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Full-Time Faculty

Randall (Randy) Adsit
Email: radsit@mac.com
Phone: 323-265-8838
Office Location: G8-101E
Randall (Randy) Adsit

Research Interests: Pedagogical techniques for undergraduate education in the geosciences.
Courses taught: geology, earth science, oceanography and environmental science
Favorite rock: tuff

Julie Bernard, Ph.D., Chairperson
Email: Bernarjl@elac.edu
Phone: 323-780-6744
Office Location: G8-101A
Julie Bernard, Ph.D., Chairperson

Research Interests: Archaeology, Native Californians, Mission-era, Colonialism and culture change, Resistance, Gender.

Emily Haddad
Email: haddade@elac.edu
Phone: 323-415-5467
Office Location: G8-101F

Janny Li, Ph.D. (UC Irvine)
Email: lij2@elac.edu
Phone: 323-415-5370
Office Location: G8-101C
Janny Li, Ph.D. (UC Irvine)

Research Interests: anthropology of knowledge; medicine, science, technology, and society (MSTS) studies; psychological anthropology; anthropology of religion; history of science; scientific experiments; religion-science debates; anthropology of the mind; American religion and spirituality; occult and metaphysical traditions; embodiment and phenomenology; William James; pragmatism; semiotics; ethics and morality; popular culture
Courses taught: Intro to Cultural Anthropology; Intro to Linguistic Anthropology; Intro to Biological Anthropology; Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion

Stephen Koletty, Ph.D. (USC)
Email: kolettsr@elac.edu
Phone: 310-367-2115
Office Location: G8-101D
Stephen Koletty, Ph.D. (USC)

Research Interests: transnational migration, urban ethnic communities, "tiki" geography, Island Pacific, Southeast Asia, California

Tiffany Seeley
Email: seeleytr@elac.edu
Phone: 323-415-5475
Office Location: G8-101G
Tiffany Seeley

Urban Geography, Gentrification, California's Physical and Cultural Landscapes, migration, the Middle East, Central Asia
Courses: Physical Geography, Geography of California, Weather and Climate

Christine "Chrissy" Sepulveda
Email: sepulvcd@elac.edu
Office Location: G8-101E T/TH SGEC [Office B]
Christine "Chrissy" Sepulveda

Research Interests: My undergraduate and graduate concentrations in anthropology focused on evolutionary biology and primatology, with emphasis in enrichment for captive primates and primate behavioral ecology. My undergraduate studies include grant writing and museum exhibit design and curation. I am a biocultural anthropologist particularly concerned with the ways social environment impacts the mental and physical health of human and nonhuman primates. Additionally, I am interested in how music impacts primate behavior and biology. I am currently documenting the culture of a music genre community and am pursuing my PhD in ethnomusicology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
Courses Currently Taught: Human Biological Evolution (Biological/Physical Anthropology); Laboratory in Human Biological Evolution (Biological/Physical Anthropology Lab); Human Ways of Life: Cultural Anthropology; Issues and History in Popular Music; Music and Identity in World Cultures; Native People of North America
Other Courses I Teach: The World of Primates; Culture and Nutrition (Culture and Food)
Archaeology: Reconstructing the Past

Robert B West, Ph.D.
Professor of Geology
Gold Creek Ecological Field Station Coordinator
Email: westrb@elac.edu
Phone: 323-260-8115
Office Location: G8-101B
Robert B West, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Tectonic Geomorphology, Coastal Erosion, Landslides
Courses Taught: Geology, Earth Science, Environmental Science
Adjunct Faculty

Jeremy Allred
Email: n/a
Phone: n/a
Office Location: G8-101F

Karen Daar
Email: n/a
Phone: n/a
Office Location: G8-101F

Linda Doran
Email: n/a
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Office Location: G8-101F

John Conley
Email: conleyj@elac.edu
Phone: n/a
Office Location: G8-101F

Ysamur Flores-Pena
Email: n/a
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Office Location: G8-101F

Omar Godoy
Email: n/a
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Office Location: G8-101F

Gillian Grebler
Email: n/a
Phone: n/a
Office Location: G8-101F

Adrianna Jackson
Email: n/a
Phone: n/a
Office Location: G8-101F

Gabriele Kohpahl, Ph.D.
Email: kohpahg@elac.edu
Phone: n/a
Office Location: G8-101F

Peter Konovnitzine
Email: prof@college-geography.com
Website: college-geography.com
Office Location: G8-101F
Peter Konovnitzine

Research Interests: Russia, China, Japan, world religions/languages, ancient history, Byzantine world.
Courses Taught: Cultural Geography, Physical geography, Meteorology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, Geog. of CA.

Gregory Mattson
Email: n/a
Phone: n/a
Office Location: G8-101F

Shane McLaren
Email: n/a
Phone: n/a
Office Location: G8-101F

David M. Perez, M.A.
Email: DMPerez@burbankca.gov
Phone: n/a
Office Location: G8-101F
Ethnicity & Identity
Religion, Witchcraft & Magic
Urban Anthropology

Jeffrey W. Rigby, Ph.D.
Email: Jrigby@cerritos.edu
Phone: (562) 595-2762
Office Location: G8-101F
Jeffrey W. Rigby, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Archaeology, Native Americans, Native cultures of the South Pacific, Amazonia and Africa. Tribal Arts.
Courses Taught: Introduction to Cultural, Physical and Archaeological Anthropology, Native Americans, Anthropology of Religion, Ancient Civilizations of the New World, California Indians and Laboratory Methods in Physical Anthropology.

Steve Tarnoff
Email: n/a
Phone: n/a
Office Location: G8-101F
Staff

Nathaniel Gallagher
Laboratory Technician
Email: gallagnc@elac.edu
Phone: 323-415-5304
Office Location: G8-105
Contact Information
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Julie Bernard Ph.D.
Chairperson
Email: bernarjl@elac.edu
Dept. Location: G8-101-A
Phone: (323) 780-6744