Staff Directory
Faculty - Full-Time
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Zahra Afrasiabi, PhD
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Phone: 949-480-4405
Fax: 949-480-4158
Robert Allinson, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
Phone: 949-480-4030
Fax: 949-480-4264
B
Shane Barter, PhD
Associate Professor of Comparative Politics
Associate Director of the Pacific Basin Research Center
Phone: 949-480-4487
Fax: 949-480-4158
Peter Burns, PhD
Professor of Political Science
Phone: 949-480-4403
Fax: 949-480-4246
George Busenberg, PhD
Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Policy
Phone: 949-480-4213
Fax: 949-480-4261
C
Ryan Caldwell, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology
Phone: 949-480-4325
Fax: 949-480-4246
Monika Calef, PhD
Associate Professor of Physical Geography
Director of Environmental Studies
Phone: 949-480-4323
Fax: 949-480-4263
Pablo Camus-Oyarzun, PhD
Assistant Professor of Spanish Language and Culture
Phone: 949-480-4197
Fax: 949-480-4158
Esther S. Chang, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Phone: 949-480-4240
Fax: 949-480-4126
Hong-Yi Chen, PhD
Professor of Economics
Phone: 949-480-4023
Fax: 949-480-4264
Darin Ciccotelli, PhD
Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition
Phone: 949-480-4321
Fax: 949-480-4126
Tomas Crowder-Taraborelli, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies
Phone: 949-480-4327
Fax: 949-480-4243
Lisa Crummett, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology
Phone: 949-480-4369
Fax: 949-480-4263
F
Edward M. Feasel, PhD
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Chief Academic Officer
Professor of Economics
Phone: 949-480-4133
Fax: 949-480-4246 or 949-480-4263
G
Arie Galles, MFA
Professor Emeritus of Painting/Drawing
Phone: 949-480-4167
Fax: 949-480-4263
Oleg Gelikman, PhD
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Director of Humanities
Phone: 949-480-4241
Fax: 949-480-4126
Michael D. Golden, DMA
Professor of Music Composition and Theory
Director of the Creative Arts Program
Phone: 949-480-4025
Fax: 949-480-4263
H
M. Robert Hamersley, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Laboratory Director
Phone: 949-480-4409
Fax: 949-480-4263
John M. Heffron, PhD
Director of the MA Program in Educational Leadership and Societal Change
Professor of Educational History and Culture
Phone: 949-480-4028
Fax: 949-480-4243
Nancy Hodes, PhD
Professor Emerita of Chinese Language & Culture
Dongyoun Hwang, PhD
Professor of Asian Studies
Phone: 949-480-4031
Fax: 949-480-4264
I
Osamu Ishiyama, PhD
Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Culture
Director of the Language and Culture Program
Phone: 949-480-4328
Fax: 949-480-4263
L
Jennifer Lee, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Phone: 949-480-4199
Fax: 949-480-4261
Xiaoxing Liu, PhD
Professor of Chinese Language & Culture
Phone: 949-480-4074
Fax: 949-480-4126
Junyi Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Economics
Phone: 949-480-4404
Fax: 949-480-4264
Edward Lowe, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Phone: 949-480-4387
Fax: 949-480-4158
M
Lisa MacLeod, PhD
Associate Professor of International Studies
Phone: 949-480-4049
Fax: 949-480-4263
Hiroshi Matsumoto, PhD
Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Culture
Phone: 949-480-4183
Fax: 949-480-4126
Anthony Inder Mazeroll, PhD
Professor of Biology
Phone: 949-480-4056
Fax: 949-480-4263
Diya Mazumder, PhD
Associate Professor of Economics
Phone: 949-480-4057
Fax: 949-480-4264
Jim Merod, PhD
Professor of American Literature
Phone: 949-480-4336
Fax: 949-480-4261
Jonathan Lee Merzel, PhD
Professor of Mathematics
Phone: 949-480-4033
Fax: 949-480-4263
Karen Moran Jackson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology and Assessment
Phone: 949-480-4173
Fax: 949-480-4158
O
Tetsushi Ogata, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies
Phone: 949-480-4396
Fax: 949-480-4158
P
Rosemary Papa, EdD
Professor of Comparative & International Education and Leadership
Phone: 949-480-4186
Fax: 949-480-4158
Bryan E. Penprase, PhD
Dean of Faculty
Professor of Science
Phone: 949-480-4184
Fax: 949-480-4263
Deike Peters, PhD
Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning and Practice
Phone: 949-480-4013
Fax: 949-480-4263
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Veronica Quezada, PhD
Assistant Professor of Spanish Language and Culture
Phone: 949-480-4392
Fax: 949-480-4263
R
Aneil Rallin, PhD
Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition
Phone: 949-480-4055
Fax: 949-480-4126
Nalini N. Rao, PhD
Associate Professor of World Art
Phone: 949-480-4034
Fax: 949-480-4126
Ian Olivo Read, PhD
Associate Professor of Latin American Studies
Director of International Studies
Phone: 949-480-4217
Fax: 949-480-4243
T
Tomoko Takahashi, PhD, EdD, LHD
Vice President for Institutional Research and Assessment
Dean of the Graduate School
Professor of Linguistics and Education
Phone: 949-480-4047
Fax: 949-480-4062
Seiji Takaku, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Director of Social and Behavioral Sciences Concentration
Institutional Research and Assessment Coordinator
Phone: 949-480-4058
Fax: 949-480-4261
Gail E. Thomas, PhD
Professor of Sociology
Phone: 949-480-4038
Fax: 949-480-4264
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Anna Varvak, PhD
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Phone: 949-480-4165
Fax: 949-480-4263
Phat Vu, PhD
Associate Professor of Physics
Institutional Research and Assessment Coordinator
Phone: 949-480-4039
Fax: 949-480-4157
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Michael Weiner, PhD
Associate Dean of Faculty
Director of Faculty Research and Development
Professor of East Asian History & International Studies
Phone: 949-480-4337
Fax: 949-480-4263
James Williams, PhD
Professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics
Phone: 949-480-4040
Fax: 949-480-4126
Kristi Wilson, PhD
Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition
Interim Director of the Writing Program
Phone: 949-480-4326
Fax: 949-480-4243