Location
Located in the Student Services Center (SSC) 2nd Floor Room 221
Scholars Program
1900 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Contact
Phone: 310-434-4371
Fax: 310-434-3628
Email: scholars@smc.edu
Hours
Mondays and Wednesdays: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Fridays: 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
*Counseling services are unavailable on Fridays
Scholars Program Faculty
Eric Oifer, Ph.D.
Faculty Leader, Political Science Faculty
S221E 310-434-8912
oifer_eric@smc.edu
Teresa Garcia, M.A.
Program Leader, Counselor
S220 310-434-4106
garcia_teresa@smc.edu
Audra Wells, M.A.
Counselor
S219 310-434-4930
wells_audra@smc.edu
Julie Greenfield, M.A.
Counselor
S215 310-434-8661
greenfield_julie@smc.edu
Denise Martinez, M.A.
Counselor
S215 310-434-8680
martinez_denise@smc.edu
Johanna Quintanilla, M.S.
Counselor
S218 310-434-8699
quintanilla_johanna@smc.edu
Theary Simon, M.Ed.
Counselor
S218 310-434-8667
simon_kuntheary@smc.edu.
Office Staff
Alexandra Vargas
Student Services Clerk
Front Desk 310- 434-4371
scholars@smc.edu
Teaching Faculty
Communication & Media Studies
Sara Brewer, Communication Studies
Nate Brown, Communication Studies
Darryl-Keith Ogata, Communication Studies
Kevin D Coleman, Media Studies
Lauren Movius, Media Studies
Sharyn Obsatz, Media Studies
Counseling
Jenna Gausman, Counseling
Earth Science
Ciaran Brewster, Anthropology
Catherine Haradon, Anthropology
Eric Minzenberg, Anthropology
Simon Balm, Astronomy
Ahmed Salama, Astronomy
Jing Liu, Geography
Lisa Collins, Geology
Christyanne Melendez, Geology
English
Diane Arieff
Susan Caggiano
Timothy Cramer
Gordon Dossett
Lawrence Driscoll
Diana Engelmann
Walker Griffy
Shannon Herbert
Justin Hernandez
Eleni Hioureas
Everett Legrande
Lula Livanis
Stefan Mattessich
Erica Onugha
Mario Padilla
Lee Pritchard
Brian Rajski
History
Stephanie Amerian
Heather Bennett
Leslie Kawaguchi
Marisol Moreno
Life Sciences
Ellen Baker, Biology
Tom Chen, Biology
Sanjay Jayachandran, Biology
Oriana Kim-Rajab, Biology
Lyle Nichols, Biology
Zorica Scuric, Biology
Alexandra Tower, Biology
Olga Vagin, Biology
Christina Von der Ohe, Biology
Mathematics
Alex Bene
Gail Edinger
I-Shen Lai
Mario Martinez
Colleen McGraw
Donald Murray
Lucy Odom
Keith Ouellette
Novita Phua
Ernie Ramsey
Brian Rodas
Sam Soleymani
Terry Vendlinski
Music
James Bergman
James Cheesman
Brian Driscoll
Frederick Fiddmont
Jeremiah Selvey
Lesa Terry
Shanon Zusman
Philosophy & Social Sciences
Clare Battista, Economics
Samuel Lee, Economics
Amber Urrutia, Economics
Micah Daily, Philosophy
Phildon Huffaker, Philosophy
Paul Klumpe, Philosophy
Ali Mohsen, Philosophy
Eric Oifer, Philosophy / Political Science
Christina Gabler, Political Science
Christine Schultz, Political Science
James Thing, Sociology
Melanie Klein, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies / Sociology
Yamissett Westerband, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Psychology
Erin Cue
Lea Hald
Alex Schwartz
David Shirinyan