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Divisions

Below are names, titles, and email addresses for full-time faculty in Taft College’s divisions.

Allied Health/ Applied Technologies

Full-Time Faculty

Name	Title	Email
Kanoe Bandy	Division Chair and Professor of Business and Physical Education	kbandy@taftcollege.edu
Christi Adriano	Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene	cadriano@taftcollege.edu
Diana Champion	Professor of Dental Hygiene	dchampion@taftcollege.edu
Amanda Clark	Head Softball Coach and Associate Professor	aclark@taftcollege.edu
Gina Gardner	Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene	ggardner@taftcollege.edu
Eric Hershkowitz	Professor of Dental Hygiene	ehershkowitz@taftcollege.edu
Vince Maiocco	Head Baseball Coach and Professor of Health and Physical Education	vmaiocco@taftcollege.edu

English Language Arts

Full-Time Faculty

Name	Title	Email
Bill Devine	Division Chair and Professor of English	bdevine@taftcollege.edu
Kamala Carlson	Professor of English	kcarlson@taftcollege.edu
Christopher Chung-Wee	Professor of English	cchungwee@taftcollege.edu
Geoffrey Dyer	Professor of English	gdyer@taftcollege.edu
Danielle Kerr	Professor of English	dkerr@taftcollege.edu
Kelly Kulzer-Reyes	Professor of English	kkulzer@taftcollege.edu

Business, Arts, & Humanities

Full-Time Faculty

Name	Title	Email
Adam Bledsoe	Division Chair and Professor of Economics and Business	abledsoe@taftcollege.edu
John Eigenauer	Professor of Philosophy	jeigenauer@taftcollege.edu
Julian Martinez	Professor of Spanish	jmartinez@taftcollege.edu
Jason Page	Professor of Business	jpage@taftcollege.edu
Debora Rodenhauser	Professor of Art	drodenhauser@taftcollege.edu
Lori Travis	Professor of Speech	ltravis@taftcollege.edu

Learning Support

Full-Time Faculty

Name	Title	Email
Juana Rangel-Escobedo	Division Chair and Counselor	jescobedo@taftcollege.edu
Amar Abbott	High Tech Center- Access Specialist	aabbott@taftcollege.edu
Darcy Bogle	Counselor	dbogle@taftcollege.edu
Joe'll Chaidez	Counselor	jchaidez@taftcollege.edu
Candace Duron	Counselor	cduron@taftcollege.edu
Chris Flachmann	Counselor	cflachmann@taftcollege.edu
Lourdes Gonzalez	Counselor	lgonzalez@taftcollege.edu
Victoria Jacobi	Articulation Officer/Counselor	vjacobi@taftcollege.edu
Janis Mendenhall	Counselor	jmendenhall@taftcollege.edu
Terri Smith	Research & Instruction Librarian	tsmith@taftcollege.edu

Mathematics & Science

Full-Time Faculty

Name	Title	Email
Mike Mayfield	Division Chair and Professor of Chemistry	mmayfield@taftcollege.edu
Wendy Berry	Professor of Life Sciences	wberry@taftcollege.edu
Paul Blake	Professor of Engineering	pblake@taftcollege.edu
Nathan Cahoon	Professor of Mathematics	ncahoon@taftcollege.edu
Shelley Getty	Professor of Mathematics	sgetty@taftcollege.edu
Greg Golling	Professor of Life Sciences	ggolling@taftcollege.edu
Abbas Jarrahian	Professor of Biological Sciences	ajarrahian@taftcollege.edu
Steve Lytle	Professor of Life Sciences	slytle@taftcollege.edu
Mariza Martinez	Professor of Mathematics	mmartinez@taftcollege.edu
James May	Professor of Chemistry	jmay@taftcollege.edu
David Mitchell	Professor of Mathematics	dmitchell@taftcollege.edu
Ruby Payne	Professor of Mathematics	rpayne@taftcollege.edu
David Reynolds	Professor of Physical Sciences	dreynolds@taftcollege.edu
Joy Reynolds	Professor of Mathematics	jreynolds@taftcollege.edu
Chris Taylor	Associate Professor of Chemistry	ctaylor@taftcollege.edu
Kyle Webster	Associate Professor of Life Sciences	kwebster@taftcollege.edu

Social Sciences

Full-Time Faculty

Name	Title	Email
Tina Mendoza	Division Chair, Professor of History	tmendoza@taftcollege.edu
Jennifer Altenhofel	Professor of History	jaltenhofel@taftcollege.edu
Michelle Beasley	Professor of ECEF	mbeasley@taftcollege.edu
Sharyn Eveland	Professor of Psychology	seveland@taftcollege.edu
Salvador Jimenez-Murguia	Professor of Sociology	sjm@taftcollege.edu
Wesley Nishiyama	Associate Professor of Political Science	wnishiyama@taftcollege.edu
Michelle Oja	Professor of Psychology	moja@taftcollege.edu
Robin Polski	Professor of ECEF and Psychology	rpolski@taftcollege.edu
Becky Roth	Professor of ECEF	broth@taftcollege.edu
Kenneth Smith	Associate Professor of History	ksmith@taftcollege.edu

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