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2015-2016 Academic Catalog 
    
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Faculty, Administration, and Board of Trustees



Faculty

Professors

BESSIE AND CECIL FRANKEL CHAIR IN MUSIC
Hao Huang
, Professor of Music. A.B. Harvard University. M.M. The Juilliard School of Music. DMA State University of New York at Stony Brook. Scripps College 1994.

DOROTHY CRUICKSHANK BACKSTRAND CHAIR IN GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES
Piya Chatterjee
2, Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. BA Wellesley College. MA, PhD University of Chicago. Scripps College 2012.

FLETCHER JONES CHAIR IN STUDIO ART
Susan Rankaitis
, Professor of Art. BFA University of Illinois. MFA University of Southern California. Scripps College 1990.

GABRIELLE MARIE-LOUISE JUNGELS-WINKLER PROFESSOR OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN STUDIES
David Andrews
, Professor of International Relations. BA University of California at Santa Cruz. PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Scripps College 1993.

HARTLEY BURR ALEXANDER CHAIR IN THE HUMANITIES
Myriam Chancy
2, Professor of Africana Studies. BA University of Manitoba, Canada. MA Dalhousie University, Canada. PhD University of Iowa. Scripps College 2015.

HELEN CHANDLER GARLAND CHAIR IN ANCIENT STUDIES
Ellen Finkelpearl
, Professor of Classics. BA Princeton University. MA, PhD Harvard University. Scripps College 1988.

MARGARET MCKENZIE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Nathalie Rachlin
, Professor of French. Licence d’Anglais, Universite Paul Valery, Montpellier. C.A.P.E.S. d’Anglais, France. MA, PhD Princeton University. Scripps College 1989.

MARY W. JOHNSON PROFESSORSHIP IN TEACHING
Nancy Neiman Auerbach
, Professor of Politics. BA University of California, Berkeley. MA, PhD Yale University. Scripps College 1993.

MARY W. JOHNSON AND J. STANLEY JOHNSON PROFESSORSHIP IN HUMANITIES
Andrew Jacobs
, Professor of Religious Studies. AB Brown University. MA, PhD Duke University. Scripps College 2009

MOLLY MASON JONES CHAIR IN PSYCHOLOGY
Alan Hartley
1, Professor of Psychology. BA Wesleyan University. PhD University of California, Irvine. Scripps College 1977.

NATHANIEL WRIGHT STEPHENSON CHAIR IN HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
Rita Roberts
, Professor of History and Africana Studies. BS Southern Illinois University. MA, PhD University of California, Berkeley. Scripps College 1986.

RICHARD ARMOUR CHAIR IN MODERN LANGUAGES
Marina Pérez de Mendiola
, Professor of Hispanic Studies, BA, MA, PhD University of Paris-Sorbonne IV. Scripps College 1998.

SIDNEY J. WEINBERG, JR. CHAIR IN NATURAL SCIENCES
Mary Hatcher-Skeers
, Professor of Chemistry. BA University of California at San Diego. MS San Francisco State University. PhD University of Washington. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 1998.

WILLIAM R. KENAN, JR. CHAIR IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
John Milton
, Professor of Computational Neuroscience. BSC, PhD, MDCM McGill University. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2004.

Gail Abrams, Professor of Dance. BA, MA, The American University. CMA Laban/Bartenieff Institute. Scripps College 1986.

Sara Adler, Professor of Italian. BA Smith College. MA, PhD Harvard University. Scripps College 1974.

Andrew Aisenberg3, Professor of History. BA Brown University. MA, PhD Yale University. Scripps College 1998.

Kersey Black, Professor of Chemistry. BS California State University, San Diego. PhD University of Oregon. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 1986.

Thierry Boucquey1, Professor of French. Licentiate in Romance Philology, Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. MA, PhD University of California, Irvine. Scripps College 1985.

Ronalee Brosterman, Professor of Dance. BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MA University of California, Los Angeles. Scripps College 1981.

Jodie Rae Burton, Professor of Physical Education; Women’s Golf & Senior Woman Administrator.  BS, MS California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.  Scripps College and CMS Athletics 1979.

Bruce Coats, Professor of Art History. BA Rice University. MA University of California, Berkeley. AM, PhD Harvard University. Scripps College 1985.

Lara Deeb, Professor of Anthropology. AB Brown University. MA, PhD Emory University. Scripps College 2008.

Cindy Forster, Professor of History. BA Brown University. MA, PhD University of California at Berkeley. Scripps College 1994.

Anthony Fucaloro, Professor of Chemistry. BS Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. PhD University of Arizona. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 1974.

John Goldhammer, Professor of Physical Education, Women’s and Men’s Cross Country.  BA University of California, Santa Barbara. MA California State University, Los Angeles.  Scripps College and CMS Athletics 1984.

Ken Gonzales-Day, Professor of Art. BFA Pratt Institute. MA Hunter College. MFA University of California, Irvine. Scripps College 1995.

Scot Gould, Professor of Physics. BA Middlebury College. PhD University of California, Santa Barbara. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 1991.

Gayle Greene, Professor of English. BA, MA University of California, Berkeley. PhD Columbia University. Scripps College 1974.

Eric Haskell, Professor of French. BA Pomona College. MA, PhD University of California, Irvine. Scripps College 1979.

James Higdon, Professor of Physics. BA University of Pennsylvania. PhD University of California, Los Angeles. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 1987.

Art Horowitz, Professor of Theatre. BA, Hofstra University. PhD University of California, Davis. Pomona College Theatre Program for The Claremont Colleges 2004.

Dalton Krauss, Professor of French. BA Oberlin College. M.Phil.,PhD Yale University. Scripps College 1974.

Adam Landsberg, Professor of Physics. BA Princeton University. MA, PhD University of California, Berkeley. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 1998.

Thomas Leabhart, Professor of Theatre. BA Rollins College. MA University of Arkansas, Ecole de Mime Etienne Decroux. Pomona College 1982.

Sherry Linnell, Professor of Theatre. BA, MFA University of California, Irvine. Pomona College Theatre Program for The Claremont Colleges 1975.

Julia Liss2, Professor of History. BA Wesleyan University. MA, PhD University of California, Berkeley. Scripps College 1989.

Nancy Macko2, Professor of Art. BS University of Wisconsin. MA (Painting/Printmaking), MA (Education), MFA University of California, Berkeley. Scripps College 1986.

Mary MacNaughton, Director of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery and Professor of Art History. BA Scripps College. MA, MPhil, PhD Columbia University. Scripps College 1985.

Amy Marcus-Newhall, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Psychology. AB Occidental College. M.A., PhD University of Southern California. Scripps College 1992.

Donald McFarlane, Professor of Biology and Environmental Science. BS University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England. M.Sc. Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K., PhD University of Southern California. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 1991.

J. Emil Morhardt, Roberts Professor of Environmental Biology. BA Pomona College. PhD Rice University. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 1996.

Stephen Naftilan, Kenneth Pitzer Professor of Physics. BS University of Chicago. PhD Case Western Reserve University. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 1981.

Kerry Ann Odell2, Professor of Economics. A.B. University of California, Davis. MA, PhD University of California, Berkeley. Scripps College 1987.

Roberto Pedace, Professor of Economics. BA California State University, San Bernardino. MA, PhD University of California, Riverside. Scripps College 2009.

Thomas Poon, Interim Pitzer President and Professor of Chemistry. BS Fairfield University. PhD University of California, Los Angeles. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2000.

Marion Preest, Interim Weinberg Family Dean of Science and Professor of Biology. BSc Otago University (NZ). MS, PhD Cornell University. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 1999.

Kathleen Purvis-Roberts, Interim Pitzer Dean of Faculty and Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science. BS Westmont College. MA, PhD Princeton. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2001.

Dion Scott-Kakures, Professor of Philosophy. BA Claremont McKenna College. MA, PhD University of Michigan. Scripps College 1988.

Michael Sutton, Professor of Physical Education and Director of Athletics.  BA Claremont McKenna College. MS U.S. Sports Academy. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 1979.

Zhaohua Tang, Professor of Biology. BS State University of New York, PhD University of California, Los Angeles. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2001.

James Taylor1, Professor of Theatre. BA Colorado College, MFA Southern Methodist University. Pomona College Theatre Program for The Claremont Colleges 1991.

T. Kim-Trang Tran, Professor of Art. BFA University of Iowa. MFA California Institute of the Arts. Scripps College 1999.

Cheryl Walker, Professor of English. BA Wellesley College. MA, PhD Brandeis University. Scripps College 1974.

Sheila Walker2, Professor of Psychology and Affiliate of Africana Studies. BA American University. MA New York University. PhD Cornell University. Scripps College 1993.

Rivka Weinberg, Professor of Philosophy. BA Brooklyn College, CUNY. PhD University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Scripps College 2003.

Stacey Wood, Professor of Psychology. BA Middlebury College, PhD University of Houston. Scripps College 2005.

Associate Professors

ELIZABETH HUBERT MALOTT ENDOWED CHAIR FOR THE CORE CURRICULUM IN INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES
David Roselli
3, Associate Professor of Classics. BA New York University. MA, PhD University of Toronto, Scripps College 2003.

Rita Cano Alcalá2, Associate Professor of Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies. BA University of Texas at San Antonio. MA University of Wisconsin-Madison. PhD University of Texas at Austin. Scripps College 1995.

Jennifer Armstrong, Associate Professor of Biology. BS New Mexico State University. PhD University of California, San Diego. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2003.

Yuval Avnur, Associate Professor of Philosophy. BA University of California Santa Barbara. PhD New York University. Scripps College 2008.

Anie Chaderjian, Associate Professor of Mathematics. BS, MA, PhD University of California, Los Angeles. Scripps College 1993.

Melissa Coleman, Associate Professor of Biology. BS Samford University, PhD University of Alabama at Birmingham. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2006.

Adam Davis, Associate Professor of Art. BS University of Wisconsin, Madison. MFA University of Arizona, Tucson. Scripps College 2009.

Kimberly Drake3, Director of the Writing Program and Associate Professor of Writing. BA, PhD University of California, Berkeley. Scripps College 2011.

Sean Flynn, Associate Professor of Economics. BA, MA University of Southern California. PhD University of California, Berkeley. Scripps College 2009.

Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, Associate Dean of Faculty, Associate Professor of Biology. BA Swarthmore College. PhD Cornell University. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2000.

Mark Golub, Associate Professor of Politics. BA Macalester College. MA Claremont Graduate University. PhD University of California, San Diego. Scripps College 2007.

Charles Griffiths, Associate Professor of Physical Education, Women’s and Men’s Swimming & Diving. BA Denison University. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2001.

Jennifer Groscup, Associate Professor of Psychology. BA Georgetown. JD University of Nebraska, Lincoln, College of Law. MA, PhD. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Graduate College. Scripps College 2008.

Anne Harley, Associate Professor of Music. BA Yale College. MA, DMA Boston University. Scripps College 2009.

Betsy Hipple, Associate Professor of Physical Education, Softball.  BS Northeastern University. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2005.

Cándida Jáquez, Associate Professor of Music, BA California State University, Fresno. MA University of Texas, Austin. PhD University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Scripps College 2006.

Charles Kamm, Associate Professor of Joint Music, BA Earlham College, MA Michigan State, DMA Yale University. Scripps College and Joint Music Program 2005.

YouYoung Kang, Associate Professor of Music. BA Yale University. PhD University of Pennsylvania. Scripps College 2002.

Marc Katz, Associate Professor of German. BA, MA, PhD Northwestern University. Scripps College 1994.

Thomas Kim, Associate Professor of Politics. BA University of California, Berkeley. MA, PhD University of California, San Diego, Scripps College 2000.

Juliet Koss1, Associate Professor of Art History. BA Columbia University, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scripps College 2000.

Judith LeMaster, Associate Professor of Psychology. BA, MA California State University, Fullerton. PhD University of California, Riverside. Scripps College 1993.

France Lemoine3, Associate Professor of French. JD University of Montreal. MA University of California, Los Angeles. PhD University of California, Berkeley. Scripps College 2009.

Warren Liu, Associate Professor of English. BA University of California, Berkeley. MFA University of Iowa. PhD University of California, Berkeley. Scripps College 2009.

César López, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies. Licenciado en Filosfia y Letras, Universidad de Granada. MA, PhD University of Southern California. Doctor en Filologia Romanica, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. Scripps College 1983.

Aaron Matz, Associate Professor of English. BA, MA, MPhil, PhD Yale University. Scripps College 2007.

Winston Ou, Associate Professor of Mathematics. BA Princeton University. PhD University of Chicago. Scripps College 2005.

Sabrina Ovan, Associate Professor of Italian. Laurea Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy. MA, PhD University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Scripps College 2009.

John Peavoy, Associate Professor of English. AB Princeton University. MA, PhD Brandeis University. Scripps College 1977.

Keri Sanchez, Associate Professor of Physical Education, Women’s Soccer.  BS University of North Carolina. MS University of Oregon. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2003.

Carmen Sanjuán-Pastor, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies. Licenciatura Universitat de València, València, Spain. Licenciatura Universitat d’Alacant, Alacant, Spain. MA Arizona State University. PhD Stanford University. Scripps College 2009.

Paul Settles, Associate Professor of Physical Education. University of Pennsylvania. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2003.

Michael Spezio, Associate Professor of Psychology. BS Case Western Reserve. M. Div. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. PhD Cornell University. PhD University of Oregon. Scripps College 2007.

Diane Thomson, Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science. BS University of Arizona. MPhil University of Cambridge. PhD University of California, Santa Cruz. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2004.

Christopher Towse, Associate Professor of Mathematics. BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MS, PhD Brown University. Scripps College 2000.

Anna Wenzel, Associate Professor of Chemistry. BS University of California, San Diego. PhD Harvard University. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2006.

Emily Wiley, Associate Professor of Biology. BS Western Washington University. PhD University of Washington, Seattle. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2002.

Nancy Williams, Associate Professor of Chemistry. BS Harvey Mudd College. PhD University of Washington, Seattle.  Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2003.

Jennifer Wood, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of the Foreign Languages Laboratory. BA California State University, Northridge. MA, PhD University of Southern California. Scripps College 1987.

Assistant Professors

Claudia Arteaga, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies. BA Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru. MA Rutgers University. Scripps College 2015.

Ji-Fei Cheng, Assistant Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. BA University of California, San Diego. MA University of California, Los Angeles and University of Southern California. Scripps College 2015.

David Cubek, Assistant Professor of Joint Music. BA McGill University, MA Conservatoire de Musique du Québec á Montréal, PhD McGill University. Scripps College and Joint Music Program 2010.

Michelle Decker, Assistant Professor of English. BA, MA, PhD Pennsylvania State University. Scripps College 2015.

Kristen Dowling, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Women’s Basketball. BA University of Redlands. MA Pepperdine University. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2012.

Matt Edwards, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Men’s Soccer. BS University College, Chichester, England. MA Springfield College. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2015.

Patrick Ferree, Assistant Professor of Biology. BS University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. MS Wake Forest University. PhD University of California Santa Cruz. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2011.

Sarah Gilman, Assistant Professor of Biology. BS Stanford University. PhD University of California, Davis. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2011.

Martha Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies. B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, PhD University of Washington, Seattle. Scripps College 2013.

Thomas Koenigs, Assistant Professor of English. BA John Hopkins University. PhD Yale University. Scripps College 2014.

Kasper Kovitz, Assistant Professor of Art. MFA University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. Scripps College 2015.

Aaron Leconte3, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. BA Carleton College. PhD The Scripps Research Institute. Scripps College and W. M. Keck Science Department 2012.

Greg Lonzo, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Women’s & Men’s Water Polo. Pepperdine University. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2008.

Joyce Lu, Assistant Professor of Theatre.  UC Berkeley, PhD in Performance Studies; University of Hawaii at Manoa, MFA in Asian Performance; Occidental College, BA in Theatre, BA in Studio Art, Pomona College Theatre Program for The Claremont Colleges 2009.

Kitty Maryatt, Director of the Scripps Press and Assistant Professor of Art. BA Scripps College. MA Claremont Graduate School. MFA University of California, Los Angeles. Scripps College 1986.

Sumita Pahwa, Assistant Professor of Politics. BA Middlebury College, MD PhD. John Hopkins University, Scripps College 2014

SeoYoung Park1, Assistant Professor of Anthropology. BA, MA Yonsei University, South Korea. PhD University of California, Irvine. Scripps College 2012.

Colin Robins2, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science. BA Macalester College. MS Oregon State University. PhD University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2012.

Babak Sanii, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. BS Cornell University. MS, PhD University of California, Davis. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2012.

Ken Scalmanini, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Men’s Basketball. BS Cal Poly Pomona, MA. Azusa Pacific University. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 1999.

Lars Schmitz3, Assistant Professor of Biology. Vordiplom, Diplom, University of Bonn, Germany. PhD University of California, Davis. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2012.

David Schwarz, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Head Women’s Tennis Coach. BS Cornell University, MA Cortland St. University, NY; Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2014.

Glenn Simshaw, Assistant Professor of Writing. BA Whitman College. MA University of Washington, Claremont Graduate School. PhD Claremont Graduate School. Scripps College 2000.

Rory Spence, Assistant Professor of Biology.  BS University of California, Davis.  MS, PhD University of California, Los Angeles. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2015.

Kyle Sweeney, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Football.  BS Occidental College, MS Illinois State University.  Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2011.

Corey Tazzara, Assistant Professor of History.  BS Georgetown University. PhD University of Texas at Austin.  Scripps College 2013.

Vanessa Tyson, Assistant Professor of Politics. BA Princeton University. PhD University of Chicago. Scripps College 2015.

Lauren Uhr, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Women’s Lacrosse. BA Fairfield University. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2014.

Kurt Vlasich, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Volleyball. BS Pepperdine University. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2011.

William Walkenbach, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Baseball. BS Cornell University. MA Georgia State University. Scripps College and CMS Athletics 2015.

Branwen Williams, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science. BS University of Guelph. MS University of Quebec at Montreal. PhD Ohio State University, Columbus. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department 2011.

Kevin Williamson, Assistant Professor of Dance. BA, MFA University of California, Los Angeles. Scripps College 2015.

Adjunct Professors and Senior Lecturers

Gayle Blankenburg, Music
Rachel Huang, Music
Elise Magistro, Italian

Leaves

1 Leave academic year 2015–16.
2 Leave first semester 2015–16.
3 Leave second semester 2015–16.

Retired and Emeriti

Bradford B. Blaine, Wilbur Kitchener Jordan Professor of History, emeritus since 1998.

Alan Blizzard, Professor of Art.

Roswitha Burwick, Distinguished Professorship in Modern Foreign Languages, emerita since 2012.

Aldo Casanova, Professor of Art, emeritus since 1999.

David Claus, Robert B. Palmer Chair in Classical Studies, emeritus since 2003.

Newton Copp, Professor of Biology, Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department, emeritus since 2013.

Donald Kendall Crone, Professor of Political Science in International Studies, emeritus since 2010.

Paul Darrow, Professor of Art, emeritus since 1992.

Preethi de Silva, Professor of Music, emerita since 2006.

Patricia Dillon, Gabrielle Marie-Louise Jungels-Winkler Professor of Contemporary European Studies, emeriti since 2011.

Clyde Eriksen, Professor of Biology, Joint Science Department, emeritus since 1995.

Richard Fadem, Professor of English, emeritus since 2001.

Margaret Faust, Professor of Psychology, emerita since 1991.

James Fuller, Professor of Art, emeritus since 1996.

John Geerken, Professor of History, emeritus since 2008.

James Gould, Professor of History and International Relations, emeritus since 1989.

Helen Lahanas, Associate Professor of Physical Education, Joint Athletics Program, retired since 1983.

Michael Lamkin, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Professor of Music, emeritus since 2012.

William Chris Lengefeld, Professor of Music, emeritus since 2003.

Samella Lewis, Professor of Art, emerita since 1984.

Margaret Jean Mathies, Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr., Chair in Natural Sciences, emerita since 2003.

Harry Neumann, Professor of Philosophy, emeritus since 2002.

Jane O’Donnell, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Professor in Music, emerita since 2004.

Robert Pinnell, Professor of Chemistry, Joint Science Department, emeritus since 2003.

Leonard Pronko, Professor of Theatre, Pomona College Theatre Program for the Claremont Colleges, emeritus since 2014.

David Sadava, Pritzker Family Foundation Professor of Biology, Joint Science Department, retired since 2010.

Arthur Stevens, Professor of Art History, emeritus since 1999.

Kathleen O’Brien Wicker, Mary W. Johnson and J. Stanley Johnson Chair in the Humanities, Professor of Religious Studies, emerita since 2003.

Andrew Zanella, Professor of Chemistry. Scripps College and W.M. Keck Science Department, emeritus since 2012..

Administration

Scripps College

Lori Bettison-Varga, President of the College. W.M. Keck Foundation Presidential Chair, PhD University of California, Davis

Amy Marcus-Newhall, Interim President of the College, PhD University of Southern California

Julie Liss, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, PhD University of California, Berkeley

Michael P. Archibald, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, BA Colby College

Dean Calvo, Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer, MBA Loyola Marymount University

Binti Harvey, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, MS University of Southern California

Charlotte H. Johnson, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, JD University of Michigan Law School

Denise Nelson Nash ‘76, Vice President/Secretary of the Board of Trustees, MFA University of Michigan

Victoria Romero, Vice President for Enrollment, BA Whitman College

Christine Costanza, Executive Assistant to the President, BA University of California, San Diego

Emeriti Administrators

Nancy Y. Bekavac, President Emerita, since 2007
James H. Manifold, Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer Emeritus, since 2011

Board of Trustees 2015-2016

Mark R. Herron, Chair
Elizabeth Weinberg Smith ‘74, Co-Vice Chair
Fran Norris Scoble, Co-Vice Chair
Lori Bettison-Varga, College President
Amy Marcus-Newhall, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty
Dean Calvo, Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer
Mia M. Alonzo, Controller

Kendra Armer ‘93
San Carlos

Lori Bettison-Varga
Claremont

Barbara Franks Bice
Pasadena

Joanne Blauer ‘72
New York, New York

Robert Breech
Santa Monica

Lynne Oshita Brickner ‘74
Los Angeles

Ellen Clark Brown
Paradise Valley, Arizona

Barbara Bruner ‘76
Pasadena

Charlotte (Chalan) Colby ‘61
Los Altos Hills

Deborah David ‘72
London, England

Libby DeMeo ‘95
San Carlos

Devanie Dóñez ‘94
Upland

Roger Engemann P’93,’96
Pasadena

Mark R. Herron
Incline Village, Nevada

Laura Hockett ‘85
Wellesley, Massachusetts

Donald P. Johnson
Laguna Beach

Emily Jovais ‘13
San Francisco

Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler ‘72
London, England

Nancy Katayama ‘77
Pacific Palisades

Joanne Glass Keith ‘63, P’96
Corona del Mar

David A. Lahar
San Francisco

Suzanne Ely Muchnic ‘62
Los Angeles

Liza Malott Pohle
New Canaan, Connecticut

Hugh J. Ralston
Fresno

Carolyn Revelle
Sausalito

Kalpana Rhodes ‘94
La Jolla

Maddy Ruvolo ‘14
Berkeley

Bob Sacks P’14
Pacific Palisades

Francille Norris Scoble
South Pasadena

Cheryl and David Scheidemantle P’17
Pasadena

Tori Sepand ‘15
Seattle, Washington

Elizabeth Weinberg Smith ‘74
New York, New York

Jean Bixby Smith ‘59
Long Beach

Linda Davis Taylor P’11
Pasadena

Roxanne Wilson ‘76
Marina del Rey

Linden Wise P’18
New York, New York

Bonnie Wozencroft
Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Emeriti Members:

Bradford Blaine
Claremont

Audrey Steele Burnand ‘44
Newport Beach

Victoria Seaver Dean
Pacific Palisades

Martha Wehmeier Hammer ‘66
Playa del Rey

Gloria Holden
Los Angeles

Nancy Glanville Jewell ‘49
Houston, Texas

Steven S. Koblik
San Marino

Ruth Markowitz Owades ‘66
San Francisco

Stephanie Probst Rasines ‘71
Pasadena

Philip V. Swan
Pasadena

Alyce de Roulet Williamson ‘52
Pasadena

 

Alumnae Leadership Council 2015-2016

President
Libby Greig DeMeo ‘95

President-Elect
Kendra Armer ‘93

Leadership Development Committee
Ofelia Velazquez-Perez ‘84

Alumna Trustees
Barbara Bruner ‘76
Devanie Candelaria Dóñez ‘94

Recent Graduate Trustees
Emily Jovais ‘13
Maddy Ruvolo’14
Tori Sepand ‘15