Introduction:
The (parenthesized) dates indicate the date of full-time hire of each employee by the Ventura County Community College District. Active links (in orange, when available) point to individual home pages of each individual employee.
Administration and Support Staff:
Interim Dean:
Nenagh Brown
Phone: (805) 289-6468
Email: vclr@vcccd.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Carmen Ruiz-Cuevas
Phone: (805) 289-6468
Email: vclr@vcccd.edu
Office Assistant:
Veronica Isais
Phone: (805) 289-6468
Email: vclr@vcccd.edu
Math Department Chair:
Topher Frederick
Office: SCI-356 Extension: 6514
Email: cfrederick@vcccd.edu
Full-Time Faculty:
Adlman, Andrea, Professor (1988)Mathematics
B.S., 1975, Tufts University; M.A., 1981, California State University, Fullerton
Office: SCI-359 Extension: 6085
Anderson, Lisa Whelan, Professor (1996)Mathematics
B.S., 1991, California Polytechnic State University; M.S., 1995, California State University, Northridge
Office: SCI-242 Extension: 6297
Beard, Michelle, Professor (2006)Mathematics
B.S., 1993, Maranatha Baptist Bible College; M.S. Mathematics Education, 1996, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Office: SCI-244 Extension: 6298
Bennett, Jack, Assistant Professor (2013)Mathematics
A.A., 2002, Orange Coast College; B.S., 2005, Loyola Marymount University; M.S., 2007, Ph.D., 2011, University of California, Riverside
Office: SCI-240 Extension: 6511
Bundy, Janine, Associate Professor (2011)Mathematics
B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; M.B.A., California Lutheran University; M.S., California State University, Channel Islands
Office: SCI-347 Extension: 6509
Fazelpour, Alireza (2021)Computer Science
Frederick, Topher, Assistant Professor (2013)Mathematics
B.A., 2002, California State University, Sacramento; Ph.D., 2008, Colorado State University
Office: SCI-356 Extension: 6514
Friedman, Sasha, Assistant Professor (2015)Mathematics
B.A., 2011, California State University, Sacramento; M.S., 2013, Oregon State University
Office: (SCI - ) Extension: 6043
Hurtado, Carlos Assistant Professor (2018)Mathematics
B.S., 1994; M.A. 1996, U.C. Davis
Office: LRC-118 Extension: 6582
Kolesnik, Alexander, Professor (2007) Mathematics (serving as Academic Senate president for 2023-24)
B.S., 1988, UCLA; M.Ed. Math and Science Education, 2001, University of Texas, Austin
Office: SCI-235 Extension: 6293
McCain, Mike, Professor (2005)Mathematics
B.S., 2001; M.S., 2003, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Office: SCI-357 Extension: 6501
Naderi, AJ, Assistant Professor (2017) Mathematics
A.S., 2006, Moorpark College, B.S., 2009, UC Berkeley; B.A & M.A., 2017, CSUN
Office: SCI-246 Extension: 6569
Petitfils, Ryan, Assistant Professor (2013)Mathematics
B.S., 2005, California Lutheran University; M.S., 2008, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Office: SCI-241 Extension: 6516
Sha, Saliha, Associate Professor (2011)Mathematics
B.S., 1986, M.S., 1988, M.S., 1989, University of Southern California; M.A., 2004, Claremont Graduate University; Ed.D., 2012, University of Southern California
Office: SCI-355 Extension: 6193
Stowers, Dorothy, Professor (2008)Mathematics
B.A., 1979; M.A., 1984, Marshall University; Ph.D., 1999, University of Texas, Houston
Office: SCI-238 Extension: 6295
Yi, Peter, Professor (2006)Mathematics
B.S., 1998; Ph.D., 2003, University of California, Los Angeles
Office: SCI-237 Extension: 6294
Part-Time Faculty (Fall 2023):
Diebolt, David
Nguyen, Jarmila
Politowski, John
Ryan, Kristine
Tivy, Anna
Wilde, Karen
“Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together.” —Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor