On Special Appointment
Joe Addington
Visiting Instructor, Music
Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble
Benyamin Ahmadnia
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.S., University of Sistan and Baluchestan; M.Sc., Ph.D., Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jamie Angell
Resident Professor of Theater and Performance
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Alec Arellano
Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., Colorado College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
Thomas J. Balcerski
Ray A. Billington Professor of United States History
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Stony Brook University; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Nicholas Barlow
Visiting Instructor, Art and Art History
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Tatiana Basanez
Visiting Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Ilan Benattar
Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies
B.A., Binghamton University; M.A., The City University of New York, Graduate Center; M.Phil., New York University
Kirk Bentzen
Visiting 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
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., Ph.D., Cornell University; M.S., University of Pennsylvania
Kirsten Boles
Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies
B.A., BUtler University; M.A., Claremont Graduate University;
Bernie Boscoe
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.F.A., Pratt institute; M.S., California State University, Northridge; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
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
Lucas Carden
Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., University of Kentucky; M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Alejandra Castellanos
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., California State University, Channel Islands; M.A., University of California, Irvine
César Castro
Visiting Instructor, Music
Raquel Centeno
Visiting Instructor, Politics
B.A., California Lutheran University; M.A., University of Southern California
Hsing-Hau Chen
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
BA., B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Yeehoon Choi
Visiting Instructor, Art and Art History
BA., M.A., Seoul National University
Rick Cole
Visiting Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
A.B., Occidental College; M.S., Columbia University
Ara Corbett
Resident Assistant Professor, Writing and Rhetoric
B.A., Loyola Marymount University; M.F.A., Boston University; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles
Claire Crawford
Visiting Instructor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., George Washington University; M.A., Georgetown University
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
Writer in Residence
Visiting Assistant Professor, English
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
Kimberly A. Diaz
Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies
B.A., University of California, San Diego
Jessica Dirkes
Resident Assistant Professor
Co-Chair, 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
Douglas Duquette
Resident Assistant 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
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
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-and-the-U.N. 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
Director of the Choi Family Music Production Center
Resident Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
April Forrest
Visiting Instructor, Public Health
B.A., Pitzer College; M.Ph., Claremont Graduate School
Khanisha Foster
Wanless Visiting Theater Artist, Theater and Performance Studies
B.A., Columbia College; M.F.A., Stephens College
Andrew V. Frane
Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., M.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Gabriel Freiman
Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics and Computer Science
M.S. in Engineering, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées; M.S.in Applied Physics, University of Paris 6; Ph.D., Ecole Polytechnique
Devin Fromm
Visiting Assistant Professor, Core Program
B.A., University of Montana; M.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
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
Babak Hassanzadeh
Visiting Instructor, Biology
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
Julia Holter
Johnston-Fix Professor of the Practice in Songwriting
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Melinda Houston
Visiting Associate Professor, Kinesiology
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Brendan Hughes
Visiting Assistant Professor, Theater and Performance Studies
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama
Sierra Hunter
Visiting Instructor, Chemistry
A.B., Occidental College
Edmond Johnson
Director of Advising
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Chris Kim
Choi Family Director of Instrumental Music
Resident Professor, Music
B.M., Northwestern University; M.M., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Nevin P. Kozik
Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology
B.S., University of California, Riverside; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University
Kristine Kuramitsu
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Desiree La Vertu
Director of Choral and Vocal Activities
Resident Professor, Music
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
Dhyandra Lawson
Visiting Instructor, Art and Art History
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., Arizona State University
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
Xinyuan Li
Visiting Assistant Professor, Theater and Performance Studies
B.F.A., Shanghai Theater Academy; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Wanmeng Li
Visiting Assistant Professor, Asian Studies
B.A., Tsinghua University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Vivian Lin
Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.P.S., New York University; M.F.A., Sandberg Instituut; Ph.D., City University of Hong Kong
Yi Liu
Visiting Instructor, Art and Art History
Daniel Ryan Long
Visiting Instructor, Music
B.A., University of Virginia
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
Susanna Maing
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Francisco Martinez
Visiting Senior Instructor, Theater and Performance Studies
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
Candace Mixon
Visiting Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., McGill University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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
Natalie Muren
Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.A., Willamette University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
John Luke Noonan
Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.F.A., University at Buffalo
Celka Ojakangas
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
M.A., Drury University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Southern California
Daryl Ono
Resident Senior Instructor of Accounting, Economics
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Pacific Western University
Dina Ormenyi
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music; Piano Instructor
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Gloria Orozco
Visiting Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Q. Ostendorf
Resident Assistant Professor, Writing and Rhetoric
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
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
John Phillips
Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
G. Simeon Pillich
Resident Full 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
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., University of California; M.A., Claremont Graduate University
Jonathan Richards
Director of the Occidental Jazz Ensemble
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
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
Cynthia Rothschild
Faculty Director, Kahane United Nations Program
Resident Instructor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
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
Assistant Director, Writing Center
Resident Assistant Professor, Writing and Rhetoric
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 Full Professor, Biochemistry
B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., New York University
Nikki M. Seymour
Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology
B.A., M.S., University of Texas, Austin; Ph.D., Colorado State University
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 Full Professor, Writing and Rhetoric
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Julia Sushytska
Visiting Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
B.A., John Carroll University; M.A., Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Yuki Taylor
Visiting Associate Professor, Asian Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Gregory Toy
Visiting Assistant Professor, American Studies
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Anthony Tróchez
Visiting Assistant Professor, Education
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Matt Trucano
Visiting Assistant Professor, Education
B.A., Saint Olaf College; M.F.A., Columbia University
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
Visiting Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Fernanda Jahn Verri
Visiting Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., M.A., Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Nicole Vick
Visiting Instructor, Public Health
B.S., M.P.H., University of Southern California
Bonnie S. Wang
Visiting Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., National Chengchi University; M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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
Kenjus Watson
Visiting Assistant Professor, Education
A.B., Occidental College; M.E., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Amy Wax
Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., Occidental College; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
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
John (Gus) Wendel
Visiting Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Studies
B.A., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Terryn Westbrook
Visiting Instructor, Theater and Performance Studies
B.A., University of South Florida
Garret Williams
Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
Jonathan P. Williams
Resident Instructor, Biology
B.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; M.S., California State University, Northridge
Daniel Wohl
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., Bard College; M.A., University of Michigan School of Music; Ph.D., Yale School of Music
Min Yoo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
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, Writing and Rhetoric
B.A., Pitzer College; M.F.A., San Diego State University
Alix Ziff
Visiting Instructor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., University of California San Diego; M.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of Southern California
Steve Zimmer
Visiting Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Goucher College; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles