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. - 4:00 p.m.
Phone/Walk-in Services:
Monday through Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (virtual only on Fridays)
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
Teresa Garcia, M.A.
Counselor
S220 / 310-434-4106
garcia_teresa@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
Delphine Broccard, Communication Studies
Nate Brown, Communication Studies
Darryl-Keith Ogata, Communication Studies
Christopher Rue, Communication Studies
Lynn Dickinson, Media Studies
Lauren Movius, Media Studies
Sharyn Obsatz, Media Studies
Counseling
Jenna Gausman, Counseling
Earth Science
Jennifer Rashidi, Anthropology
Catherine Haradon, Anthropology
Eric Minzenberg, Anthropology
Simon Balm, Astronomy
Ahmed Salama, Astronomy
Jing Liu, Geography
Lisa Collins, Geology
Jenney Hall, Geology
Christyanne Melendez, Geology
English
Diane Arieff
Susan Caggiano
Timothy Cramer
George Davison IV
Lawrence Driscoll
Diana Engelmann
Mik Hamada
Tupelo Hassman
Shannon Herbert
Robert Karron
Lula Livanis
Stefan Mattessich
Mario Padilla
Brian Rajski
Kenneth Winkler
History
Stephanie Amerian
Heather Bennett
Marisol Moreno
Life Sciences
Oriana Kim-Rajab, Biology
Christina Von der Ohe, Biology
Mathematics
Daniel Grollmus
Matthew Hancock
Kristin Lui-Martinez
Mario Martinez
Colleen McGraw
Diem Nguyen
Novita Phua
Ernie Ramsey
Brian Rodas
Sam Soleymani
Terry Vendlinski
Jason Wang
Music
James Bergman
James Cheesman
Brian Driscoll
Frederick Fiddmont
Philosophy & Social Sciences
Clare Battista, Economics
Amber Urrutia, Economics
Micah Daily, Philosophy
Phildon Huffaker, Philosophy
Paul Klumpe, 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
Physical Sciences
Wenise Wong, Chemistry
Psychology
Erin Cue
Lea Hald
Alex Schwartz
David Shirinyan