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Arts & Humanities

Ann Alderman, Ph.D.

Professor of French and Linguistics and Chair of the Division Arts and Humanities
(510) 436-1316
alderman@hnu.edu

Rebecca Chapman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of English
(510) 436-1249
chapman@hnu.edu 

 

Martivón Galindo, Ph.D.

Professor of Latin American and Latino/a Studies and Director of Study Abroad
(510) 436-1318
galindo@hnu.edu

Sheila Gibson, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy
(510) 436-1015
gibson@hnu.edu

Nina Handler, M.A.

Instructor in English
(510) 436-1178
handler@hnu.edu

Robert Lassalle-Klein, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies
(510) 436-1074
lassalle-klein@hnu.edu

Sophia Park, SNJM, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy
(510) 436-1122
park@hnu.edu

Rick Patrick, M.A.

Professor of Art
(510) 436-1586
patrick@hnu.edu

Anastasia Prentiss, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Communication Studies
(510) 436-1026
prentiss@hnu.edu

Arun Rasiah, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies
(510) 436-1135
rasiah@hnu.edu

Daniel Schmidt, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English
(510) 436-1507
schmidt@hnu.edu

Robert Simons, M.F.A.

Professor of Art
(510) 436-1587
simons@hnu.edu

Laura Truxler, Ph.D.

Co-Chair and Assistant Professor of Integrated Studies Across Cultures
(510) 436-1077
truxler@hnu.edu  

 

Business

James Stryker, Ph.D.

Chair and Assistant Professor of Business
(510) 436-1205
stryker@hnu.edu

Hector Saez, Ph.D.

MBA Program Director
(510) 436-1622
saez@hnu.edu

Chiu Chen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing
(510) 436-1088
chen@hnu.edu

Helen Xu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Finance
(510) 436 -1346
xu@hnu.edu

Neha Dave, MA, Lecturer in Economics
David J. Domeier, CPA, B.A. Lecturer in Accounting
Russell Jacobus, M.B.A., Lecturer in Accounting
Frank H. Jorden, MBA, Lecturer in Human Resources
Lynn Jones, M.B.A, Lecturer in Business
Maher R. Mankaryous, Ph.D., Lecturer in Accounting
Augustine J. Ohwobete, M.B.A., M. Sc., Ph.D., Lecturer in Business
Gregory Portillo, Ph.D., Lecturer in Management
Astrid M. Proboll, M.B.A., Lecturer in Marketing and International
    Business
William Sadler, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Business
Donna R. Stoneham, Ph.D., Lecturer in Business


Math & Science

Vanessa Handley, Ph.D.

Chair of the Division of Math and Science
(510) 436-1471
handley@hnu.edu

Leslie Bach, Ph.D.

Instructor of Biology
(510) 436-1685
bach@hnu.edu

Duygu Demirlioglu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Mathematics Program Coordinator
(510) 436-1171
duygu@hnu.edu

Concetta Gomez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
(510) 436-1281
cgomez@hnu.edu

Dolores Grunbaum, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry
(510) 436-1413
grunbaum@hnu.edu

Michael Limm, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biological Science
(510) 436-1556
limm@hnu.edu

Laura McLaughlin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biological Science
(510) 436-1525
mclaughlin@hnu.edu  

Ian Sammis, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
(510) 436-1550
sammis@hnu.edu

Julia Smith, Ph.D.

Professor of Biological Science
(510) 436-1055
smith@hnu.edu

Tsze Tsang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
(510) 436-1091
tsang@hnu.edu

Chunmei Li, Instructor in Chemistry

 

Music

Steve Hofer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Chair of Music
(510) 436-1244
hofer@hnu.edu

Janos Horvath

Instructor of Music
(510) 436-1052
horvath@hnu.edu


Anne Laskey, M.A.

Professor of Music
(510) 436-1314
laskey@hnu.edu

 

Nursing

Miki Goodwin, Ph.D, RN, PHN

Associate Professor and Chair of Nursing
(510) 436-1374
Goodwin@hnu.edu

Ruth Ann Terry, RN, MPH

Assistant Chair of Nursing
(510) 436-1305
terry@hnu.edu

Fay Bower, DNSc, FAAN

Professor and Senior Counsel for Nursing
(510) 436-1024
bower@hnu.edu

Joan Edelstein, DrPH, RN

Instructor of Nursing
edelstein@hnu.edu

Grace Idowu, MSN

Instructor of Nursing
(510) 436-1360
idowu@hnu.edu

Edith Jenkins-Weinrub Ed.D.

Associate Professor of Nursing
(510) 436-1551
jenkins-weinrub@hnu.edu

Debora Kilborn, MSN, FNP

Instructor of Nursing
kilborn@hnu.edu

Maria V. Mangini, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Nursing
(510) 436-1203
mangini@hnu.edu

Patresia Thomas, MSN

Instructor of Nursing
(510) 436-1357
pthomas@hnu.edu

 

Triny Ngoc Dam, Lecturer in Nursing
Marcia Canton, Adjunct Faculty


Social Sciences

Martin Lampert, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology, Chair of the Division of Social Sciences
(510) 436-1532
lampert@hnu.edu

Perri Franskoviak, Ph.D

Assistant Professor of Psychology
(510) 436-1465
franskoviak@hnu.edu

Kate L. Isaacson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology
(510) 436-1069
isaacson@hnu.edu

Carina Gallo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Criminology
(510) 436-1337
gallo@hnu.edu

Christine Patrinos, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Political Science
(510) 436-1027
patrinos@hnu.edu

Charles Sarno, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Sociology
(510) 436-1256
sarno@hnu.edu

Chiho Sawada, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History
(510) 436-1439
sawada@hnu.edu 

 

 

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