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
Counseling Services:
Monday through Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Phone Services:
Monday through Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Scholars Program Faculty
Eric Oifer, Ph.D.
Faculty Leader, Political Science Faculty
S221E / 310-434-8912
oifer_eric@smc.edu
Audra Wells, M.A.
Program Leader / 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
Elizabeth Esquivel, M.Ed.
Counselor
S218 / 310-434-8665
esquivel_elizabeth@smc.edu
Joan Lee, M.A.
Counselor
S215 / 310-434-8372
lee_joan@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
Lawrence Driscoll
Diana Engelmann
Walker Griffy
Shannon Herbert
Eleni Hioureas
Lula Livanis
Stefan Mattessich
Erica Onugha
Mario Padilla
Jean Paik-Schoenberg
Lee Pritchard
Brian Rajski
Bridgette Robinson
History
Stephanie Amerian
Heather Bennett
Lauren Holder
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
Gail Edinger
Daniel Grollmus
Matthew Hancock
I-Shen Lai
Kristin Lui-Martinez
Mario Martinez
Colleen McGraw
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
Philosophy & Social Sciences
Clare Battista, Economics
Amber Urrutia, Economics
Micah Daily, Philosophy
Phildon Huffaker, Philosophy
Paul Klumpe, Philosophy
Ali Mohsen, Philosophy
Eric Oifer, Philosophy / Political Science
Alan Buckley / 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
Physical Sciences
Wenise Wong, Chemistry
Psychology
Erin Cue
Lea Hald
Alex Schwartz
David Shirinyan