Faculty

Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty

Alaa Abdelfattah
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.A. Middlebury College; Ph.D. University of California, Davis

Samantha Acuña

Nicholas P. Alt

Associate Professor, Psychology

B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., The College of William & Mary; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Jamie Amemiya

Assistant Professor, Religious Studies

B.A., Lehigh University; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

 

Bevin Ashenmiller

Associate Professor, Economics

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

 

Cristina Awadalla 

 

Madeline Baer 

Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., American University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

 

Erica Ball

Professor, Black Studies

B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York

 

Renee Baran

Professor, Biology

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

 

Treena Basu

Associate Professor, Mathematics

M.S. University of Texas; Ph.D. University of South Carolina

 

Eric Bjorklund
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Ph.D. University of Arizona

 

Season Blake

Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.A., Gordon College, Massachusetts; M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Manuela Borzone
Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A. Universidad de Málaga; M.A. Nottingham University; M.A., Ph.D University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

 

Jim L. Brown

Professor, Mathematics

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

 

Patricia Cabral
Associate Professor, Psychology
B.A., M.A., California State University, Northridge; Ph.D. University of California, Merced

 

Claire Cahen

Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A.L.S., Columbia University; M.A.L.D., Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

 

Tsung Chi

Professor, Politics

B.A., National Chengchi University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

 

Lesley Chiou

Laurence de Rycke Professor of Economics

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Mary Christianakis

Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice

B.A., M.Ed., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Lan T. Chu

Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., M.A., New York University; Ph.D., George Washington University

 

Chris Craney

Professor, Chemistry

B.S., University of Puget Sound; M.S., D.A., Washington State University

 

Alexander F. Day

Professor, History and Asian Studies

B.A., Colby College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

 

Allison de Fren

Professor, Media Arts and Culture

B.A., Grinnell College; M.F.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Emmanuelle Despagnet-Ayoub

Professor, Chemistry

B.S., Ecole Normale Superieure; M.S., Ph.D., Paul Sabatier University

 

E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics; Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy, Emeritus (1993-2025)

B.A., Syracuse University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago 

 

Salvador Fernández

 

Sharla Fett

Robert Glass Cleland Professor in American History

B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Rutgers University

 

James Ford III

Mary Jane Hewitt Department Chair in Black Studies; Professor, English and Black Studies

B.A., Morehouse College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

 

Broderick Fox

James Irvine Professor of Media Arts & Culture

B.A., Harvard University; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Regina Freer

Professor, Politics

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Michigan

 

Margaret Gaida
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, History
B.A. Duke University; M.A. University of California, San Diego; M.A., Ph.D. University of Oklahoma

 

Michael Gasper

Associate Professor, History

B.A., Temple University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

 

Shana Goffredi

Professor, Biology

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

 

Ramona Gonzalez

 

Susan Grayson

Professor, Spanish and French Studies

A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Wright Institute Los Angeles Attestation d’études, Université de Bordeaux

 

Nicholas Grebe

Assistant Professor, Pyschology

B.A. University of Colorado, Boulder; M.S., Ph.D. University of New Mexico 

 

Claire Grossman

 

Shengyun Gu

 

Isaac Hale

Assistant Professor, Politics

A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, Davis

 

Lydia Jane Harmon

 

Jorgen Harris

Associate Professor, Economics

B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Laura Hebert

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 and Art History

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

Professor, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

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

 

Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa

Professor, Religious Studies and Asian Studies

B.A., Victoria University of Wellington; Ph.D., Australian National University

 

Jane Hong

Associate Professor, History

B.A., Yale University; A.M., Brown University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Aleem Hossain

Associate Professor, Media Arts and Culture

B.A., University of Chicago; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Stephen S. Hudson

Assistant Professor, Music

B.A., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., Northwestern University

 

Syeda ShahBano Ijez

Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

B.F.A., New York University; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Andrew Jalil

Associate Professor, Economics

A.B., Sc.B., Brown University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

David Kasunic

Professor, Music; Director of the John Branca Institute for Music

B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Sohaib Khan

Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., University Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Sarah Kozinn

Associate Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

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

 

Darren Larsen

Associate Professor, Geology

B.A., Colby College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder; Ph.D., University of Iceland

 

Min Joo Lee

 

Ross Lerner

Associate Professor, English

B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Carmel Levitan

Professor, Cognitive Science

B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Jingyi Li

 

Justin Li

Associate Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer Science

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

 

Professor, Sociology

B.A., Williams College; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., New School for Social Research

 

Vivian Lin

 

Igor Logvinenko

Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., University of Redlands; M.A., Villanova University; Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Mary J. Lopez

Professor, Economics

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

 

Alberto López Martín
Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; B.A., M.A. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; M.A.T. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; Ph.D. Florida State University

 

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, American Studies

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

 

Samuel Luterbacher

 

Amy Lyford

Arthur G. Coons Professor in the History of Ideas

B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Frank Macabenta
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A. University of Guam; Ph.D. Rutgers University of Medicine and Dentistry

 

Carla M. Macal
Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A. University of California, Irvine; M.A. University of Southern California; Ph.D. University of Oregon

 

Jacob Mackey

Associate Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.St., Christ Church, Oxford; Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Viviana MacManus

Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies

A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

 

Dustin R. Madison
Assistant Professor, Physics
B.A. University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D. Cornell University

 

Katarzyna Marciniak

Professor, Media Arts and Culture

M.A., University of Lodz; M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., University of Oregon 

 

Martha Matsuoka

Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy; Executive Director, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute

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

 

John McCormack

Professor, Biology; Director and Curator, Moore Laboratory of Zoology

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

 

Jesse Mora

Associate Professor, Economics

B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

 

Richard Mora

Professor, Sociology

B.A., Harvard College (Sociology); M.A., University of Michigan (Education); M.A., Harvard University (Sociology); Ph.D., Harvard University (Sociology and Social Policy)

 

Clair Morrissey

Professor, Philosophy

B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

Michael W. Murphy

Associate Professor, Black Studies

B.A., University of San Diego; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University

 

Ramin Naimi

Professor, Mathematics

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

 

Raul Navarro

Associate Professor, Chemistry

B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Stephanie Nellie

Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science

B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

 

Leila Neti

Irma M. and Jay F. Price Professor in English

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

 

Diana Ngo

Associate Professor, Economics

B.S., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

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, Biology

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

 

Yumi Pak

Associate Professor, Black Studies

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

 

Karla Peña

Alexandria Pivovaroff

 

Daniel Pondella

Professor, Biology; Director, Vantuna Research Group

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

 

Will Power

Associate Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

B.A., San Francisco State University

 

Teddy Pozo

Professor, American Studies; Director of Writing Center

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., California State University, San Francisco; Ph.D., University of Washington

 

Ryan Preston-Roedder

Professor, Philosophy

B.A., Rice University; Ph.D., New York University

 

Timothy Rainone

Assistant Professor, Mathematics

B.S., M.S., McGill University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University

 

Ben Ratskoff

 

Movindri Reddy

Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., University of Natal; M.A., Ph.D., Cambridge University

 

S. K. Ritadhi

 

Alyssa Rodriguez
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A. University of San Diego; Ph.D. Vanderbilt University

 

James Sadd

Professor, Environmental Science

B.S., University of Southern California; M.S., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

 

Jose Guadalupe Sanchez III

Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

B.F.A., Otis College of Art and Design; M.F.A., University of Southern California

 

Robert Eli Sanchez, Jr.

Associate Professor, Philosophy

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

 

Janet Scheel

Ezra Frederick Scattergood Professor, Physics

B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana; M.A., M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Adam Schoenberg

Associate Professor, Music

B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M., D.M.A., The Juilliard School

 

Alec Schramm

Professor, Physics

B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

 

Joseph Schulz

Professor, Biology

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

 

Natasha Sekhon

Associate Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.S./B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.ES., Yale University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Derek Shearer

Stuart Chevalier Professor, Diplomat in Residence, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., The Union Graduate School

 

Michael Shelton

Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.S., St. Cloud State University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

 

Vikram V. Shende
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S. University of Michigan-Dearborn; M.S., Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

 

Aleksandra (Sasha) Sherman

Associate Professor, Cognitive Science

B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Northwestern University

 

Andrew Shtulman

Professor, Psychology

B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Zachary Silver

Professor, Physics

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

 

Ronald Solórzano

Professor, Education

B.S., M.Ed., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Lisa Sousa

Norman Bridge Professor, History

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

 

Sabrina Stierwalt

Assistant Professor, Physics

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Damian Stocking

Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture 

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

 

Marla Stone

Professor, History

B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Amber Stubler

Associate Professor, Biology

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

 

Eric Sundberg

Professor, Mathematics

A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., Rutgers University

 

Amanda Tasse

Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture

B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

La Mont Terry

Associate Professor, Education

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

 

Mai Thai

Assistant Professor, Sociology

B.A., Pomona College; Ph.D., Indiana University

 

Kerry Thompson

Professor, Biology

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

 

Dolores Trevizo

Madeline N. McKinnie Professor, Sociology

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

 

Andrew K. Udit

John Stauffer Professor of Chemistry

H.B.Sc., University of Toronto; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Jonathan Veitch

Professor, History

B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Raul Villa

Professor, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

 

Yurika Wakamatsu

Associate Professor, Art and Art History

B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Joel Walsh
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A. University of California, Davis; M.Ed. University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin

 

Madeline Wander
Assistant Professor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A. Occidental College; M.U.R.P., Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

 

Elizabeth Wiener

Assistant Professor, Politics

B.A., Kenyon College; Ph.D., Emory University

 

Benjamin Weiss

Assistant Professor, Sociology

A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Tiffany Wheatland-Disu
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Black Studies
B.A. University of Iowa; M.A. The New School; Ph.D. Howard University

 

Kevin M. Williams

Assistant Professor, Economics

B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Davis

 

Xiao-huang Yin

Professor, American Studies

B.A., Nanjing University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Vanessa R. Yingling
Professor, Kinesiology
B.S. University of California, San Diego; M.S. State University of New York, Buffalo; Ph.D. University of Waterloo

 

Amanda J. Zellmer

Associate Professor, Biology

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

 

Meimei Zhang

Assistant Professor, Asian Studies

B.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Meiqing Zhang
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A. Harbin Engineering University; M.A. University of Chicago; M.Sc., Ph.D. University of Southern California

On Special Appointment

Visiting Instructor, Music; Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble

 

Carlos Aguilar
Visiting Instructor, Education
B.A. Occidental College; M.A. Biola University

 

Jamie Angell

Resident Professor of Theater and Performance

B.A., Dartmouth College; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

 

Chris Anthonissen
Visiting Instructor, Geology
B.Sc., M.Sc. University of Stellenbosch

 

Christina Aushana
Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., Ph.D. University of California, San Diego

 

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 

 

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

 

Ann Blythe

Visiting Associate Professor, Geology

B.S., Cornell University; M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Alexander H. Bolyanatz

 

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 Associate Professor, Computer Science

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

 

Chris Cianci
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science

A.B. Occidental College; B.S. Caltech; Ph.D. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

 

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

 

David Crabb
Visiting Assistant Professor, Theater & Performance Studies
B.F.A., Texas State University; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art 

 

Bryon Cunningham

Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology

B.S., University of Georgia; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University; M.F.A., University of Southern California; Psy.D., California School of Professional Psychology

 

Chekwube O. Danladi

Visiting Assistant Professor, English; Writer in Residence

B.A., Oberlin College; M.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Tyrone Davis
Visiting Instructor, Theater & Performance Studies
B.A. California State University, Northridge; M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts

 

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

 

Resident Associate Professor, Chemistry

B.A., M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Jacqueline Elam

Resident Assistant Professor, Core Program

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., The Claremont Graduate School

 

 

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

 

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 

 

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

 

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 

 

Eugenio Grippo

Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology

B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; doctoral candidate, University of Southern California

 

Thorgal Hinault
Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics
M.E. ENS, Lyon; Ph.D. California Institute of Technology

 

Julia Holter

Johnston Fix Professor of Songwriting

Hector Huezo
Visiting Instructor
B.S. California State University, Los Angeles; M.A. California State University, Northridge

 

Senior Director of Advising; Affiliated Faculty, Music

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

 

Resident Professor, Music; Choi Family Director of Instrumental Music

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

 

Amina Kinkhabwala
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A. Columbia University; M.A. Stony Brook University; Ph.D. Cornell University 

 

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

 

Desiree La Vertu 

Resident Professor, Music; Director of 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

Resident 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

 

Francisco Martinez

Visiting Senior Instructor, Theater and Performance Studies

 

Chelsie May

 

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 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

 

Susanna Nazarova
Visiting Instructor, Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture
B.A., M.A. Moscow State University; M.A. University of California, Davis

 

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music

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

 

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

 

Mo Perkins
Visiting Instructor, Media Arts & Culture
B.F.A. University of California, Santa Cruz; M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles

 

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 

 

Roksana Pirouzmand
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art & Art History
B.F.A. California Institute of the Arts; M.F.A. 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

Senior Instructor, Spanish and French Studies

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

 

Naomi Joyce Rodgers
Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology
B.A. Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D. University of Southern California 

Rosa Romero
Visiting Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A., UCLA; M.Ed., University of Hawaii, Manoa 

 

Resident Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs; Faculty Director, Kahane United Nations Program

B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Columbia University

 

Dylan Sabo

Resident 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

 

Gary Schindelman

Resident Full Professor, Biochemistry

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

 

Robert Sipchen

Visiting Full Professor, College Writing Program

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Rosie Stockton
Visiting Instructor
B.A. Reed College; M.A. Eastern Michigan University; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

 

Resident Associate 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 

 

Tiffany Barber
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art & Art History
B.F.A. Fordham University/The Ailey School; M.P.A.S. University of California Roski School of Fine Arts; Ph.D. University of Rochester

 

John Trafton

 

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

 

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

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

 

Daniel Wohl
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., Bard College; M.A., University of Michigan School of Music; Ph.D.., Yale School of Music

 

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

Emeriti Faculty

Alexandra Puerto
Professor of History and Latinx and Latin American Studies, Emerita

Arthé Anthony

Professor of American Studies, Emerita

B.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; M.A., Boston University

 

David Axeen

Professor of American Studies, Emeritus (1969-2007)

B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

 

Elizabeth Barber

Professor of Linguistics and Archaeology, Emerita (1969-2007)

B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

 

Scott Bogue
Professor of Geology, Emeritus (1985-2021)
A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

 

John Bouchard

Professor of Theater, Emeritus

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

 

Thomas Burkdall

Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, Emeritus (1991-2022)

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

 

Larry Caldwell

Cecil H. and Louise Gamble Professor in Political Science, Professor of Politics, Emeritus

B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., M.A.L.D., Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

 

Wellington K. K. Chan

National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Professor of the Humanities; Professor of History, Emeritus (1971-2010)

B.A., Yale University; B.Lit., University of Oxford; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Sarah Chen

Professor of East Asian Studies, Emerita (1989-2019)

B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Norman S. Cohen

Robert Glass Cleland Professor of American History, Emeritus (1966-1998)

B.A., George Washington University; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Phoebe Dea

Fletcher Jones Professor of Chemistry, Emerita (1993-2014)

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

 

Donald Deardorff

Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry, Kinesiology, Emeritus (1981-2015)

B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ph.D., University of Arizona

 

Frank P. DeHaan

Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus (1961-1995)

A.B., Calvin College; Ph.D., Purdue University

 

Nancy Dess

Professor of Psychology, Emerita (1986-2022)

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

 

Lynn Dumenil

Robert Glass Cleland Professor of American History, Emerita (1991-2014)

B.A., University of Southern California; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Dennis Eggleston

Professor of Physics, Emeritus (1987-2022)

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

 

Robert Ellis

Norman Bridge Distinguished Professor of Spanish, Spanish and French Studies, Emeritus (1984-2021)

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

 

Daniel Fineman

Professor of English, Emeritus (1976-2020)

B.A., Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Eric Frank

Professor of Art and Art History, Emeritus (1986-2021)

B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., New York University

 

Alan Freeman

Professor of Theater, Emeritus (1969-2014)

A.B., M.A., Occidental College; M.F.A., American Film Institute

 

Erich A. Frey

Professor of German, Emeritus (1960-1996)

B.A., Nebraska Wesleyan University; M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Nina Gelbart

Professor of Music, Emerita (2000-2021)

B.Music, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

 

Evelyne Glaser

Registrar, Emerita (1980-1998)

A.B., Occidental College

 

Donald Y. Goldberg

Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus (1978-2002)

B.A., New College; A.M., Ph.D., Dartmouth College; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Robert Gottlieb

Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Emeritus (1997-2025)

A.B., Reed College

 

Susan Gratch

Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, Emerita (1985-2022)

B.A., M.F.A., University of Michigan

 

Allen Gross

Professor of Music, Emeritus 

B.A., Queens College; M.A., University of California, Berkeley; D.M.A., Stanford University

 

Felisa Guillén

Professor of Spanish and French Studies, Emerita (1990- 2021)

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

 

John Hafner

Curator of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology and Professor of Biology, Emeritus (1982-2010)

 

James F. Halstead

Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1977-2004)

B.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Brice Harris, Jr. 

 

Marcia Homiak

Professor of Philosophy, Emerita (1974-2019)

A.B., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Maryanne Horowitz
Professor of History, Emerita (1973-2024)
A.B., Pembroke College, Brown University; M.A.T., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

 

Anne B. Howells

Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Emeritus (1966-2005)

B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

 

Jane S. Jaquette

Bertha Harton Orr Professor in the Liberal Arts, Emeritus (1969-2005)

B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Brigida A. Knauer

 

Diana Card Linden

Professor of Cognitive Science, Emerita (1982-2017)

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

 

Adelaida López

Professor of Spanish and French Studies, Emerita (1990-2020)

B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

 

Linda Lyke

Professor of Art and Art History, Emerita (1976-2022)

B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

 

Gary Martin

Professor of Biology, Emeritus (1980-2021)

B.A., M.A., California State College, Sonoma; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Michael M. McAleenan

Professor of Sociology and Law, Emeritus (1972-2005)

B.A., M.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Hawaii; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Rae McCormick

Professor of Education, Emerita (1977-2004)

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ed.D., University of Southern California

 

Jacquelyn Ann McCoy

College Librarian, Emerita (1986-2001)

A.B., M.S.L.S., Syracuse University

 

Lynn Mehl

Professor of Kinesiology and Psychology, Emerita (1977-2022)

B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Warren Montag
Louis M. Brown Family Professor in Literature in English
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

 

Robby Moore

Elbridge Amos Stuart Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1978-2019)

A.B., M.S.L.S., Syracuse University

 

Martin L. Morton

James Irvine Professor in Environmental Biology, Emeritus (1967-2000)

A.B., M.A., San Jose State College; Ph.D., Washington State University

 

Joan Rand Moschovakis

Professor of Mathematics, Emerita (1965-1995)

A.B. University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

 

D. Keith Naylor

Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus (1989-2019)

A.B. University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

 

Michael Near

Professor of English, Emeritus

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Eric Newhall

Professor of English, American Studies Emeritus (1975-2019)

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

 

Martin N. Olson

Professor of Education, Emeritus (1975-2005)

B.A., M.Ed., Western Washington State College; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

 

Juergen Pelzer
Professor Emeritus, Diplomacy & World Affairs
M.A. University of Konstanz, Germany; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Annabelle M. Rea

Professor of French, Emerita (1966-2002)

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Thomas Robertson

Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus (1960-1991)

B.A., University of St. Andrews; M.A., University of Southern California

 

Jaclyn Rodríguez

Professor of Psychology and Latin@ and Latin American Studies, Emeritus (1984-2021)

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

 

Martha Ronk

Irma and Jay Price Professor of English Literature, Emerita

B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Yale University

 

Arthur Saint-Aubin

Professor of Physics, Emeritus (1964-1992)

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Anne Schell

Professor of Psychology, Emerita

B.S., Baylor University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Nathan Shenfeld

Associate Professor of Psychology, Emeritus (1965-1988)

B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Buffalo

 

John Brooks Slaughter

President, Emeritus (1988-1999)

B.S., Kansas State University; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

 

Thomas A. Slobko

Chief Information Officer and Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus (1971-2006)

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

 

Thomas C. Somerville

Professor of Music, Emeritus (1977-2000)

B.A., B.M., University of Dubuque; M.M, D.M.A., University of Southern California

 

Eileen Spain
Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry, Emerita (1995-2023)
B.S., Sonoma State University; Ph.D., University of Utah

 

John S. Stephens, Jr. 

 

Woody Studenmund

Laurence de Rycke Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1970-2022)

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

 

John Swift

Professor of English, Emeritus (1981-2019)

B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

 

Nalsey Tinberg

Professor of Mathematics, Emerita (1980-2021)

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

 

Jeffrey Tobin

Associate Professor of Critical Theory and Social Justice, Emeritus 

B.A., Earlham College; M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa; Ph.D., Rice University

 

Saul Traiger

Professor of Cognitive Science and Philosophy, Emeritus (1985-2021)

B.A., State University of New York, Binghamton; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

 

Dennis A. Vanderweele

Professor of Psychology, Emeritus (1973-2006)

B.S., M.A., Western Michigan University; Ph.D., University of Maine

 

Jim Whitney

Professor of Economics, Emeritus

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

 

Dale Wright

David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor in Religion, Religious Studies, Emeritus (1980-2018)

B.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa

 

Jean Wyatt

Professor of English, Emerita

A.B., Pomona College; Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Esther Yau

Professor of Art History and the Visual Arts, Emeritus (1990-2009)

 

Louise Yuhas

Professor of Art History and the Visual Arts, Emerita (1977-2013)

B.A., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Athletic Coaches

Anahit Aladzhanyan

Assistant Athletic Director

Head Coach, Women's Basketball

 

Rob Bartlett

Compliance Officer

Head Coach, Cross Country and Track and Field

 

Emily Foster

Head Coach, Women's Volleyball

 

Lindsey Garcia

Head Coach, Men's and Women's Water Polo

 

Rod Lafaurie

Head Coach, Men's Soccer

 

Colm McFeely

Assistant Athletic Director

Head Coach, Women's Soccer

 

Haley Meryl Mitchell

Head Coach, Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving

 

Will Morris

Community Wellness Coordinator

Head Coach, Men's and Women's Golf

 

Shanda Ness

Director of Athletics

 

Brian Newhall 

Associate Athletic Director

Head Coach, Men's Basketball

 

Stephen Murray Perkins

Head Coach, Men's and Women's Tennis

 

Sierra M. Slack

Head Coach, Lacrosse

 

Luke Wetmore

Head Coach, Baseball