Dean

Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College; Professor, Computer Science
B.S., University of New Mexico; M.S., Ph.D., Brown University

Associate Deans

Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs; Professor, Cognitive Science, Philosophy
B.A., University of Liverpool; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Interim Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs; Associate Professor, Economics
B.A., UC Berkeley; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., University of Washington; M.Div., Princeton Theol. Sem.; Ph.D., Duke University

Tenured & Tenure Track Faculty

Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., University of Redlands; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., The College of William & Mary; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
B.A., Lehigh University; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
Associate Professor, Economics
B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Assistant Professor, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., American University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Professor of Black Studies
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Professor, Biology
B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Associate Professor, Mathematics
M.S., Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas; Ph.D., Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of South Carolina
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., Indiana University
Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., Gordon College, Massachusetts; M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago; Ph.D., UCLA
Professor, Biology
B.A., Colorado College; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Professor, Mathematics
B.S. Michigan State University; Ph.D. University of Michigan
Professor, Mathematics
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., M.A., Cal State Northridge; Ph.D., UC Merced
Assistant Professor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A., Pomona College; M.Phil, Ph.D., Graduate Center, CUNY, New York
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Associate Professor, Chemistry
B.A. Occidental College; Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., UC Santa Cruz; M.A.L.S., Columbia University; M.A.L.D., Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Professor, Politics
B.A., National Chengchi University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Laurence de Rycke Professor of Economics
B.A., UC Berkeley; Ph.D., MIT
Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., UCLA; M. Ed., UCLA; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., M.A., New York University; Ph.D., George Washington University
Professor, Chemistry
B.S., University of Puget Sound; M.S., D.A., Washington State University
Professor, History & Asian Studies
B.A. Colby College; M.A., Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz
Professor, Media Arts & Culture
B.A., Grinnell College; M.P.S., New York University; Ph.D., University of Southern California
Professor, Chemistry
B.S., Ecole Normale Superieure; M.S., Ph.D., Paul Sabatier University
E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics; Professor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A., Syracuse University M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., Montclair State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University; Graduate Certificate in African Studies, Rutgers University
National Endowment for the Humanities Professorship
B.A., UC Riverside; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., UCLA
Robert Glass Cleland Professor in American History
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Mary Jane Hewitt Department Chair in Black Studies; Associate Professor, English and Black Studies
B.A., Morehouse College; M.A., Ph.D, University of Notre Dame
James Irvine Professor of Media Arts & Culture
B.A., Harvard University; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Professor, Politics
B.A., UC Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Associate Professor, History
B.A., Temple University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Professor, Biology
B.A., University of San Diego; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Assistant Professor, Music
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Professor, Spanish and French Studies
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., UCLA; Ph.D., Wright Institute Los Angeles Attestation d’études, Université de Bordeaux
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A. University of Colorado, Boulder; M.S., Ph.D. University of New Mexico
Assistant Professor, English
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Mills College; Ph.D., Stanford University
Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Tianjin Medical University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., East China Normal University
Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Assistant Professor, Geology
B.A., Occidental College; M.Sc., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee M.A., University of Oregon Ph.D., University of Denver
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
Professor, Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies
B.A., Washington State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
Fletcher Jones Foundation Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Associate Professor, Religious Studies & Asian Studies
B.A., Victoria University of Wellington; Ph.D., Australian National University
Associate Professor, History
B.A. Yale University; A.M., Brown University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Associate Professor, Media Arts & Culture
B.A., University of Chicago; M.F.A., UCLA
Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.S., Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS); M.S., University of Oxford; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of California at San Diego
Assistant Professor, Art & Art History
BFA, New York University; MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Professor, Economics
A.B.; Sc.B. Brown University; Ph.D. UC Berkeley
Director of the John Branca Institute for Music; Associate Professor, Music
B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., Ph.D.; Princeton University
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
B.S., Lahore University; M.A., Duke University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Associate Professor, Theater & Performance Studies
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University; Post-doctorate Fellow, Occidental College
Associate Professor, Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
Associate Professor, Geology
B.A., Colby College, M.S., P.h.D., University of Colorado Boulder, P.h.D., University of Iceland
Assistant Professor, Asian Studies
B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Associate Professor, English
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Assistant Professor, Asian Studies
B.A., East China Normal University; M.A., Kyushu University; Ph.D., University of Arizona
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer Science
B.S., Northwestern University; Ph.D, University of Michigan
Professor, Sociology
B.A., Williams College; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., New School for Social Research
Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.P.S., NYU; M.F.A., Sandberg Instituut; P.h.D., City University of Hong Kong
Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., University of Redlands; M.A., Villanova University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor, Economics
B.A., UC Riverside; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Associate Professor, Music
Ph.D. New York University, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor, American Studies
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., Université de Genève; M.A., The Courtauld Institute of Art; Ph.D., Yale University
Arthur G. Coons Professor in the History of Ideas
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
Associate Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.St., Christ Church, Oxford; Ph.D., Princeton University
Associate Professor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Professor, Media Arts and Culture
M.A., University of Lodz; M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., University of Oregon
Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., University of Alicante; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy; Executive Director, Urban & Environmental Policy Institute
A.B., Occidental College; M.C.P., UC Berkeley Ph.D., UCLA
Director and Curator of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology; Professor, Biology
B.S., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Louis M. Brown Family Professor in Literature in English
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School
Associate Professor, Economics
B.A. Claremont McKenna; M.A. John Hopkins-SAIS; M.A., Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz
Professor, Sociology
B.A., Harvard College (Sociology); M.A., University of Michigan (Education); M.A., Harvard University (Sociology); Ph.D., Harvard University (Sociology & Social Policy)
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
Assistant Professor, Black Studies
B.A., University of San Diego; M.A., Ph.D, Brown University
Professor, Mathematics
B.S., UCLA; Ph.D., Caltech
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., UNC Chapel Hill; Ph.D., UC San Diego
Irma M. and Jay F. Price Professor in English
B.A., UCLA; M.A., Ph.D., UC Irvine
Associate Professor, Economics
B.S. Harvard University; Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
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., UCLA
Associate Professor, Biology
B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. UCLA
Associate Professor, Black Studies
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., P.h.D, University of California, San Diego
Assistant Professor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A., California State University Northridge; M.S., University of Michigan; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A., Whittier College; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Professor, Biology
B.S., Emory University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor, Biology; Director, Vantuna Research Group
A.B., M.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., UCLA
Assistant Professor, Theater & Performance Studies
B.A., San Francisco State University
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Professor, American Studies; Director of Writing Center
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., Cal State San Francisco; Ph.D., University of Washington
Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Rice University; Ph.D., New York University
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.S., M.S., McGill University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A. Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., University of Natal; M.A., Ph.D., Cambridge University
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.A., Grinnel College; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Professor, Kinesiology
B.S., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Michael G. Gibby ’68 and Barbara J. Gibby ’68 Professor of Science, Geology
B.S., UC Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington
Professor, Environmental Science
B.S., University of Southern California; M.S., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Assistant Professor, Art & Art History
BFA, Otis College of Art and Design; MFA, University of Southern California
Associate Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Pitzer College; M.A., P.h.D., U.C. Riverside
Professor, Physics
B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana; M.A., M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Caltech
Associate Professor, Music
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M., DMA, The Juilliard School
Professor, Physics
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Professor, Biology
B.S., Indiana University; Ph.D., UC San Diego
Assistant Professor, Geology
B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.S., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
Assistant Professor, Geology
B.A., M.S., University of Texas, Austin; Ph.D, Colorado State University
Associate Professor and Chair, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.S./B.A., UC San Diego; M.ES., Yale University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Stuart Chevalier Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
BA, Yale University; PhD, The Union Graduate School
Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.S., St. Cloud State University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor, Psychology
B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University; Ph.D., Yale University
Ezra Frederick Scattergood Professor, Physics
B.A., Swarthmore College M.A., Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Professor, Education
B.S., M.Ed., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., UCLA
Norman Bridge Professor, History
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Assistant Professor, Physics
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Department
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Professor, History
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Associate Professor, Biology
B.S., Stony Brook University; Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Professor, Mathematics
A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art; M.F.A., P.h.D., USC School of Cinematic Arts
Associate Professor, Education
A.B., M.A.T., Occidental College; Ph.D., UCLA
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. Indiana University
Professor, Biology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Madeline N. McKinnie Professor, Sociology
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
John Stauffer Professor of Chemistry
H.B.Sc., University of Toronto; Ph.D., Caltech
Professor of History
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor, Latino/a & Latin American Studies
B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz
Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; A.M., Harvard University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., Kenyon College; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. Occidental College, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.S., Ph.D., UC Davis
Professor, American Studies
B.A., Nanjing University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Associate Professor, Biology
B.S. University of Wisconsin, Ph.D University of Michigan
Assistant Professor, Asian Studies
B.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Visiting Instructor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A. Occidental College; M.A. University of Southern California; Ph.D. (in progress) University of Southern California
Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble, Visiting Instructor, Music
Ray Allen Billington Visiting Professor (2024-2025), History
B.A. Oklahoma City University; M.A. University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
Visiting Instructor, Core
B.S. University of California, Los Angeles; Executive M.B.A. University of California, Irvine
Resident Professor, Theater and Performance Studies
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., Colorado College; M.A., University of Texas, Austin; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
Visiting Assistant Professor, Core Program
B.A, Arizona State University; M.A., San Francisco State University, M.A., P.h.D., Columbia University
Resident Associate Professor, Kinesiology
B.A., Occidental College; M.P.T., University of Southern California; M.B.A. La Sierra University; D.P.T. University of Southern California; Ph.D. University of the Cumberlands
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ph.D, University of California, Riverside
Resident Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires; M.A. University of Denver; Ph.D., University of Southern California
Visiting Instructor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
B.A. Bishop's University, Canada; M.A. Western University, Ontario Canada
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., Emory University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Associate Professor, Geology
B.S., Ph.D., Cornell University; M.S., University of Pennsylvania
Visiting Professor, Core Program
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., University of Texas, Arlington; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Visiting Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., M.A. University of Washington, Tacoma; Ph.D. University of Southern California
Visiting Instructor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., M.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Ph.D., University of California, Davis (in progress)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.M., The Curtis Institute; M.M., The Juilliard School; Ph.D., University of Southern California
Visiting Instructor, Music
B.A., Lawrence University; DMA, University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music (in progress)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Public Health
B.A., University of California, Riverside; M.P.H., National University; D.P.H., Loma Linda University
Visiting Instructor, Music
Visiting Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A., Bard College; M.A., UCLA
Resident Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Southern California
Visiting Assistant Professor, English
B.A. Portland State University; M.F.A University of Iowa
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
A.B. Occidental College; B.S. Caltech; Ph.D. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Resident Assistant Professor, College Writing Program
B.A., Loyola Marymount University; M.F.A., Boston University; M.A., Cal State LA
Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., University of Georgia; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University; MFA., University of Southern California; Psy.D., California School of Professional Psychology
Writer in Residence; Visiting Assistant Professor, English
B.A., Oberlin College; M.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., Occidental College; M.F.A., Yale University
Visiting Instructor, Theater & Performance Studies
B.A. California State University, Northridge; M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts
Visiting Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies
B.A., University of California San Diego; M.A., University of California Riverside; Ph.D., University of California Riverside (in progress)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., M.A. & M.F.A. University of Iowa
Resident Assistant Professor, Co-Chair, Public Health; Public Health Program Coordinator
B.S., University of Missouri; M.P.H., Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Resident Associate Professor, Chemistry
B.A., M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Caltech
Resident Assistant Professor, Core Program
B.A., U.C.S.B; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., The Claremont Graduate School
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
A.B., M.A., Occidental College; J.D., Loyola Law School
Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., UC San Deigo
Visiting Instructor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., Loyola Marymount University, M.A., California State University Los Angeles
Visiting Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
B.Sc. University of Bern; M.A. Yokohama National University; Ph.D. Nippon Sport Science University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of Houston
Resident Professor, Theater & Performance Studies
B.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University
Assistant Director, Oxy at the UN program; Visiting Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., Lycée Janson de Sailly; M.A., Diplôme de I’Institut d’Études Politiques; Ph.D., City University of New York
Visiting Instructor, Public Health
B.A. College of New Rochelle, M.S. Capella University
Director of the Choi Family Music Production Center; Resident Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., UC Santa Cruz; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Specialist for Language Education; Visiting Instructor, Spanish & French Studies
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Visiting Instructor, Education
B.A., Pitzer College; M.Ph., Claremont Graduate School; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School (in progress)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., M.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics and Computer Science
M.S. in Engineering, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (France); M.S.in Applied Physics, University of Paris 6 (France); Ph.D., Ecole Polytechnique (France)
Resident Associate Professor, Core Program
B.A., University of Montana; M.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara
Visiting Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Resident Associate Professor, Physics
B.S. Universite Laval, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada; Ph.D. University of Maryland College Park
Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.S., University of Miami; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Visiting Instructor, Theater & Performance Studies
A.B., Occidental College
Resident Senior Instructor, Spanish and French Studies
A.B., Stanford University; M.A., UCLA
Visiting Assistant Professor, History
B.A., University of Bradford; M.A., West Virginia University; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
B.A., Bishop's University; M.A., Ph.D., Western University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., Woodbury University; M.A., Pepperdine University; Ph.D., Alliant International University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., UCLA; Ph.D. University of Southern California
Visiting Assistant Professor, Theater & Performance Studies
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama
Director of Advising; Affiliated Faculty, Music
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Visiting Instructor, Physics
B.S. DeVry University; M.S. California State University, Northridge
Choi Family Director of Instrumental Music; Resident Professor, Music
B.M., Northwestern University; M.M., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D, Rutgers University
Associate Professor, Mathematics, Cognitive Science, Emeritus
B.A., Oberlin College; Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown University
Visiting Instructor
B.A., San Diego State University
Visiting Instructor, Core Program
B.A. Harvard
Director of Choral and Vocal Activities; Resident Professor, Music
B.Mus., CSU Fullerton; M.M. University of Nevada, Reno
Visiting Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.S., M.S., UC, Irvine; Ph.D., UC Riverside
Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics
B.S. North Carolina State; M.A., Ph.D. Duke University
Visiting Professor, Mathematics
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Visiting Instructor, Art & Art History
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., Arizona State University
Resident Instructor, Asian Studies
B.A., Tokyo Gakugei University; M.A., Hitotsubashi University; M.A., California State University, Long Beach
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice; Pre-Law Advisor
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; J.D., U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., Princeton University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Visiting Instructor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
A.B., Occidental College; M., A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Princeton University (in progress)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Theater and Performance Studies
BFA., Shanghai Theater Academy; MFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.A. UC Santa Barbara; M.A. California Institute of the Arts
Visiting Instructor, Music
B.A., University of Virginia
Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts & Culture
B.A., M.F.A., UCLA
Visiting Senior Instructor, Theater & Performance Studies
Visiting Assistant Professor in Jewish Studies, Religious Studies
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Brandeis; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Visiting Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A, University of California, Los Angeles; M.Div., Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary; M.A., Oregon State University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (in progress)
Resident Assistant Professor, Theater & Performance Studies
B.F.A., University of Montevallo; M.F.A., Hunter College
Resident Professor, Theater & Performance Studies
A.B., Occidental College; M.F.A., UCLA
Resident Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.S. UC Davis; M.A., Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Resident Instructor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Yale University
Resident Associate Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Resident Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A. Occidental, Ph.D U.C.L.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory & Social Justice
B.A., M.A. American University; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Visiting Assistant Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice
B.A. Yale; J.D. Howard University School of Law
Visiting Instructor, Kinesiology
A.B., Occidental College; D.P.T., University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.A., Drury University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Southern California
Resident Senior Instructor of Accounting, Economics
B.A., UCLA; Ph.D., Pacific Western University
Visiting Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Resident Assistant Professor, College Writing Program
BA, Northwestern University; MFA, Mills College; PhD, New York University
Visiting Instructor, Education
B.A. Occidental College; M.A. Occidental College
Visiting Instructor, Computer Science
B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.S., California State University, Los Angeles
Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Resident Associate Professor, Philosophy
B.A. Stanford University; M.S., UNC Chapel Hill; Ph.D., New York University
Visiting Instructor, Politics
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., USC; M.A., Claremont Graduate University; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University( in progress)
Visiting Instructor, Public Health
B.A., Occidental College; M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music; Director of the Occidental Jazz Ensemble
B.A., USC; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Resident Instructor, Spanish and French Studies
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., UCLA
Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology
B.A. Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D. University of Southern California
Visiting Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.Ed., University of Hawaii, Manoa
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A. University of Chicago; M1 Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle; Ph.D. Cornell University
Visiting Instructor, Music
B.M., Berklee College of Music
Faculty Director, Kahane UN Program; Resident Assistant Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
B.A., Tufts University, M.A., Columbia University
Resident Associate Professor, Philosophy, Cognitive Science
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Resident Assistant Professor, College Writing Program; Assistant Director, Writing Center
B.A., San Francisco State University, M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago, M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., UCLA; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University
Resident Professor, Biochemistry
B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., New York University
Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies
B.A., DePauw University; M.A., University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside (in progress)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., New York University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Visiting Full Professor, College Writing Program
B.A., UC Santa Barbara
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
M.S., Ph.D., Charles University
Resident Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Cultures/Russian
B.A., John Carroll University; M.A., Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Resident Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.F.A., University of Utah; M.F.A., California State University, Long Beach
Resident Professor, Asian Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Visiting Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Visiting Assistant Professor, American Studies
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Visiting Assistant Professor, Education
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Resident Associate Professor, Economics
B.A. (DHE), Saratov State University; Ph.D., University of Wyoming
Laboratory Coordinator
M.S., Saratov State University, Russia; Ph.D., Saratov State University, Russia
Resident Associate Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., Occidental College; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A, Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil; M.A., Florida State University; P.h.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Visiting Assistant Professor, Education
B.A., Nanjing University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Visiting Assistant Professor, Theater & Performance Studies
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.F.A, University of Illinois, Chicago; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts & Culture
B.A., Augsburg University; M.F.A., The American Film Institute Conservatory
Resident Senior Instructor, Biology
B.S., UNC Wilmington, M.S., CSU Northridge
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
B.A., Escuela Provincial de Artes Visuales Juan Mantovani; M.F.A., Pratt Institute
Resident Senior Instructor, Chemistry
B.A, Pomona College; M.S., UCLA
Visiting Assistant Professor, College Writing Program
B.A., Pitzer College; M.F.A., San Diego State University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Music
B.M., New England Conservatory; M.M., DMA, University of Southern California
Visiting Instructor, Biology
B.A., M.S., California State University, Northridge

Emeriti/ae Faculty

Professor, American Studies, Emerita
B.A., UC Irvine; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., UC Irvine
Professor, American Studies, Emeritus (1969-2007)
B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Professor of Linguistics and Archaeology, Emerita (1969-2007)
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Professor, Geology, Emeritus (1987-2021)
A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz
Professor, Theater, Emeritus
B.A., UC Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., Rice University
Associate Professor, Writing & Rhetoric, Emeritus (1991-2022)
B.A., Pitzer College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Cecil H. and Louise Gamble Professor in Political Science, Politics, Emeritus
B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., M.A.L.D., Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, History, Emeritus (1971-2010)
B.A., Yale University; B.Lit., University of Oxford; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor, Chinese Studies, Emerita (1989-2019)
B.A., Rutgers University M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
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
Fletcher Jones Professor, Chemistry, Emerita (1993-2014)
B.S., UCLA; Ph.D., Caltech
Carl F. Braun Professor, Chemistry, Kinesiology, Emeritus (1981-2015)
B.S., Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Ph.D., University of Arizona
Carl F Braun Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus (1961-1995)
A.B., Calvin College; Ph.D., Purdue University
Professor, Psychology, Emerita (1986-2022)
B.A., UCLA Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Robert Glass Cleland Professor of American History, Emerita (1991-2014)
B.A., USC; M.A., Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Professor, Physics, Emeritus (1987-2022)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., UCLA
Norman Bridge Distinguished Professor of Spanish, Spanish and French Studies; Emeritus (1984-2021)
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Professor, English Emeritus (1976-2020)
B.A., Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Professor, Art and Art History; Emeritus (1986-2021)
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., New York University
Professor, Theater, Emeritus (1969-2014)
A.B., M.A., Occidental College; M.F.A., The American Film Institute
Professor, German, Emeritus (1960-1996)
B.A., Nebraska Wesleyan University; M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., University of Southern California
Professor, History; Anita Johnson Wand Professor of Women's Studies, Emerita (1981-2023)
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Professor, Music, Emerita (2000-2021)
B.Music, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Registrar, Emerita (1980-1998)
A.B., Occidental College
Professor, Mathematics, Emeritus (1978-2002)
B.A., New College; A.M., Ph.D., Dartmouth College; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Professor, Urban & Environmental Policy, Emeritus
A.B., Reed College
Professor, Theater & Performance Studies, Emerita (1985-2022)
B.A., M.F.A., University of Michigan
Professor, Music, Emeritus
B.A., Queens College; M.A., UC Berkeley; D.M.A., Stanford University
Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Emerita (1990-2021)
B.A., M.A., University of Madrid; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Curator of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology and Professor of Biology, Emeritus (1982-2010)
Professor, Economics, Emeritus (1977-2004)
B.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D., Stanford University
Professor, History, Emeritus (1965-2003)
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor, Philosophy, Emerita (1974-2019)
A.B., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor of History, Emerita (1973-2024)
A.B., Pembroke College, Brown University; M.A.T., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Emerita (1966-2005)
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington
Bertha Harton Orr Professor in the Liberal Arts, Emerita (1969-2005)
B.A. Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Cornell University
Dean of Students, Emerita (1967-1992)
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Stanford University
Professor, Philosophy, Emeritus (1963-1991)
B.S., Purdue University; M.A., University of Washington, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Professor, Cognitive Science, Emerita (1982-2017)
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Professor, Spanish and French Studies, Emerita (1989-2020)
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Professor, Art and Art History, Emerita (1976-2022)
B.A., M.F.A., Kent State University
Professor, Biology; Emeritus (1980-2021)
B.A., M.A., California State College, Sonoma; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Professor, 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
Professor, Education, Emerita (1977-2004)
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ed.D., University of Southern California
College Librarian, Emerita (1986-2001)
A.B., M.S.L.S., Syracuse University
Professor, Kinesiology and Psychology, Emerita (1977-2022)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Elbridge Amos Stuart Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1978-2019)
B.A., Pomona College; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
James Irvine Professor in Environmental Biology, Emeritus (1967-2000)
A.B., M.A., San Jose State College; Ph.D., Washington State University
Professor, Mathematics, Emerita (1965-1995)
A.B. University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor, Religious Studies, Emeritus (1989-2019)
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Pacific School of Religion; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Professor, English, Emeritus
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Professor, English, American Studies, Emeritus (1975-2019)
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Professor, Education, Emeritus (1975-2005)
B.A., M.Ed., Western Washington State College; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University
Professor Emeritus, Diplomacy & World Affairs
M.A. University of Konstanz, Germany; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor, French, Emerita (1966-2002)
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Stanford University
Professor, Mathematics, Emeritus (1960-1991)
B.A., University of St. Andrews; M.A., University of Southern California
Professor of Psychology and Latin@/Latin American Studies; Emerita (1984-2021)
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Irma and Jay Price Professor of English Literature, English, Emerita
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Yale University
Professor, Spanish and French Studies
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Professor, Physics, Emeritus (1964-1992)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University
Professor, Psychology; Emerita
B.S., Baylor University; M.A., Ph.D., USC
Associate Professor, Psychology, Emeritus (1965-1988)
B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Buffalo
President, Emeritus (1988-1999)
B.S., Kansas State University; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Chief Information Officer and Professor, Mathematics, Emeritus (1971-2006)
A.B., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Professor, Music, Emeritus (1977-2000)
B.A., B.M., University of Dubuque; M.M, D.M.A., University of Southern California
Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry, Emerita (1995-2023)
B.S., Sonoma State University; Ph.D., University of Utah
James Irvine Professor of Environmental Biology, Emeritus (1959-2003)
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Laurence de Rycke Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1970-2022)
A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor, English, Emeritus (1981-2019)
B.A., Middlebury College M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor, Mathematics; Emerita (1980-2021)
B.A., UCLA M.S.; Ph.D., University of Warwick
Associate Professor, Critical Theory and Social Justice, Emeritus
B.A., Earlham College; M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa; Ph.D., Rice University
Professor, Cognitive Science, Philosophy; Emeritus (1985-2021)
B.A., State University of New York, Binghamton; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Psychology, Emeritus (1973-2006)
B.S., M.A., Western Michigan University; Ph.D., University of Maine
Professor, Economics, Emeritus
B.A., UC Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor in Religion, Religious Studies, Emeritus (1980-2018)
B.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Professor, English; Emerita
A.B., Pomona College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts, Emeritus (1990-2009)
Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts, Emerita (1977-2013)
B.A., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan