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

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

Rebecca Dodson

Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene

rdodson@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

Mallori Rossi

Head Volleyball Coach and Associate Professor of Health & Physical Eduction

mrossi@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

Debora Rodenhauser 

Division Chair and Professor of Art

drodenhauser@taftcollege.edu 

Adam Bledsoe

Professor of Economics and Business

abledsoe@taftcollege.edu

Julian Martinez

Professor of Spanish

jmartinez@taftcollege.edu

Jason Page

Professor of Business

jpage@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 Professor of Student Success

jchaidez@taftcollege.edu

Apolonia Cotto Counselor

acotto@taftcollege.edu 

Pearl Daley Counselor 

pdaley@taftcollege.edu 

Candace Duron Counselor

cduron@taftcollege.edu

Chris Flachmann Counselor

cflachmann@taftcollege.edu

Victoria Jacobi

Articulation Officer/Counselor

vjacobi@taftcollege.edu

Janis Mendenhall Counselor

jmendenhall@taftcollege.edu

Kristi Richards Counselor 

krichards@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

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

Jonathan Over

Associate Professor of Engineering

jover@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

Professor of Chemistry

ctaylor@taftcollege.edu

Kyle Webster

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

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

Tabitha Raber

Associate Professor of ADMJ

traber@taftcollege.edu

Becky Roth

Professor of ECEF

broth@taftcollege.edu

Kenneth Smith

Associate Professor of History 

ksmith@taftcollege.edu