On Special Appointment
Maya Abood
Visiting Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., MIT
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
Christina Aushana
Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
Brian Bartell
Visiting Assistant Professor, Core Program
B.A, Arizona State University; M.A., San Francisco State University, M.A., P.h.D., Columbia University
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
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., Emory University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
John Black
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S. Missouri State University; M.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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
Stephen Cabell
Associate 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
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
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
Jordanne Dervaes
Visiting Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
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
Associate Professor, Core Program
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., The Claremont Graduate 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
Julius Fink
Visiting Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
B.Sc. University of Bern; M.A. Yokohama National University; Ph.D. Nippon Sport Science University
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
Jesus Javier Garcia
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A. University of San Francisco; M.A. California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D. University of Southern California
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
Harry Gray
Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.S.,Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Adam Greenhouse
Visiting Instructor, Psychology
B.A. Occidental College; M.S. The City University of New York
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; doctoral candidate, University of Southern California
Julia Holter
Johnston Fix Professor of Songwriting
B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Senior Director of Advising; Affiliated Faculty, Music
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Azza Karam
Director, Kahane UN Program
B.A. American University in Cairo; MA Institute of Social Studies in the Hague; Ph.D. University of Amsterdam
Samantha Kelly
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.S. Bucknell University; Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Lina Kholaki
Visiting Instructor
B.A. Kuwait University; M.A. Pacific Oaks College
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
Swee Fong Lee
Resident Instructor, Asian Studies
B.A., Tokyo Gakugei University; M.A., Hitotsubashi University; M.A., California State University, Long Beach
Garry Lennon
Resident Professor, Theater and Performance Studies
B.A. West Chester University; M.F.A. West Virginia University
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
Daniel Ryan Long
Visiting Instructor, Music
B.A., University of Virginia
Francisco Martinez
Visiting Senior Instructor, Theater and Performance Studies
Joao Tiago Duarte Martins
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A. University of Coimbra; B.M. Berklee College of Music; M.A. University of Amsterdam; Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
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
Senior 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
Alexander Moore
Visiting Instructor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Nicole Gon Ochi
Visiting Instructor
B.A. Pomona College; J.D. Loyola Law School
Nicholas O’Connell
Visiting Instructor, Kinesiology
A.B., Occidental College; D.P.T., University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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
Heather Peters
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.F.A. Art Center College of Design; M.F.A. Mills College
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
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
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
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
Dylan Sabo
Resident Professor, Philosophy, Cognitive Science
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Braddock Sandoval
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.S. California State University, Northridge; M.S., Ph.D. Princeton University
Charlyne Sarmiento
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
Lily Shababi
Visiting Instructor, Music
B.M. Cornish College of the Arts; M.A. University of California, Los Angeles
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 Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.F.A., University of Utah; M.F.A., California State University, Long Beach
Yuki Taylor
Resident Professor, Asian Studies
B.A., 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
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, 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; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
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
Terryn Westbrook
Visiting Instructor, Theater and Performance Studies
B.A., University of South Florida
Garret 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
Sigfrido A. Zimmermann
Visiting Instructor, Biology
B.A., M.S., California State University, Northridge