Full Time Faculty




Reem Atallah
Professor of English/ESL
Office: E3-393
Phone: (323) 265-8658
atallar@elac.edu


Gia Barilari
Professor of Reading/English
Office: E3-377
Phone: (323) 415-5493
barilag@elac.edu


Sara Behseta
Professor of ESL
Office: E3-463 
Phone: (323) 780-6707 
behsets@elac.edu


Maria Betancourt
Professor of ESL
Office: E3-471
Phone: (323) 415-5496
betancme@elac.edu


Ruth Blandon, Ph.D
Professor of English
Director of the Honors Program

Office: E3-270

Phone: (323) 415-5420
blandor@elac.edu


Vernita Burrell, Ph.D
Professor of English
Office: E3-467
Phone: (323) 265-8862

burrelvl@elac.edu

Carlos Centeno
Professor of English
Office: E3-469
Phone: (323) 780-6713

centenc@elac.edu

Cecilia (Chinru) Chan
Professor of ESL
Office: E3-479
Phone: (323) 780-6706

chanc@elac.edu

Mandy Concoff-Kronbeck
Professor of English
Office: E3-381
Phone: (323) 415-5019

concofme@elac.edu

Khetam Dahi
Professor of ESL
Office: E3-367
Phone: (323) 415-5303

dahik@elac.edu

Lauren Figueroa
Professor of Reading
Office: E3-373
Phone: (323) 415-5321

figuerld@elac.edu

Raeanna Gleason
Professor of English
Office: E3-385
Phone: (323) 415-5021
gleasorl@elac.edu

Patricia Godinez
Professor of English
Department Chair

Office: E3-361
Phone: (323) 265-8860
godinep@elac.edu

Jeffrey Gray
Professor of English
Office: E3-465
Phone: (323) 780-6709
grayjd@elac.edu

Krishana Hodgson-DeSilva
Professor of English
Office: E3-391
Phone: (323) 415-5322

hodgsok@elac.edu

Fernando Jimenez
Professor of English
Office: E3-491
Phone: (323) 780-6710

jimenef@elac.edu

Grace Lee
Professor of English
Office: E3-473
Phone: (323) 415-5464
leegs2@elac.edu

Amber Luna
Professor of English
Office: E3-379
Phone: (323) 267-3796
lunaa3@elac.edu

Lorena Madrigal
Professor of English
Office: E3-475
Phone: (323) 265-8815

madrigl@elac.edu

Diane Mannone
Professor of English
Office: E3-485
Phone: (323) 415-5301

mannondr@elac.edu

Javier Marquez
Professor of English
Office: E3-487
Phone: (323) 780-6705
marqueje2@lasc.edu

Gregory Mena
Professor of Reading/English
Office: E3-231
Phone: (323) 415-5494

menagm@elac.edu
Eduardo Munoz
Professor of English
Office: E3-483
Phone: (323) 265-8775
munoze2@elac.edu
Luis Orozco
Professor of English
Office: E3-387
Phone: (323) 415-5358
orozcolr@elac.edu
Norma Perez-Villanueva
Professor of English
Office: E3-489
Phone: (323) 260-8140 
perezvne@elac.edu
Jenel Rae
Professor of ESL
Office: E3-477
Phone: (323) 415-5495
raejl@elac.edu
Joshua Rodriguez
Professor of English
Office: E3-481
Phone: (323) 780-6708

rodrigjr@elac.edu
Davinder Sangha, Ph.D
Professor of English
Office: E3-461
Phone: (323) 265-8968

sanghadk@elac.edu
Obed Silva
Professor of English
Office: 478
Phone: (323) 415-5323

silvajo@elac.edu
Alex Solis
Professor of English
Office: E3-476
Phone: (323) 780-6819

solisac@elac.edu
Nadia Swerdlow, Ph.D
Professor of English
Office: E3-389
Phone: (323) 265-8629

swerdln@elac.edu
Dina Szklarek
Professor of English
Office: E3-466
Phone: (323) 415-5438

szklard@elac.edu
Shouhei Tanaka. Ph.D
Professor of English
Office: E3-395 
Phone: 415-4195
tanakasj@elac.edu
Elena Tinker Diaz
Professor of English
SI Coordinator
Office: E3-251/252
Phone: (323) 415-5488

tinkerre@elac.edu
Kevin VanHouten
Professor of ESL
English Department Co-Chair

Office: E3-361
Phone: (323) 415-5302

vanhoukw@elac.edu
Nathan Warner
Professor of ESL
Office: E3-383
Phone: (323) 780-6756

warnernj@elac.edu
  Cory Youngblood
Professor of English
Office: E3-480
Phone: (323) 780-6712

youngbca@elac.edu