B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., New York University 

Jonathan P. Williams
Non-Tenure Track Instructor
B.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; M.S., California State University, Northridge