Department and Program Leadership

Department Chairs 2025-2026

Department Chair Term Email
Art & Visual Studies Danny Jauregui through July 31, 2026 djauregui@whittier.edu
Biology Hector Valenzuela through July 31, 2026 hvalenzu@whittier.edu
Business Administration Kristen Smirnov
Lana Nino		 through July 31, 2026 ksmirnov@whittier.edu
lnino@whittier.edu
Chemistry Ralph Isovitch (Fall)
Peter Peterson (Spring)		 through July 31, 2026 risovitsch@whittier.edu
ppeterso@whittier.edu
Economics Roger White through July 31, 2026 rwhite1@whittier.edu
Education & Child Development Lauren Swanson through July 31, 2026 lswanson@whittier.edu
English Language & Literature Sean Morris through July 31, 2026 smorris@whittier.edu
Environmental Science Crissie Bauer(Fall) through July 31, 2026 cbauer@whittier.edu
History Elizabeth Sage through July 31, 2026 esage@whittier.edu
Kinesiology Melanie Householder through July 31, 2027 mhouseholder@whittier.edu
Mathematics & Computer Science Adrian Riskin through July 31, 2026 ariskin@whittier.edu
Modern Languages & Literatures Doreen O'Connor-Gomez
Marie-Magdeleine Chirol		 through July 31, 2026 doconnor@whittier.edu
mmchirol@whittier.edu
Music Teresa LeVelle through July 31, 2026 tlevelle@whittier.edu
Philosophy Jake Carbine through July 31, 2026 jcarbine@whittier.edu
Physics & Astronomy Jordan Hanson through July 31, 2026 jhanson2@whittier.edu
Political Science Sara Angevine through July 31, 2026 sangevine@whittier.edu
Psychological Sciences Ayesha Shaikh through July 31, 2026 ashaikh@whittier.edu
Religious Studies Irfana Hashmi through July 31, 2026 ihashmi1@whittier.edu
Social Work Joanne Hash through July 31, 2026 jhashcon@whittier.edu
Sociology, Anthropology Ann Kakaliouras through July 31, 2026 akakalio@whittier.edu
Theatre, Film & Communication Arts Jennifer Holmes through July 31, 2026 jholmes@whittier.edu
Whittier Scholars Program dAve pAddy through July 31, 2026 dpaddy@whittier.edu

Program Coordinators 2025-2026

Program Coordinator Email
Africana & Black Studies Jose Ortega jortega@whittier.edu
3-2 Engineering Jordan Hanson jhanson2@whittier.edu
Environmental Science Crissie Bauer cbaurer@whittier.edu
Environmental Justice Studies Jose 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