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