Academic Departments

Additional information on our academic departments, course offerings, and degree and certificate paths is available in the LAVC Catalog.

Department	Department Chair	Phone	Email
Anthropology	Rebecca Stein	947-2538	steinrl@lavc.edu
Applied Technology	Rebecca Stein	947-2538	steinrl@lavc.edu
Art	Kathryn Queen	947-2430	queenkt@lavc.edu
Biological Sciences	Sara Huang	947-2878	huangss@lavc.edu
Business Administration	Kevin Sanford	947- 5597	sanforkr@lavc.edu
Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering	Lucas Haley	947-2831	haleyll@lavc.edu
Child Development	Elmida Baghdaserians	947-8094	baghdae@lavc.edu
Communication Studies	Duane Smith	947-5537	smithdw@lavc.edu
Computer Science Information Systems (CSIS)	Michael Rahni	947-2872	rahnimk@lavc.edu
Continuing Education	Lilit Davoyan	947-5665	davoyalv@lavc.edu
Cooperative Education	Brandon Hildreth	947-2929	hildrebm@lavc.edu
Counseling	Clive Gordon	947-5576	gordonca@lavc.edu
Earth Science	Jacquelyn Hams	778-5566	hamsje@lavc.edu
Emergency Services	Laurie Nalepa	947-2498	nalepal@lavc.edu
English	Holly Batty	947-5520	battyhk@lavc.edu
English as a Second Language	Reginald Hubbard	947-2525	hubbarrs@lavc.edu
Health Science	Preetha Puthiakunnel	947-2835	puthiajp@lavc.edu
History/Humanities/LAW/Political Science	Michelle Visco	947-2456	viscomm@laccd.edu
Kinesiology	Sandra Perry	947-2907	perrysf@lavc.edu
Library	Xiaoyang Behlendorf	947-2766	behlenxl@lavc.edu
Mathematics	Mostapha (Steve) Barakat	947-2858	barakama@lavc.edu
Media Arts	Eric Swelstad	778-5503	swelstej@lavc.edu
Music	Yih-Mei Hu	947-5609	huy2@lavc.edu
Philosophy/Economics/Jewish Studies	Nathan Placencia	947-5898	placennr@lavc.edu
Psychology	Ali Ghassemi	947-2523	ghassear@lavc.edu
Sociology/Ethnic Studies	Keidra Morris	947-2486	morrisk@lavc.edu
Theater and Dance	Jennifer Read	947-2786	readjl@lavc.edu
Workforce Development	Brandon Hildreth	947-2929	hildrebm@lavc.edu
World Languages and Cultures	Victorino Fusilero	947-2822	fusilevm@lavc.edu