The First To Go Faculty and Staff Directory features first-gen community members and individuals who are not first-gen, but that dedicate their time advocating and supporting our first-gen student population at LMU.
This list is not exhaustive and is ever-changing. First To Go will continue to add to this list as the campus welcomes additional stakeholders and community advocates to LMU.
If you need to reach out to a particular individual and/or are seeking a mentor/a, community member, and/or a first-gen supporter, access the LMU Directory HERE to attain their e-mail address and respective unit/department.
Academic Resource Center (ARC)
Mia Watson, M.A.: Director
Morgan Gross, Ph.D.: Associate Director, Tutoring Programs
Jacqueline "Jackie" Leung, M.A.: University Advisor, University Advising
Melissa Shelton, M.A.: University Advisor, University Advising
Alexia "Lexie" Fernanda Pineda Soto, M.A.: Program Coordinator, First To Go Program
Capresha Hawthorne: Administrative Coordinator
Disability Support Services (DSS)
Priscilla F. Levine, MSW, LCSW: Director
Elmira L. Melgoza, MA, PPS: Assistant Director
Leticia Barbosa: Administrative Coordinator
Katz Family Program
Natalie X. Aguilar, M.Ed., M.A.: Director
W.H. Hannon Library
Kristine Brancolini, Dean of the Library, Library Administration
Jamie Hazlitt, Interim Associate Dean, Library Administration
Raymundo "Ray" Andrade, Student Engagement Librarian, Outreach Development
John Jackson, Head of Outreach and Communications, Outreach Development
Darlene Aguilar, Instructional Design Librarian, Reference and Instruction Services Department
Nataly Blas, Reference and Instruction Librarian for Business, Reference and Instruction Services Department
Nicole Murph, Reference Assistance, Reference and Instruction Services Department
Rachel Wen-Paloutzian, Archives and Special Collections Instruction Librarian
Study Abroad Office
Lisa Loberg, Ed.D.: Director
Kimberly Rehrer Petok: Assistant Director
Pamela Underwood, M.A.: Study Abroad Program Advisor and Student Outreach Specialist
Wilson Potts: Study Abroad Program Advisor and Student Exchange Specialist
Career and Professional Development (CPD)
Branden Grimmett, Ed.D.: Associate Provost
Angelina Lee, M.A.: Director of Employer Engagement
Marcy Newman, M.Ed.: Director of Campus Partnerships
Hannah Bateman, Ed.D.: Associate Director, Graduate Programs and Education Professions
Erica Privott, M.A.: Assistant Director, Engineering, Science, and Technology Professions
Center for Service and Action (CSA)
Patrick Furlong, MPA: Interim Director
Alyssa Perez, MNA: Interim Assistant Director, Alternative Breaks Program
Carolina Martinez, M.A.: Senior Administrative Coordinator
Ethnic and Intercultural Services (EIS)
Henry Ward: Senior Director, Intercultural Advancement
AnaLexicis Bridewell: Program Coordinator, The Learning Community
Aristotle Mosier, M.A.: Director, Asian Pacific Student Services (APSS)
Jeffrey Dolliole, M.A.: Director, Office of Black Student Services (OBSS)
Natalie Guevara, M.Ed.: Director, Chicano Latino Student Services (CLSS)
Lalo Moreno, M.A.: Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Student Services (LGBTSS)
Zachary Zysman: Director, Jewish Student Life
Keinan Taweil: Senior Administrative Coordinator, Muslim Student Life
Student Leadership and Development (SLD)
Joel Gutierrez, MSW: Associate Director, Student Involvement
Student Housing Office (SHO)
Steven Nygaard, Director
Amiya Hodge-Powell, Assistant Director of Residence Life
Beth Crowell, Associate Director of Resident Services
Jordan Lounsbury, Assistant Director of Resident Services
Grace Paz, Assignment Supervisor
Daquan Bass, Housing Services Coordinator
Becca Okida, Resident Director
Monique Mansour, Resident Minister
Alyssa Perez, Resident Minister
Fr. Eddie Siebert, Resident Minister
Lorianne Harrison-Reyes and Alan Reyes, Resident Ministers
Dr. Claudia Sandoval, Faculty in Residence
Student Success
Lisha Maddox, M.Ed.: Director
Gabriela Arana, M.A.: Assistant Director
Student Affairs Dean of Students Office
Terri Mangione, Ph.D.: Dean of Students
Paul Vu, S.J., Ph.D.: Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Lorianne Harrison-Reyes: Student Affairs Resource Coordinator
Jin Mims, M.A.: Student Affairs Case Manager
Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS)
Csilla V. Samay, Assistant Dean for International Students & Initiatives
Student Employment Services (SES)
Jade Smith, Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Amie Gonzalez, Job Locator and Developer
Off Campus Student Life (OCSL)
Shannon Taylor, Ed.D: Director
Student Psychological Services (SPS)
Kristin Linden, Ph.D.: Director of Student Psychological Services
Tracy Shaw, Ph.D.: Assistant Director and Coordinator of Training
Hung Tran, Psy.D.: Psychologist
Viviana Vallin, LPCC: Therapist
Undergraduate Admissions
Thomas A. Gutto, M.A.: Assistant Vice Provost of Undergraduate Admission
Radia Alouache, M.Ed.: Senior Director of Undergraduate Admission
Vanessa Miranda, M.Ed.: Director of Transfer Admissions and Enrollment Services
Charles Mason, Associate Director of Transfer Admissions
Ruben Nuñez, M.A.: Assistant Director of Transfer Admissions and Enrollment Services
Chelsea Passamano, Senior Administrative Coordinator for Transfer Admission
Jenelle Abbattista, Admission Counselor
Joselyn Barrios-Villagran, M.A.: Admission Counselor
Leticia "Letty" Duenas, M.A.: Admission Counselor
Evelyn Fajardo, Admission Counselor
Brian Felix, Admission Counselor
Alumni Engagement and Relations
Leticia A. Vidal, M.A.: Assistant Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement
Carla Cruz, MCM: Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
Ryan Yamashita, Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
Janna Neu, Senior Administrative Coordinator
University Advancement
Vanessa Arredondo, Director of Development, Parent Philanthropy
Yvonne Wehrmann, Director of Development, Academic Affairs and Mission and Ministry
Erin Hanson, M.A.: Executive Director, Board and Donor Relations
Stacy Barnes, Executive Director, University Advancement
Margie Benito, Development Coordinator
Amanda Ludlow, Senior Administrative Coordinator
Jazlyn Turner, MBA.: Director of Development, Diversity Initiatives
Deanna Amaya-Felix, Associate Director, Annual and Leadership Giving
Kurt Brunner, Associate Director, Corporate and Foundation
Diane Sant, Director of Donor Relations
Financial Aid Office
Lindsay McCarthy, Assistant Vice Provost of Financial Aid
William Brooks, Associate Director of Counseling and Outreach
Cristina Gonzalez-Lopez, Financial Aid Counselor
Jacqueline Reyna, Assistant Director of Financial Aid, Student Loan Programs
Deann Haight, Financial Aid Counselor
Kathy Berganza, Scholarships Manager
Cerita Grotts, Associate Director of Student Lending
School of Education
Ernesto Colín, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning
Fernando Estrada, Ph.D.: Associate Professor and Co-Director, Counseling; Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology
Denise Valdez: Senior Administrative Coordinator, Office of the Dean
Karie Huchting, Ph.D.: Associate Professor and Associate Director, Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social Justice
College of Business Administration
Accounting
Rosemary Kim, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Accounting
Ying Ying "Terry" Wang, Ph.D.: Clinical Assistant Professor of Accounting
Management and Leadership
Angélica S. Gutiérrez, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Management
Trevor Zink, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Management and Sustainability, College of Business Administration; Director, University Honors Program
College of Communication and Fine Arts
Bryant Keith Alexander, Ph.D.: Dean, College of Communication and Fine Arts
Communication Studies
Judy Battaglia, M.A.: Clinical Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Kristo Gobin, M.A.: Senior Lecturer of Communication Studies
Michele Hammers, Ph.D.: Associate Dean and Professor of Communication Studies
Nina Lozano, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Patricia Oliver, M.A.: Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Kyra Pearson, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Craig Rich, Ph.D.: Associate Professor & Chair of Communication Studies
Abhik Roy, Ph.D.: Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies
Dance
Rosalynde LeBlanc Loo, M.F.A.: Associate Professor & Chair of Dance
Kristen Smiarowski, M.F.A.: Clinical Assistant Professor of Dance
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
S.W. Tina Choe, Ph.D.: Dean and Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Sandra Luca, Ph.D.: Assistant Dean, Center for Student Success
Heather Tarleton, Ph.D.: Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & Associate Professor of Health and Human Sciences
Karen Valencia, M.A.: Senior Administrative Coordinator, Center for Student Success
Martina Giselle Ramirez, Ph.D.: Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and Professor of Biology
Carolyn Viviano, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Biology
Emily Jarvis, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Co-Director of the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
Jeremy McCallum, Ph.D.: Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Director of the ACCESS Program
Hossein Asghari, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sarah Strand, Ph.D.: Chair and Associate Professor of Health and Human Sciences
Hawley Almstedt, Ph.D.: Professor of Health and Human Sciences
Edward Mosteig, Ph.D.: Professor of Mathematics
Yanping Ma, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Mathematics
Robert Rovetti, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Mathematics
David Berube, Ph.D.: Clinical Associate Professor of Physics
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts (BCLA)
African American Studies (AFAM)
Stefan Bradley, Ph.D.: BCLA Coordinator for Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives and Professor of African American Studies
Marne L. Campbell, Ph.D.: Associate Professor and Chair of African American Studies
Asian and Pacific Studies (ASPA) and Asian Pacific American Studies (APAM)
Curtiss Takada Rooks, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies
Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies (CLST)
Fernando Guerra, Ph.D.: Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies and Director of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Priscilla Leiva, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies
Juan D. Mah y Busch, Ph.D.: Professor of English and Affiliate of Chicana/o Studies
Brenda Nicolas, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies
Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson, Ph.D.: Professor and Chair of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies
English and Journalism
Julia Lee, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of English
Holli Levitsky, Ph.D.: Professor of English and Director of Jewish Studies
Juan D. Mah y Buch, Ph.D.: Professor of English and Affiliate of Chicana/o Studies
Rubén Martínez, Ph.D.: Professor of English and Fletcher Jones Chair in Literature & Writing
J. Peters, Ph.D.: Professor of English and Graduate Program Director
Dermot Ryan, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of English
Stephen H.A. Shepard, Ph.D.: Professor of English Literature
Environmental and Urban Studies
Bernadette Musetti, Ph.D.: Professor and Director of Liberal Studies
History
Carla Bittel, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of History
Margarita R. Ochoa, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of History
Anthony Perron, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of History
International Relations and Political Science
Jodi Finkel, Ph.D.: Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Fernando Guerra, Ph.D.: Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies and Director of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Claudia Sandoval, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Jewish Studies
Amir Hussain, Ph.D.: Professor and Chair of Theological Studies
Holli Levitsky, Ph.D.: Professor of English and Director of Jewish Studies
Modern Languages
Rebeca Acevedo, Ph.D.: Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures – Spanish
José I. Badenes, S.J., Ph.D.: Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures – Spanish
Jennifer L. Eich, Ph.D.: Professor of Modern Languages and Literature – Spanish
Alicia Partnoy, Ph.D.: Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures – Spanish
Antonia Petro, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures – Spanish
Philosophy
Brad Elliot Stone, Ph.D.: Professor and Graduate Director of Philosophy
Jeffrey L. Wilson, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Philosophy
Psychology
Jennifer Abe, Ph.D.: Professor of Psychology and Vice President for Intercultural Affairs
Deanna Cooke, Ph.D.: Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of BCLA Engaged Learning
Adam W. Fingerhut, Ph.D: Professor of Psychology
Cheryl Grills, Ph.D.: Professor of Psychology
Joseph Hellige, Ph.D.: Professor of Psychology
Ricardo Arturo Machón, Ph.D.: Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of the McNair Scholars Program
Vandana Thadani, Ph.D.: Professor of Psychology
Sociology
Stephanie Limoncelli, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Sociology
Anna Muraco, Ph.D.: Professor and Chair of Sociology
Nathan Sessoms, Ph.D.: Lecturer of Sociology
Sylvia Zamora, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Sociology
Theological Studies
Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J., Ph.D., S.T.D: Distinguished Scholar in Pastoral Theology and Latino Studies
Cecilia González-Andrieu, Ph.D.: Professor of Theological Studies
Kim Harris, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Theological Studies
Amir Hussain, Ph.D.: Professor and Chair of Theological Studies
Women's and Gender Studies
Sina Kramer, Ph.D.: Associate Professor and Chair of Women's and Gender Studies
Stella Oh, Ph.D.: Professor of Women's and Gender Studies