Regular Faculty
Diana Ngo, Chair
Associate Professor, Economics
B.S. Harvard University; Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Diana Ngo’s research interests are in Applied Microeconomics and Development Economics.
Advisory Committee
Treena Basu
Associate Professor, Mathematics
M.S., Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas; Ph.D., Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of South Carolina
Treena Basu primarily works on developing numerical solutions to fractional partial differential equations. She is currently pursuing research in applications of data science in the field of educational data mining and medical data. Read her Oxy Story profile.
Justin Li
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer Science
B.S., Northwestern University; Ph.D, University of Michigan
Justin Li's research in how both people and AI are able to retrieve the right knowledge at the right time, and is also interested in computing as a force multiplier in inter-disciplinary research.
Daniel Snowden-Ifft
Professor, Physics
B.A., Swarthmore College M.A., Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Daniel Snowden-Ifft has been searching for dark matter for the past 20 years.
Affiliated Faculty
Jamie Amemiya
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Jamie Amemiya is a developmental psychologist interested in children's social, cognitive, and academic development.
Jeffrey Cannon
Associate Professor, Chemistry
B.A. Occidental College; Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
Jeff Cannon teaches Organic Chemistry and does research in organic synthesis and catalysis.
Isaac Hale
Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Isaac Hale teaches classes on political institutions, research methodology, and elections.
Caroline Heldman
Professor, Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies
B.A., Washington State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
Caroline Heldman specializes in the presidency, media, gender, and race in the American context.
Carmel Levitan
Professor, Cognitive Science
B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Carmel Levitan studies multisensory interactions, researching how the different senses integrate information.
Alexandria Pivovaroff
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A., Whittier College; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Prof. Pivovaroff uses plant eco-physiology techniques to understand how forests respond to global change.