Main Campus Advisors

Continuing students can make appointments by phone or email; select advisors also allow for online reservations.

Newly admitted students who have made their tuition deposit should make their initial advising appointment through SOAR.  New student appointments MUST NOT be made here.

Staff (Campus Center, Main Campus, Traditional)

Phone
Email
Appointments
Dr. Carlos Cervantes
Dean, Academic & Career Services
Campus Center 232
(909) 448-4510 ccervantes@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Amanda Miller
Director, Academic and Career Center
Campus Center 234
(909) 448-4574 amiller@laverne.edu Schedule
Vanessa Martinez
Assistant Director
Campus Center 231
(909) 448-4581 vmartinez@laverne.edu Schedule
Corinne Bicksler
Advisor and Student Support Coordinator
Campus Center 229
(909) 448-4510 cbicksler@laverne.edu Schedule
Brooke Grasso
Academic Advisor II, College of Arts and Sciences
Campus Center 215
(909) 448-4491 bgrasso@laverne.edu Schedule
Lierin McClure
Academic and Career Advisor
Campus Center 228
(909) 448-4739 lmcclure@laverne.edu Schedule
Elva Ortega
Academic Advisor II, College of Arts and Sciences
Campus Center 230
(909) 448-4556 eortega@laverne.edu Schedule
 

 

 

Main Campus Advisors, Traditional Undergraduates

Phone
Email
Appointments
Thomas Allison, JD
Assistant Professor, Legal Studies
La Verne / Miller Hall 118
(909) 448-4358 tallison@laverne.edu
Dr. Paul Alvarez
Professor, Kinesiology & Clinical Coordinator, Athletic Training Program
Sports Science and Athletic Pavillion B105
(909) 448-4092 palvarez@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Gitty Amini
Associate Professor, Political Science
Founders Hall 114
(909) 448-4735 gamini@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Leticia Arellano
Professor, Psychology
Hoover Building 207
(909) 448-4019 larellano@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Nick Athey
Instructor I
Hoover Building
(909) 448-4636 nathey@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Aaron Baker
Associate Professor, Psychology
Hoover Building 215
(909) 448-4431 abaker@laverne.edu
Dr. Jane Beal
Professor, English Literature
Miller Hall 214
(909) 448-1578 jbeal@laverne.edu Schedule
Carolyn Bekhor, JD
Professor, Legal Studies
Miller Hall 118
(909) 448-4410 cbekhor@laverne.edu Schedule
Shannon Benine
Associate Professor of Photography
Miller Hall 21
(909) 448-4070 sbenine@laverne.edu Schedule
Irene Beltran
Advisor, Community College Liason
Barkley Building
(909) 448-4632 ibeltran@laverne.edu Schedule
Sean Bernard
Professor, Creative Writing
Miller Hall 202
(909) 448-4714 sbernard@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. GeBren Blakely
Assistant Director, Initiatives, Advisor, CHCWB
Barkley Building
(760) 955-6476 gblakely@laverne.edu Schedule
Daniel Bonilla
Instructor, Kinesiology
Miller Hall 202
(909) 448-xxxx dbonilla2@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Allyson Brantley
Assistant Professor, History
Founders Hall 114D
(909) 448-4737 abrantley@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Christine Broussard
Professor, Biology
Mainiero Hall 257
(909) 448-4597 cbroussard@laverne.edu
Dr. Ngoc Bui
Interim Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences & Professor, Psychology
Hoover Building / La Verne 102
(909) 448-4099 nbui@laverne.edu Schedule
Kristine Butterly
Instructor, Speech Communications
La Verne / Miller Hall 100
(909) 448-1570 kbutterly@laverne.edu
Dr. Joseph Cabrera
Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Programs and Faculty Affairs, Associate Professor of Sociology (CRIM), Director of Terrence E. Deal Leadership Institute
Provost Office, Founders Hall
(909) 448-1582 jcabrera@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Dan Campana
Professor, Philosophy & Religion
La Verne / Miller Hall 111
(909) 448-4354 dcampana@laverne.edu
Micaela Castillo
Instructor of Kinesiology
Sports Science and Athletics Pavillion B103
(909) 448-XXXX mcastillo@laverne.edu Schedule
Peter Centeno
Assistant Director, CAPA
Hoover Building CAPA Office
(909) 448-4151 pcenteno@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. David Chappell
Professor, Physics
Mainiero Hall 64B
(909) 448-4598 dchappell@laverne.edu
Valerie Cummings, JD
Associate Professor, Broadcast Journalism
Arts and Communications Building 122
(909) 448-4376 vcummings@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Yousef Daneshbod
Associate Professor, Mathematics
Mainiero Hall MA152I
(909) 448-4125 ydaneshbod@laverne.edu
Dr. Stacey Darling-Novak
Professor, Biology
Mainiero Hall 109B
(909) 448-4591 sdarling-novak@laverne.edu Schedule
Rhona Davis
Academic Advisor III, CAPA
Hoover Building, CAPA Office
(909) 448-4151 rdavis@laverne.edu Schedule
Sean Dillon
Professor, Theatre Arts
Dailey Theatre
(909) 448-4554 sdillon@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Glenn Gamst
Professor, Psychology
Hoover Building 202
(909) 448-4176 ggamst@laverne.edu
Dr. Jerome Garcia
Professor, Biology & Title V STEM Activities Director
Mainiero Hall 258
(909) 448-4652 jgarcia@laverne.edu
Dr. Richard Gelm
Professor, Political Science
Founders Hall 114
(909) 448-4724 rgelm@laverne.edu
Dr. Cindy Giaimo-Ballard
Associate Professor, Chair, Undergraduate Child Development Program
(909) 448-4649 cgiaimo-ballard@laverne.edu
Dr. Jozef Goetz
Professor, Computer Science
Founders Hall 108
(909) 448-4663 jgoetz@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Art Gonchar
Professor, Psychology
Hoover Building 203
(909) 448-4177 agonchar@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Megan Granquist
Director, Athletic Training Program & Professor, Kinesiology
Sports Science and Athletic Pavillion B109
(909) 448-4440 mgranquist@laverne.edu
Dr. Reed Gratz
Chair, Music
Founders Hall 8
(909) 448-4915 rgratz@laverne.edu Schedule
Stacey Haug
Instructor, Sociology
Hoover Hall 118A
(909) 448-4364 shaug@laverne.edu
Dr. Ann Hills
Associate Professor, Spanish
Miller Hall 203
(909) 448-4367 ahills@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Judy Holiday
Associate Professor, Writing
Miller Hall 217
(909) 448-4320 jholiday@laverne.edu
Dr. Cathy Irwin
Professor, English
Miller Hall 209
(909) 448-4712 tirwin@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Benjamin Jenkins
Assistant Professor & Archivist
Wilson Library
(909) 448-4978 bjenkins@laverne.edu Schedule
Dion Johnson
Director, Art Galleries & Distinguished Artist
Landis Academic Center 208
(909) 448-4383 djohnson@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Ariela Kaspi-Kaneti
Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
akaspi-kaneti@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Michelle Kechichian
Assistant Dean, Advising & Retention
Cogley Building 116
(909) 448-4005 mkechichian@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. George Keeler
Professor, Journalism
Arts and Communications Building 135
(909) 448-4762 gkeeler@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Dinko Kranjac
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Hoover Building 216
(909) 448-4175 dinko@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Gerard Lavatori
Professor, French; Associate Dean, CAS
Hoover Building 104
(909) 448-4353 glavatori@laverne.edu Schedule
Mary Lawler
Instructor of Kinesiology
Sports Science and Athletic Pavillion B111
(909) 283-0044 mlawler@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Jon Leaver
Professor, Art History
Arts and Communications Building 201
(909) 448-4328 jleaver@laverne.edu
Ruth Lindhorst
Academic Advisor III, LFCE
Remote
(909) 448-4566 rlindhorst@laverne.edu Schedule
Ian Lising
Assistant Professor, Speech Communications
Hoover Building 104
(909) 448-1544 alising@laverne.edu
Dr. Xiaoyan Liu
Professor, Mathematics
Mainiero Hall 152e
(909) 448-4615 xliu@laverne.edu
Keith Lord
Professor, Art
Arts and Communications Building 204
(909) 448-4754 klord@laverne.edu
Dr. Todd Lorenz
Associate Professor, Biology
Founders Hall 109D
(909) 448-4148 tlorenz@laverne.edu Schedule
Vanessa Lua
Academic Advisor III
Cogley Building 107
(909) 448-4920 vlua@laverne.edu Schedule
Nicole Mahrer
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Hoover Building 210
(909) 448-4186 nmahrer@laverne.edu
Dr. Kenneth Marcus
Professor, History
Founders Hall 114
(909) 448-4733 kmarcus@laverne.edu
Maria Mendoza
Academic Advisor III
Cogley Building 117
(909) 448-4013 mmendoza3@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Juli Minoves-Triquell
Associate Professor, Political Science
Founders Hall 114
(909) 448-4454 jminoves-triquell@laverne.edu
Dr. Alessandro Morosin
Assistant Professor, Sociology/Criminology
amorosin@laverne.edu
Dr. Russell Muir
Assistant Professor, Athletic Training (MSAT)
Sports Science and Athletic Pavillion B105
(909) 448-1583 rmuir@laverne.edu
Dr. Nixon Mwebi
Professor, Chemistry & Department Chair of Chemistry
Founders Hall 108D
(909) 448-4588 nmwebi@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Jason Neidleman
Professor, Political Science
Founders Hall 114
(909) 448-4726 jneidleman@laverne.edu Schedule
Patti Noreen
Senior Executive Director, CAPA
Hoover Building, CAPA
(909) 448-4151 pnoreen@laverne.edu Schedule
Tom Ontiveros
Assistant Professor, Theater Design Emphasis
Dailey Theatre
(909) 448-4550 tontiveros@laverne.edu Schedule
Elaine Padilla
Associate Professor, Philosophy & Religion, LatinX/ Latin American Studies
(909) 448-1486 epadilla@laverne.edu
Dr. Raúl Pérez
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Hoover Building 112
(909) 448-4172 rperez3@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Kristina Post
Associate Professor, Psychology
Hoover Building 218
(909) 448-4131 kpost@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Vanessa Preisler
Associate Professor, Physics
Mainiero Hall 152C
(909) 448-4679 vpreisler@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Donna Redman
Associate Professor, Education
Barkley Building 101
(909) 448-4728 dredman@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Jonathan Reed
Professor, Religion
Founders Hall 106
(909) 448-4366 jreed@laverne.edu
Dr. Richard Rose
Professor, Religion & Philosophy
Miller Hall 114
(909) 448-4047 rrose@laverne.edu Schedule
Michael Ryan
Prof Practice, Music
Founders Hall
(909) 448-4922 mryan@laverne.edu Schedule
Morgan Sandler
Associate Professor, Digital Film Production
Arts and Communications Building 137
(909) 448-4348 msandler@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Andy Steck
Associate Professor, Education
Barkley Building 9
(909) 448-4633 asteck@laverne.edu
Dr. Gail Tang
Associate Professor, Mathematics
Mainiero Hall 155A
(909) 448-4368 gtang@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Tatiana Tatarinova
Associate Professor, Biology & Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair In Computational Biology
Founders Hall 109C
(909) 448-1488 ttatarinova@laverne.edu
Dr. Hou Ung
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Founders Hall 108D
(909) 448-4939 hung@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Pablo Weaver
Assistant Professor, Biology & Director, Montana Field Station
Founders Hall 109C
(909) 448-4612 pweaver@laverne.edu
Dr. Seta Whitby
Professor, Computer Science
Founders Hall 215
(909) 448-4572 swhitby@laverne.edu Schedule
Pat Widolff
Professor, Kinesiology
Sports Science and Athletic Pavillion B206
(909) 448-4313 pwidolff@laverne.edu Schedule
Dr. Daniel Williams
Associate Professor, Kinesiology
Sports Science and Athletic Pavillion B110
(909) 448-4110 dwilliams2@laverne.edu
Susan Wilson
Academic Advisor III, CAPA
Hoover Building, CAPA
(909) 448-4151 swilson@laverne.edu Schedule
Rebecca Wolfe
Assistant Director, CAPA
Hoover Building, CAPA
(909) 448-4151 rwolfe@laverne.edu Schedule
Grace Xia Zhao
Associate Professor, Music
Founders Hall 26
(909) 448-4919 gzhao@laverne.edu
Elizabeth Zwerling
Professor, Journalism
Arts and Communications Building 125
(909) 448-4789 ezwerling@laverne.edu Schedule

 

Regional Campuses, Online Programs, & CAPA

Alison Rodriguez-Balles, Campus Director

Irvine; Behr Paints; Online: Behr Paints, Business Admin (BA) | arodriguez2@laverne.edu | (714) 505-6943

 

Annette Boghokian, Academic Advisor III

Burbank: all programs, except graduate LFCE; Online: Org. Management (BS), Child Dev (BS) | aboghokian@laverne.edu | (818) 295-6505

 

Deanna Williams, Academic Advisor III

Santa Clarita: all programs, except graduate LFCE; Online: Criminal Justice (BS), Ed Studies (BA) | dwilliams4@laverne.edu | (818) 288-4434

 

Kathryn Mears, Interim Campus Director, Academic Advisor III

Bakersfield: all programs except graduate LFCE; Online: General Studies (AA) | klomely@laverne.edu | (661) 861-6805

 

Leah Nuevo-Chow, Academic Advisor III

Irvine: all programs except Behr Paints & graduate LFCE; Online: Business Admin (BA), Public Admin (BS) | lnuevo-chow@laverne.edu | (714) 505-6942

 

Lilly Guerra, Acting Director, Academic Advisor III

Military Campuses, Naval Base Ventura County: all programs; Vandenberg Space Force Base (teach out); Online: Military-connected students, all programs | lguerra@laverne.edu | (805) 986-6906

 

Lisa Murphy, Academic Advisor III

Ontario: all programs; High Dessert: teach out; Online: Business Admin (BA) | lmurphy@laverne.edu | (909) 937-6989

 

Victoria Aleman, Campus Director

Ontario: MBAX, MSLM | valeman@laverne.edu | (909) 937-6987

 

CAPA

Peter Centeno, Assistant Director

La Verne: All Programs; Information Tech (BS) | pcenteno@laverne.edu | (909) 448-4158

 

Rebecca Wolfe, Assistant Director

La Verne: All Programs | La Verne: All Programs | rwolfe@laverne.edu | (909) 448-4156

 

Rhona Davis, Academic Advisor III

La Verne: All Programs | La Verne: All Programs | rdavis@laverne.edu | (909) 448-4159

 

Susan Wilson, Academic Advisor III

La Verne: All Programs | La Verne: All Programs | swilson@laverne.edu | (909) 448-4157