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Arts & Humanities

Ann Alderman, Ph.D.

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

Rebecca Chapman, Ph.D.

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

 

Martivon Galindo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Latin American Latino/Latina Studies
(510) 436-1318
galindo@hnu.edu

Sheila Gibson, Ph.D.

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

Nina Handler, M.A.

Lecturer in English and Director of Writing Across the Curriculum
(510) 436-1178
handler@hnu.edu

Robert Lassalle-Klein, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies / Pastoral Ministries and Chair of Pastoral Ministries
(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 and Director of Integrative Studies Across Culture

(510) 436-1586
patrick@hnu.edu

Anastasia Prentiss, Ph.D.

Lecturer in Communications
(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.

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

 

Business

Thomas Hannen, Ph.D.

Interim Chair of Business Program
(510) 436-1622
hannen@hnu.edu

Paolo Ricci, Ph.D.

Professor of Business
(510) 436-1337
ricci@hnu.edu

James Stryker, Ph.D.

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

He Xu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Business
(510) 436 -1346
xu@hnu.edu


Math & Science

Vanessa Handley, Ph.D.

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

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

Jennifer Sherwood, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biological Science
(510) 436-1556
sherwood@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

 


Music

Steve Hofer, Ph.D.

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

Anne Laskey, M.A.

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


Nursing

Ruth Ann Terry, RN, MPH

Interim 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

Marcia Canton, Ph.D.

Academic Advisor
(510) 436-1239
drcanton@pacbell.net

Edith Jenkins-Weinrub Ed.D.

Assistant 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

Laura Smith-McKenna

Assistant Director LVN-BSN Program
(510) 436-1476 smithmckenna@hnu.edu  

 


Social Sciences

Martin Lampert, Ph.D.

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

Kate L. Isaacson, Ph.D.

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

Carina Ljungwald, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Criminology
(510) 436-1465
ljungwald@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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