Department and Program Leadership

Department Chairs 2021-2022

Department Chair Term Email
Art and Visual Studies

Jenny Herrick (Fall)

 through August 2023

jherrick@whittier.edu
Biology Sylvia Vetrone through August 2023 svetrone@whittier.edu
Business Administration

Kristen Smirnov
Fatos Radoniqi

 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

ahickey@whittier.edu

pvanoosbree@whittier.edu
Mathematics and Computer Science Fred Park through August 2023 fpark1@whittier.edu
Modern Languages & Literatures

Ken Berthel

 through August 2023

kberthel@whittier.edu
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

mmcbride@whittier.edu
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)
Gil Gonzalez (spring)

 through August 2023 jholmes@whittier.edu
ggonzalez@whittier.edu

Program Coordinators 2022-2023

Program Coordinator Email
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
Jose Flores

doconnor@whittier.edu
jflore10@whittier.edu
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