Department Chairs

Department Chairs & Program Coordinators Meetings are held:
• Spring 2024 – 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from 12:30pm – 1:30pm in the Laney College Best Center.

Membership – Elected 2023-2024 Department Chairs:

Download PDF: LANEY COLLEGE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS 2023-2024

DEPARTMENT	DIVISION	TITLE	NAME	EMAIL
	Career & Technical Education	Dean	Alejandria Tomas	atomas@peralta.edu
	Career & Technical Education	Senior Staff Services Specialist	Fang Huang	fhuang@peralta.edu
Architecture	Career & Technical Education	Chair	Barry Yu	byu@peralta.edu
Carpentry	Career & Technical Education	Chair	Karl Seelbach	kseelbach@peralta.edu
Cosmetology	Career & Technical Education	Co-Chair	Toshia Christal	tchristal@peralta.edu
Cosmetology	Career & Technical Education	Co-Chair	Syndey L Thomas	sthomas@peralta.edu
Construction Management	Career & Technical Education	Chair	Kelle Lynch McMahon	klynchmcmahon@peralta.edu
Culinary Arts	Career & Technical Education	Chair	Chantal Martin	cmartin@peralta.edu
Electrical & Electronics Technology	Career & Technical Education	Chair	Rod Jones	rodjones@peralta.edu
Environmental Control Technology	Career & Technical Education	Chair	Sappho Su	ssu@peralta.edu
Machine Technology	Career & Technical Education	Chair	Adam Balogh	abalogh@peralta.edu
Welding Technology	Career & Technical Education	Chair	Richard Hashimoto	rhashimoto@peralta.edu
Wood Technology	Career & Technical Education	Chair	Myron Franklin	mfranklin@peralta.edu
	Humanities, Social Sciences, & Library	Dean	Tarek ElJarrari	teljarrari@peralta.edu
	Humanities, Social Sciences, & Library	Staff Assistant	Judy Mei	jmei@peralta.edu
Business and Economics	Humanities, Social Sciences, & Library	Chair	Kim Bridges	kbridges@peralta.edu
Computer Information Systems	Humanities, Social Sciences, & Library	Co-Chair	Kim Bridges	kbridges@peralta.edu
Computer Information Systems	Humanities, Social Sciences, & Library	Co-Chair	Johnnie Williams	jwilliams@peralta.edu
Ethnic Studies	Humanities, Social Sciences, & Library	Chair	Erica Williams	ewilliams@peralta.edu
Humanities/Philosophy	Humanities, Social Sciences, & Library	Chair	Amir Sabzevary	asabzevary@peralta.edu
Library Services	Humanities, Social Sciences, & Library	Chair	Yiping Wang (Head Librarian)	yipingwang@peralta.edu
Social Science/Behavior	Humanities, Social Sciences, & Library	Chair	Felipe Wilson	felipewilson@peralta.edu
	Kinesiology, Athletics, Health Education, & Counseling	Dean	Diane Chang	dtchang@peralta.edu
Counseling	Kinesiology, Athletics, Health Education, & Counseling	Staff Assistant	Alma Gomez	agomez@peralta.edu
Athletics	Kinesiology, Athletics, Health Education, & Counseling	Staff Assistant	Sakai Metcalf	smetcalf@peralta.edu
Counseling	Kinesiology, Athletics, Health Education, & Counseling	Co-Chair	Cynthia Taing (Co-Chair)	ctaing@peralta.edu
Counseling	Kinesiology, Athletics, Health Education, & Counseling	Co-Chair	Janelle Tillotson (Co-Chair)	jtillotson@peralta.edu
Athletics	Kinesiology, Athletics, Health Education, & Counseling	Co-Chair	Dustin Cheyne (Co-Chair)	dcheyne@peralta.edu
Athletics	Kinesiology, Athletics, Health Education, & Counseling	Co-Chair	Josh Ramos (Co-Chair)	jramos@peralta.edu
Learning Resources	Kinesiology, Athletics, Health Education, & Counseling	Chair	Nathan Failing	nfailing@peralta.edu
	Liberal Arts	Dean	Elizabeth Maher	emaher@peralta.edu
	Liberal Arts	Staff Assistant	Anh Nguyen	atnguyen@peralta.edu
Art	Liberal Arts	Chair	Mary Bassett	mbassett@peralta.edu
Communication Studies	Liberal Arts	Chair	Shirley Brownfox	sbrownfox@peralta.edu
Dance	Liberal Arts	Chair	Andrea Lee	avlee@peralta.edu
English	Liberal Arts	Chair	Chris Weidenbach	cweidenbach@peralta.edu
English Speakers of Other Languages	Liberal Arts	Chair	Steven Zetlan	szetlan@peralta.edu
Graphic Arts	Liberal Arts	Co-Chair	Daniela Pachtrapanska (Co-Chiar)	dpachtrapanska@peralta.edu
Graphic Arts	Liberal Arts	Co-Chair	David Santamaria (Co-Chair)	dsantamaria@peralta.edu
Photography	Liberal Arts	Chair	Michael Mejia	mmejia@peralta.edu
Journalism	Liberal Arts	Chair	Eleni Gastis	eegastis@peralta.edu
Media Communications	Liberal Arts	Co-Chair	Vina Cera (Co-Chair)	vcera@peralta.edu
Media Communications	Liberal Arts	Co-Chair	Steve Shlisky (Co-Chair)	sshlisky@peralta.edu
Modern Language/LCI	Liberal Arts	Chair	Arturo Davila-Sanchez	adavila@peralta.edu
Music	Liberal Arts	Chair	John Reager	jreager@peralta.edu
Theatre Arts	Liberal Arts	Chair	Michael Torres	mtorres@peralta.edu
	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Dean	Ingrid Stark	istark@peralta.edu
	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Staff Assistant	Vacant
Astronomy/Chemistry/Physics	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Co-Chair	Michelle (Cheli) Fossum (Co-Chair)	mfossum@peralta.edu
Astronomy/Chemistry/Physics	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Co-Chair	Neil Allen Nicol (Co-Chair)	nanicol@peralta.edu
Astronomy/Chemistry/Physics	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Co-Chair	William Trego (Co-Chair)	wtrego@peralta.edu
Biology/Life Sciences	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Co-Chair	Laurie Allen-Requa (Co-Chair)	lallenrequa@peralta.edu
Biology/Life Sciences	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Co-Chair	Rebecca Bailey (Co-Chair)	rbailey@peralta.edu
Biology/Life Sciences	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Co-Chair	Rajeev Banerjee (Co-Chair)	rbanerjee@peralta.edu
Biology/Life Sciences	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Co-Chair	Leslie Blackie (Co-Chair)	lblackie@peralta.edu
Biology/Life Sciences	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Co-Chair	Emily Quach (Co-Chair)	equach@peralta.edu
Earth & Human Sciences	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Chair	Donald Moore	donaldmoore@peralta.edu
Engineering	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Chair	Mallory Barkdull	mbarkdull@peralta.edu
Mathematics	Divison of Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering	Chair	David Ross	dross@peralta.edu

Other:

• Department Chairs Reassignment Allocation Process – Article 14 (2.9.23)

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