The following offices support the academic programs at Oxy.
Academic Mastery Program
Resident Associate Professor, Chemistry
Chemistry
Office Hours:
Tuesdays & Fridays from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Advising
Senior Director of Advising
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Edmond Johnson has provided campus-wide leadership in academic advising at Occidental College since 2015. In this capacity, he works closely with both students and faculty members to ensure that students have the guidance they need to make...
Assessment
Center for Community Based Learning
Executive Director, Center for Community Based Learning
Celestina Castillo earned her bachelor's degree in history at Pomona College and a master's in Urban Policy Analysis and Management at New School University in New York. She has also worked with a wide range of community-based organizations focused on education, community and workforce development...
Center for Research and Scholarship
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science
Cognitive Science
Research areas: psychology of art, art perception, and multisensory perception.
Center for Teaching Excellence
Associate Professor, Economics
Economics
Jesse Mora’s research interests are international trade, development economics, and applied microeconomics. His current research focuses on the effect of export failure on domestic market performance.
Core Program
Interim Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs (ADCA)
Brandon Lehr serves as the Interim Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs. In this role, he provides administrative oversight, stewardship, and overall management of the College’s curriculum, including the Core Program, the College Writing Program, and the College’s majors and minors. He also ensures...
Disability Services
Equity & Justice
Faculty Director for Equity & Justice
Lan Chu’s research and teaching interests focus on the political role of religious institutions, the Catholic Church and global politics, faith diplomacy, religion and international relations theory, inter-religious dialogue, political ideologies (theory and practice), and the political...
Hameetman Career Center
International Programs
Executive Director, International Programs
Robin earned a Master of Arts in International Education at American University, Washington, D.C. in 1993 and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon in 1987.
Robin studied abroad in Japan and served as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Papua...
Library
College Librarian
Sarah holds a BA (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and PhD (Cornell University) in Comparative Literature. She arrived at Oxy in 2024 after serving in roles at The Claremont Colleges Library, Penn State, and the research firm Ithaka S+R. She draws inspiration from the academic library's...
National & International Fellowships
Senior Director, Fellowship and Scholar Programs
Office Hours by appointment. Please email jlocke@oxy.edu.
Oxy Arts
Director, Oxy Arts
Meldia is the Director of Oxy Arts, the multidisciplinary arts programming initiative at Occidental College. She oversees all aspects of the programming and development of Oxy Arts, including organizing all exhibitions and programs at the Oxy Arts center, facilitating visiting artist residencies...
Pre-Health Advising
Director, Pre-Health Advising
Kat (she/her/hers) supports undergraduate students as they explore health professions and help them make well-informed career decisions through experiential learning. Her expertise is working with students who are traditionally marginalized and from backgrounds that are underrepresented in medicine...
Registrar's Office
Sponsored Research Office
Sustainability
Assistant Professor, Black Studies
Black Studies
Professor Murphy’s research and teaching emphasizes anticolonial and environmental approaches to sociological thought.
Undergraduate Research Center
Faculty Director, Undergraduate Research Center
Igor Logvinenko is the faculty director of the Undergraduate Research Center and an associate professor of Diplomacy & World Affairs. He offers courses covering topics such as the evolving dynamics of international relations, the fundamentals of global political economy, the impact of globalization...
Urban and Environmental Policy Institute
Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy; Executive Director, Urban & Environmental Policy Institute
Urban & Environmental Policy
Martha Matsuoka ’83 focuses her teaching and research on community-based organizing and social movements for environmental justice, particularly in planning and policy.
Writing Center
Professor, American Studies; Director of Writing Center
American Studies
Julie Prebel is Professor of American Studies and Director of the Writing Center.
Writing Program
Associate Professor, Education
Education
A former classroom teacher and mathematics coach, La Mont Terry's research focuses on the creation of critical race "counterspace" as an alternative environment for the mathematics education of high school-aged Black males.
Administrative Staff
Institutional Review Boards
International Programs
Julie Santos, Associate Director, (323) 259-2533; Marisa Mofford, Associate Director, (323) 259-1484; Christina Altamirano, Operations Manager, (323) 259-2533
Sponsored Research
Undergraduate Research
Karla Hernandez, URC Manager, (323) 259-1414