2018-2019 Catalog

On Regular Appointment

Bevin Ashenmiller

Associate Professor, Economics; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy

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

Phillip M. Ayoub

Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs

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

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., University of California, 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 and 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., University of California, Santa Cruz

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., University of California, Berkeley

Jim L. Brown

Professor, Mathematics

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

Thomas Burkdall
Associate Professor, Writing and Rhetoric
B.A., Pitzer College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

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

Jeffrey Cannon
Assistant Professor, Chemistry; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry
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

Sarah Chen

Professor, East Asian Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

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

Tsung Chi

Professor, Politics; Affiliated Faculty, East Asian Studies

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

Lesley Chiou

Professor, 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

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

Associate Professor, History; Affiliated Faculty, East Asian Studies

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

Allison de Fren

Assistant 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

Nancy Dess

Professor, Psychology; Advisory Committee, Kinesiology; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience

B.A., University of California, 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 and World Affairs

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

Dennis Eggleston

Professor, Physics

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

Hanan Elsayed

Associate 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

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

Associate Professor, English

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

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., 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

Irene Girton

Professor, Music

B.Mus., 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., University of California, Santa Barbara

Thalia González

Associate Professor, Politics

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

Susan Gratch

Professor, Theater

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


Susan Grayson

Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

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

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., University of California, 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

Aleem Hossain

Assistant Professor, Media Arts & Culture

B.A., University of Chicago; 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

Sanjeev Khagram

John Parke Young Chair in Global Political Economy

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


Brian Kim

Associate Professor, Psychology

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

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

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., University of California, 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; Affiliated Faculty, East Asian Studies

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 J. Lopez

Associate 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, Critical Theory and Social Justice

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

Amy Lyford

Professor, Art and Art History

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

Gary Martin

Professor, Biology

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

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; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

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

Lynn Mehl

Professor, Kinesiology

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

Richard Mora

Associate Professor, Sociology; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

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

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., 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

D. Keith Naylor

Professor, Religious Studies

B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Pacific School of Religion; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Leila Neti

Associate Professor, English

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

Eric Newhall

Professor, English; Advisory Committee, American Studies

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

Diana Ngo

Assistant Professor, Economics

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

Cheryl Okumura

Assistant Professor, Biology

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

Roberta Pollock

Professor, Biology; Biochemistry; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry

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

Daniel Pondella

Professor, Biology; Director, Vantuna Research Group

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

Julie Prebel

Associate Professor, Writing and Rhetoric

Director of Writing Center & 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

Marcella Raney

Associate Professor, Kinesiology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry

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

Jaclyn Rodríguez

Professor, Psychology

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

Stuart Rugg

Professor, Kinesiology

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

Margaret Rusmore

Professor, Geology

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

James Sadd

Professor, Geology

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., California Institute of Technology

George Schmiedeshoff

Professor, Physics

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Adam Schoenberg

Assistant Professor, Music

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

Alec Schramm

Professor, Physics

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

Joseph Schulz

Associate Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Biochemistry; Advisory Committee, Neuroscience

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

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., University of California, Berkeley

Ronald Solórzano

Professor, Education; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

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

Lisa Sousa

Professor, History; Chair, Latino/a and Latin American Studies

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

Eileen Spain

Carl F. Brain Professor of Chemistry

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


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

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., University of California, Los Angeles

Kerry Thompson

Associate Professor, Biology

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

Nalsey Tinberg

Professor, Mathematics

B.A., University of California, 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., University of California, 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

Professor, Religious Studies

B.A., University of Washington; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; 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., University of California, Santa Cruz

Michale Vorenberg

Ray A. Billington Professor of United States History

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


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

Kevin Williams

Assistant Professor, Economics

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


Jean Wyatt

Professor, English

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

Xiao-huang Yin

Professor, American Studies; Affiliated Faculty, East Asian Studies; 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