Department and Program Leadership

Department Chairs 2023-2024

Department Chair Term Email
Art and Visual Studies

Danny Jauregui

 through August  2024

djauregui@whittier.edu
Biology Hector Valenzuela through August 2024 hvalenzu@whittier.edu
Business Administration

Kristen Smirnov
Fatos Radoniqi

 through August 2024 ksmirnov@whittier.edu
fradoniq@whittier.edu
Chemistry Ralph Isovitch through August 2024 risovitsch@whittier.edu
Economics Mike McBride through August 2024 mmcbride@whittier.edu
Education Cean Colcord through August 2024 ccolcord@whittier.edu
Child Development Nora Obregon through August 2024 nobregon@whittier.edu
English Language and Literature

dAvid pAddy

 through August 2024 dpaddy@whittier.edu
History Elizabeth Sage through August 2024 esage@whittier.edu
Kinesiology Ann Hickey through August 2024

ahickey@whittier.edu
Mathematics and Computer Science Fred Park through August 2024 fpark1@whittier.edu
Modern Languages & Literatures

Ken Berthel

 through August 2024

kberthel@whittier.edu
Music Teresa LeVelle through August 2024 tlevelle@whittier.edu
Philosophy Jake Carbine through August 2024 jcarbine@whittier.edu
Physics & Astronomy Serkan Zorba through August 2024 szorba@whittier.edu
Political Science

Mike McBride

 through August 2024

mmcbride@whittier.edu
Psychological Sciences Joanne Hash through August 2024 jhashcon@whittier.edu
Religious Studies Jason Carbine through August 2024 jcarbine@whittier.edu
Social Work Glen Hong through August 2024 ghong@whittier.edu
Sociology, Anthropology Ann Kakaliouras through August 2024 rovermyer@whittier.edu
Theatre and Communication Arts

Jennifer Holmes

 through August 2024 jholmes@whittier.edu

Program Coordinators 2023-2024

Program Coordinator Email
Africana and Black Studies Jose Ortega jortega@whittier.edu
3-2 Engineering Serkan Zorba szorba@whittier.edu
Environmental Science Cinzia Fissore cfissore@whittier.edu
Environmental Studies

Rebecca Overmyer-Velázquez

 rovermyer@whittier.edu
Film Studies Jennifer Holmes jholmes@whittier.edu
French Cultural Studies Marie-Magdaleine Chirol mmchirol@whittier.edu
Gender Studies Michelle Switzer mswitzer@whittier.edu
Global & Cross Cultural Studies Jason Carbine jcarbine@whittier.edu
Latino Studies

Doreen O’Connor Gomez

doconnor@whittier.edu
Liberal Education Fritz Smith fritz@whittier.edu
Public Health Julie Collins-Dogrul jcollin5@whittier.edu
Scientific Computing Jeff Lutgen jlutgen@whittier.edu
Whittier Scholars Scott Creley screley@whittier.edu
Writing Program Gil Gonzalez ggonzalez@whittier.edu