Regular Faculty
Bevin Ashenmiller
Associate Professor, Economics; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., U.C. Santa Barbara
Courtney Baker
Associate Professor of American Studies
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Erica Ball
Professor of American Studies
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Renee Baran
Associate Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience
B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
Treena Basu
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.S. Jogamaya Devi College: University of Calcutta; M.S. University of Texas-Pan American; M.S. Bengal Engineering and Science University; Ph.D. University of South Carolina
Linda Besemer
James Irvine Distinguished Professor, Art & History
B.A., B.F.A., Indiana University; M.F.A., Tyler School of Art
Scott Bogue
Professor, Geology
A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., U.C. Santa Cruz
John Bouchard
Professor, Theater
B.A., U.C. Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., Rice University
Elizabeth Braker
Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Kinesiology; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.A., Colorado College; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
Ron Buckmire
Professor, Mathematics
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Thomas Burkdall
Associate Professor, Writing & Rhetoric
B.A., Pitzer College; M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Jeffrey Cannon
Assistant Professor, Chemistry; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry
A.B. Occidental College; Ph.D. U.C. Irvine
Mijin Cha
Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.S., Cornell University; J.D. University of California, Hastings College of the Law; LLM, Ph.D., University of London
Anthony Tirado Chase
Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., U.C. Santa Cruz; M.A.L.S., Columbia University; M.A.L.D., Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Sarah Chen
Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures; Advisory Committee, Group Language
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Tsung Chi
Professor, Politics; Affiliated Faculty, East Asian Languages and Cultures
B.A., National Chengchi University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Lesley Chiou
Associate Professor, Economics
B.A., U.C. Berkeley; Ph.D., MIT
Mary Christianakis
Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., M.Ed., U.C. Los Angeles; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
Lan T. Chu
Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.A., M.A., New York University; Ph.D., George Washington University
Chris Craney
Professor, Chemistry; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry
B.S., University of Puget Sound; M.S., D.A., Washington State University
Alexander F. Day
Assistant Professor, History; Affiliated Faculty, East Asian Language and Cultures
B.A. Colby College; M.A., Ph.D. U.C. Santa Cruz
Allison de Fren
Assistant Professor, Media Arts & Culture
B.A., Grinnell College; M.F.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of Southern California
Nancy Dess
Professor, Psychology; Advisory Committee, Kinesiology; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience
B.A., U.C. Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Peter Dreier
E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Syracuse University M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Sophal Ear
Associate Professor, Diplomacy & World Affairs
B.A. U.C. Berkeley; M.P.A. Princeton University; M.S., M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
Dennis Eggleston
Professor, Physics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Robert Ellis
Norman Bridge Distinguished Professor of Spanish, Spanish and French Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Hanan Elsayed
Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language
B.A., Montclair State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University; Graduate Certificate in African Studies, Rutgers University
Salvador Fernández
Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language
B.A., U.C. Riverside; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Sharla Fett
Professor, History; Advisory Committee, American Studies
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Daniel Fineman
Professor, English
B.A., Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
James Ford III
Assistant Professor, English
B.A., Morehouse College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Broderick Fox
Associate Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., Harvard University; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Eric Frank
Professor, Art and History
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., New York University
Regina Freer
Professor, Politics; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., U.C. 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
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Irene Girton
Professor, Music
B.Music, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Shana Goffredi
Associate Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry
B.A., University of San Diego; Ph.D., U.C. Santa Barbara
Thalia González
Associate Professor, Politics
B.A., Arizona State University; J.D., Northwestern University
Susan Grayson
Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., U.C. 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
Felisa Guillén
Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language
B.A., M.A., University of Madrid; Ph.D., U.C. Santa Barbara
Laura Hebert
Associate 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
Associate Professor, Politics
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
B.A., Victoria University of Wellington; Ph.D., Australian National University
Marcia Homiak
Professor, Philosophy
A.B., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Jane Hong
Assistant Professor, History
B.A. Yale University; A.M., Brown University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Andrea Hopmeyer
Professor, Psychology
B.A., Clark University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Maryanne Horowitz
Professor, History
A.B., Pembroke College, Brown University; M.A.T., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Andrew Jalil
Assistant Professor, Economics
A.B.; Sc.B. Brown University; Ph.D. U.C. Berkeley
David Kasunic
Associate Professor, Music
B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., Ph.D.; Princeton University
Sanjeev Khagram
John Parke Young Chair in Global Political Economy
B.A.; M.A.; Ph.D. Stanford
Brian Kim
Associate Professor, Psychology
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Alan Knoerr
Associate Professor, Mathematics, Cognitive Science
B.A., Oberlin College; Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown University
Sarah Kozinn
Assistant Professor in Theater
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
Ari Laskin
Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., University of Victoria; M.A., York University; M.A., Ph.D. U.C. Irvine
Brandon Lehr
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.A., U.C. Berkeley; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tamás Lengyel
Professor, Mathematics
Diploma, Ph.D., Eotvos University, Budapest
Kathryn Leonard
Professor, Computer Science
B.S., University of New Mexico; M.S., Ph.D., Brown University
Ross Lerner
Assistant Professor, English
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Ainsley LeSure
Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Carmel Levitan
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience
B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
Justin Li
Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
Ph.D, University of Michigan
Jan Lin
Professor, Sociology; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Williams College; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., New School for Social Research
Krystale E. Littlejohn
Assistant Professor of Sociology
A.B, Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
John Chung-En Liu
Assistant Professor in Sociology
B.S., National Taiwan University; M.A., Yale University; M.E.M., Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Adelaida López
Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Advisory Committee, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Mary Lopez
Associate Professor, Economics; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.A., U.C. 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, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., U.C. Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Amy Lyford
Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
Linda Lyke
Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., M.F.A., Kent State University
Jacob Mackey
Assistant Professor, Comparativ Studies in Literature and Culture
B.A., Univresity of Texas at Austin; M.S., Christ Church, Oxford; Ph.D., Princeton University
Donna Maeda
Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., St. Olaf College; Ph.D., University of Southern California; J.D., U.C. Berkeley
Gary Martin
Professor, Biology
B.A., M.A., California State College, Sonoma; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
Martha Matsuoka
Associate Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
A.B., Occidental College; M.C.P., U.C. Berkeley; Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
John McCormack
Assistant Professor, Biology; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.S., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Lynn Mehl
Professor, Kinesiology and Psychology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Nancy Marie Mithlo
Associate Professor, Art and Art History; Chair of American Indian Studies at The Autry Museum of the American West
B.A. Appalachian University; M.A., Ph.D. Stanford University
Warren Montag
Brown Family Professor in Literature, English
B.A., U.C. Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School
Robby Moore
Elbridge Amos Stuart Professor of Economics
B.A., Pomona College; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Jesse Mora
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.A. Claremont McKenna; M.A. John Hopkins-SAIS; M.A., Ph.D. U.C. Santa Cruz
Richard Mora
Associate Professor, Sociology; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a & Latin American Studies
B.A., Harvard College (Sociology); M.A., University of Michigan (Education); M.A., Harvard University (Sociology); Ph.D., Harvard University (Sociology & Social Policy)
Clair Morrissey
Associate Professor, Philosophy
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Kelema Lee Moses
Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Ramin Naimi
Professor, Mathematics
B.S., U.C. Los Angeles; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Raul Navarro
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
D. Keith Naylor
Professor, Religious Studies
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Pacific School of Religion; Ph.D., U.C. Santa Barbara
Leila Neti
Associate Professor, English
B.A., U.C. Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Irvine
Eric Newhall
Professor, English; Advisory Committee, American Studies
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Diana Ngo
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.S. Harvard University; Ph.D. U.C. Berkeley
Gretchen North
John W. McMenamin Endowed Chair in Biology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry; Advisory Committee Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of Connecticut; M.A., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Cheryl Okumura
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. U.C. Los Angeles
Christopher Oze
Associate Professor, Geology
B.A., Whitman College; Ph.D. Stanford University
Jennifer Piscopo
Assistant Professor, Politics; Advisory Committee, Latin American and Latino/a Studies
B.A., Wellesley; M.Phil, University of Cambridge; Ph.D., U.C. San Diego
Roberta Pollock
Professor, Biology; Biochemistry; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry
B.S., Emory University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Daniel Pondella
Associate Professor, Biology; Director, Vantuna Research Group
A.B., M.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Julie Prebel
Associate Professor, Writing & Rhetoric
B.A., U.C. Berkeley; M.A., Cal State San Francisco; Ph.D., University of Washington
Ryan Preston-Roedder
Associate Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Rice University; Ph.D., New York University
Marcella Raney
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
A.., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of Southern California
Movindri Reddy
Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., University of Natal; M.A., Ph.D., Cambridge University
Jaclyn Rodríguez
Professor, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Stuart Rugg
Professor, Kinesiology
B.S., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Margaret Rusmore
Professor, Geology
B.S., U.C. 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; Advisory Committee, Group Language
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Janet Scheel
Associate Professor, Physics
B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana; M.A., M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Caltech
George Schmiedeshoff
Professor, Physics
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Adam Schoenberg
Assistant Professor, Music
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M., DMA, The Juilliard School
Alec Schramm
Professor, Physics
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Joseph Schulz
Associate Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience
B.S., Indiana University; Ph.D., U.C. San Diego
Bhavna Shamasunder
Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.S./B.A., U.C. San Diego; M.ES., Yale University; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
Derek Shearer
Stuart Chevalier Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
BA, Yale University; Ph.D., The Union Graduate School
Michael Shelton
Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Cognitive Science; Affiliated Faculty, Linguistics; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language
B.S., St. Cloud State University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Aleksandra Sherman
Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience
B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Andrew Shtulman
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science; Psychology
B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Daniel Snowden-Ifft
Professor, Physics
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
Ronald Solórzano
Professor, Education; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.S., M.Ed., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Lisa Sousa
Professor, History; Chair, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Damian Stocking
Associate Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Department
B.A., U.C. Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., U.C. 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
Woody Studenmund
Laurence de Rycke Professor of Economics
A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Eric Sundberg
Associate Professor, Mathematics
A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., Rutgers University
John Swift
Professor, English
B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
La Mont Terry
Associate Professor, Education
A.B., M.A.T., Occidental College; Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Kerry Thompson
Associate Professor, Biology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Nalsey Tinberg
Professor, Mathematics
B.A., U.C. Los Angeles; M.S., Ph.D., University of Warwick
Saul Traiger
Professor, Cognitive Science, Philosophy
B.A., State University of New York, Binghamton; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Dolores Trevizo
Professor, Sociology; Advisory Committee, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
Andrew K. Udit
Associate Professor, Chemistry; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry
H.B.Sc., University of Toronto; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Kristi Upson-Saia
Associate Professor, Religious Studies
B.A., University of Washington; M.Div., Princeton Theol. Sem.; Ph.D., Duke University
Raul Villa
Professor, English; Advisory Committee, American Studies; Advisory Committee, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., U.C. Santa Cruz
Lisa Wade
Associate Professor, Sociology
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., New York University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Yurika Wakamatsu
Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A. University of Illinois at URbana-Champaign; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Kirsten Wandschneider
Associate Professor, Economics
M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Illinois
Dale Wright
David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor in Religion, Religious Studies
B.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Jean Wyatt
Professor, English
A.B., Pomona College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Xiao-huang Yin
Professor, American Studies; Affiliated Faculty, East Asian Languages and Cultures; Affiliated Faculty, History
B.A., Nanjing University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Amanda Zellmer
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S. University of Wisconsin, Ph.D University of Michigan