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Darla Martin Tucker,
Chief Public Relations Officer

La Sierra University
Administration Building #231
4500 Riverwalk Parkway
Riverside, CA 92515

Phone: (951) 785-2016
Emergency: (951) 536-8948
E-mail: [email protected]

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Darla Martin Tucker, Chief Public Relations Officer

Phone: (951) 785 2016

E-Mail: [email protected]

Media Experts Guide

College of Arts and Sciences

Terrill Thomas, Chair, Assistant Professor of Art
MFA Vermont College of Fine Art
Interactive design

Tim Musso, Assoc. Professor of Art
Director, Brandstater Gallery
MFA, Cal State Long Beach
Design, Typography, Printmaking, History of Graphic Design

Arturo Diaz, Chair, Assoc. Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
Microbiology, Virology, Molecular Biology

L. Lee Grismer, Professor of Biology, Director of Research
Ph.D., Loma Linda University
Herpetology, Systematics, Biogeography, Vertebrate Natural History

Jesse Grismer, Assoc. Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Species discovery in Central Asia-South Pacific; Conservation genetics of So Cal herpetofauna

Lloyd A. Trueblood, Assoc. Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Rhode Island
Marine Invertebrate Physiology, Environmental Physiology

Nate Sutter, Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Washington; Post-Doctoral training, National Human Genome Research Institute/National Institutes of Health
Genetics

Eugene Joseph, Assoc. Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine
Human Anatomy, Biomedical Science

Marvin Payne, Chair, Assoc. Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of North Texas
Biochemistry, Enzyme Mechanisms

Krista Motschiedler, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Physical Organic Chemistry

Marco M. Allard, Assoc. Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Wayne State University
Physical Inorganic Chemistry

Enoch Hwang, Chair, Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Embedded Microprocessor Design, hardware/software co-design, robotics, mobile computing

Fuhao Li, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Dayton
Network Security, Next-Gen Networking, Wireless Comms, Artificial Intelligence, Internet-of-Things

Lora Geriguis, PhD University of California, Riverside
Chair, Associate Professor of English
17-18th Century British Literature, literary criticism, literature and environment

William C. Andress
Associate Professor of Health and Exercise Science (2007)
DPH Loma Linda University 1988
health science, laughter

Laura Fenton
Associate Professor of Health and Exercise Science (2011)
MA Western Michigan University 1998
pedagogy, sport science

Wayne Borin
Assistant Professor of Health and Exercise Science (2008)
EdD University of San Diego 2003
corporate fitness, exercise prescription, lifetime fitness

Won Yoon, PhD Louisiana State University
Professor
Social theory, research methods, ethnic diversity, Asian studies

Jeffrey Dupée, PhD Claremont Graduate University
Chair, associate professor
European history, British colonialism, modern China, legal studies

Andrew Howe, PhD University of California, Riverside
Assistant Professor
American history and civilization, culture and film studies

Vernon Howe, PhD, Dartmouth College
Chair, professor
Algebra, modeling, theoretical computer science

Wilton Clarke, PhD University of Iowa
Professor
Topology, algebra, mathematics education

Jon Vanderwerff, PhD University of Alberta
Professor
Functional analysis, geometry of Banach spaces

John D. Ng Wong Hing, MA University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor
Mathematics education, logic and foundations

Lourdes Morales-Gudmundsson, PhD Brown University
Chair and professor
Spanish renaissance and contemporary Spanish American literature

Esther Saguar Sierra, MA Universidad de Valencia
Assistant professor
Philogoy, Spanish language and literature

Elvin S. Rodriguez, EdD Teachers College of Columbia University
Professor
Piano, music technology

Kimo Smith, DMA University of California, Los Angeles
Chair and Associate Professor
Piano, organ, theory

Kenneth Narducci, DMA University of Oregon
Associate professor
Conducting, theory, composition

Raejin Lee, MMus Indiana University at Bloomington
Assistant professor
Voice, music education

Jason J. Uyeyama, MMus, The Julliard School
Assistant professor
Violin, Taylor String Quartet, chamber music

Ivan E. Rouse, PhD, Washington State University
Chair and professor
Condensed matter'

In-Kyeong Kim, PhD Cornell University
Associate professor
Cognitive psychology, perceptual and cognitive development

Paul M. Mallery, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Associate professor
Social and political psychology, intergroup relations

Leslie R. Martin, PhD, University of California, Riverside
Chair and Associate professor
Personality and social psychology, health psychology

Suzanne Mallery, PhD Fuller Theological Seminary
Assistant professor
Clinical psychology, pediatric psychology

Daphne C. Thomas, MSW, Smith College
Assistant professor
Field coordinator

School of Business

Lee Reynolds, PhD, University of Nebraska Professor and coordinator Financial Management, investment analysis, value based management

John Thomas, PhD, Claremont Graduate University
Associate professor 
Dean of the School of Business
Behavioral finance, political economy, development studies, social entrepreneurship

Tadeusz Kugler, PhD Claremont Graduate University
Assistant professor
Restructuring the global economy, conflict forecasting, negotiation and modeling

Elias G. Rizkallah, PhD, Northwestern University
Professor and coordinator
International marketing, strategic marketing planning, marketing management, consumer behavior

School of Education

Elissa Kido, EdD Boston University
Professor

Linda Caviness, PhD Andrews University
Associate professor

Chang-Ho Ji, PhD, Andrews University, University of California, Riverside
Chair and associate professor

Dora Clarke-Pine, PhD Andrews University
Associate professor

Saacha Hake, PhD California School of Professional Psychology
Assistant Professor

School of Religion

Lawrence T. Geraty, PhD Harvard University
Professor
Old testament studies, archaeology

Warren C. Trenchard, PhD University of Chicago
Professor 
Biblical languages, New Testament background and interpretation, early Christian literature

John W. Webster, PhD Princeton Theological Seminary
Professor
Theology, history of Christianity, philosophy

John R. Jones, PhD Vanderbilt University
Associate professor
Biblical languages and background, scriptural interpretations and theology, phenomenology of religions

Wonil Kim, PhD Claremont Graduate University
Associate Professor
Exegesis, theology, and hermeneutics of the Old Testament

Kendra Haloviak, PhD Graduate Theological Union
Assistant professor
New Testament studies, Christian ethics, pastoral ministry

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