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Dean's Office Staff

Gladys M. Francis

Dean

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Shawna Malvini Redden

Interim Associate Dean, Budget & Operations

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Michele Vesely

Budget Analyst

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Sharon Hopkins-Bright

Specialist & Assistant to the Dean

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Student Success Team

Dena Lemus

Senior Graduation & Retention Coordinator

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Kya Web

Senior Graduation & Retention Coordinator

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  • Duties: Career Counseling & Development, Student Success & Retention Strategy approaches to Student Support, Cognitive Behavioral Studies, Holistic & Wellness-Based Counseling, Student Success Analytics

A&L Department Chairs

Russell DiSilvestro

Department Chair, Professor of Philosophy

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  • Office Hours: M/T/W/R 1-2pm (students), 2-3pm (non-students), or by appointment.
  • Specialty & Interests: I work on the intersection between metaphysics and ethics, especially as it relates to contemporary bioethical issues involving the nature and moral status of human beings.

Joel Dubois

Professor, Interim Chair Fall 2025

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Philip Flickinger

Chair, Dept. of Theatre and Dance

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  • Specialty & Interests: Modern/Contemporary Dance, Choreography, Dance Cultures of America

Torsa Ghosal

Department Chair (Interim), Associate Professor of English

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  • Office Hours: Students: Tues and Wed 2:30pm-3:30pm Faculty and staff: Tues and Wednesday 1:00-2:30pm Staff: Monday 2:30pm-3:30pm
  • Specialty & Interests: Digital Literary Studies and AI, Narrative Theory, Cognitive Studies, 20th/21st century Global Anglophone Literature and Popular Culture, Translation (Bengali to English)

Rachel Miller

Chair, Art Department

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  • Office Hours: For Students: Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, 4:00pm-5:00pm Thursday, 1:00pm-2:00pm By appointment For Faculty: Monday, 12:00pm-1:00pm Wednesday, 4:00pm-5:00pm Thursday, 11:00am-1:00pm By appointment
  • Areas of Teaching: Art History, Early Modern European Art

Scott Perkins

Director; Associate Professor of Music

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  • Office Hours: Monday and Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. – noon; by appointment
  • Specialty & Interests: Composing for the Voice, Pedagogy of Music Reading and Perception, Music of Benjamin Britten, Comparative Linguistics

Richard Pratt

Department Chair, Professor of Graphic Design

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  • Office Hours: We / Th 1:00–2:00 In-person or Zoom, by appointment or walk-in
  • Specialty & Interests: Aesthetics, semiotics, and the relationship between art and design

Curtis Smith

Department Chair, Professor of Chinese

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  • Specialty & Interests: Ancient Chinese intellectual history; Medieval Chinese literature

Jeffrey Wilson

Department Chair, Professor of History

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  • Office Hours: M, T, W, & R 12:30-1:30
  • Specialty & Interests: Germany & Central Europe, nationalism, environment

David Zuckerman

Department Chair, Professor of Communication Studies

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  • Location: Mendocino Hall, Room 5004
  • Phone: (916) 278-6541
  • Office Hours: For Students: M 9-10 T 2-3 R 2-3 Online (link on office door) F 9:30-11:30 For Faculty: M 10-12 W 2-3 F 1-2 F 2-3 Online
  • Specialty & Interests: Terrorism; International Communication; Political Communication; The work of Jean Gebser
Total Members: 16