Department and Program Leadership

Department Chairs 2024-2025

Department Chair Term Email
Anthropology

Rebecca Overymyer-Velazquez
Julie Collins-Dogrul
Ann Kakaliouras (Spring)

 through August  2025

rovermyer@whittier.edu
jcollins@whittier.edu
akakalio@whittier.edu
Art & Visual Studies

Danny Jauregui

 through August  2025

djauregui@whittier.edu
Biology Hector Valenzuela through August 2025 hvalenzu@whittier.edu
Business Administration

Kristen Smirnov
Lana Nino

 through August 2025 ksmirnov@whittier.edu
lnino@whittier.edu
Chemistry Ralph Isovitch through August 2025 risovitsch@whittier.edu
Economics Roger White through August 2025 rwhite1@whittier.edu
Education & Child Development Cean Colcord (Education)
Nora Obregon (Child Development)		 through August 2025 ccolcord@whittier.edu
nobregon@whittier.edu
English Language & Literature

Sean Morris

 through August 2025 smorris@whittier.edu
Environmental Science

Christina Bauer

 through August  2025

cbauer@whittier.edu
History Elizabeth Sage through August 2025 esage@whittier.edu
Kinesiology Ann Hickey through August 2025

ahickey@whittier.edu
Mathematics & Computer Science Adrian Riskin through August 2025 ariskin@whittier.edu
Modern Languages & Literatures

Ken Berthel

 through August 2025 kberthel@whittier.edu
Music David Muller (Fall)
Teresa LeVelle (Spring)		 through August 2025 dmuller@whittier.edu
tlevelle@whittier.edu
Philosophy Jason Carbine through August 2025 jcarbine@whittier.edu
Physics & Astronomy Serkan Zorba through August 2025 szorba@whittier.edu
Political Science

Sara Angevine

 through August 2024

sangevine@whittier.edu
Psychological Sciences Ayesha Shaikh through August 2025 ashaikh@whittier.edu
Religious Studies Irfana Hashmi through August 2025 ihashmi1@whittier.edu
Social Work Joanne Hash through August 2025 jhashcon@whittier.edu

Sociology

Rebecca Overymyer-Velazquez
Julie Collins
Ann Kakaliouras (Spring)

 through August 2025

rovermyer@whittier.edu
jcollins@whittier.edu
akakalio@whittier.edu
Theatre, Film & Communication Arts

Jennifer Holmes

 through August 2025 jholmes@whittier.edu
Whittier Scholars Program dAve pAddy through August 2025 dpaddy@whittier.edu

Program Coordinators 2024-2025

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

Jose Ortega

 jortega@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 Jason Carbine jcarbine@whittier.edu
Latino Studies

Jose Alfredo Contreras

jcontre4@whittier.edu
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 Gil Gonzalez ggonzalez@whittier.edu