Faculty and administrators Nahlen, John
vice president, finance and administration A.A. - Yuba Community College B.S. - CSU Sacramento
Najarro, J. Mauricio
faculty - business B.B.A., M.B.A. - Loyola Marymount University
Nakano-Hiraki, Hideo faculty - counseling B.A. - UC Davis M.A. - Argosy University
Needham, C. D. Samuel
faculty - mathematics B.A. - University of Sydney, Australia M.A., C.Phil. - UCLA
Nezuka, Naomi
Ortega, Frank
Pitner, Paul
Osborne, Beatrice
Pohley, Colleen
faculty - sociology B.A. - San Jose State University M.A., Ph.D. - Texas A & M University
faculty - early childhood education B.A. - UC Berkeley M.A. - San Francisco State University faculty - dental assisting B.A. - University of Nevada Certificate - Diablo Valley College
faculty - mathematics M.A. - UC Berkeley
Oye, William
faculty - psychology B.A. - Eastern Illinois University M.S. - Illinois Institute of Technology
Padilla, Shannon
faculty - communication studies B.A. - San Diego State University M.A. - San Francisco State University
Pamintuan, Khrystyn
Polos, John
faculty - biological science B.S., M.E. - Saint Mary’s College M.S. - CSU East Bay
Ponce, Albert
faculty - political science B.A. - UC Berkeley M.A., Ph.D. - UCLA
faculty - foreign language B.A. - Waseda University M.A. - San Francisco State University
faculty - counseling B.A. - UC Irvine M.A., M.S. - San Diego State University
Ponciano-Babb, Jacqueline
Nirgiotis, Theodore P.
Panahandeh, Mohammad
Ponthier, Lizette
faculty - kinesiology B.S., M.S. - CSU Sacramento
faculty - engineering B.S. - Sharif University of Technology, Iran M.S., Ph.D. - UC Berkeley
financial aid supervisor B.A. - UC Berkeley M.A. - CSU Sacramento
faculty - sociology B.A. - Delhi University M.S. - Bristol University Ph.D. - UC Davis
Parks, Will
faculty - mathematics B.A. - UC Berkeley M.A. - San Francisco State University
faculty - history B.A. - CSU Chico M.A. - University of New Mexico Ed.D. - UC Davis
Oguto, Fenno
Pentcheva, Caterina
Powers, Pamela
faculty - mathematics A.B. - Harvard College M.S. - University of Illinois
Niyogi, Sanghamitra
faculty - sociology B.A., M.A. - University of Nairobi Ph.D. - UC Berkeley
Ojermark, Milagros
Peppo, Bret
faculty - music B.A. - Eastern Illinois University M.A. - Illinois State University D.M.A. - University of Iowa
O’Leary, Maureen E.
Perry, Adam
Opsata, Rebecca
Peterson, Anne
faculty - communication studies B.A. - Macalester College M.A. - Kansas State University M.A., Ph.D. - University of Southern California
faculty - dental hygiene B.A. - CSU Hayward M.S.- University New Haven, Connecticut
faculty - computer science B.S., M.S. - CSU East Bay
faculty - foreign language B.A. - University of Puerto Rico M.A. - New York University faculty - English B.A. - University of Massachusetts M.A., Ph.D. - UC Berkeley
Powell, Matthew
Prapavessi, Despina dean - business, mathematics and computer science B.A., M.A., Ph.D. - UC Berkeley
Puzia, Arek
faculty - communication studies B.A., M.A. - CSU Fresno Ph.D. - Pennsylvania State University
Quinn, Michael
faculty - chemistry B.A. - UC Davis B.S., M.S. - CSU Sacramento
faculty - geography B.A. - Humbolt State University M.A. - CSU Fullerton
Pieroni, Gary
Orac-Sayre, Crina
faculty - chemistry Ph.D. - Ohio State University
faculty - business B.A. - CSU Hayward M.B.A. - John F. Kennedy University
Orante, Newin
Pierson, Shelly
vice president, student services B.S. - San Francisco State University M.A. - CSU East Bay Ed.D. - San Francisco State University
Orta, Lisa
faculty - English B.A. - UC Berkeley M.A. - San Francisco State University
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faculty - kinesiology A.A. - Allan Hancock College B.S. - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo M.S. - CSU Hayward faculty - mathematics B.A. - UC Berkeley M.A. - San Francisco State University
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Quirarte, Carmina
faculty - history B.A. - San Diego State University M.A. - CSU Hayward
Ramoo, Ratha
Pineda-Carranza, Servando
FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS
faculty - accounting A.A. - Diablo Valley College B.A. - UCLA M.B.A. - University of Chicago
faculty - economics B.A., M.A. - Southern Illinois University Ph.D. - UC Santa Barbara
Rasmussen, Christopher
faculty - humanities B.A. Saint Mary’s College M.A., Ph.D. - University of Southern California
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