Learn more about the Advising Center team!
Occidental's Advising Center is staffed by a talented team of faculty members and academic affairs administrators who are available to help students navigate our academic program.
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...
Associate Professor, Economics
Economics
Bevin Ashenmiller is an Environmental Economist whose research falls into three areas: recycling, evaluation of environmental programs, and energy and climate policy.
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Computer Science
Hector M. Camarillo Abad has a background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Intelligent Systems.
Resident Associate Professor, Chemistry
Chemistry
Office Hours:
Tuesdays & Fridays from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Resident Assistant Professor, Core Program
Core Program
Jackie Elam's areas of specialization include death studies, critical theory, genre studies (esp. horror and sci-fi), film noir, 19th and 20th-century British literature, Los Angeles, and all things "Žižek."
Resident Assistant Professor, College Writing Program
College Writing Program
Professor Ostendorf teaches a wide range of writing and literature courses in the Writing and Rhetoric Department and the Cultural Studies Program.
Assistant Professor, Geology
Geology
A low-temperature geochemist and paleoclimatologist, Natasha Sekhon's research combines concepts from karst and speleothem sciences to investigate the hydroclimate of terrestrial environments varying on seasonal to millennial time scales.