Department and Program Leadership

Department Chairs 2026-2027

Department Chair Term Email
Art & Visual Studies Kate Albers through July 31, 2029 kalbers@whittier.edu
Biology Hector Valenzuela through July 31, 2029 hvalenzu@whittier.edu
Business Administration Fatos Radoniqi through July 31, 2027 radoniqi@whittier.edu
Chemistry Peter Peterson through July 31, 2029 ppeterso@whittier.edu
Economics Roger White through July 31, 2029 rwhite1@whittier.edu
Education & Child Development Lauren Swanson (Education) through July 31, 2029 lswanson@whittier.edu
  Nora Obregon (Child Dev) through July 31, 2027 nobregon@whittier.edu
English Language & Literature Sean Morris through July 31, 2027 smorris@whittier.edu
Environmental Science Crissie Bauer through July 31, 2027 cbauer@whittier.edu
History Jose Orozco through July 31, 2029 jorozco@whittier.edu
Kinesiology Melanie Householder through July 31, 2027 mhouseholder@whittier.edu
Mathematics & Computer Science Adrian Riskin through July 31, 2027 ariskin@whittier.edu
Modern Languages & Literatures Fall: Doreen O'Connor-Gomez, Marie-Magdeleine Chirol through July 31, 2027 doconnor@whittier.edu
mmchirol@whittier.edu
  Spring: Ken Berthel, Marie-Magdeleine Chirol through July 31, 2027 kberthel@whittier.edu, mmchirol@whittier.edu
Music Teresa LeVelle through July 31, 2027 tlevelle@whittier.edu
Philosophy Michelle Switzer through July 31, 2029 mswitzer@whittier.edu
Physics & Astronomy Jordan Hanson through July 31, 2027 jhanson2@whittier.edu
Political Science Sara Angevine through July 31, 2028 sangevine@whittier.edu
Psychological Sciences Ayesha Shaikh through July 31, 2027 ashaikh@whittier.edu
Religious Studies Jake Carbine through July 31, 2027 jcarbine@whittier.edu
Social Work Joanne Hash through July 31, 2029 jhashcon@whittier.edu
Sociology, Anthropology Julie Collins-Dogrul through July 31, 2029 jcollin5@whittier.edu
Theatre, Film & Communication Arts Jennifer Holmes through July 31, 2027 jholmes@whittier.edu
Whittier Scholars Program dAve pAddy through July 31, 2027 dpaddy@whittier.edu

Program Coordinators 2026-2027

Program Coordinator Email
Africana & Black Studies José Ortega jortega@whittier.edu
3-2 Engineering Jordan Hanson jhanson2@whittier.edu
Environmental Science Crissie Bauer cbaurer@whittier.edu
Environmental Justice Studies José Ortega jortega@whittier.edu
Film Studies Program Jennifer Holmes jholmes@whittier.edu
French Cultural Studies Marie-Magdeleine Chirol Hill mmchirol@whittier.edu
Gender Studies Sara Angevine sangevine@whittier.edu
Global & Cross-Cultural Studies Jake Carbine jcarbine@whittier.edu
Latino Studies TBD TBD
Liberal Education Fritz Smith fritz@whittier.edu
Public Health Julie Collins-Dogrul jcollin5@whittier.edu
Scientific Computing Jeff Lutgen jlutgen@whittier.edu
Whittier Scholars dAve pAddy dpaddy@whittier.edu
Writing Program Amalia Jiva ajiva@whittier.edu