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Division Structure


Division I
Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Interim Dean: Dr. Chriss Warren Foster
Location: L-123
Phone: (510) 434-3897
Staff Assistant: Denise Woodward
Location: D-216
Phone: (510) 436-2425

Arts/Communication

Dept. Chair:
Sheila Metcalf-Tobin, Monica Ambalal, Hilary Altman
Location: A122
Phone: (510) 436-2636, (510) 436-2450

  • Art (ART)
  • Communication (COMM)
  • Music (MUSIC)

Athletics/Kinesiology

Dept. Chair: Inga Marciulionis
Location: F-205
Phone: (510) 434-3849

  • Health Education
  • Kinesiology
  • Athletics

English/Humanities

Dept. Co-Chairs:
Todd Johnson, F-212 (510) 436-2657
A. Evan Nichols (510) 434-3897
Location: P-108
Phone: (510) 434-3897
Dept. Co-Chair: Todd Johnson
Location: F-212
Phone: (510) 436-2657

  • English
  • ESL
  • Foreign Languages
  • Humanities
  • Philosophy
  • Spanish

Ethnic Studies

Dept. Chair: Jason Seals
Location: A-203
Phone: (510) 434-3935
• African American Studies
• Mexican/Latin-American Studies
• Asian-American Studies
• Native-American Studies

Fruitvale Education Center

Program Specialist/Outreach: Brenda Mora
Location: 1900 Fruitvale Avenue, Suite 1C, Oakland
Phone: (510) 536-1830

 Human Development

Dept. Chair: Christine Olsen
Jennifer Briffa (510) 436-2549
Location: A-112
Phone: (510) 436-2588

  • Child Development
  • Community Social Services
  • Educational Technology

Learning Resources

Director: Isela Santana
Location: L-124
Phone: (510) 436-2543

  • Learning Center
  • Learning Resources (LRNRE)

Library

Dept. Co-Chairs: Nghiem Thai, (510) 436-2457
Adoria Williams, arwilliams@peralta.edu
Location: L-304
Phone: (510) 436-2461

  • Library Information Studies

 Social Sciences

Dept. Chair: Anthony Powell
Location: P-308
Phone: (510) 434-3923

  • Anthropology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • History

And Couselling

Division II
Math, Science, and Technology

Dean:  Jason Holloway
Location: S-441
Phone: (510) 436-2426
Staff Assistant: Sinead Anderson
Location: S-438
Phone: (510) 436-2409

Biology & Chemistry

Dept. Chair: Arja McCray, Ph.D.
Location: S-426
amccray@peralta.edu
Phone: (510) 436-2584

  • Biology
  • Chemistry

Landscape Horticulture

Dept. Co-Chairs: Chris Grampp, H-107, (510) 436-2593
Laura Forlin, lforlin@peralta.edu
Location: H-107
Phone: (510) 436-2593
Staff Assistant: Maril M Bull
Location: H-107
Phone: (510) 436-2418

  • Environmental Management and Technology
  • Landscape Horticulture

Mathematics & Physical Sciences

Dept. Chair: Dan Lawson, Rebecca Uhlman
Phone: (510) 436-2748

  • Astronomy
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Sciences
  • Physics

Business & Technology

Dept. Co-Chair: Guy Forkner
Location: D-200
Phone: (510) 436-2400
Dept. Co-Chair: Courtney Brown, Fereshteh Mofidi
E-Mail: courtneybrown@peralta.edu
Location: P-206A
Phone: (510) 436-3986

• Business
• Computer Information Systems (CIS)
• Economics
• Real Estate


Division III
Allied Health and Public Safety

Dean: Marie Amboy
Location: S-440
Phone: (510) 436-2515

Staff Assistant: Nancy Moreno, nmoreno@peralta.edu, (510) 402-2640

A.D. Nursing

Dawn Williams, M.S.N.
Location: S-337
Phone: (510) 436-2423

Medical Assisting

Program Director
Dr. Jon Murphy
jmurphy@peralta.edu
(510) 434-3827

Nutrition & Dietetics

Heather Casale
Location: S-322
Phone: (510) 434-3834

Radiologic Science

Jennifer Yates, Ed.D.
Location: S-325
Phone: (510) 436-2427

Biosciences

Gisele Giorgi (510)436-2618

• Genomics
• Histotechnology
• Microscopy

Sr. Clerical Staff: Waaduda Karim, S-343,
(510) 436-2422

Legal Administration

Department Chair  
Mildred L. Oliver
moliver@peralta.edu
A-128
Phone: (510) 434-3859
  • Administration of Justice
  • Cooperative Education
  • EMT/Fire Science
  • Paralegal Studies

 EMT/Fire Science

Program Director: Demond Simmons
Contact: dsimmons@peralta.edu

Office of Instruction

Vice President:  Dr. David M. Johnson
Location: Q-306
Email: dmjohnson@peralta.edu
Phone: (510) 436-2410

Student Services

Vice President: Lilian Chavez
Staff Assistant: Jamila Saleh
Email: jsaleh@peralta.edu
Location: R-113E
Phone: (510) 436-2478

Dean/Special Programs & Grants: Vacant, R-113G,
(510) 436-2585
Director/Student Activities & Campus Life: Doris Hankins
R-124, (510) 434-3982
Counseling Dept. Co-Chairs:
Leslie Scurry, R-109M, (510) 436-2573
Rosa Perez, R-109 (510) 436-2529

Revised 2-28-2020 ( Yoway Tong)

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