2022-2023 Catalog

Faculty

President

Harry J. Elam Jr.

President

Professor, Theater

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

Dean

Wendy F. Sternberg

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College

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

Associate Deans

Carolyn Brighouse

Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs

Professor, Cognitive Science, Philosophy

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

Salvador Fernandez

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

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

Kathryn Leonard

Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs

Professor, Computer Science

B.S., University of New Mexico; M.S., Ph.D., Brown University

Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty

Nicholas P. Alt

Assistant Professor, Psychology

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

Michael Amoruso

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

Phillip M. Ayoub

Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., University of Washington; M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ph.D., Cornell University

Madeline Baer 

Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

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

Erica Ball

Mary Jane Hewitt Department Chair in Black Studies

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

Linda Besemer

James Irvine Distinguished Professor, Art and Art History

B.A., B.F.A., Indiana University; M.F.A., Tyler School of Art

Mariska Bolyanatz Brown

Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies

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

David T. Carreon Bradley

Vice president for Equity & Justice

Associate Professor of Physics

B.A., Grinnell College; Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Elizabeth Braker

Professor, Biology

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

Jim L. Brown

Professor, Mathematics

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

Ron Buckmire
Professor, Mathematics
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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

Jeffrey Cannon
Associate Professor, Chemistry
A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D. University of California, Irvine

Mijin Cha
Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.S., Cornell University; J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law; LL.M., Ph.D., University of London

Anthony Tirado Chase

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

Celia Chen

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

B.S., Indiana University, Bloomington; Ph.D., University of Southern California

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

Associate Professor, History and Asian Studies

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

Allison de Fren

Associate Professor, Media Arts and Culture

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

Emmanuelle Despagnet-Ayoub

Associate Professor, Chemistry

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

Peter Dreier

E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics; Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

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

Hanan Elsayed

Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.A., Montclair State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University; Graduate Certificate in African Studies, Rutgers University 

Sharla Fett

Professor, History

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

James Ford III

Associate Professor, English and Black Studies

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

Broderick Fox

Professor, Media Arts and Culture

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

Regina Freer

Professor, Politics; Advisory Faculty, Urban and Environmental Policy

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

Michael Gasper

Associate Professor, History

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

Nina Gelbart

Professor, History; Anita Johnson Wand Professor of Women's Studies

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

Shana Goffredi

Professor, Biology

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

Thalia González

Madeline N. McKinnie Professor of Politics

B.A., Arizona State University; J.D., Northwestern University 

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

Glenn A. Elmer Griffin

Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice

B.A., Pacific Union College; Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary

Isaac Hale

Assistant Professor, Politics

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

Jorgen Harris

Assistant 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, Critical Theory and Social Justice

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

Associate 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

Maryanne Horowitz

Professor, History

A.B., Pembroke College, Brown University; M.A.T., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Aleem Hossain

Assistant 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

Janna Ireland

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

Associate Professor, Music

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

Brian Kim

Associate Professor, Psychology

B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

Stephen Klemm

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

Assistant Professor, Geology

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

Brandon Lehr

Associate Professor, Economics

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

Tamás Lengyel

Professor, Mathematics

Diploma, Ph.D., Eotvos University, Budapest 

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

Justin Li

Associate Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer Science

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

Jan Lin

Professor, Sociology

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

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; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

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

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

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

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

Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies

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

Katarzyna Marciniak

Professor, Media Arts and Culture

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

Celia Martínez-Sáez

Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.A., University of Alicante; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Martha Matsuoka

Associate Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

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

John McCormack

Associate Professor, Biology

Director and Curator of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology

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

Warren Montag

Louis M. Brown Family Professor in Literature, English

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School 

Jesse Mora

Assistant Professor, Economics

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

Richard Mora

Associate 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

Associate Professor, Philosophy

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

Michael W. Murphy

Assistant 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

Assistant 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

Professor, 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

Christopher Oze

Professor, Geology

B.A., Whitman College; Ph.D., Stanford University

Yumi Pak

Associate Professor, Black Studies

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

Jennifer Piscopo

Associate Professor, Politics; Advisory Faculty, Latin American and Latino/a Studies

B.A., Wellesley; M.Phil, University of Cambridge; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Roberta Pollock

Professor, Biology

B.S., Emory University; Ph.D., Harvard University

Daniel Pondella

Professor, Biology

Director of the Vantuna Research Group

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

Will Power

Assistant Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

B.A., San Francisco State University

Julie Prebel

Associate Professor, American Studies

Director of Writing Center and Programs

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

Ryan Preston-Roedder

Associate Professor, Philosophy

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

Irina Rabkina

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

B.A., Scripps College; M.S., Loyola University of Chicago; Ph.D., Northwestern University

Timothy Rainone

Assistant Professor, Mathematics

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

Marcella Raney

Associate Professor, Biology

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

Movindri Reddy

Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

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

Seva Rodnyansky

Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

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

Stuart Rugg

Professor, Kinesiology

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

Margaret Rusmore

Michael G. Gibby ’68 and Barbara J. Gibby ’68 Professor of Science Professor, Geology

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

James Sadd

Professor, Environmental Science

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

Arthur Saint-Aubin

Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

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

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

Ezra Frederick Scattergood 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

Bhavna Shamasunder

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, 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

Aleksandra 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

Daniel Snowden-Ifft

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

Professor, History

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

Eileen Spain

Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry

B.S. Sonoma State University; Ph.D., University of Utah

Sabrina Stierwalt

Assistant Professor, Physics

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

Damian Stocking

Associate 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

Assistant 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

Professor, Sociology

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

Andrew K. Udit

Professor, Chemistry

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

Kristi Upson-Saia

David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professorship in Religion

B.A., University of Washington; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Duke University

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

Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

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

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

Kevin M. Williams

Assistant Professor, Economics

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

Jason Wong

Assistant Professor, Economics

B.A., B.S., University of Maryland; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University; Fellow, London School of Economics

Xiao-huang Yin

Professor, American Studies

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

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

On Special Appointment

Joe Addington

Visiting Instructor, Music

Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble 

Benyamin Ahmadnia

Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science

B.S., University of Sistan and Baluchestan; M.Sc., Ph.D., Autonomous University of Barcelona

Jamie Angell

Resident Professor of Theater and Performance

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

Alec Arellano

Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics

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

Thomas J. Balcerski

Ray A. Billington Professor of United States History

B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Stony Brook University; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

Nicholas Barlow

Visiting Instructor, Art and Art History

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Tatiana Basanez

Visiting Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science

B.A., Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Ilan Benattar

Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies

B.A., Binghamton University; M.A., The City University of New York, Graduate Center; M.Phil., New York University

Kirk Bentzen

Visiting 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

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

Kirsten Boles

Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies

B.A., BUtler University; M.A., Claremont Graduate University;

Bernie Boscoe

Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science

B.F.A., Pratt institute; M.S., California State University, Northridge; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

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

Lucas Carden

Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology

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

Alejandra Castellanos

Visiting Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies

B.A., California State University, Channel Islands; M.A., University of California, Irvine

César Castro

Visiting Instructor, Music

Raquel Centeno

Visiting Instructor, Politics

B.A., California Lutheran University; M.A., University of Southern California

Hsing-Hau Chen

Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science

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

Yeehoon Choi

Visiting Instructor, Art and Art History

BA., M.A., Seoul National University

Rick Cole

Visiting Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

A.B., Occidental College; M.S., Columbia University

Ara Corbett

Resident Assistant Professor, Writing and Rhetoric

B.A., Loyola Marymount University; M.F.A., Boston University; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles

Claire Crawford

Visiting Instructor, Critical Theory and Social Justice

B.A., George Washington University; M.A., Georgetown University 

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

Writer in Residence

Visiting Assistant Professor, English

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

Kimberly A. Diaz

Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies

B.A., University of California, San Diego

Jessica Dirkes

Resident Assistant Professor

Co-Chair, 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

Douglas Duquette

Resident Assistant 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

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 

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-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

Visiting Instructor, Public Health

B.A., College of New Rochelle; M.S., Capella University 

Max Foreman

Director of the Choi Family Music Production Center

Resident Assistant Professor, Music

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

April Forrest

Visiting Instructor, Public Health

B.A., Pitzer College; M.Ph., Claremont Graduate School

Khanisha Foster

Wanless Visiting Theater Artist, Theater and Performance Studies

B.A., Columbia College; M.F.A., Stephens College

Andrew V. Frane

Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology

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

Gabriel Freiman

Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics and Computer Science

M.S. in Engineering, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées; M.S.in Applied Physics, University of Paris 6; Ph.D., Ecole Polytechnique

Devin Fromm

Visiting Assistant Professor, Core Program

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

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

Babak Hassanzadeh

Visiting Instructor, Biology

B.S., University of California, Los Angeles

Julia Holter

Johnston-Fix Professor of the Practice in Songwriting

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music

B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

Melinda Houston

Visiting Associate Professor, Kinesiology

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Brendan Hughes

Visiting Assistant Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama

Sierra Hunter

Visiting Instructor, Chemistry

A.B., Occidental College

Edmond Johnson

Director of Advising

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music

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

Chris Kim

Choi Family Director of Instrumental Music

Resident Professor, Music

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

Nevin P. Kozik

Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology

B.S., University of California, Riverside; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

Kristine Kuramitsu

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

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

Desiree La Vertu 

Director of Choral and Vocal Activities

Resident Professor, Music

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

Dhyandra Lawson

Visiting Instructor, Art and Art  History

B.A., Occidental College; M.A., Arizona State University

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

Xinyuan Li

Visiting Assistant Professor, Theater and Performance Studies

B.F.A., Shanghai Theater Academy; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Wanmeng Li

Visiting Assistant Professor, Asian Studies

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

Vivian Lin

Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.P.S., New York University; M.F.A., Sandberg Instituut; Ph.D., City University of Hong Kong

Yi Liu

Visiting Instructor, Art and Art History

Daniel Ryan Long

Visiting Instructor, Music

B.A., University of Virginia

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

Susanna Maing

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

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

Francisco Martinez

Visiting Senior Instructor, Theater and Performance Studies

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

Candace Mixon

Visiting Assistant Professor, Religious Studies

B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., McGill University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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 

Natalie Muren

Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry

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

John Luke Noonan

Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.F.A., University at Buffalo

Celka Ojakangas

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music

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

Daryl Ono

Resident Senior Instructor of Accounting, Economics

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

Dina Ormenyi

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music; Piano Instructor

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

Gloria Orozco

Visiting Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies

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

Q. Ostendorf

Resident Assistant Professor, Writing and Rhetoric

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

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

John Phillips

Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry

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

G. Simeon Pillich

Resident Full 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

B.A., Occidental College; M.A., University of California; M.A., Claremont Graduate University

Jonathan Richards

Director of the Occidental Jazz Ensemble

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music

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 

Cynthia Rothschild

Faculty Director, Kahane United Nations Program

Resident Instructor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

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

Assistant Director, Writing Center

Resident Assistant Professor, Writing and Rhetoric

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

Nikki M. Seymour

Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology

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

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 Full Professor, Writing and Rhetoric

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

Julia Sushytska

Visiting Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

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

Yuki Taylor

Visiting Associate Professor, Asian Studies

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

Gregory Toy

Visiting Assistant Professor, American Studies

B.A., Haverford College; 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

Matt Trucano

Visiting Assistant Professor, Education

B.A., Saint Olaf College; M.F.A., Columbia University

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

Visiting Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science

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

Fernanda Jahn Verri

Visiting Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.A., M.A., Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Nicole Vick

Visiting Instructor, Public Health

B.S., M.P.H., University of Southern California 

Bonnie S. Wang

Visiting Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.A., National Chengchi University; M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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

Kenjus Watson

Visiting Assistant Professor, Education

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

Amy Wax

Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology

B.A., Occidental College; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

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

John (Gus) Wendel

Visiting Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Studies

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

Terryn Westbrook

Visiting Instructor, Theater and Performance Studies

B.A., University of South Florida

Garret Williams

Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture

Jonathan P. Williams

Resident 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

Min Yoo

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology

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

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, Writing and Rhetoric

B.A., Pitzer College; M.F.A., San Diego State University 

Alix Ziff

Visiting Instructor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

B.A., University of California San Diego; M.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of Southern California

Steve Zimmer

Visiting Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.A., Goucher College; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles

Emeritus Faculty

Arthé Anthony

Professor of American Studies, Emeritus (1979-2014)

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, Geology (19??-2021
A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

John Bouchard

Professor of Theater, Emeritus  (1986-2018)

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 (1967-2014)

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)

Advisory Committee, Group Language

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 (1993-2014)

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

Donald Deardorff

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

Advisory Committee, Kinesiology 

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, Emerita (1987-2022)

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

Robert Ellis

Norman Bridge Distinguished Professor of Spanish, 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

Irene Girton

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 (1997-2015)

A.B., Reed College

Susan Gratch

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

A.B., Reed College

Allen Gross

Professor of Music, Emeritus (1983- 2014)

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.

Professor of History, Emeritus (1965-2003)

B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

Marcia Homiak

Professor of Philosophy, Emerita (1974-2019)

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

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

Dean of Students, Emerita (1967-1992)

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Stanford University

Alan Knoerr

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Cognitive Science, Emeritus (1991-2018)

B.A., Oberlin College; Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown University 

Herman A. Lauter

Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus (1963-1991)

B.S., Purdue University; M.A., University of Washington, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

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

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 (1988-2013)

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 

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

Jacyln 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, Emeritus (1980-2014)

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

Timothy D. Sanders

Professor of Physics, Emeritus (1964-1992)

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

Anne Schell

Professor of Psychology, Emerita (1971-2017)

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 

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 (1998-2011)

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 (1982-2014)

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, Emeritus (1980-2018)

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

Jean Wyatt

Professor of English, Emerita (1970-2021)

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 & Field

Heather Collins

Head Coach, Women's Volleyball

Robert Cushman
Head Coach, Football

Joseph Gonzalez
Assistant Athletic Director of Sports Medicine

Katie Grogan
Assistant Athletic Director of Operations

Alison Heahnel

Title IX Deputy

Head Coach, Softball

Jaime Hoffman

Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics

Rod Lafaurie

Head Coach, Men's Soccer

Colm McFeely

Assistant Athletic Director

Head Coach, Women's Soccer

Stephanie Janice Mark
Head Coach, Lacrosse

Will Morris

Community Wellness Coordinator

Head Coach, Men's and Women's Golf

Brian Newhall 

Associate Athletic Director

Head Coach, Men's Basketball

Olivia Sabins

Department Service Coordinator

Jack Stabenfeldt

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

Steve Webb

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

Michael Wells

Assistant Athletic Director, Sports Information Director 

Luke Wemore

Head Coach, Baseball