faculty Experts

Barbara Katic

Assistant Professor · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology

Mental Health Restorative Justice Program Evaluation Culturally Responsive Practices

Anna Farzindar

Clinical Professor · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

David Johann Kim

Lecturer of Theatre Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer of Theatre Arts

Jodi Finkel

Professor of Political Science and International Relations · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Comparative Politics

Carla Marcantonio

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Film, Television, and Media Studies · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Transnational/Global Cinema Film Melodrama and Genre Studies Film Theory and History Cinema and Biopolitics

Joseph LaBrie

Professor of Psychology | Psychological Science · Loyola Marymount University

Substance Use and Misuse Prevention and Intervention Research Adolescent and College Student Development

Mark Chilingar

Lecturer of Psychology | Psychological Science · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Psychology

Chelsea Stiekman

Visiting Assistant Professor of Urban & Environmental Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Laura Huffman

Senior Instructor of Modern Languages and Literatures - French · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Kitti Thanakornmonkonchai

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Melissa Gerber, MBA

Instructor, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Data Analytics Marketing

Michael Chiaverini

Lecturer of Theatre Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer of Theatre Arts

William Shaules

Senior Lecturer of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Virginia Saya

Professor of Music and Director, Sinatra Opera Workshop · Loyola Marymount University

Professor of Music and Director, Sinatra Opera Workshop

Musicology Music History Sinatra Opera Workshop

Vanessa Díaz

Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Music oral & life histories Latin America political culture diasporas

Jeffrey Nazzaro

Senior Lecturer of English · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

John Dorsey

Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering & Environmental Science · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Marine Biology Coastal Marine Habitats Water Quality Pollution Ecology Wastewater Treatment

Margarita R. Ochoa

Associate Professor and Associate Chair of History · Loyola Marymount University

Department of History, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Colonial Latin American History Women, Family, and the Law in Colonial Latin America Race, racial mixture, racial classifications in colonial Latin America Aztec Empire (aka Mexicas; aka Triple Alliance) Law and Legal Culture

Richard Fox

Dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Political Science · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Media and Politics Introduction to American Government Courts, Law, and Society

Yvette Lapayese

Professor · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Teaching and Learning

Human Rights Education Critical and Feminist Methodologies Qualitative Research Youth Participatory Action Research Feminist Theories and Epistemologies