New Faces

Campus Welcomes More than 100 New Tenure-track Faculty and Full-time Lecturers

New Faculty: A - C | D - I | J - M | N - R | S - Z

Tu-Uyen Ngoc Nguyen
Assistant professor of Asian American studies
Ph.D. public health, UCLA
M.P.H. community health education/promotion, UCLA
B.S. biological sciences, UC Irvine
B.A. comparative literature, UC Irvine

Kristie A. Ogilvie
Lecturer in management
D.B.A., Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France
M.B.A., University of Tulsa
B.A. business, Sacramento State
Research interests/areas of expertise: management, organizational behavior, environments, team dynamics and technical workforce, technology management

Heather K. Osborne-Thompson
Assistant professor of radio-TV-film
Ph.D. and M.A. critical studies, USC
B.A. English-journalism, University of New Hampshire

Rebecca A. Otten
Assistant professor of nursing
Ed.D. organizational leadership, Pepperdine University
M.S. nursing, Cal State Dominguez Hills
B.A. health care administration, St. Mary’s College

Franklin Pak-Ho Ow
Lecturer in chemistry and biochemistry
Ph.D. and B.S. chemistry, UCLA
Research interests/areas of expertise: applied spectroscopy, characterization of chemical compounds via spectroscopic techniques and organometallic sythesis

Debra L. Patterson
Associate professor of kinesiology
Ph.D. sport pedagogy, Oregon State University
M.S. physical education, Azusa Pacific University
B.A. physical education, Cal State Long Beach
Research interests/areas of expertise: teachers for a new era, world of teaching for a first-year educator

Patricia A. Pérez
Assistant professor of Chicano and Chicana studies
Ph.D. and M.A. higher education and organizational change, UCLA
Ed.M. education, Harvard University
B.A. Chicano and Chicana studies, UCLA

Christopher W. Peterson
Associate professor of music
Ph.D. music education, Florida State University
M.M. choral conducting, University of Maine
B.S. music education, University of Southern Maine

Judith Quintana-Kerns
Lecturer in nursing
M.S. nursing, University of Phoenix
B.A. nursing, Cal State Dominguez Hills

Kendahl L. Radcliffe
Assistant professor of Afro-ethnic studies
Ph.D. history, UCLA
M.A. African studies, UCLA
B.S. speech communications, Emerson College

Madeline E. Rasche
Professor of chemistry and biochemistry
Ph.D. biochemistry, UC Riverside
B.S. biology, Santa Clara University

Raymond W. Rast
Assistant professor of history
Ph.D. history, University of Washington
M.A. history, University of New Mexico
B.A. history, Yale University

Suzanne E. Robinson
Assistant professor of special education
Ph.D. special education, UC Santa Barbara
M.A. special education, UC Riverside
B.A. psychology, UC Riverside

Stephanie Rosenblatt
Senior assistant librarian
M.L.I.S., Queens College
M.S. for teachers, Pace University
B.A. English, University of Texas, Austin
B.S. radio-TV-film, University of Texas, Austin

Jasamin Rostam-Kolayi
Assistant professor of history
Ph.D. and M.A. Near East history, UCLA
B.A. Middle East studies, Wellesley College

Jared Rubin
Assistant professor of economics
Ph.D. economics, Stanford University
B.A. economics and mathematics, University of Virginia
Research interests/areas of expertise: economic history, applied microeconomic theory, economics of religion