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Board of Trustees Officers
Donald P. Gould, Chair
Michele Siqueiros, Vice Chair
Strom C. Thacker, President
Laura Troendle, VP, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer
Pamela Mader, Associate Vice President of Finance
Mia Alonzo, Controller
Melanie Lacy Sorenson, Secretary
Members of the Board of Trustees
Bridget Baker ‘82
Founder & Principal, Baker Media Inc.
Diana Bob ‘02
Native Law LLC
Thomas Brock ‘83
Director, Community College Research Center
Harold A. Brown
Partner, Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman, Inc.
Steven Chang ‘83, P’23
Hong Kong
Mark A. Cunningham ‘89, P’25
Alumni Board President
Stephen Davis P’23
Los Angeles, California
Tyrus Emory ‘08
Creative Producer, Martian Entertainment
Louise Ann “Luzann” Fernandez (currently on leave)
Principal, Bartko Zankel Bunzel Miller
Julie Flapan ‘90
Director, UCLA Computer Science Equity Project and CSforCA
Ruett Stephen Foster ‘81
Senior Pastor, Community Bible Church
Wendy Glenn ‘75
Los Angeles, California
David H. Good P’20
Head of M&A and Business Development, Flitch Solutions, Inc.
Donald P. Gould
Chair of the Board, President & Chief Investment Officer, Gould Asset Management LLC
Jonathan P. Graham ‘82
EVP, General Counsel & Secretary, Amgen
Gina Hoagland P’21
Chairman, CEO, and Principal, Collaborative Strategies
Jill Klein P’15
Washington. D,C.
David Levin ‘90
Chief Investment Officer/Principal, Magellan Investment Partners, LLC
Derek Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer, Partners in School Innovation
Kenneth R. Pitzer
San Francisco, California
Douglas Price ‘80 & P’20
Kansas City, Kansas
Jon Reingold P’18
Bellevue, Washington
James S. Rhodes III P’22
Co-Founder & President, Embori Group, LLC
Alissa Okuneff Roston ‘78 & P’06
Beverly Hills, California
Noah “Josh” Schlesinger ‘04
President and CEO, Schlesinger Companies
William D. Sheinberg ‘83 & P’12 & P’26
Partner, The Bubble Factory
Michele Siqueiros ‘95
Vice Chair of the Board, President, Campaign for College Opportunity
Shahan Soghikian ‘80
Managing Director, Panorama Capital
Strom C. Thacker, PhD
President, Pitzer College
Louise Beaudette Thornton ‘68
Laguna Beach, California
Tracy M. Tindle ‘82
Bend, Oregon
Gulnar Vaswani P’21 (currently on leave)
Independent Leadership Consultant
Cathy Siegel Weiss
Los Angeles, CA
Emeriti Trustees
Hirschel B. Abelson P’92
President, Stralem & Company, Inc.
Robert H. Atwell
Former President, Pitzer College
William G. Brunger P’01
President, PODS Research, LLC
Susan G. Dolgen P`97
Wood River Ventures
Deborah Bach Kallick ‘78
Vice President, Government & Industry Relations, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Robin Kramer ‘75
Executive Director, Harbor Freight Tools for Schools
Marilyn Chapin Massey, PhD
Former President, Pitzer College
Melvin L. Oliver, PhD
Former President, Pitzer College
Murray Pepper, PhD
President, Home Silk Properties, Inc.
Edith L. Piness, PhD
Director & Secretary to the Board, San Francisco Museum & Historical Society
Russell M. Pitzer, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Chemistry, The Ohio State University
Susan S. Pritzker P’93
Chicago, Illinois
Margot Levin Schiff P’90, P’95
Chicago, Illinois
Lisa Specht
Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Eugene P. Stein
Los Angeles, California
Laura Skandera Trombley, PhD
Former President, Pitzer College
Administration
Catherine Acosta, Assistant Director of Financial Aid, 2003. BA, Pitzer College.
Elizabeth Affuso, Academic Director and Adjunct Assistant Professor for Intercollegiate Media Studies, 2011. (See Faculty)
Laurie Babcock, Associate Director of Digital Communications, 2003. BA, University of Redlands.
Michael Ballagh, Associate Vice President for International Programs, Executive Director of Firestone, Costa Rica, 1999. BA Trinity College, Dublin; MA, Louisiana State University; PhD, Claremont Graduate University.
Brenda Bolinger, , 2012. BA, Whitworth College.
Thomas Borowski, Academic Director for the Intercollegiate Neuroscience Program, 2004. (See Faculty).
Hayley Burke, Assistant Director of Admission, 2016. BA, MSS, Bryn Mawr College
Deanna Caballero, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources and Payroll Services, 2018. BS, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Raven Carnes, Associate Director of Advancement Services, 2012. BA, University of California, San Diego; MA, San Diego State University.
Kirsten Carrier, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life and Conference Services, 2014. BA, University of Wisconsin, Madison; MS, Indiana University.
Karen Casey, Assistant Director of Study Abroad and International Programs, 2008. AB, Middlebury College.
Jonathan Chan, Program Administrator for the Community Engagement Research and Training, 2018. BA, University of California, Riverside; MEd, California State University, Fullerton.
Mark Crawbuck, Director of Facilities, Custodial Services, Grounds and Events, 1995.
Marco Antonio Cruz, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment, 2015. BA, University of California, Davis; MA, Santa Clara University.
Kebokile Dengu-Zvobgo, Associate Dean of International Programs, 2002. BS, University of Rhodesia. MS, Edinburgh University. MBA, University of Zimbabwe.
Margie Donahue, Director of Darjeeling/Nepal Program, 1990.
Mike Donahue, Director of Intercultural Education and Pitzer Programs, 1984.
David Dysart, Associate Director of Enrollment Systems, 2017. BA, California State University, San Bernardino.
Ciara Ennis, Director/Curator of Campus Galleries, 2007. BA, Norwich School of Art; MA, Royal College of Art.
Teresa Flores Roberts, Associate Director for Career Services, 1996. BA, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Jamie Francis, Director of Study Abroad and International Program Services, 2000. BA, University of Montana.
Robert Goldstein, Director of Information Technology, 2012. BA, MS, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Eddie Gonzalez, Assistant Director of Media Studies Production, 2004. BA, Pitzer College.
Jenna Gough, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, 2013. BA, University of La Verne
Erin Griffin, Assistant Director of Admission, 2016, BA, Colby College.
Tyee Griffith, Program Manager for Critical Justice Education, 2018. BA, California State University, Los Angeles; MPA, California Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Sandy Hamilton, Senior Administrator for the Institute for Global/Local Action and Study (IGLAS) and Associate Director for Fellowships and Scholarships, 1987. BA, Pitzer College; MA, Claremont Graduate University.
Tessa Hicks Peterson, Assistant Professor in Urban Studies, Assistant Vice President of the Community Engagement Center, Director of CASA Pitzer, and Director of the Office of Consortial Academic Collaboration, 2006. (See Faculty)
Carol Holtrust, Director of Advancement Services, 2008. BS, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Stephanie Hutin, Director of Media Studies Production Services, 2008. BFA, University of Florida; MFA, California Institute of Arts.
Kara Moore, Director of Financial Aid, 2017. BA, University of La Verne.
James Marchant, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Community Relations, 1995. BA, University of Redlands; MA, Claremont Graduate University.
Pamela Mader, Assistant Vice President for Finance, 2019. BS, University of La Verne. MA, Claremont Graduate University
Janet Monell Schwing, Assistant Registrar, 2003.
Tricia Morgan, Associate Director for the Community Engagement Center, 2008. BA, Pitzer College.
Cheryl Morales, Associate Registrar, 1997. BA, Azusa Pacific University; MA, Claremont Graduate University.
Dwayne Okpaise, Jr., Assistant Director of Admission, 2015. BA, Reed College.
Allen M. Omoto, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, 2019. (See Faculty)
Eva Peters, Registrar, 2010. BCom, Gujarat University; MBA, Azusa Pacific University.
Holly Preble, Senior Philanthropic Advisor, 2011. BA, California State University, Sacramento; MA, University of San Francisco; EdD, University of Southern California.
Natalie Rosales, Assistant Director of Administrative Support Services and Budget Management, 2016.
Todd Sasaki, Director of International Programs, 2002. BA, Swarthmore College.
Joshua Scacco, Assistant Director of Residential Life and Summer Programs, 2015. BS, Oregon State University, MEd, Wright State University.
Valerie Schiro, Assistant Director of Residential Life and Housing, 2016. BA, University of California, San Diego, MEd, University of South Florida.
Andrea Scott, Assistant Professor of Academic Writing and Director of The Writing Center, 2013. (See Faculty)
Alayna Session-Goins, Assistant Dean of Campus Life, 2013. BA, MEd, Azusa Pacific University.
Gabriella Tempestoso, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Academic Support Services, 2017. BA, University of La Verne; MA, University of La Verne; MA, Claremont Graduate University.
Bradley Tharpe, Director of Career Services, 2015. BA, Vanderbuilt University; MDiv, Wake Forest University.
Laura Troendle, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, 2018. BA, MBA, State University of New York.
Sandra Vasquez, Vice President for Student Affairs, 2017. BA, California State University, Northridge; MEd, University of Arkansas; EdD, University of Southern California.
Susan Warmbrunn, , and Advancement Communications, 2011.
Linus Yamane, Associate Dean of Faculty and Director of Academic Advising, 2015. (See Faculty)
Santiago Ybarra, Director of Admission, 2010. BA, Pomona College.
Xiaoyu (Joanne) Zhang, Assistant Director of Educational Technology Services, 1993. MA University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia; MA California State University, Los Angeles.
Faculty
++Rita Alcalá, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Chicano Studies; Scripps College, 1995. BA University of Texas, El Paso; MA, PhD Candidate, University of Texas, Austin.
Ahmed Alwishah, Professor of Philosophy, 2009. BA, Baghdad University; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
William Anthes, Professor of Art History, 2006. BFA, MA, University of Colorado; PhD, University of Minnesota.
Juanita Aristizabal, Associate Professor of Modern Languages, Literature and Culture/Spanish and Portuguese. 2014. BA, Universidad de Los Andes; MA, Yale University; MPh, Yale University; PhD, Yale University.
Brent Armendinger, Professor of English & World Literature/Creative Writing, 2008. BA, Bard College; MFA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
*Jennifer A. Armstrong, Professor of Biology, 2003. BS, New Mexico State University; PhD, University of California, San Diego.
Genetics, cell and molecular biology; chromatin dynamics and gene regulation in the fruit fly.
David Bachman, Professor of Mathematics, 2004. BS, State University of New York at Binghamton; PhD, University of Texas, Austin.
Mita Banerjee, Professor of Psychology, 1992. BA, University of British Columbia; MA, University of Michigan; PhD, University of Michigan.
Emotional development, children’s folk theories, relationship between conceptual knowledge and social adjustment, peer relationships, family and divorce. Interim Chair, Institute for Global-Local Action & Study.
William T. Barndt, Assistant Professor, Political Studies, 2013. BA, Colby College; MA, PhD, Princeton.
+Dipannita Basu, Professor Emerita of Sociology and Black Studies, 1995. BS, University of London, Chelsea College; PhD, Manchester University, Manchester Business School. Research Associate, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Polytechnic; Research Associate, Center for Race and Ethnic Relations, Warwick University; Lecturer, Liverpool Polytechnic, Manchester Business School.
Jill K. Benton, Professor Emerita of English, 1984. BA, University of California, Riverside; MA, PhD, University of California, San Diego.
Michelle Berenfeld, John A. McCarthy Associate Professor of Classics, 2010. MA, PhD, New York University.
Timothy Berg, Professor of Art, 2008. BA, University of Colorado, Boulder; MFA, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University.
**Betty Bernhard, Professor of Theatre, 1984. BA, Western Michigan University; MS, PhD, University of Oregon.
Sumangala Bhattacharya, Professor of English and World Literature, 2006. AB, Smith College; MA, University of North Texas; PhD, University of Southern California.
Menna Bizuneh, Associate Professor of Economics, 2014. BA, Emory University; BS, Georgia Institute of Technology; MS University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; PhD, Georgia State University.
*Kersey A. Black, Professor of Chemistry, 1986. BS, San Diego State University; PhD, University of Oregon. Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut de Chimie Organique, Universite de Lausanne; Visiting Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University and University of Oregon.
Computational investigation of chemical reactivity and reactive intermediates; development of software for chemical education.
James B. Bogen, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, 1967. BA, Pomona College; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Alicia Bonaparte, Associate Professor of Sociology, 2008. BA, Spelman College; MA, PhD, Vanderbilt University.
Thomas Borowski, Coordinator, 5-C Neuroscience Program/Assistant Professor of Neuroscience. BA, University of Winnipeg; MSc, PhD, University of Saskatchewan.
Nigel Boyle, Director, I-GLAS, and I-GLAS Chair in Political Studies, 1992. BA, Liverpool University; MA, Virginia Tech; PhD, Duke University. SSRC and American Council of Learned Societies Doctoral Fellow; Instructor, Duke University; Lecturer, Junior Dean and Teaching Fellow, University College, Oxford; Fulbright Scholar, University of Landau, Germany.
European and comparative politics; the welfare state; labor market policy.
Darin Brown, Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2019. BA, California State University, Los Angeles; MA, California State University, Los Angeles; PhD, University of New Mexico
++Raymond Buriel, Harry S. and Madge Rice Thatcher Professor of Psychology and Professor of Chicano/a Latino/a Studies4, Pomona College, 1977. BA, MA, PhD, University of California, Riverside.
Fely Catan, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures, 2020. BA, University of Paris IV - La Sorbonne; MA in Spanish Literature, University of Texas at Brownsville; MA in French Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison; PhD, University of Miami
++Jose Z. Calderón, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Chicano Studies, 1991. BA, University of Colorado; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles. Lecturer, Aims College and the University of Northern Colorado.
Emily Chao, Professor of Anthropology, 1996. BA, University of California, Berkeley; MA, New School for Social Research; PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
*Melissa J. Coleman, Associate Professor of Biology, 2006. BS Samford University; PhD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Neurobiology, neurophysiology, neural basis of behavior, neural control of auditory- vocal learning in songbirds.
*Newton H. Copp, Professor Emeritus of Biology, 1980. BA, Occidental College; MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara. Assistant Professor, University of Redlands. Animal behavior; vertebrate and invertebrate physiology; neurobiology.
*Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, Associate Professor of Biology, 2000; Associate Dean of Faculty, Scripps, 2012. BA, Swarthmore College; PhD, Cornell University Medical College/Sloan-Kettering Institute.
Cell and Molecular Biology; pre-mRNA splicing in yeast.
*Clyde H. Eriksen, Professor Emeritus of Biology and Emeritus Director, Bernard Biological Field Station of The Claremont Colleges, 1967. BA, University of California, Santa Barbara; MS, University of Illinois; PhD, University of Michigan.
+Halford H. Fairchild, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Black Studies, 1993. BA, University of California, Los Angeles; MA, California State University, Los Angeles; MA, PhD, The University of Michigan.
Social psychology; African American psychology; intergroup and race relations, survey research.
Paul Faulstich, Professor of Environmental Analysis, 1991. BA, Pitzer College; MA, Stanford University; PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Cultural ecology; ecological design; the ecology of expressive culture; Aboriginal Australia.
Maya Federman, Professor of Economics, 1998. BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MA, PhD Harvard University.
Labor economics, education, public finance.
*Patrick M. Ferree, Associate Professor of Biology, 2010. BS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MS, Wake Forest University; PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Genetics, molecular biology, and early development of Drosophila (fruit flies) and Nasonia (jewel wasps); chromosome structure and evolution; host-pathogen interactions.
+Lorn S. Foster, Charles and Henrietta Johnson Detoy Professor of American Government and Professor of Politics, Pomona College, 1978. BA, California State University, Los Angeles; AM, PhD, University of Illinois.
Carmen Fought, Professor of Linguistics, 1998. BA, MA, Stanford University; PhD, University of Pennsylvania.
Phonology; bilingual language acquisition; sociolinguistics.
*Anthony F. Fucaloro, Professor of Chemistry, 1974. BS, Polytechnic University; PhD, University of Arizona. Postdoctoral Research Associate, New Mexico State University and University of New Orleans.
Molecular spectroscopy, especially luminescence; electron impact.
David Furman, Professor of Art Emeritus, 1973. BA, University of Oregon; MFA, University of Washington.
++Javier Galvez, Instructor of Dance, 1968. BA, Pomona College; Universidad Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Sarah Gilbert, Assistant Professor of Art, 2014. BA, Brown University; BFA, Rhode Island School of Design; MFA, University of Idaho.
*Sarah E. Gilman, Associate Professor of Biology, 2010. BS, Stanford University; PhD., University of California, Davis.
Marine ecology; invertebrate biology; climate change ecology; biophysical ecology; population biology.
Stephen L. Glass, John A. McCarthy Professor Emeritus of Classics, 1964. BA, Pomona College; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania.
Glenn A. Goodwin, Professor Emeritus, Sociology, 1969. BA, State University of New York, Buffalo; PhD, Tulane University.
+++Sharon Goto, Professor of Psychology and Asian American Studies, Pomona College, 1995. B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., PhD., University of Illinois.
*Scot A. C. Gould, Professor of Physics, 1991. AB, Middlebury College; PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Surface physics; scanning probe microscopy; polymers; fluidized cracking catalysts; image processing; physics of sports.
Judith V. Grabiner, Flora Sanborn Pitzer Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, 1985. BS, University of Chicago; MA, PhD, Harvard University. Woodrow Wilson Fellow; National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow; American Council of Learned Societies Fellow; National Science Foundation Research Grant; National Science Foundation Faculty Professional Development Fellowship; Professor of History, California State University, Dominguez Hills; Visiting Scholar, University of Leeds, England; Visiting Scholar, University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Visiting Scholar, Department of History, Cambridge University.
History of mathematics and science.
Steffanie Guillermo, Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2017. BA, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA; MA, PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder
*Daniel A. Guthrie, Professor Emeritus, Biology, 1964. BA, Amherst College; MA, Harvard University; PhD, University of Massachusetts.
+Laura A. Harris, Professor of English and World Literature and Black Studies, 1997. BA, San Diego State University; MA, PhD, University of California, San Diego.
*Mary E. Hatcher-Skeers, Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Chair in Natural Sciences; Professor of Chemistry, 1998. BA, University of California, San Diego; MS, San Francisco State University; PhD, University of Washington. NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brandeis University.
Applications of nuclear resonance spectroscopy in determining the structure of DNA and other biological macromolecules.
Leah Herman, Instructor in English Language, 1994. BA, MA, University of California, Riverside; Academic Director for International Scholars Program.
Geoffrey Herrera, Fletcher Jones Associate Professor of Political Studies, 2010. MA, PhD, Princeton University.
Melinda Herrold-Menzies, Professor of Environmental Studies, 2003. PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Tessa Hicks Peterson, Associate Vice President, CEC and Assistant Professor in Urban Studies, 2006. PhD., Claremont Graduate University.
*James Conway Higdon, Professor of Physics, 1987. BA, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles. Research Associate, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fellow of the American Physical Society. Astrophysics, fluid dynamics, biophysics.
Todd Honma, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, 2012. BA, University of California, Berkeley; MA, University of California, Los Angeles; MA, PhD, University of Southern California.
**Arthur Horowitz, Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance, Pomona College,2004. B.A., Hofstra University; Ph.D., University of California, Davis.
Jim Hoste, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, 1989. AB, MA, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, University of Utah. National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Couront Institute, New York University; Hill Assistant Professor, Rutgers University; Assistant Professor, Oregon State University; Visiting Assistant Professor, Pomona College; Visiting Scholar, University of Melbourne, Australia; Visiting Scholar, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California; Visiting Scholar, University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI; Scholar-in-Residence, Pitzer College, 1999.
Low-dimensional topology, knot theory, computer applications to topology.
+Eric Hurley, Professor of Psychology and Africana Studies, Pomona College, 2007. B.A., University of Florida, Gainesville; M.A., Ph.D., Howard University.
Thomas L. Ilgen, Professor Emeritus, Political Studies, 1985. BA, Oberlin College; MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara.
+Agnes Moreland Jackson, Professor Emerita of English and Black Studies, 1969. AB, University of Redlands; MA, University of Washington; PhD, Columbia University.
+Phyllis Jackson, Associate Professor of Art and Art History, 1993. BA, Reed College; MA, PhD, Northwestern University. Visiting Lecturer, Northwestern University; Visiting Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Carina L. Johnson, Professor of History, 2002. PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Spanish empire, gender, early modern Europe.
Alan P. Jones, Professor of Psychology/Neuroscience, 1986. BS, University of Massachusetts; MA, Princeton University; PhD, University of Massachusetts; NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Medical School; Dean of Faculty, Pitzer College.
Development of control of appetitive behavior; effects of early nutritional and metabolic factors in development; neural and metabolic factors in the ontogeny of obesity.
Ethel Jorge, Professor of Spanish, 1999. BA, MA, Universidad de la Habana, Havana, Cuba; PhD, The Union Institute, Ohio.
Azamat Junisbai, Professor of Sociology, 2009. BA, Kazakh State University, Kazakhstan; MA, PhD, Indiana University.
Barbara Junisbai, Associate Professor of Organizational Studies, 2016. BA, San Francisco State University; MIS, PhD, Indiana University.
Timothy Justus, Associate Professor of Psychology, 2012. BA, Case Western Reserve University; MA, Dartmouth; PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Brian L. Keeley, Professor of Philosophy, 2000. BA, University of South Alabama; MSc, University of Sussex (UK); MA, PhD, University of California, San Diego. Philosophy of neuroscience; philosophy of mind; philosophy of science.
Jessica Kizer, Assistant Professor of Sociology, 2017. BA, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; MA, PhD, University of California, Irvine.
Tarrah Krajnak, Associate Professor of Art, 2013. BA, Ohio Wesleyan University; MFA, University of Notre Dame.
Amanda Lagji, Assistant Professor of English and World Literature, 2017. BA, Dickinson College; MA, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Gina Lamb, Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Studies. BFA, San Francisco Art Institute; MFA, University of California, Los Angeles.
***Michael Deane Lamkin, Professor of Music, 1977. BME, MM, Baylor University; PhD, University of Iowa. Studied also at American Institute of Musical Studies, Freiburg, Germany and Graz, Austria. Assistant Professor, William Penn College; Professor and Head of Department of Music, Martin College; Visiting Professor of Voice, University of North Alabama; Orchestral Conductor and Chorus Master, American Institute of Graz; Conducting Faculty, Classical Music Seminar, Eisenstadt, Austria; Conductor, Opera School, Conservatory of Music, Munich. Recording for PBS and Bravo Cable Network and conducting-performances in West Germany, Austria and United States. Pitzer College Joint Music Program.
*Adam Landsberg, Professor of Physics, 1998. BA, Princeton University; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley. Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Visiting Assistant Professor, Haverford College.
Nonlinear systems; pattern formation, bifurcation theory, chaos, Josephson Junctions.
**Thomas G. Leabhart, Resident Artist and Professor of Theatre, 1982. BA, Rollins College; MA, University of Arkansas; Ecole de Mime Etienne Decroux.
James A. Lehman, Professor Emeritus, Economics, 1981. BA, Davidson College; Thomas J. Watson Fellowship; MA, PhD, Duke University.
+Sidney Lemelle, Professor of History and Africana Studies, Pomona College,1986. BA, MA, California State University, Los Angeles; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles. Chair, Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies, The Claremont Colleges. African and African Diasporan History; Black Studies.
Jesse Lerner, Professor of Media Studies, 1998. BA, University of California, Los Angeles; MA, University of Southern California, PhD, Claremont Graduate University. Jacqueline Levering Sullivan, Assistant Professor in Writing Emerita, 1984. BA, University of Oregon; MA (Art), MA (English), California State University, Fullerton. Jeffrey C. Lewis, Associate Professor of Organizational Studies and Psychology, Director of Institutional Research, 1990. BA, University of California, Los Angeles; PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Applied social psychology, organizational behavior, speech prosodics and social development.
Leah L. Light, Professor of Psychology, 1970. BA, Wellesley College; PhD, Stanford University. Lecturer, University of California, Riverside; Member of the Professional Staff, Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, Inglewood.
Human memory and cognition; memory and aging.
**Sherry Linnell, Resident Designer and Professor of Theatre, Pomona College, 1975. BA, MFA, University of California, Irvine.
Hanzhang Liu, Assistant Professor of Political Studies, 2019. BA, Smith College; MA, PhD, Columbia University.
Jemma Lorenat, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2015. BA, San Francisco University; MA, City University of New York Graduate Center; PhD, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, and Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
**Joyce Lu, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance, Pomona College, 2008. B.A., Occidental College; M.F.A., University of Hawaii at Manoa; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
+++Ming-Yuen S. Ma, Professor of Media Studies, 2001, BA, Columbia University; MFA, California Institute of the Arts.
Ronald K. S. Macaulay, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, 1965. MA, University of St. Andrews; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
Ntongela Masilela, Professor Emeritus of Creative Studies, 1989. BA, MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
*Margaret Mathies, Professor of Biology Emerita, 1965. BA, Colorado College; PhD, Case Western Reserve University.
Jessica McCoy, Professor of Art, 2006. BS, MA, MFA, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
*Donald A. McFarlane, Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, 1991. BSc, University of Liverpool; MSc, Queens University of Belfast; PhD, University of Southern California. Evolutionary ecology; biography; late Quaternary paleoecology and extinctions. Kathryn Miller, Professor of Art, 1993. BSc, George Washington University; MA, Sonoma State University; MFA, University of California, Santa Barbara. Sculpture/environmental art; drawing.
Kathryn Miller, Professor Emerita of Art, 1993. BSc, George Washington University; MA, Sonoma State University; MFA, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Sheryl F. Miller, Professor of Anthropology and Distinguished Teaching Chair in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology, 1969. BA, Occidental College; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley. National Science Foundation and Ford Foundation Fellowships.
African archaeology; world prehistory; human evolution; African and Native American ethnography; cultural ecology; ethnic arts.
*John Milton, Professor of Biology, Kenan Chair in Computational Neuroscience, 2004. BS, PhD, MDCM, FRCPC, McGill University. Associate Professor, The University of Chicago; Adjunct Professor Physiology, McGill University; Adjunct Professor of Biology, Keck Graduate Institute.
Computational neuroscience, motor control, development of expertise.
David S. Moore, Professor of Psychology, 1989. BA, Tufts University; MA, PhD, Harvard University; Harvard University Social Science Dissertation Fellow; National Research Service Postdoctoral Fellow, The City University of New York.
Sensory integration in infancy; cognitive development; categorization in infancy; neonatal behavior; electrophysiological methods in the study of infant perception; perception of numerosity in infancy.
*J. Emil Morhardt, Professor of Biology, 1996. BA, Pomona College; PhD, Rice University; Professor, Assistant Professor, University of Washington.
Vertebrate ecology and physiology; environmental management.
*Stephen A. Naftilan, Kenneth Pitzer Professor of Physics, 1981. BS, University of Chicago; PhD, Case Western Reserve University. Instructor, University of Southern California and El Camino College.
Binary stars; stellar atmospheres.
Peter M. Nardi, Professor of Sociology; Emeritus, 1975. BA, University of Notre Dame; MA, Colgate University; PhD, University of Pennsylvania.
Lance Neckar, Professor of Environmental Analysis, 2012. BA, Cornell University, MALA, University of Wisconsin, Madison; MLA,, Harvard University.
++Gilda Ochoa, Professor of Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Pomona College, 1997. BA, University of California, Irvine; MA, PhD University of California, Los Angeles.
Allen M. Omoto, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty; Professor of Psychology, 2019. BA, Kalamazoo College; MA, PhD, University of Minnesota.
Harmony O’Rourke, Associate Professor of History, 2009. BA, Macalester College; AM, Harvard University; PhD, Harvard University
Jenifer Onstott, Instructor Emerita in English Language, 1985 BA, University of California, Santa Barbara; MA, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; MS, California State University, Fullerton. Academic Director, Pitzer Bridge Program. Second/foreign language pedagogy, critical pedagogy in language learning, community-based education, debate for international students, academic writing. Harmony O’Rourke, Assistant Professor, African History, 2009. BA, Macalester College; PhD candidate, Harvard University.
++Adrian D. Pantoja, Professor of Political Studies and Chicano Studies, 2006. BA, University of San Francisco; MA, PhD, Claremont Graduate University.
+++Joseph D. Parker, Professor Emeritus of Critical Global Studies formerly International and Intercultural Studies, 1989. BA, Occidental College; MA, PhD, Harvard University. Visiting Assistant Professor, Stanford University; Assistant Professor, Bucknell University; Visiting Instructor, Carleton College. ; Adjunct Professor, CGU; Lecturer, Department of Liberal Studies, California State University, Los Angeles.
Transnational feminism and gender studies; subaltern studies; neocolonialism and postcolonial studies; globalization and the War on Terror; Orientalism and cultural imperialism; democracy and citizenship; Critical Whiteness Studies; Critical Masculinity Studies; Asian American Studies; East Asian cultural history; East Asian religion; Asian and indigenous sciences; critiques of Eurocentric science and objectivism; critical theory; postmodern social change; open plan field studies; ethico-politics of knowledge; interdisciplinarity and social justice; feminist pedagogy.
Lissa Petersen, Instructor in Academic Writing, Emerita. 1977. BA Northwestern University; MA, Harvard University. Director, English for Graduate Studies Program, Claremont Graduate University.
Susan Phillips, Professor of Environmental Analysis, 2002. BA, California State University, Dominguez Hills; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
*Robert P. Pinnell, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, 1966. BS, California State University, Fresno; PhD, University of Kansas.
*Thomas Poon, Professor of Chemistry, 2000; BS, Fairfield University; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
Zeolite host-guest chemistry, synthetic methodology, reactions of singlet oxygen.
Suyapa Portillo Villeda, Associate Professor of Chicano/a Latino/a Transnational Studies, 2012. BA, Pitzer College; PhD, Cornell University.
Muriel Poston, Professor of Environmental Analysis, 2012. BA, Stanford University; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
*Marion R. Preest, Pritzker Family Foundation Chair; Professor of Biology, 1999. BS, Otago University, New Zealand; MS, PhD, Cornell University.
Physiology and ecology of animal energetics; thermal biology of terrestrial ectotherms; osmoregulatory physiology; herpetology; muscle physiology.
**Leonard C. Pronko, Professor of Theatre, 1957. BA, Drury College; MA, Washington University; PhD, Tulane University.
*Kathleen L. Purvis-Roberts, Professor of Chemistry, 2001; BS, Westmont College; MA, PhD, Princeton University; Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Chemistry of urban air pollution, primarily aerosols; public policy aspects of air pollution.
+Rita Roberts, Associate Professor of History and Black Studies, Scripps College, 1987. BS, Southern Illinois University; MA, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, University of California, Berkeley. American history and Black Studies.
*Colin Robins, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, 2012. BA, Macalester College; MS, Oregon State University; PhD, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Applications of soil science research to challenges In geomorphology, plant ecology, and environmental science.
Marcus Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2018. BA, Pepperdine University; MS, Peking University; PhD, Duke University.
Norma Rodriguez, Peter and Gloria Gold Chair, 2013;Professor of Psychology, 1991. BA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin. Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles. Latino mental health, acculturation and cultural adjustment.
Kathryn S. Rogers, Professor Emerita of Organizational Studies, 1986. BA, Smith College; MA, Columbia University; PhD, Washington University, St. Louis. National Institute of Education Training Fellowship; Lecturer, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Consultant, Educational Planning Associates, Inc.; Senior Administrator, Cemsel, Inc.; Legal and Public Affairs Staff, Peabody Coal Company; Senior Associate, Center for Study of Data Processing, Washington University, St. Louis; Research Associate, IBM, Los Angeles Scientific Center. Organization theory; inter- organizational networks; business, nonprofit and public organizations; organizations and the public policy environment; corporate responsibility.
*David E. Sadava, Professor Emeritus of Biology, 1972. BS, Carleton University; PhD, University of California, San Diego.
Barry Sanders, Professor Emeritus of History of Ideas, 1972. BA, University of California, Los Angeles; MA, PhD, University of Southern California.
*Babak Sanii, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2012. BS, M.Engl, Cornell University; MS, PhD, University of California, Davis.
Experimental physical chemistry; self-assembly and bio-inspired folding of soft materials.
Brinda Sarathy, Professor of Environmental Analysis/International Intercultural Studies, Director, Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern CA Sustainability, 2007. BA, McGill University; MS, PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
*Lars Schmitz, Assistant Professor of Biology, 2012. Vordiplom, Diplom, University of Bonn, Germany; PhD, University of California, Davis.
Functional and evolutionary vertebrate morphology; paleobiology; evolution of vertebrate vision.
Albert Schwartz, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, 1965. BA, Hunter College; MA, Ohio State University.
Andrea M. Scott, Associate Professor and Director of the Writing Center, 2013. BA, Mills College; MA, PhD, University of Chicago.
Daniel A. Segal, Jean Pitzer Professor of Anthropology and History, 1986; Director, Center for Social Inquiry, 2008. BA, Cornell University; MA, University of Chicago; PhD, University of Chicago.
The Caribbean; post-Columbian world history; the social construction of race.
Harry A. Senn, Professor Emeritus, French. 1970. BA, MA, University of Minnesota; PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Susan C. Seymour, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, 1974. BA, Stanford University; PhD, Harvard University.
+Marie-Denise Shelton, Professor of French and Black Studies, Claremont McKenna College, 1977; BA, MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
Sharon Nickel Snowiss, Professor of Political Studies, 1969. AB, University of California, Berkeley; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles. Research Assistant, Science and Technology, Inc.; Postgraduate Research Assistant, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Los Angeles; Teaching Associate, University of California, Los Angeles.
Political philosophy, including ancient, modern and contemporary, as well as comparisons of Eastern and Western thought; futurology, including forecastings, science fiction, altered states of consciousness, social and philosophical impact of technology, genetic engineering; French literature and politics; feminist political thought; mind/body healing and Qi Gong.
++Maria Gutierrez de Soldatenko, Associate Professor of Chican@/Latin@ Transnational Studies, 1998. BA, MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles. Gender, race and class; feminist theory; women and economic development.
Erich Steinman, Professor of Sociology, 2007. BA, Augustana College; MA, PhD, University of Washington.
Claudia Strauss, Professor of Anthropology, 2000. BA, Brown University; MA, PhD, Harvard University. Cognitive anthropology; psychological anthropology; language, culture and society; race/class/gender variation in the U.S.; social theory and culture theory; anthropology of policy.
Ann H. Stromberg, Professor of Sociology Emerita, 1973. BA, Pomona College; MA, Columbia University; PhD, Cornell University. Director of Summer Study Abroad Program: Health and Healthcare in Costa Rica.
++Tomas F. Summers Sandoval Jr., Assistant Professor of History and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Pomona College, 2006. B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
Ruti Talmor, AssociateProfessor of Media Studies, 2011. BA, MA, PhD, New York University.
*Zhaohua (Irene) Tang, Professor of Biology, 2001. BS, State University of New York at Stony Brook; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles; Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology; Research Fellow, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope.
Cell and molecular biology, biochemistry; cell cycle control in yeast.
**James Taylor, Professor of Theatre, 1991. BA, Colorado College; MFA, Southern Methodist University.
+++Hung Cam Thai, Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies, Pomona College, 2006. B.A., University of Florida; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
*Bryan C. Thines, Assistant Professor of Biology, 2011. BS, State University of New York, Plattsburgh; PhD, Washington State University.
Molecular biology; functional genomics; circadian rhythms and environmental responses in plants.
*Diane Thomson, Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, 2004. BS, University of Arizona, PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Conservation biology, population modeling, ecology of biological invasions, plant ecology and plant/pollinator interactions.
++Miguel Tinker-Salas, Arango Professor of Latin American History and Professor of History and Chicano/a Studies, 1993. BA. MA, PhD University of San Diego, California.
Lako Tongun, Associate Professor of Critical Global Studies formerly International and Intercultural Studies and Political Studies, 1988. BA, St. Mary’s College of California; MA, PhD, University of California, Davis. Lecturer, University of California, Davis and California State University, Sacramento.
African and third-world politics; political economy, developmental economics (Third World).
++Maria Aguiar Torres, Dean of Students, Chicano Studies Center, The Claremont Colleges and Visiting Professor in Spanish, 1976. BA, University of California, Riverside; MA, New Mexico State University; PhD candidate, Claremont Graduate University.
+++Richard N. Tsujimoto, Professor Emeritus, Psychology, 1973. BA, Stanford University; PhD, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Professor of Political Studies, 2007. BA, Pitzer College; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Rudi Volti, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, 1969. BA, University of California, Riverside; MA, PhD, Rice University.
Albert Wachtel, Professor of Creative Studies, 1974. BA, Queens College; PhD, State University of New York, Buffalo. NDEA Fellow in English; Instructor, Assistant to the Dean, State University of New York, Buffalo; Fellow, Creative Arts Institute, Berkeley; Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara; Visiting Professor, Conference in Modern Europe, State University of New York, Buffalo; Danforth Associate; NEH Fellow, Summer Institute on Tragedy, Dartmouth.
Joyce; Shakespeare; epic and scripture; fiction; tragedy; theory of literature; 20th-century novel.
Andre Wakefield, Professor of History, 2002. PhD, University of Chicago.
Modern Germany, environmental, science and technology.
Dana Ward, Professor Emeritus of Political Studies, 1982. BA, University of California, Berkeley; MA, University of Chicago; M.Phil., PhD, Yale University;
*Anna G. Wenzel, Associate Professor of Chemistry, 2006. BS, University of California, San Diego; PhD, Harvard University.
Catalysis, asymmetric synthetic methodology.
*Emily Wiley, Associate Professor of Biology, 2002. BA, Western Washington University; PhD, University of Washington; Visiting Assistant Professor, Mt. Holyoke College; Post-doctoral research associate, University of Rochester.
Molecular biology; genetics; chromatin structure in the ciliate Tetrahymena.
*Branwen Williams, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, 2011. BS, University of Guelpth, Guelpth, ON; MS, University of Quebec at Montreal; PhD, Ohio State University.
Paleoceanographic reconstructions on recent timescales from marine climate archives.
*Nancy B.S. Williams, Associate Professor of Chemistry, 2003. BS, Harvey Mudd College; PhD, University of Washington, Seattle; NATO-NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands; Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of North Carolina.
Fundamental late-metal organometallic chemistry, mechanisms of basic organometallic reactions.
+++Linus Yamane, Professor of Economics, 1988. BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MA, M.Phil, PhD, Yale University. Visiting Associate Professor, Wellesley College; Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard University; Shimomura Fellow, Japan Development Bank; Lecturer, Yale University; Research Associate, World Bank; Technical Associate, AT&T Bell Laboratories; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research.
Macroeconomics, Japanese economy, econometrics, labor economics.
+++Kathleen Yep, Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies, 2004. BA, MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
*Andrew W. Zanella, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, 1975. AB, Cornell University; PhD, Stanford University.
Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology, 1998. BA, MA, PhD, University of Oregon.
Sociology of religion, sex and religion, altruistic deviance.
* Joint appointment with Claremont McKenna College and Scripps College.
** Appointment in Theatre, a five-college program based at Pomona College.
*** Joint appointment with Claremont McKenna, Scripps and Harvey Mudd Colleges.
+ Faculty teaching in the Intercollegiate Program of Africana Studies.
++ Faculty teaching in the Intercollegiate Program of Chicano/a Latino/a Studies.
+++ Faculty teaching in the Intercollegiate Program of Asian American Studies.
College Governance
Pitzer’s governmental structure makes it virtually unique among American colleges. The College has never had the traditional student government which restricts student participation to limited areas. Instead, students are represented on all the standing committees of the College including those which deal with the most vital and sensitive issues of the College community. This system offers interested students an active educational experience, though it demands time, energy and a real commitment on the part of those who participate. Standing committees are responsible primarily for the formulation, review and implementation of policy relating to the educational program and student life.
In most instances, policy decisions of the standing committees are made in the form of recommendations to College Council, which is the primary legislative body of the school, made up of the faculty, staff representatives and 16 student representatives, eight of whom are elected by the student body and eight chosen from the student members of the standing committees.
The standing committees are, briefly, as follows (See the Faculty Handbook for further details at https://www.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty-handbook/)
Faculty Executive Committee: The primary executive committee of the College, responsible for facilities planning and the smooth and effective functioning of College affairs.
Academic Planning Committee: Responsible primarily for the long-term planning of the educational program of the College and, as part of that task, for proposing new faculty positions and the formulation of new programs and majors.
Academic Standards Committee: Responsible for assuring that students adhere to the academic standards of the College, for considering student requests for waivers of academic requirements and for approving the completion of degree requirements.
Appointments, Promotion and Tenure Committee: Responsible for making recommendations and advise the President in matters of faculty appointment, contract renewal, promotion, and tenure. Approval of contingent hires including visiting faculty and visiting scholars. Appointment of endowed chairs and postdoctoral fellows.
Budgetary Implementation Committee: Responsible for constructing the annual budget of the College and recommending to College Council policy regarding enrollment, financial aid, annual increments in staff and faculty salaries, fringe benefits and expectations relating to inflation and investment income.
Campus Life Committee: This Committee is responsible for working with relevant student, faculty, alumni and trustee groups to develop and implement annually, a comprehensive plan for enhancing the intellectual, cultural, artistic and social life of the campus. In addition, it oversees programs and support structures that foster the development of a closer intellectual community on campus.
Curriculum Committee: Responsible primarily for coordinating and reviewing the annual curriculum of the College, for recommending on an annual basis the addition of courses, for approving special majors and independent studies and for approving new program and major requirements.
Diversity Committee: Responsible for assisting the College in meeting its commitment to affirmative action in student, faculty and staff recruitment and for assisting the College in creating an environment which is maximally supportive to students from underrepresented groups and which embraces and values diversity.
Judicial Committee: Responsible for interpreting and enforcing the student code of conduct.
Research and Awards: Allocation of funds for faculty and student research is handled through the Dean of Faculty’s office.
Student Appointments Committee: Responsible for selecting students to serve as the non-elected representatives on the other standing committees. Students who would like to participate in College governance are urged to apply to the Student Appointments Committee through the Dean of Students’ Office in the spring semester for appointments for the following year. In addition, vacancies on standing committees usually arise throughout the year, so students should inquire at any time if they are interested in participating. Participation in College governance is one of the most exciting educational opportunities the College offers. Through participation, students play a central role in shaping the College.
Student Senate: Responsible for discussing and making policy recommendations to College Council pertaining to student life and community issues. Members of the Student Senate are elected by the student body and serve as the student voting representatives to College Council and as the elected student representatives to the College’s Standing Committees. Students can also make direct recommendations concerning student life issues to the President by means of a proposition signed by 30 percent of the Pitzer community and then approved by both a Proposition Board and the community as a whole.
Study Abroad Committee: Responsible for formulating policy relating to the College’s Study Abroad program, for overseeing the program and for approving students for participation.
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