FA C U LTY & STAFF
MANAGEMENT TEAM The following is a list of the Management Team. The dates refer to the year in which each joined Menlo College. Steven Weiner: President (2013). B.S., Northeastern University, M.B.A., University of Chicago. Grande Lum: Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Law (2018). B.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., Harvard Law School. Angela Schmiede: Vice President for Student Success (2013). B.S., M.Ed., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University. Keith Spataro: Vice President for Athletics (2001). B.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., St. Mary’s College. Priscila Casanova de Souza: Dean of Enrollment Management & International Student Services (2015). B.A., Menlo College; M.B.A., Golden Gate University. La’Tonya Rease Miles: Dean of Student Affairs (2021). B.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.
Laura Koo: Senior Director of Alumni Engagement and Development (2018). B.A., Rollins College; Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco.
FACULTY The following is a list of faculty. The dates refer to the year in which each joined Menlo College. Sergey Anokhin: Associate Professor of Management (2021). B.S., M.S., Voronezh State University: Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Jodie Austin: Associate Professor, English (2015). B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University. Mark Bichsel: Lecturer, Accounting (2017). B.A., Gonzaga University; M.P.A., M.B.A., California State University, East Bay. Benny Boveda: Lecturer, Marketing (2015). B.S., M.B.A., University of Phoenix. Ruixue Du: Associate Professor, Accounting (2020). B.S., Nankai University; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Tech.
Melissa Michelson: Dean of Arts & Science (2010). B.A., Columbia University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University.
Fabian Eggers: Associate Professor, Marketing (2010). M.B.A., University of Hamburg; Ph.D., Leuphana University of Luneburg.
Valeria Molteni: Dean of Library Services (2018). Licenciature, National University of Mar del Plata; MSIS, University of Texas at Austin.
Nora Eltahawy: Visiting Assistant Professor, English (2021). B.A., American University in Cairo; M.A., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Northwestern University.
Mouwafac Sidaoui: Dean of Business (2020). B.S., Wentworth Institute of Technology; M.B.A., Boston University; Ed.D., University of San Francisco. PostDoc., University of Florida, Gainesville.
Mark J. Hager: Professor, Psychology (1993). B.A., Golden Gate University; Ed.M., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Lan Jiang: Associate Professor, Marketing (2019). B.A., Beijing University; M.A., Simon Fraser University; Ph.D., University of British Columbia. Jakob Kotas, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (2021) B.A., Cornell; M.Eng., Cornell; M.S., University of Washington; Ph.D., University of Washington. Evan Lau: Associate Professor, Biology (2016). B.S., M.S., University of Illinois; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Dima Leshchinskii: Professor, Finance (2010). B.S., Tomsk State University; M.B.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., INSEAD. Margaret McFarland: Visiting Professor, Real Estate (2018). B.A., Andrews University; M.A., The University of Chicago; J.D., University of Michigan. Jessica Mean: Lecturer, Mathematics (2019). B.S., California State University, Monterey Bay; M.A., San Jose State University. Lisa Mendelman: Assistant Professor, English (2016). B.A., M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Melissa Michelson: Professor, Political Science (2010). B.A., Columbia University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. Robert Mulvey: Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Management (2018). B.A., Franklin & Marshall College; M.B.A., New York University. Lakiba Pittman: Adjunct Professor, Humanities (2012). B.A., San Jose State University; M.A., University of San Francisco.
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