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:
Dean: Dr. Boglarka Kiss
Phone: (805) 289-6468
Office: LRC-114
Email: bkiss@vcccd.edu
Administrative Assistant: Carmen Ruiz-Cuevas
Phone: (805) 289-6467
Office: LRC-114
Email: cruizcuevas@vcccd.edu or vclr@vcccd.edu
Office Assistant: Veronica Isais
Phone: (805) 289-6468
Location: LRC-114
Email: vramirez@vcccd.edu
Full-Time Faculty:
Matthews-Morales, Lydia, Professor (1991)Mathematics (Department Chair)
A.S., 1986, Mira Costa College; B.S., 1989; M.A., 1991, University of California, Santa Barbara
Office: SCI-243 Extension: 6296
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
Beatty, Donna, Professor (2004)Mathematics
A.A., 1992, Ventura College; B.A., 1994; M.S., 1999, California State University, Northridge
Office: SCI-360 Extension: 6257
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
Bowen, Michael S., Professor (1991)Mathematics/Physics
B.A. Physics, 1981, University of California, Berkeley; M.S. Physics, 1988, University of California, Los Angeles
Office: SCI-358 Extension: 6256
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
Frederick, Christopher, 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 2015-16)
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
Millea, Michelle, Professor (1992)Engineering/Mathematics
B.S.; M.S., 1986, University of California, Los Angeles
Office: SCI-208 Extension: 6291
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
Full-Time Temporary Faculty:
Part-Time Faculty:
Bretz, Louise
Diebolt, David
Nguyen, Jarmila
Politowski, John
Porter, Matt
Reynolds, John
Ryan, Kristine
Sharnazyan, Elizabeth
Simhan, Shubhangi
Tivy, Anna
Vrtis, Robert
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
Full-time mathematics faculty
From left: Mike McCain, Michael Bowen, Lydia Matthews-Morales, Andrea Adlman, Michelle Beard, Alexander Kolesnik, Peter Yi, Dan Kumpf (now Dean of Science)
Not shown: Lisa Anderson, Donna Beatty, Jack Bennett, Janine Bundy, Christopher Frederick, Sasha Friedman, Carlos Hurtado, Michelle Millea, AJ Naderi, Ryan Petitfils, Saliha Sha, Dorothy Stowers