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2024-2025 Catalog > Faculty > On Special Appointment

On Special Appointment

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

 

Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics

B.A., Colorado College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

 

Damon Akins
Visiting Assistant Professor, History

 

Daryl Barker

Resident Associate 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, 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

 

Kirsten Boles
Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies
B.A., Butler University; M.A., Claremont Graduate University; doctoral candidate, Claremont Graduate University

 

Alexander H. Bolyanatz

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

 

César Castro

Visiting Instructor, Music

 

Sharon Cech
Visiting Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A., Bard College; M.A., UCLA

Resident Assistant Professor, Computer Science

BA., B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Jae Yeun Choi
Visiting Assistant Professor, English

 

Christopher Cianci
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science

 

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, 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

 

Jordanne Dervaes

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

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 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

 

Jesse T. Fischer
Visiting Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of Houston

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, 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

Resident Associate Professor, Core Program

B.A., University of Montana; M.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Joel Garcia

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

 

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 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

Director of Advising; Affiliated Faculty, Music

B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Karapet Karapetyan
Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics

 

Soo Mee Kim

Resident Professor, Music; Choi Family Director, Instrumental Music

B.M., Northwestern University; M.M., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

 

Zoë J. Kitchel
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Rutgers University

 

Alan Knoerr
Associate Professor, Mathematics, Cognitive Science, Emeritus
B.A., Oberlin College; Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown University

 

Lauren Kop
Visiting Instructor
B.A., San Diego State University

 

Patrick Koppula
Visiting Instructor, Core Program

 

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

 

Justin Lancaster
Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics

 

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, 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

 

Francisco Martinez

Visiting Senior Instructor, Theater and Performance Studies

 

Mia Mattioli

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

 

Crystal Morales
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice

 

Malek Moazzam-Doulat

Resident Associate 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

 

Sarah Murphy

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music

M.A., Drury University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Southern California

 

Emi Okubo

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

 

Eun Joo Julie Paik
Visiting Instructor, Education
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., Occidental College

 

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, 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

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 Associate 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

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

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

 

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 Full Professor, Biochemistry

B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., New York University

 

Stephanie Schrader
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

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, College Writing Program

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Doug Smith

Visiting Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

B.A., John Carroll University; M.A., Ph.D., Stony Brook University

 

Camilla Taylor

Resident Professor, Asian Studies

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

 

Shivani Thakkar

Visiting Assistant Professor, American Studies

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

 

John Trafton

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 Associate Professor, Cognitive Science

B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

 

Stephen van Dyck

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

Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture

B.A., Augsburg University; M.F.A., The American Film Institute Conservatory

 

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

Sigfrido A. Zimmermann