Dean of Student Learning ATZ, EATM, Health & Life Sciences
Carol Higashida
Administrative Assistant Marcela Hernandez
Office Assistant Crystal Wirth
Administrative Assistant Stephanie Kostezak
Life Sciences Dept. Chair/Asst Audrey Chen, Chair (BIOL) Rachel Messinger, Asst. (ANTH)
Life Science Instructors ANTHROPOLOGY
John Baker Andrew Kinkella Rachel Messinger
Ashley Vaughan BIOLOGY Sandy Bryant Audrey Chen Katherine Courtney
Carrie Geisbauer Jazmir Hernandez
Jana Johnson Norman Marten
Beth Miller Eric Shargo Melia Tabbakhian
Sean Wilcox BIOLOGY/BIOTECHNOLOGY
Hovik Gasparyan Subhash Karkare
Instructional Lab Tech II/
Biology Edwin Leung
Lan Nguyen Mary Swenson Nursing Coordinator/
Instructor Christina Lee
RADT Instructors Robert Darwin Armine Torabyan
Instructional Lab Tech II/Nursing
(10 Months) Lauren Bykov Robert Uichanco Nursing Instructors
Michelle Dieterich Milagros Ebuen-Tabije
Karen Lovati Jamee Maxey Olga Myshina Dalila Sankaran
Katina Walia Exotic Animal Training and
Management/Animal Science Dept. Chair
Gary Wilson, Co-Chair Brenda Woodhouse, Co-Chair
Exotic Animal Training and Management/Animal Science
Instructors Gary Mui Gary Wilson Brenda Woodhouse
Instructional Lab Tech I/
EATM Amanda Stansbury Instructional Lab Tech II/
Reg Vet Tech (PT) (12 months, 47.5%)
Lauren Nickerson Lory Palmer America’s Teaching Zoo
Operations Assistants Kris Romero Taiki Yoshida
America’s Teaching Zoo Enrichment Technician
(12 months, 20%) Cindy Wilson America’s Teaching Zoo
Operations Supervisor Alisa Behar
America’s Teaching Zoo Zoo Development Coordinator
Mara Rodriguez
Health Sciences Department
Allied Health Coordinator/
EMT Instructor John Everlove
Programs EMT Health Sciences Nutrition Science Optical Technology
Howard Davis, Dean of Student Learning Business, Child Development, Languages and
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Administrative Assistant Kristen McCloskey
Business Dept. Chair Josepha Baca
Accounting Instructor Ruth Bennington Shannon Macias Business Instructors
Josepha Baca Perry Martin Navreet Sumal
VACANT CIS/CNSE Instructors
Edmond Garcia Kevin Rickard
VACANT VACANT
Early Childhood Development Instructors
Shannon Coulter Cynthia Sheaks-McGowen Child Development Center
Supervisor Johanna Pimentel
Child Development Associates (3) (10 Months)
Angelina Gomez Cyndy Ramirez
Melanie Sena
Child Development Assistants (4) (9 Months)
Deborah Biggie Kim Ciuffardi Tori Hancock VACANT
Early Childhood Development Department Chair Cynthia Sheaks-McGowan
World Languages Dept. Chair Helga Winkler
World Languages Instructors D. Perry Bennett
Helga Winkler VACANT Social Sciences
Instructors History Nenagh Brown Patricia Colman Hugo Hernandez
Susan Kinkella Philosophy Brian Herlocker Matthew Morgan
VACANT Political Science
Lee Ballestero Steven Pfeffer
VACANT Economics Rex Edwards
Ray Zhang
Social Sciences Dept. Chair/
Instructor Hugo Hernandez
Behavioral Sciences Dept. Chair/Instructor
Danielle Vieira
Behavioral Sciences Instructors Criminal Justice
Chad Basile VACANT Psychology Veronique Boucquey
Julie Campbell Elisa Setmire
VACANT
Sociology Danielle Vieira Rebecca Gresh
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2021-2022
Dean of Student Learning
A&R, Counseling, EOPS, Student Health and Student Life & Support
Khushnur Dadabhoy
Administrative Assistant Lisette Alivandivafa
Foster Youth/Veterans Program Director
Johnny Conley Office Assistant Micaela “Mickey” Aguilar Counseling Dept. Chair
Jodie Dickey
Counselors Daniel Aguilar
Traci Allen Lydia Basmajian Eduardo Beltran Wendy Berg Charles Brinkman
Pablo Diaz Jodi Dickey Cristina Garcia Pamela Kennedy-Luna
Ashley Lajoie Letrisha Mai Kellie Porto-Garcia
Giselle Ramirez Danita Redd
Ajiri Seville Trulie Thompson Samantha Zaldivar Counseling Services
Specialists Alejandra Gonzalez
Cassy Marcum Valerie Nicoll
Student Services Assistant II DeAnna Grove
EOPS Coordinator Marnie Melendez
EOPS Counselor Esmeralda Camarena
Angelica Rodriguez (EOPS & CARE) Priscilla Rosales Margaret Sarkisian
EOPS Student TechnicianI Yesenia Ruvalcaba
FYE
(First Year Experience) Claudia Sitlington
Administrative Assistant Philip Koscak (80%) Placement Project
Specialist (CalWORKS 40%)
Linda Corrigan
Counselor Assistant (provisional) Angelouise Legaspi
STUDENT HEALTH CENTER Coordinator Allison Case-Barton
College Nurse Dena Stevens Nurse Practitioner Denise Stephenson College Physician
Dr. Amy Lin Lead College Psychologist
Robert Sack LMFT Melanie Justice Mental Health Interns
Elmer Guardado Niki Sarrafian Health Intervention Specialist
Allison Barton Student Health Center Asst II
Marie L. Ramirez Student Health Center Asst I
Jessica Nisce ADMISSIONS & RECORDS
Registrar Dave Anter Assistant Registrar
Kathleen Downes Admissions & Records
Technicians Emily Cortez Tara Harold
Kelly Little Maria Martin (Bil)
Krystle Sanchez VACANT WELCOME CENTER Student Services Specialists
Sonny Medina (provisional) Lucas Page (provisional)
DUAL ENROLLMENT Director
Sergio Gonzalez CHESS
Student Success &
Support Specialists Xilen Ramirez
VACANT Student Success &
Support Specialists Stephanie Caranica
VACANT
Counseling Services Specialist (PACE)
VACANT
ACCESS, Athletics, Health, Kinesiology, Library/Learning Resources, Mathematics, Distance Education and
Teaching & Learning
Administrative Assistant VACANT (Health/Kinesiology/Math)
Kinesiology/Health Education Dept. Chair
Adam Black Athletics Director
Matt Crater
Kinesiology/Health Education Instructors
Adam Black Traycie Kephart
Jeffrey Kreil Kenneth Plummer
Sherry Ruter Michael Stuart
Will Thurston Athletics Trainer
Cherisse Meichtry Mariel Stegmeir Equipment Manager
Tommy Arellano Robert Mascarenas
Football Coach/
Instructor
Michael Stuart Men’s Volleyball Coach/Instructor Aaron Hedland (PT) Women’s Cross Country/
Track Coach/Instructor Traycie Kephart
Men’s Basketball Coach/Instructor Keith Higgins (PT)
Administrative Assistant Leanne Colvin
(Athletics)
Women’s Basketball Coach Kenneth Plummer
Women’s Soccer Coach/Instructor
Kai Werring (PT) Women’s Softball Coach
John Barry (PT) Men’s Soccer Coach
Jacob Gwin (PT)
Beach Volleyball/
Women’s Volleyball Coach/Instructor
Adam Black Baseball Coach
Mario Porto (PT)
Women’s Golf Coach/
Instructor Will Thurston
Wrestling Coach Lindley Kistler (PT)
Mathematics Dept. Chair Phillip Abramoff
Mathematics Instructors Phillip Abramoff
Kevin Balas Doreen Renee Butler Christopher Copeland
Laurel Drane Marcos Enriquez Claudia Gutierrez Vahe Kachadoorian
Michael Nava Diana Nguyen Tom Ogimachi Curtis Paul Rena Petrello Brendan Purdy
Cynthia Reed Daniel Rubinstein
Tammy Terzian Katrina Topolinski Library Tech
Ruth Houston-Mudd
Library Assistants Shandoor Batoczki
Erin Dilley VACANT Learning Resources
Supervisor VACANT
Tutorial Services Specialist II Emmanuel Guerrero Library Dept. Chair
Daniel Kaprelian
Librarian Danielle Kaprelian
Jackie Kinsey
VACANT Distance Education/
Faculty Coordinator VACANT Distance Education
Instructional Technologist/Designer
Tracie Bosket Michael Ashton Learning Disability
Specialists Sile Bassi Matthew Cassaro
VACANT ACCESS (DSP&S)
Coordinator Silva Arzunyan
Student Services Assistant Bonnie Lara
Disability Services Specialist/Interpreter
Shyan Diaz-Brown Instructional Assistant/
Assistive Tech Center Matthew Spinneberg
Disability Services Technician Obalid Younan ACCESS Counselor
Jolie Herzig Tino Keagan
Support Services Assistant Cynthia Cuevas
The Writing Center Elizabeth Gillis-Smith
Tracy Tennenhouse
The Math & Science Center Esther Kim Rena Petrello
Zero Textbook Cost Coordinator Cindy Sheaks-McGowan
Online Student Support Desk Specialist
VACANT Tutoring and Supplemental
Support Supervisor Deb Brackley
2021-2022
Dean of Student Learning
English/ESL, Student Conduct/BIT & Student Life Monica Garcia
Administrative Assistant Christie Rossi
English/ESL Dept. Chair Sydney Sims
English Instructors Jeff Baker David Birchman
Katie Booth Wade Bradford Tamarra Coleman Sona Dombourian Rosie Gabrielyan Daniela Guevara Elizabeth Gillis-Smith
Jeremy Kaye Donald Ryan Kenedy
Kyle Loughman Kara Lybarger-Monson
Jerry Mansfield Diane Scrofano Sydney Sims
Nils Slattum Tracy Tennenhouse
Evening/Weekend Attendant (12 Months 60%)
Paul Mattson
Student Activities Specialist Kristen Robinson Humanities
Sona Dombourian Nils Slattum
As of 121819 Dean of Student Learning
Institutional Effectiveness & Planning, Grants, Marketing, and PACE
Oleg Bespalov
Administrative Assistant Linda Sanders
INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH Research Analyst
Lisa Branton Technical Data
Specialists Kristy Gonzalez
Kim Watters SLO Coordinator
Rachel Beetz CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
Senior Research Analyst Adele Hermann Research Analyst
Andrew LaFave
PACE Counseling Services
Specialist VACANT
MARKETING Coordinator Dina Pielaet
2021-2022
DEAN OF STUDENT LEARNING Arts, Communication Studies & Media
Priscilla Mora
Administrative Assistant Rain Matheke
PAC Technician Director Ariana Burrell
Theatre Technician Roy “Mickey” Howell
TV/Radio Production Specialist Michael Grimes
Dance Instructors Beth McGill Robert Salas
Music Instructors Nathan Bowen
Brandon Elliot VACANT
Instructional Lab Tech I/
Ceramics (10 Months) Emilie Carroll
Graphics/Multimedia/
Instructors Svetlana Kasalovic
Instructional Lab Tech I/
Photography Karin Johansson Art Instructors
Erika Lizee Cynthia Minet
Gerry Zucca
Photography Instructor Steve Callis
Journalism Instructor VACANT Communications Studies
Instructors August Benassi III
Allison Bowman Anasheh Gharabighi
Jill McCall Rolland Petrello
Neal Stewart Jamie Whittington-Studer
Drama/Theatre Arts Instructor Suzanne Fagan
John Loprieno Haleh Risdana
Film/TV & Media Arts Instructor Candace Larson FINE & PERFORMING ARTS
Nathan Bowen, Department Chair/Instructor, Performing Arts Erika Lizee, Department Chair/Instructor, Fine Arts
COMMUNICATION STUDIES & MEDIA ARTS Rolland Petrello, Department Chair/Instructor
Art History Lydia Etman
PAC Technician I Melissa Lay
Film Studies Instructor Lauren Snowden PAC Assistant
Krista Lederer
Game Design Johnathan Bair
Robert Cabral, Interim Dean of Student Learning Physical Sciences & Career Education
Administrative Assistant Mary Anne Beck
Instructional Lab Tech II/
Physical & Applied Sciences James Artero Astronomy/Physics Dept.
Farisa Morales, Dept. Co-Chair Computer Science/Engineering
Scarlet Relle, Dept. Co-Chair
Astronomy/Physics/Computer Science/Engineering Instructors
Loay Alnaji (CS) Charles Edwards (A/P)
Farisa Morales (A/P) Esmaail Nikjeh (CS) Erik Reese (A/P) Scarlet Relle (E)
VACANT (CS) VACANT (Engineering)
VACANT (A/P) Administrative Assistant
(10 Months) Elizabeth Nielsen
Instructional Lab Tech II/
Chemistry Bryan Burland
Myhanh Tu Chemistry
Tiffany Pawluk, Dept. Co-Chair Earth Sciences Roger Putnam, Dept. Co-Chair
Chemistry/Earth Science Instructors
Chemistry Vincent Mark Crisostomo
Deanna Franke Steve Joiner
Robert Keil Jennifer Mallory
Tiffany Pawluk Environmental Science
Brian Swartz Geography/GIS
VACANT Geology Roger Putnam Career Counseling-CTE
Cristina Garcia Trevor Hess
Counseling Services Specialist-CTE
VACANT Grant Director CTE
Michael Hoffman
Placement Project Specialist Celine Park
Career Services Specialist Raul Torres CTC Coordinator/Counselor
Giselle Ramirez
CTC Counselor VACANT
CTC Counseling Services Specialist Brandi Rieger
