Meet Our Faculty and Staff

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Alvin Henry, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Department Chair
Office: AL-471
Email: [email protected]

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Stephen Cho Suh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Office: AL-469
Email: [email protected]
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Elaine Andres, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Office: AL-465
Email: [email protected]
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Maile Young, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Office: AL-463
Starting in spring 2027
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Joshua Bender

Lecturer
Office: AL-377D
Email: [email protected]
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Katie Bui

Lecturer
Office: AL-377C
Email: [email protected]
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Kirstin Curtis

Lecturer
Office: AL-377C
Email: [email protected]
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Virginia Loh-Hagan, Ed.D.

Associated Faculty Member
Office: APIDA Center
Email: [email protected]
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christina ong, ph.d. (lowercase preferred)

Lecturer
Office: AL-467
Email: [email protected]
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James Paligutan, Ph.D.

Lecturer
Office: AL-377D
Email: [email protected]
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Amy Wong, Ed.D.

Lecturer
Office: NH-208
Email: [email protected]
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Eugene Yi

Lecturer
Office: AL-467
Email: [email protected]
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Malaya Pojas

Administrative Coordinator
Office: AL-331
Email: [email protected]


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