On Special Appointment
Joe Addington
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Music
Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble
Maria Adreani
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Northeastern University; M.S., California State University, Northridge; Ph.D., Florida State University
Jamie Angell
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor of the Practice, Theater
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Alec Arellano
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., Colorado College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
Jeremiah Axelrod
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, History
Director of the Institute for the Study of Los Angeles
B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Kirk Bentzen
Non-Tenure Track 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
Katherine E. Bercovitz
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.S., Santa Clara Univiersity; M.A., Ph.D. Harvard University
Mariano Bertucci
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires; M.A. University of Denver; Ph.D. University of Southern California
Ann Blythe
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Geology
B.S., Ph.D., Cornell University; M.S., University of Pennsylvania
Jongnic Bontemps
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Music Production
B.A., Yale University
Janis Breidenbach
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Prescott College
Lauren Brown
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen Cabell
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Music
B.M., The Curtis Institute; M.M., The Juilliard School
Lucas Carden
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., University of Kentucky; M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Maria Castro
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; M.A., George Washington University; M.A.,Ph.D., University of Washington
Cesar Castro
Non-Tenure Track Instructor; Director of the Son Jarocho Ensemble
Sharon Cech
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Bard College; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Clinton Dale Chapman
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Psychology
B.S., M.S., Montana State University; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Hsing-Hau Chen
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Computer Science
BA., B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Brian Clearwater
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Core Program
B.A., University of Tennessee; M.A., PhD., University of California, Santa Barbara
Ara Corbett
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Writing and Rhetoric
B.A., Loyola Marymount University; M.F.A., Boston University; M.A., California State Univeristy, Los Angeles
Shawn Costantino
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Music
Director of the Occidental Jazz Ensemble
B.Mus., University of Miami; M.M., De Paul University
David Crabb
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Theater
B.F.A., Texas State University; M.F.A.,Cranbrook Academy of Art
Perry Daniel
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Theater
William Davis
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Art and Art History
B.A., University of the West of England, Bristol School of Art and Design; M.A., Lund University
Kenturah Davis
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
A.B., Occidental College; M.F.A., Yale University
Corey Davis
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; J.D., Temple University; M.P.H., University of North Carolina
Matthew Dempsey
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Politics
Jessica Dirkes
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Public Health
Public Health Program Coordinator
B.S., University of Missouri; M.P.H, Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Daron Djerdjian
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Economics
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Syracuse University
Paula Donnelly
Non Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Theater
Douglas Duquette
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.A., M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Zohaa A. El Gamal
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Spanish and French Studies
Pilar Margarita Escontrias
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
Tracy Ewing
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Psychology
Motoko Ezaki
Non-Tenure Track Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture; Advisory Committee, Group Language
B.A., M.A., Seinan Gakuin University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Brian Fitzmorris
Non-Tenure Track Professor of the Practice, Theater
B.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University
Jacques Fomerand
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
Assistant Director, Occidental-and-the-U.N. program
B.A., Lycée Janson de Sailly; M.A., Diplôme de I’Institut d’Études Politiques; Ph.D., City University of New York
Heng Lam Foong
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., College of New Rochelle; M.S., Capella University
Max Foreman
Andres G. Mellon Professor of the Practice in Music
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Andrew V. Frane
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., M.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Devin Fromm
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Core Program
B.A., University of Montana; M.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Jean-Luc Gauvreau
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Physics
B.S., Universite Laval, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada; Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park
Jill Gold
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Theater
A.B., Occidental College
Ramona Gonzalez
Johnston-Fix Professor of the Practice of Songwriting
A.B., Occidental College
Alicia Gonzalez
Non-Tenure Track Senior Instructor, Spanish and French Studies
A.B., Stanford University; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Nathan Graeser
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Core Program
B.A., Indiana University, Bloomington; M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Mike Gray
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Jen Hofer
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., Brown University; M.F.A., University of Iowa
Melinda Houston
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Kinesiology
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Peter Howard
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Theater
Brendan Hughes
Andrew G. Mellon Professor of the Practice in Theater
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.F.A.,Yale University
LeKeisha Hughes
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
Edmond Johnson
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Music
Director of Advising
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Chris Kim
Director of Instrumental Activities
B.M., Northwestern University; M.M., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Desiree La Vertu
Director of Choral and Vocal Activities
B.Mus., California State University, Fullerton; M.M., University of Nevada, Reno
Nishu Lal
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.S., M.S., University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Peter Lanfer
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A.R., Yale University Divinity School; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Don Lawrence
Non-Tenure Track Professor, Mathematics
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Swee Fong Lee
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
B.A., Tokyo Gakugei University; M.A., Hitotsubashi University; M.A., California State University, Long Beach
Marisol León
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; J.D., University of California, Berkeley
Kenji Liu
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Art and Art History
B.A., John F. Kennedy University; M.A., California Institute of Integral Studies
Susanna Maing
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles
James Maley
Collections Manager Moore Laboratory of Zoology
B.S., M.S., University of Alaska Fairbanks; Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Krissia Martinez
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Education
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Francisco Martinez
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Theater
Curtis Maughan
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
Laural Meade
Non-Tenure Track Professor, Theater
A.B., Occidental College; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Jane E. Mendel
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., B.A., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Andrew Miller
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
B.A., Princeton University; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Jeffrey Miller
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.S., University of California, Davis; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Sydney K. Mitsunaga-Whitten
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture, Religious Studies
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Yale University
Malek Moazzam-Doulat
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Karen Molinder
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Biology
A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles
Natalie Muren
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.A., Willamette University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Daryl Ono
Non-Tenure Track Instructor of Accounting, Economics
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Pacific Western University
Dina Ormenyi
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Music; Piano Instructor
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Gloria Orozco
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Sarah Ostendorf
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Writing and Rhetoric
B.A., Northwestern University; M.F.A., Mills College; Ph.D., New York University
Fabio Paolizzo
Andrew G. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Audio/Music/Sound Engineering
B.A., M.A., Tor Vergata University of Rome; Ph.D., University of Kent
Jocelyn Webb Pedersen
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; M.A., University of Iowa, Center for the Book; M.F.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
John Phillips
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
G. Simeon Pillich
Non-Tenure Track Professor, Music
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Erica Preston-Roedder
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Stanford University; M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., New York University
Ben Ratskoff
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Instructor, Religious Studies
B.A., Northwestern University; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles
Kathryn Renton
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Karina Rincon
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Spanish and French Studies
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Ashley Robart
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A., Reed College; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Dylan Sabo
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Philosophy, Cognitive Science
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Sardo
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., College of William & Mary; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Gary Schindelman
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry
B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., New York University
Jane Schmitz
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Stephanie Schrader
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Deena Selenow
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Theater
B.F.A., New York University; M.F.A, California Institution of the Arts
Robert Sipchen
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Writing and Rhetoric
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Kai Small
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., University of California, San Diego
Arvin Sookezian
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Chemistry
Julia Sushytska
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
B.A., John Carroll University; M.A., Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Yuki Taylor
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Camilla Taylor
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.F.A., University of Utah; M.F.A., California State University, Long Beach
Adrienne Tien
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, American Studies
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., Syracuse University
Anthony Tróchez
Non-Tenure Track Professor, Education
B.S., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Victoria Umanskaya
Non-Tenure Track Assistant 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
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Nicole Vick
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.S., M.P.H., University of Southern California
Zoe Walsh
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
A.B., Occidental College; M.F.A., Yale University
Weidong Wang
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Instrumentation Facilities Manager
B.S., Jilin University; Ph.D., Rochester University
Kenjus Watson
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Education
A.B., Occidental College; M.E., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Ezra Weisz
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Theater
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
David Weldzius
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.F.A., University of Illinois, Chicago; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Garrett Williams
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., Augsburg College; M.F.A., The American Film Institute
Jonathan P. Williams
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Biology
B.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; M.S., California State University, Northridge
Doug Wilson
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., University of Georgia; M.A., University of Santa Monica; Ph.D., Pacficia Graduate Institute
Melissa Withers
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
Ümit Yalçinalp
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., Middle East Technical University; M.S., Ph.D.,Case Western Reserve University
Thomas Yeh
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.S., University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Keiko Yokoyama
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.E., M.E., Ph.D., Tokyo University
Patricia Yossen
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., Escuela Provincial de Artes Visuales Juan Mantovani; M.F.A., Pratt Institute
Anne Yu
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Chemistry
B.A., Pomona College; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles
Laurel Zahn
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Biology
B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.S., California State University, Long Beach
Désirée Zamorano
Non-Tenure Track Professor, Education
Director of the Community Literacy Center
B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.A., California State University, Dominguez Hills
Steve Zimmer
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Goucher College; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles