Department and Program Leadership
Department Chairs 2021-2022
| Department | Chair | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Visual Studies |
Jenny Herrick (Fall) |
through August 2023 | |
| Biology | Sylvia Vetrone | through August 2023 | svetrone@whittier.edu |
| Business Administration |
Kristen Smirnov |
through August 2023 | ksmirnov@whittier.edu fradoniq@whittier.edu |
| Chemistry | Ralph Isovitch | through August 2023 | risovitsch@whittier.edu |
| Economics | Mike McBride | through August 2023 | mmcbride@whittier.edu |
| Education | Cean Colcord | through August 2023 | ccolcord@whittier.edu |
| Child Development | Nora Obregon | through August 2023 | nobregon@whittier.edu |
| English Language and Literature |
dAvid pAddy |
through August 2023 | dpaddy@whittier.edu |
| History | Elizabeth Sage | through August 2023 | esage@whittier.edu |
| Kinesiology | Ann Hickey (fall) Trish Van Oosbree (spring) |
through August 2023 | |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | Fred Park | through August 2023 | fpark1@whittier.edu |
| Modern Languages & Literatures |
Ken Berthel |
through August 2023 | |
| Music | Teresa LeVelle | through August 2023 | tlevelle@whittier.edu |
| Philosophy | Jake Carbine | through August 2023 | jcarbine@whittier.edu |
| Physics & Astronomy | Serkan Zorba | through August 2023 | szorba@whittier.edu |
| Political Science |
Mike McBride |
through August 2023 | |
| Psychological Sciences | Joanne Hash | through August 2023 | jhashcon@whittier.edu |
| Religious Studies | Jake Carbine | through August 2023 | jcarbine@whittier.edu |
| Social Work | Glen Hong | through August 2023 | ghong@whittier.edu |
| Sociology, Anthropology | Becky Overmyer-Velázquez | through August 2023 | rovermyer@whittier.edu |
| Theatre and Communication Arts |
Jennifer Holmes (fall) |
through August 2023 | jholmes@whittier.edu ggonzalez@whittier.edu |
Program Coordinators 2022-2023
| Program | Coordinator | |
|---|---|---|
| Africana and Black Studies | Jose Ortega | jortega@whittier.edu |
| 3-2 Engineering | Seamus Lagan | slagan@whittier.edu |
| Environmental Science | Cinzia Fissore | cfissore@whittier.edu |
| Environmental Studies |
Becky 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 | TBD | |
| Latino Studies |
Doreen O’Connor Gomez |
|
| Liberal Arts of Organizational Leadership | Lana Nino | lnino@whittier.edu |
| Liberal Education | Fritz Smith | fritz@whittier.edu |
| Public Health | Julie Collins-Dogrul | jcollin5@whittier.edu |
| Scientific Computing | Seamus Lagan (Physics) Jeff Lutgen (Mathematics) |
slagan@whittier.edu jlutgen@whittier.edu |
| Whittier Scholars | Michelle Chihara | mchihara@whittier.edu |
| Writing Program | Gil Gonzalez | ggonzalez@whittier.edu |