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Aaron Dutra
Lecturer in Law · School of Law
Aaron is the Sr. Director of Legal Compliance at Uber Technologies in San Francisco. He leads a team responsible for Uber’s global anti-corruption program, code of conduct, conflicts of interest, internal investigations and compliance merger & acquisition work, including in the a…
Aaron Melman
Professor · School of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Abel Cruz Flores
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Abel Cruz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures at Santa Clara University. His interest of research is general linguistic theory and bilingualism, particularly code-switching and bilingual linguistic structures more generally. His empirical…
Ackerman, Maya
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering · School of Engineering
Professor Ackerman is a leading expert on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Creativity, with unique insight into the commercialization of cutting-edge research on human-AI creative collaboration. Her research has earned awards from the Association for Computational Creati…
Adam Abelkop
Associate Clinical Professor of Law · School of Law
Adam Abelkop joined the Santa Clara faculty in 2025 to teach Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing. He is an expert in environmental law, administrative law, and tort law focusing on the public regulation and private governance of toxic chemicals. Professor Abelkop has written on…
Adele Xing
Associate Professor,, Chair of the Undergraduate Leadership Team, Faculty Director of Undergraduate Programs · Leavey School of Business
Dr. Adele Xing is an Associate Professor of Management at the Leavey School of Business. Her research focuses on understanding inter-organizational relationships using a behavioral approach, drawing on social psychological theories and the behavioral theory of the firm. She explo…
Adham Naji
Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and, by courtesy, of Applied Mathematics · School of Engineering
Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and, by courtesy, of Applied Mathematics Adham Naji is an Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and, by courtesy, of Applied Mathematics at Santa Clara University. His research interests are in mathematic…
Adina Ardelean
Teaching Professor, Economics · Leavey School of Business
Dr. Adina Ardelean is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Economics at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, where she has taught since 2008. Her courses cover empirical international trade, applied econometrics, and applied microeconomics. Dr. Ardelean's rese…
Adriana Moore
Lecturer · School of Law
Adriana is a practicing civil litigation attorney and private mediator with over 25 years of experience in identifying, evaluating and resolving conflict for individuals, private companies and small businesses. Her broad range of litigation experience in employment, business, cor…
Adrien Bouguen
Assistant Professor, Economics · Leavey School of Business
Adrien Bouguen is an assistant professor at Santa Clara University. He conducts research in lower (Cambodia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia) and higher income (France) countries, in the field of economics of education, development economics, and agricultural economics. He is particularly…
Ahmed Amer
Associate Chair and Associate Professor · School of Engineering
Ahmed Amer is an associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Santa Clara University. Ahmed was a 2019-2020 Bannan Faculty Fellow and the 2018-2019 Emerging Issues Fellow at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, where he is a Faculty Scholar. His interests include…
Ajwang Rading
Lecturer in Law · School of Law
Ajwang Rading is a Lecturer in Law at the Santa Clara University School of Law. An entrepreneur-investor, lawyer, and policy advisor, his interdisciplinary research and teaching focus on startup law, emerging technologies, and the innovation economy. In addition to his Santa Clar…
Akbari, Hamed
Associate Professor, Bioengineering · School of Engineering
Dr. Hamed Akbari is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Santa Clara University. Dr. Akbari holds a PhD from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where his research focused on applying artificial intelligence to minimally invasive and robotic surgery, and a…
Akiba J. Lerner
Associate Professor, Religious Studies Department · College of Arts and Sciences
Akiba Lerner received his B.A. from The University of California at Berkeley, and his Masters and Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Stanford University in 2007. He taught at Stanford from 2007-2009 and joined the Santa Clara faculty in 2009. His research focuses on modern Jewish th…
Al-Agtash, Salem
Assistant Teaching Professor · School of Engineering
Salem Al-Agtash got his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1998. He is a teaching assistant professor of Computer Science and Engineering, as well as an experienced technology advisor and consultant. His current teaching experience is in…
Alan Dafforn
Quarterly Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Degree Information: B.A. Harvard University 1966 Ph.D. UC Berkeley 1970
Alan Tan
Lecturer, Information Systems & Analytics · Leavey School of Business
Alan Tan is a lecturer in the Information Systems & Analytics department since September 2015. He instructs graduate students in classes related to E-Business Technologies and Virtualization. Alan is a formal R&D Director at VMware, the leader in virtualization and Cloud Computin…
Alberto Ribas-Casasayas
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Biographical Information Prof. Ribas holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (Harvard University, 2007). His work focuses on contemporary fiction and film in Spanish, mostly from mid-20th Century to present. More recently he has become interested in psychoactive plants and drugs …
Alberto Solano, D.Phil.
Assistant Professor of New Testament · Jesuit School of Theology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aldo Billingslea
William J. Rewak, S.J. Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Aldo Billingslea joined the faculty full-time in fall of 1998. He earned his B.A. in English and Communication Arts, his M.A. in Secondary Education at Austin College in Sherman, Texas and his M.F.A. in Acting at Southern Methodist University.
Produced the Santa Clara County Publ…
Alec Nunes
Quarterly Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Alexander Nunes is an ethnomusicologist and Quarterly Lecturer at Santa Clara University and UC Santa Cruz. Currently, his work focuses on cultural sustainability and community resilience in Japanese folk music and dance as practiced in Northern California. His previous work on s…
Aleksandar Zecevic
Professor of Electrical Engineering · School of Engineering
Dr. Aleksandar Zecevic is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University and the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. His technical research interests include graph theoretic decomposition algorithms, electric power systems, Boolean networks and the control of co…
Aleksey Klyushnik
Applied Faculty · College of Arts and Sciences
Aleksey Klyushnik enjoys a versatile career as solo, chamber and orchestral musician. As a soloist, Aleksey has given many recital performances around the US. In 2008, Aleksey won The Parness Concerto Competition and performed the Hoffmeister Double Bass Concerto with the Culver …
Alex Meyer
Associate Professor · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
mental health in children, novel intervention approaches, neuroscience research, digital intervention strategies
Alexander J. Field
Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics · Leavey School of Business
Professor Field’s academic work spans almost half a century. His doctoral dissertation at UC Berkeley, which won the Economic History Association’s 1975 Nevins prize, explored the interactions between industrialization and educational reform in mid-nineteenth century Massachusett…
Alexander Zentefis
Assistant Professor , Finance · Leavey School of Business
Alexander Zentefis is an Assistant Professor at the Leavey School of Business. He is also a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Zentefis earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance from Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. in finance from the …
Alexandra Leem
Applied Faculty · College of Arts and Sciences
Violist Alexandra Leem received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and Artist Diploma and Master of Music degree from Yale University. A recipient of the Yale School of Music scholarship, Ms. Leem studied extensively with the Tokyo Quartet during the Ya…
Alexandra Saddik
Lecturer · School of Law
Alexandra Saddik is Santa Clara alum who graduated with her BSc in Economics in 2015, MBA in 2018, and JD in 2019. She has been teaching the Entrepreneur’s Law Clinic since 2024. She has also been an attorney mentor for the Bronco Entrepreneur’s Advisory Clinic Hours since 2021. …
Alice Fischetti
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alice P. Villatoro
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Alice P. Villatoro is a mental health disparities researcher with training in health services, psychiatric epidemiology, and medical sociology. She received her Ph.D. from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and completed postdoctoral training at Columbia University in New …
Alison Malsbury
Lecturer · School of Law
Alison Malsbury is a partner at Ragghianti Freitas LLP. She focuses her practice on corporate and intellectual property transactions, as well as regulatory compliance in emerging industries including cannabis and hemp. She advises clients on brand strategy and intellectual proper…
Allia Griffin
Teaching Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Griffin is a Teaching Professor and Chair of the Ethnic Studies Department. She has been teaching at Santa Clara University since 2014. She earned her Ph.D. in Literature from UCSD and is an interdisciplinary teacher-scholar specializing in Literature, Performance, and Cultur…
Alyssa Aguilar
Lecturer in Law · School of Law
Alyssa is in-house counsel at Carta, Inc. Her prior work experiences include Affirm, Inc., IP Justice, Amazon Lab126, eBay, and Mayer Brown. Her areas of interest include intellectual property, Internet law, privacy, advertising and marketing law, commercial law, and speech law. …
Amber Xiaoyan Liu
Assistant Professor, Information Systems & Analytics · Leavey School of Business
Dr. Liu is an assistant professor in the department of Information Systems & Analytics (ISA) at the Leavey School of Business. Her research focuses on the design and operations of online marketplaces, innovative business models, and the operations-finance interface. She develops …
Amelia A. Fuller
John Nobili, S.J. Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Aims to develop new methods for the synthesis and structural analysis of organic peptidomimetic-molecules for potential application as diagnostic agent, sensors, and therapeutics.
Amelia Fuller
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amia Nash Chambers
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Amia Nash Chambers has partnered in community-engaged research focused on youth health equity over the past decade. She received her Doctor of Public Health with a specialty area in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health from UC Berkeley, School of Public Health; MS in Community …
Amna Yusuf
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Amna Yusuf earned her first MA in English from the University of the Punjab, Pakistan, with a focus on Elizabethan and Victorian British Literature. She earned another MA in English and Comparative Literature from San Jose State University. Amna focused on rhetoric, composition, …
Amr Selim
Applied Faculty · College of Arts and Sciences
Amr Selim is a musician, educator, cultural entrepreneur, and community leader born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. His work has taken him to most of the Middle East, Europe, and the USA -- whether collaborating, performing, teaching, or speaking, Amr aims to advocate for a thoroughl…
Amy Lueck
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Amy Lueck received her PhD in Rhetoric and Composition from University of Louisville, where she conducted research on the formation of public high schools in the nineteenth-century U.S. Her book, A Shared History: Writing in the High School, College, and University, 1856-1886…
Amy Randall
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amy Shachter
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amy Wedel
Assistant Professor · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
affective and social-contextual factors in young people’s substance use, mechanisms underlying disparities in substance use and related consequences, improving and leveraging social connections to improve addiction recovery outcomes
Ana María Pineda, R.S.M., S.T.D.
Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Pineda, a member of the Sisters of Mercy, is a graduate of the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago (M.A.) and the Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain (S.T.D.). A native of El Salvador, Professor Pineda was on the faculty at Catholic Theological Union (CTU) in Chicago …
Andrea Pappas
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Educational Background Ph.D., University of Southern California, Art History M.A., University of Southern California, Art History B.A., University of California at Berkeley, Fine Arts Research Areas American Art, Material and Visual Culture American Women in the Visual Arts Jewis…
Andrea Shaheen
Lecturer · School of Law
Andrea Shaheen is Director of Global Legal Talent Development & Inclusion at Stryker, where she leads strategy for legal talent development, training, inclusion, and engagement across the company’s global legal department. She previously held leadership roles at Intel, Cooley, an…
Andrew Evans
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Evans’ research aims to understand how lifestyle risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (e.g. stress, diet, and inflammation) impact neuronal function and neurodegeneration. His lab examines neuroinflammation and selective neuronal vulnerability within brain circuits regulating…
Andrew Gurthet
Head of Research Services · School of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew McBride
Assistant Professor · Leavey School of Business
Dr. Andrew McBride is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business. His research focuses on leadership and identity in organizational contexts, examining questions such as how identifying as a le…
Andrew W. Ishak
Teaching Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
B.S. in Managerial Economics, University of California, Davis, 2004 M.A. in Advertising, University of Texas at Austin, 2005 Ph.D. in Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 2012 Andrew Ishak is a teacher, researcher, and filmmaker. His latest work explores culture,…
Andrew Wolfe
Lecturer · School of Engineering
Andrew Wolfe is a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Wolfe is an IEEE Fellow and an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor. His expertise is in Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, and Consumer Electronics. He previously served on …
Andrew Zighelboim
Quarterly Lecturer, Finance · Leavey School of Business
Professor Andy Zighelboim brings extensive experience from the institutional and high-net-worth capital markets landscape to his role as a Quarterly Lecturer in Finance. Over the course of his career, he has advised pension funds, life insurance companies, private equity funds, i…
Andy El-Zayaty
Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship Minor Director · Leavey School of Business
Andy El-Zayaty is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business. He received his Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin School of Business. Prior to academia, he spent several year…
Andy Tsay
Professor, Information Systems & Analytics · Leavey School of Business
Dr. Andy Tsay is Professor of Business and Analytics, in the department of Information Systems & Analytics (ISA) in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. He teaches primarily in the school's graduate programs for the working professionals of Silicon Valley. He …
Angel Islas
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anh Q. Tran, S.J., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology · Jesuit School of Theology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anh Thai Nhan
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
B.Sc., Cantho University M.Sc., Ph.D., National University of Ireland Galway
Anna Benvenue
Director, Flex JD Program; Associate Clinical Professor · School of Law
Professor Benvenue joins Santa Clara Law as an Associate Clinical Professor and the Director of the Flex JD program. Professor Benvenue will teach law students in both the full-time and Flex JD program. As the Director of Santa Clara Law's new Flex JD Program, Professor Benvenue …
Anna Sampaio
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Anna Sampaio is an Full Professor with specializations in Latina/o politics, race and gender politics, critical race and gender theory, intersectionality, transnationalism, and immigration. Her books include Terrorizing Latina/o Immigrants: Race, Gender, and Immigration Politics …
Anne Baker
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Education: Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2011; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 2007; Masters in Government Administration, University of Pennsylvania, 2005; B.A., Connecticut College, 2002 Anne Baker teaches courses in U.S. politics with an emphasis on political institutions. …
Anoosheh Heidarzadeh
Assistant Professor · School of Engineering
Anoosheh Heidarzadeh is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. Before this, Dr. Heidarzadeh was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, from 2018 to 2…
Anthony Hazard, Jr.
Courtesy Appointment to History, Professor in Ethnic Studies · College of Arts and Sciences
Tony Hazard is a professor in the Ethnic Studies department with a courtesy appointment in the History department at Santa Clara University. Dr. Hazard's research and teaching explore the issue of "race" in recent United States history. Along with engaging connections between soc…
Anthony Rivera
Associate Teaching Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Anthony Rivera is the conductor and music director of the Santa Clara University Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Prior to joining the faculty at SCU, Rivera completed graduate studies at the University of Maryland. At UMD he served as Assistant Conductor of the Wind Orchestra and Wi…
Aparajita Nanda
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Aparajita Nanda is the recipient of the Cedric Busette Memorial Award for her “outstanding contributions” to the Ethnic Studies Program, the David E. Logothetti Teaching Excellence Award, and a Fulbright Teaching Scholarship. She is also the recipient of a Visiting Associate Prof…
Aparna Agnihotri
Lecturer · School of Law
Aparna Agnihotri teaches Introduction to the Bar Exam in the Fall and Spring Semester. She also assists with the Performance Exam Workshop. In the past, she has taught Advanced Legal Writing at Santa Clara University School of Law.
Aparna has an extensive background in academic s…
Argelia Lara
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
urban education, educational leadership, immigration, and immigrant education, where she draws from testimonios to understand the marginalization of underrepresented students in the K-PhD pipeline. She focuses on equity issues through Critical race and Latino Critical Theory fram…
Ari Perez Montes
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
B.A. in Human Communication, California State University, Monterey Bay 2019 M.A. in Communication, The University of Maryland, 2022 Ph.D. in Communication, The University of Maryland, 2024 Dr. Ari Perez Montes, Ronald E. McNair Fellow, is a scholar who looks at the intersections …
Aria Amirbahman
Chair and Professor · School of Engineering
Aria has been a professor at Santa Clara University since January 2020. Since 2022, he has been the chair of the Department and the Sukhmander Singh Endowed Professor. He started his academic career at the University of Maine in 1997. Before that, he was a postdoctoral research f…
Aron Tillema
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Aron Tillema received his B.A. in Biblical Studies from Azusa Pacific University (2010), his M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary (2017), and his M.A. (2020) and Ph.D. (2023) in Religious Studies from the University of California, Davis. He has taught courses at the interse…
Ashley Cook
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Ashley Cook is a professional dancer, teacher and choreographer splitting her time between the Bay Area and Southern California. Her creative work centers on identity, with the concepts of positioning and identity in flux as major catalysts for her research. She is interested in …
Ashley Kim
Associate Professor · School of Engineering
Professor Kim is an Associate Professor at Santa Clara University. Professor Kim is a mechanical engineer by training with an emphasis on integrated microfluidic systems for biotechnologies. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with her Ph.D. and Certifi…
Atina Manvelian
Assistant Professor · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
mechanisms underlying secure attachment; scalable, evidence-based interventions to promote healthy relationships for adolescents and adults
Atulya Sarin
Professor, Finance · Leavey School of Business
Atulya Sarin is Professor of Finance in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (1982), an M.B.A. in Finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1988), and a Ph.D. in Finance from Vir…
Audrey Guo
Assistant Professor, Economics · Leavey School of Business
Dr. Audrey Guo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, which she joined in 2019. Her research spans public, labor, and health economics, with a focus on social insurance, business taxation, and healthcare pol…
Avanindar Singh
Lecturer in Law · School of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aya Inamori Williams
Assistant Professor · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
bilingualism, mental health, immigrant families, multilingual and multicultural communities
B J Fadem
Lecturer · School of Law
B J Fadem is the senior and founding attorney of The Law Offices of B J Fadem & Associates, APC located in San Jose, California. The firm was established in 1991. He is licensed in all the Courts of the State of California as well as federal courts throughout the United States.
M…
Bachana Lomsadze
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation, 2311N 408-551-3682 Bachana Lomsadze received his Bachelor’s degree in physics from Tbilisi State University (Georgia) in 2007 and a Ph.D. in Physics from Kansas State University (KSU) in 2012. At KSU he worked in the James R. Macdonald…
Barbara Clayton
Lecturer · School of Law
Barbara Clayton joined the faculty at Santa Clara University School of Law in January of 2023. She teaches Advanced Legal Writing. Barbara Clayton is a graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law with a Certificate in Privacy Law with Honors and earned the High Tech Law Exce…
Barbara Molony
Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
O'Connor Hall 20 408-554-4433 My teaching and research interests focus on modern Japan and its global connections. I currently teach courses on medieval as well as modern Japan; women and gender in China, Japan, and Korea; the intersection of race and imperialism in East Asia; an…
Barbara O'Brien
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
My research reflects my interest in how cognitive development occurs and is influenced by collaboration with others. With a focus on children’s memory and literacy skill development, my work bridges basic research and applied issues as it is designed to identify how knowledge and…
Barry Z. Posner
Chair,, Accolti Professor of Leadership · Leavey School of Business
Barry Posner is the Michael J. Accolti, S.J. Professor of Leadership and Management and Entrepreneurship Department Chair. His tenure at Santa Clara University includes 4,386 days as Dean of the Business School. Barry's academic contributions have been recognized with numerous aw…
Basma Edrees
Applied Faculty · College of Arts and Sciences
Basma Edrees is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she received her Masters in Violin Performance and Mannes School of Music where she received her Bachelors degree. She studied with Joseph Lin, Laurie Smukler, Sally Thomas, and Catherine Van Hoesen. Basma has performed und…
Beatrice Ruhland
Senior Laboratory Instructor · College of Arts and Sciences
Fax: 408-554-7811 Degree Information: B.S. University of Louis Pasteur M.S. University of Louis Pasteur Ph.D. University of Louis Pasteur
Behnam Dezfouli
Associate Professor · School of Engineering
Behnam Dezfouli is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Santa Clara University, California, USA. He is also the director of SCU's IoT Research Lab (SIOTLAB), where he directs research projects on Internet of Things, software-defined networ…
Ben Stokes
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Discovering, developing, and understanding new medicinally relevant reactions for the transformation of small organic molecules, including 1) transition metal-catalyzed reactions mediated by tetrahydroxydiborane, and 2) reactions for the preparation and elaboration of quaternary …
Benjamin Gillespie
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Benjamin Gillespie holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance from the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. He also holds M.A. and B.A. degrees in Theatre and English from York University in Toronto, Canada. In 2022, he received the Monette-Horwitz Prize for his dissertation docume…
Betty A. Young
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Young received a B.S. degree in Physics from San Francisco State University. In 1990, she received a Ph.D. from Stanford University where she worked on the development of cryogenic particle detectors with superconducting phonon sensors. After graduate school, she spent …
Bhavna Sharma
Assistant Teaching Professor, Marketing · Leavey School of Business
Accomplished, senior marketing professional with extensive business-unit management experience encompassing strategic marketing, global business development, qualitative and quantitative research, creative development, media buying and planning, distribution/channel management, l…
Bill Lu
Assistant Professor · School of Engineering
School of Engineering Faculty Lu, Bill Delivering the Goods Bioengineering undergraduate Grace Ling and Assistant Professor Bill Lu, M.D., Ph.D., are testing a new method of gene therapy that safely delivers DNA to mutated cells without using viruses for transport, as is the curr…
Birgit Koopmann-Holm
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Educational Background Ph.D., Stanford University German "Diplom", University of Heidelberg, Germany
Blake de Maria
Harold and Edythe Toso Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Educational Background Ph.D., Princeton University, Department of Art and Archaeology M.A., Princeton University, Department of Art and Archaeology Dissertation Title: The Merchants of Venice: A Study in Sixteenth-Century Cittadino Patronage B.A., cum laude , University of Califo…
Bonnie Cherry
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
American Indian Law, executive power, migration and security, the sovereignty and political development of Native nations
Bradley W. Joondeph
Jerry A. Kasner Professor of Law · School of Law
Professor Joondeph is a well regarded author on the topics of federalism, judicial behavior, and American constitutional development. He has had extensive experience with the Supreme Court, having served as judicial clerk to the Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor. He also served as cl…
Brandon Honoré
Assistant Professor of Law · School of Law
Professor Brandon Honoré is a property and public law scholar whose work uncovers how taken-for-granted regulatory systems entrench substantive inequalities. He combines interdisciplinary qualitative, quantitative, and geospatial analyses with doctrinal interpretation to reveal s…
Brandon Krueger
Lecturer · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
With over 35 years in education and training, Dr. Brandon Krueger brings over 24 years of equity-focused public education leadership/administration experience (from School Principal to Superintendent of Schools, with many years as a Human Resources Department executive administra…
Brenda Fellows, Ph.D.
Quarterly Lecturer, Management · Leavey School of Business
Dr. Brenda Fellows is a Lecturer in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, where she teaches courses in strategic leadership and management. Her expertise spans industrial/organizational psychology, strategic leade…
Brett Johnson Solomon
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
With our country’s social climate in crisis and the notion of “liberty and justice for all” in question, there is a true urgency for cultural competence and compassion in action for all of our citizens. These necessities are particularly salient for our nation’s children and spec…
Brett Solomon
Associate Professor, Director, Department Chair · College of Arts & Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brian Bayless
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Postdoctoral Fellow – University of California at Davis, Davis, CA. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Ph.D. – Cellular Biology. Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO. Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. B.S. – Biology. University of California at Irvine, I…
Brian J. Love
Professor of Law and Co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute · School of Law
Professor Brian J. Love writes and teaches about patent law, intellectual property, remedies, and civil litigation more generally. His research on these topics appears in both peer-reviewed economics journals and student-edited law reviews, including the Journal of Law & Economic…
Brian J. McNelis
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Degree Information: B.A., Gettysburg College, 1984 Ph.D., Duke University, 1990
Brian McNelis
Associate Professor · College of Arts & Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brian Nelson
Professor of Practice, Accounting · Leavey School of Business
Brian Nelson began teaching in the MBA program in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University in 2008. He currently provides strategic advisory and financial consulting services to both public and private companies. Mr. Nelson has more than 25 years of practical exper…
Brian Thomas
Dean's Executive Professor (Lecturer), Management · Leavey School of Business
Brian is a Dean’s Executive Professor at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. His career spans corporate management, investment banking, and development economics, and is shaped by years of living in Asia, Europe, and America. Brian teaches undergraduate and g…
Brian Thorstenson
Teaching Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Brian Thorstenson is a San Francisco based writer, teacher and occasional performer. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Brian was a founding member of The Z Collective and one of the first resident artists of the Z Space . He is an alumni of th…
Brita A. Bookser
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D. in Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley.
M.A. in Infant Mental Health at Mills College
B.S. in Psychology with a concentration in Counseling and Family Psychology at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) San Luis Obispo
Brita A. Bookser spec…
Brittany Ricketts
Lecturer · School of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brody Sandel
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
B.A. – Biology: Carleton College Ph.D. – Integrative Biology: University of California, Berkeley
Humans have dramatically changed Earth's lands, waters and atmosphere. I study how these changes impact ecosystems using a combination of field studies, massive biodiversity databases…
Bryson White
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Bryson White received his BA in Political Science from California State University at Northridge (2006), and Master’s degrees in Intercultural Studies and Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary (2009, 2011). He received his Ph.D. in Theology from Garrett-Evangelical Theologica…
Burak Kurkcu
Assistant Professor · School of Engineering
Dr. Kürkçü is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Before joining SCU as a faculty, he was a Research Scholar at UC Berkeley for two years and held several positions at Hacettepe University (Assist. Prof.), TOBB ETU, and Aselsan Inc. (S…
Byron L. Walden
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.S., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
C.J. Gabbe
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., 2016, University of California, Los Angeles
Welcome! I’m C.J. Gabbe, an Associate Professor in ESS. I’m an interdisciplinary social scientist with a focus on urban planning and policy. I’m motivated to better understand how our cities work and how we can use urban planning…
Caleb González
Assistant Teaching Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. González is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of English at Santa Clara University. He is a 2022 national recipient of the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award in Higher Education from the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). As a Chica…
Carl Schultz
Associate Teaching Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Originally from the Philadelphia area, the career of saxophonist Carl Schultz has seen him as a soloist, composer, woodwind specialist, educator, and historian. Schultz began this journey studying with modern saxophonists such as Ben Schachter and composer Norman David. Their uni…
Carmel Caligaris
Quarterly Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
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Carol Cobb
Quarterly Lecturer · School of Engineering
Carol Cobb joined Santa Clara University as a Quarterly Lecturer in 2023. She earned her B.S. in Computer Engineering from California State University, Sacramento. She is an M.S. graduate student of eLearning at California State University, East Bay, expected to graduate in 2025.…
Carol Hunter
Lecturer in Law · School of Law
Carol Hunter is currently General Counsel of Javad GNSS, Inc. where she is responsible broadly for the compliance and legal matters of those corporations comprising the business entities of Javad GNSS, Inc. For a time period Carol was also holding the role of Chief Operating Offi…
Carolyn Trist
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Carolyn Trist is an Environmental Geographer and Political Ecologist. Her research has focused on environmental change and conservation politics, particularly in coastal and island environments. She has worked in the Eastern Caribbean on how historical, political-economic, and ge…
Carolynn Roncaglia
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Born in Santa Clara and raised in the Tidewater region of Virginia, Carolynn E. Roncaglia completed a B.A. in History and Classics at the University of Virginia in 2003 and a Ph.D. in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley in 2009.…
Carrie Pan
Associate Professor, Finance · Leavey School of Business
Carrie Pan is an Associate Professor in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. Professor Pan’s research interests cover corporate finance, corporate governance, and behavioral finance. Her research has been published in top journals in Finance and Accounting, in…
Cary Watson
Teaching Professor · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
Cary Watson is a Bay Area native and a CPSY program alum, getting her MA in Counseling Psych, MFT track, in 1998. Before coming to SCU, she received an A.B. in psychology from Duke University and spent a year in the clinical psychology graduate program at Vanderbilt. After SCU, s…
Cary Yang
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · School of Engineering
Cary Y. Yang received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. After working at M.I.T., NASA Ames Research Center, and Stanford University on electronic and nanostructural properties of surfaces and interfaces, he founded Su…
Catherine J. K. Sandoval
Professor of Law · School of Law
Professor Sandoval is well known in the world of academia for her research on telecommunications, antitrust, energy, and contract issues. She is a tenured member of the Santa Clara University School of Law faculty which she joined in 2004. She has had extensive experience as a le…
Catherine M. Murphy
Associate Professor & Associate Provost for Faculty Personnel and Policy, Religious Studies Department · College of Arts and Sciences
Catherine Murphy received a B.A. in History from Santa Clara University, a M.A. in Catechetics from Santa Clara University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Christianity from the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Her research explores the in…
Cathleen Chopra-McGowan
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Cathleen Chopra-McGowan received her BA in Theology from Boston College (2010) and her MA in Hebrew Bible from Yale Divinity School (2013). In 2019, she received her PhD at the University of Chicago. She has taught courses at the University of Chicago and Loyola University, Chica…
Chad Raphael
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
B.A., Harvard University Ph.D., Northwestern University A scholar of political and environmental communication, Chad co-edited and co-wrote Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice (University of California Press - Luminos), based on a guide and an arti…
Chan Thai
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
B.A. in Mass Communication and Social Welfare (Double Major), University of California, Berkeley, 2003 MPH in Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, 2008 PhD in Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, 20…
Charles Gillingham
Lecturer · School of Law
Charles Gillingham has been a Deputy District Attorney with the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office since 1994. Presently assigned to the sexual assault unit, he has handled the prosecution of three-strike, robberies, child molest, homicide and death penalty cases. He i…
Charles Goldenberg
Lecturer · Leavey School of Business
Charles Goldenberg is a Lecturer in the Department of Information Systems and Analytics at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, where he has taught since 2019. He also serves as Faculty Director of the Industry Practicum Program for MS students, leading the sourcin…
Charlotta Kratz
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Charlotta Kratz, MSc. (Göteborg University, Sweden), is a lecturer in the Department of Communication. An immigrant to the United States with a lifelong insider-outsider perspective on cultures, she teaches classes in communication and everyday life, digital and visual storytelli…
Cheryl Bowen (McElvain), Ed.D.
Teaching Professor · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
Growing up in San Jose California, I frequently visited my grandparents in Salinas. They would often tell me stories of the hardships they experienced during the Dust Bowl as they migrated to California from Oklahoma and joined the circuit of migrant farm workers in the central v…
Chi-Yun Hsu
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
B.S., National Taiwan University Ph.D., Harvard University
Chongzheng Wei
Assistant Professor · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
address health disparities affecting sexual and gender minority populations with multiple marginalized identities and/or living in developing countries, by understanding the intersectional nature of discrimination/oppression and designing culturally affirming interventions (e.g.,…
Chris Ciccarino
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Chris Ciccarino earned his B.S. in Physics and Chemistry from Seton Hall University in 2017 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Harvard University in 2022. His graduate research utilized first-principles methods to investigate the electronic and optical properties of point def…
Chris Paisley
Dean's Executive Professor of Accounting, Accounting · Leavey School of Business
Christopher B. Paisley has served as Dean’s Executive Professor of Accounting at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University since January 2001. Mr. Paisley retired from his position as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for 3Com Corporation,…
Chris Ridder
Lecturer · School of Law
Chris Ridder teaches D&D and the Law, a simulation-based course that uses tabletop roleplay to develop students’ professional identities and strengthen core lawyering skills. He is a partner at Ridder, Costa & Johnstone LLP, where his practice includes copyright and trademark, pr…
Christelle Sabatier
Teaching Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Research in the lab focuses on exploring the connection between neuronal circuits and behavior in the model organism C. elegans . Students who join the lab participate in open-inquiry research. They articulate their own experimental questions and associated hypotheses based on li…
Christian Helmers
Department Chair,, Professor, Economics · Leavey School of Business
Christian Helmers is a professor of economics at the Leavey School of Business. He joined the economics department in the Winter of 2014 as an assistant professor. Professor Helmers’ scholarship has appeared in journals such as The Economic Journal, The Review of Economics and St…
Christina Ginger Bedolla
Lecturer · School of Law
Christina joined SCU as a faculty member in 2018. She teaches Advanced Legal Writing to law students who are preparing to sit for the California Bar.
Christina is a Double Bronco, holding both a B.S.C. in Economics (2011) and a J.D. (2014). She also holds an LL.M. in Taxation fro…
Christina Zanfagna
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Christina Zanfagna is an ethnomusicologist who specializes in Afro-diasporic music cultures and Black American music, especially hip hop. Her research explores music’s relationship to religion, race, and geography in urban America. She teaches courses on hip-hop cultures, pop mus…
Christine Lebar
Lecturer, Accounting · Leavey School of Business
Christine Lebar , CPA graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in accounting and from California Polytechnic State University, SLO (Cal Poly, SLO) with a Master’s in Taxation. As a proud Bronco alumna, she is very excited to be back on campus.
Christine brings a reward…
Christine Morgan
Lecturer · School of Law
Christine is a first-chair trial lawyer with experience trying patent cases in popular U.S. patent litigation venues including the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Virginia, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the Internat…
Christine Quince
Assistant Professor · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
Dr. Quince examines the pedagogical decisions teachers make and how their decisions incorporate Black students, their home culture, and community knowledge. Her research is aimed towards helping educators critique their practice, shift towards an asset-orientation of Black studen…
Christine Wieseler
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Wieseler Assistant Professor Professor Christine Wieseler’s (she/her) areas of specialization are feminist philosophy, biomedical ethics, and philosophy of disability. She has published numerous articles at the intersection of these areas in journals including Hypatia, IJFAB: Int…
Christopher B. Kulp
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1986 Christopher B. Kulp is the author of The End of Epistemology (1992), and the editor of Realism/Antirealism and Epistemology (1997). His current research centers on metaethics and moral epistemology, with a special emphasis on moral intuitionism …
Christopher Bacon
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
B.A., 1995, Environmental Studies and Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara Ph.D., 2005, Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz Postdoc, 2007-09, Geography and Political Economy, University of California, Berkeley Chris is a political ecologist a…
Christopher E. Grodecki, S.J., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology · Jesuit School of Theology
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Christopher J. Wagner, PhD
Associate Professor · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
Dr. Christopher J. Wagner studies literacy, identities, and multilingual learners. In his work he takes up the stance that working across boundaries, both theoretical and those in the world, can inform and extend understandings of children's reading, writing, and learning. He aim…
Christopher Kitts
Professor · School of Engineering
Dr. Christopher Kitts holds the William and Janice Terry Professorship in Santa Clara University’s School of Engineering. He is the founder and Director of the Robotic Systems Laboratory, an Associate Dean in the School of Engineering, and the Faculty Director of the University’s…
Christopher M. Hadley, S.J.
Associate Professor of Systematic Theology · Jesuit School of Theology
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Christopher P. Weber
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Chris Weber received his A.B. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1999 and 2005, respectively. He studied the motion of electron spin in semiconductors. He stayed in Berkeley at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a post-doctoral researcher …
Christopher Pascua
Quarterly Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
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Christopher Staab, S.J., S.T.D.
Lecturer in Ignatian Spirituality · Jesuit School of Theology
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CiAuna Heard
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
CiAuna Heard completed her Ph.D. in Sociology at Temple University, and was an ACLS Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Fellow for 2020. Her current research focuses on Black upper-class communities, and the ways that families and organizations work together to socially reproduce an int…
Ciara Ennis
Director & Chief Curator, de Saisset Museum · College of Arts and Sciences
As Director & Chief Curator , Ennis is responsible for developing the vision, artistic direction, and strategic leadership for the museum including exhibitions, programming, permanent collection, academic integration, and public profile. Ennis oversees museum operations, staffing…
Cindy Chavez Swenson
Quarterly Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Cindy Chavez Swenson is a first-generation academic, born and raised in Santa Clara, CA, a child of Mexican immigrants, whose research focuses on urban education and medical humanities. Chavez Swenson received her doctorate from the University of Southern California in Urban Educ…
Claudia Manna
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
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Claudia Moutray
Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Claudia Moutray received her B.A. from Oklahoma State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her doctorate was in Philosophy and Religion with a Concentration in Women’s Spirituality. Her research focuses on social and restorative jus…
Colette Walker
Quarterly Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Colette Walker received her B.A. from the University of Southern California, her M.A. in Art History from the University of Delaware, and her Ph.D. in Art and Religion from the Graduate Theological Union. Her research focuses on the intersections between art, religion and social …
Colin Koutney
Assistant Professor, Accounting · Leavey School of Business
Colin Koutney is an Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. He joined the accounting faculty in the Fall 2025 and previously taught at George Mason University in Virginia. He earned his Ph.D. in accounting at The University of…
Corey Irving
Associate Teaching Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
B.S., M.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Craig M. Stephens
Sanfilippo Family Professor, Biology & Public Health · College of Arts and Sciences
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Craig Stephens
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
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Cruz Medina
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Medina is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition in the English department at Santa Clara University. As a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition, Dr. Medina is critical in approach, and his research interests include digital writing and multicultural rhetoric, focusin…
Cynthia A. Mertens
Professor Emerita · Santa Clara University
Property, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Broker Law, Escrow Practices, Title Insurance, Real Estate Development
Da'Niel Rowan
Lecturer · School of Law
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Dale G. Larson
J. Thomas and Kathleen L. McCarthy Professor · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
self-concealment, stress management, person-centered therapy, end-of-life area, grief counseling research, interdisciplinary team development, advanced illness care coordination
Damian Park
Teaching Professor, Economics · Leavey School of Business
Damian Park teaches courses in environmental economics and microeconomics at the Leavey School of Business. His research focuses on California water rights and water markets. Damian received his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Berkeley in 2011 and his BA in E…
Dan Cromeenes
Applied Faculty · College of Arts and Sciences
Dan Cromeenes is a versatile musician who has performed professionally as a countertenor soloist, choral singer, and piano accompanist. Originally from southern California, he studied piano and voice at Biola University. He received his Master's degree in accompanying at East Car…
Dan Fister
Quarterly Lecturer · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Daniel Fister (he/him) is an ethnomusicologist who specializes in contemporary U.S. popular music and race. He earned a PhD in Musicology and a graduate certificate in American Culture Studies from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as a BA in Music from Chapman Univ…
Dan Robbins
Applied Faculty · College of Arts and Sciences
Dan Robbins has played and recorded in settings ranging from solo, duo, trio, etc. to big band and orchestra, and is known for driving, creative, harmonically and melodically rich background and lead parts on bass. He doubles on both acoustic bass, and four, five, six, and seven-…
Dan Trepanier
MSFA Director, Lecturer, Finance · Leavey School of Business
(Not necessary with Phonebook ID) (Not necessary with Phonebook ID) Dan Trepanier is MSFA Director and adjunct lecturer in the Finance department. Dan was most recently CEO of Xambala, an electronic market maker in US Equities where he led Xambala’s pivot from a hardware fabless …
Daniel B. Summerhill
Associate Professor and Director of Creative Writing · College of Arts and Sciences
Daniel B. Summerhill is a poet, essayist and scholar from Oakland, CA. His work has appeared in Columbia Journal , Obsidian , The Wall Street Journal , Academy of American Poets and elsewhere. He is the author of Divine, Divine, Divine (Nomadic Press 2021), a semi-finalist for th…
Daniel Lewis
Professor · School of Engineering
Dr. Lewis has been a tenure-track faculty member at Santa Clara since 1975. During his tenure, Lewis established unique co-op and study abroad options for engineering students that fit within their normal undergraduate four-year plan, the first graduate-level academic certificate…
Daniel Lino Plata
Assistant Teaching Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Daniel Lino Plata holds a Ph.D. in Modern Languages and Literatures with a focus in Spanish and Gender Studies (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2026). Specializing in 20th and 21st century Spain, he examines contemporary representations of queer subjectivities across literary, po…
Daniel Morgan
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Daniel Morgan received his BA and M.Phil. from the University of Oxford and Ph.D. from the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago in 2020. Daniel has taught courses on Indian and Islamic history at the University of Chicago and served a…
Daniel N. Ostrov
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison Ph.D., Brown University
Daniel Press
Professor and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences · College of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., 1992, Political Science, The Claremont Graduate University M.A., 1989, Public Policy, The Claremont Graduate University B.S., 1984, Fermentation Science, University of California, Davis Daniel Press is an environmental social scientist whose research concerns California la…
Daniel Turkeltaub
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Turkeltaub teaches all levels of Greek and Latin language and literature classes. In addition, he teaches courses that focus on Greek concepts of justice, humor and laughter, myth, religion, theater, and politics. Professor Turkeltaub’s research focuses on Greek epic po…
Daniel Zazueta
Lecturer · School of Law
Professor Daniel Zazueta teaches Land Use Law and is currently Senior Deputy City Attorney for the City of San José, representing the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement and staffing the Planning Commission and Historic Landmarks Commission. He specializes in la…
Danielle Heitmuller
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Educational Background M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Theater, Film and Television B.A., Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Film and Animation Research Areas Danielle Heitmuller is an animator and illustrator working at the intersection of art …
Danielle Morgan
Associate Professor and Associate Chair · College of Arts and Sciences
Danielle Morgan specializes in African American literature in the 20th and 21st centuries. She is interested in the ways that literature, popular culture, and humor shape identity formation. In particular, her research and teaching reflect her interests in African American satire…
Danny Chou
Lecturer · School of Law
Justice Danny Y. Chou joined the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Five in June 2023 following his confirmation by the Commission on Judicial Appointments.
Before joining the Court of Appeal, Justice Chou was a judge on the San Mateo County Superior C…
Darren Atkinson
Associate Professor · School of Engineering
I am an associate professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University. I started teaching at Santa Clara in the fall of 2000. Before that, I served as an assistant professor for one year at Clark University in Massachusetts, in the Department of Mathemat…
Daryn Baker
Director of Lab Operations · College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences Biology Faculty and Staff Staff Daryn Baker Daryn Baker Director of Lab Operations
David Anastasiu
Assistant Professor · School of Engineering
I am an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at Santa Clara University. Between 2016 and 2019, I was an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering department at San José State University. In 2016, I received my Ph.D. in computer science from…
David Castillo
Lecturer · School of Law
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David Coad
Assistant Teaching Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
David Coad is a proud Super Bronco, as a Santa Clara University alumnus and faculty member. Coad is an award-winning, nationally-published scholar in the disciplines of digital literacies and first-year composition pedagogy. He has over 15 years of experience teaching writing, an…
David Feldman, Ph.D.
Professor · School of Education and Counseling Psychology
hopefulness, finding meaning, experiencing resilience, life-limiting medical illness, trauma, highly stressful circumstances, hope-enhancement intervention, PTSD in patients with life-limiting and terminal illnesses, Stepwise Psychosocial Palliative Care (SPPC)
David G. Yosifon
Peter Canisius, S.J. Professor of Law · School of Law
Professor Yosifon teaches Business Organizations and Professional Responsibility. His scholarship focuses on corporate governance law and corporate social responsibility. He is the author of Corporate Friction: How Corporate Law Impedes American Progress and What To Do About It (…
David Gray
Bernard J. Hanley Professor, Religious Studies Department · College of Arts and Sciences
David Gray received his B.A. in Religious Studies from Wesleyan University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in the History of Religion from Columbia University. His research explores the development of tantric Buddhist traditions in South Asia, and their dissemination in Tibet and East Asi…
David Greenspan
Lecturer in Law · School of Law
David Greenspan has been involved in the video game business for over 25 years working in Business and Legal Affairs for some of the most significant video game publishers at the time in the industry, including Sony/989 Studios, a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America I…
David J. Popalisky
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
David Popalisky, an independent choreographer, has created over 90 original dances. Named an 2015 Artist Laureate by Silicon Valley Creates, acknowledging his body of choreographic work, David's dances have been presented throughout the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Chicago, …
David James Keaton
Associate Teaching Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
David J. Keaton received his BFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University and his MFA from the University of Pittsburgh. He has placed over one hundred pieces of fiction and nonfiction in various publications, and he has published two novels and three collections o…
David L. Sloss
Co-Director, Public Interest JD Program John A. and Elizabeth H. Sutro Professor of Law · School of Law
Professor Sloss is an internationally renowned scholar who has published six books and several dozen book chapters and law review articles. His scholarship covers a broad range of areas, including international law, constitutional law, and international affairs. His scholarship i…
David Sandino
Lecturer in Law · School of Law
David Sandino served as Chief Counsel under an appointment by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and as senior staff counsel for the California Department of Water Resources. He has worked on significant water, environmental, tribal, financial, and energy issues during his thirty-yea…
David Willbrand
Lecturer · School of Law
At Pacaso, I lead Legal, People, & Corporate Affairs (which includes Capital Markets, Corporate Development, and External Affairs) — a unified platform designed to help the company grow sustainably, manage risk, and strengthen ties with investors, regulators, and key stakeholders…
David Zimbra
Associate Professor, Information Systems & Analytics · Leavey School of Business
David Zimbra is an associate professor in the information systems & analytics department at Santa Clara University. His research interests include data, text, and web mining, social media analytics, and business intelligence. His research has appeared in MIS Quarterly , IEEE Inte…
Davoudi Kakhki, Fatemeh
Associate Professor · School of Engineering
Fatemeh Davoudi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Her research is in the area of human-centered smart manufacturing, with a focus on human factors, physical and neuroergonomics, and machine learning applications for safety analytics and AI-bas…
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