2007-08 - Pitzer College

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TRUSTEES, ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY
Laura Skandera Trombley, President, 2002. BA, MA, Pepperdine University; PhD,
University of Southern California. (See Faculty)
Jonathan Soon, CX/Web Portal Programmer, 2005. B.S., University of California, Los
Angeles.
Shannon Spaccarotelli, Coordinator of Special Events & Communications, 2006. BA,
Chapman University.
Jim Stricks, Director of Foundation Relations and Faculty Support, 2001. BA, Cornell
University; MAT., University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Karen Suarez, Director Career Services, 1999. BA, Hunter College; MA, Western
Michigan University.
Brendan Thyne, Coordinator for Substance Abuse Education & Outreach, 2006. BA,
California State University, Northridge; MA, National University.
Justin Voss, Associate Director of Admission, 2006. BA, Lewis & Clark College.
Kathleen Wigglesworth, Executive Assistant to V.P./Treasurer, 2000. BA, University
of Wisconsin.
Stephanie Velasco Poserio, Director of the Center for Asian Pacific American
Students (CAPAS), 2002. BA, University of California, Irvine; M.Ed., Harvard
University.
Lori Yoshino, Budget Director/Associate Treasurer, 1997. B.S., University of
Pennsylvania; M.BA, California State University, Fullerton.
Sonya Young, Administrative Coordinator of Intercollegiate Department of Black
Studies (IDBS), 2001.
Xiaoyu (Joanne) Zhang, Assistant Director of Information Technology/User Services,
1993. MA University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia; MA California State
University, Los Angeles.
Donna Zinser, Operations Manager, Admissions, 1986.
FACULTY
Robert S. Albert, Professor Emeritus, Psychology, 1965. BA, Vanderbilt University;
MA, University of Texas; PhD, Boston University.
++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.
*Jennifer A. Armstrong, Assistant Professor of Biology, 2003. B.S., New Mexico State
University; PhD, University of California, San Diego.
Genetics, cell and molecular biology; chromatin dynamics and gene regulation in the fruit fly.
William Anthes, Assistant Professor of Art History, 2006. B.F.A, MA, University of
Colorado; PhD, University of Minnesota.
David Bachman, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2004. B.S., 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.
Martha Barcenas-Mooradian, Visiting Instructor, Spanish. BA, Universidad
Veracruzana; MA, Ohio University; PhD (ABD), Ohio State University.
+Dipannita Basu, Professor of Sociology and Black Studies, 1995. B.S., 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,
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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.
**Betty Bernhard, Associate Professor of Theatre, 1984. BA, Western Michigan
University; M.S., PhD, University of Oregon.
Sumangala Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor English and World Literature, 2006.
A.B., Smith College; MA, University of North Texas; PhD, University of Southern
California.
*Kersey A. Black, Professor of Chemistry, 1986. B.S., 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.
Harvey J. Botwin, Professor Emeritus of Economics, 1967. BA, MA, University of
Miami; MA, Princeton University.
Nigel Boyle, Peter and Gloria Gold Professor of 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.
European and comparative politics; the welfare state; labor unions.
Carol Brandt, Vice President for International and Special Programs and Instructor
in English for International Students, 1979. BA, MA, California State University,
Fresno. Instructor of English Language, California State University, Fresno, and
Claremont Graduate University; Instructor of Writing, Linguistics, and English
Language at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona.
Second language acquisition, TESOL training, language and gender, intercultural
communication.
++Raymond Buriel, Professor of Psychology, Pomona College, 1977. BA, MA, PhD,
University of California, Riverside.
Brian Yazzie Burkhart, Visiting Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies and
International Intercultural Studies. 2004.
Steven J. Cahill, Assistant Professor of Photography, 1984. BA, California State
University, Los Angeles; M.F.A., Claremont Graduate University.
++Jose Z. Calderón, Professor 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.
Urban and Political Sociology; Race and Ethnic Relations; Multi-Ethnic Coalitions; Urban
Community Development; Critical Ethnography and Participant Observation; Language
Rights; Experiential and Service Learning; Chicano and Latino communities.
Emily Chao, Associate Professor of Anthropology, 1996. BA, University of California,
Berkeley; MA, New School for Social Research; PhD, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor.
*Melissa J. Coleman, Assistant Professor of Biology, 2006. B.S. 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 of Biology, 1980. BA, Occidental College; MA, PhD,
University of California, Santa Barbara. Assistant Professor, University of Redlands.