Faculty & Staff

Elizabeth A. Bachen
Professor of Psychology
Esther Lee Mirmow Professorship
Program Head of Biopsychology
NSB 145, 510.430.2141, bachen@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Clinical psychology, women's health, how psychological stress affects health, psychosocial and biological mechanisms of stress and health, psychoneuroimmunology

Christie Chung
Associate Professor of Psychology
NSB 148, 510.430.2251, cchung@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Memory in old age, changes in emotional memory throughout the life span, statistical memory modeling, cognitive changes associated with Parkinson's disease

Carol C. George
Professor of Psychology
Co-Director of Infant Mental Health Program
NSB 143, 510.430.3268, george@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Developmental psychology, social and emotional development, trauma and loss, attachment

John Harris
Professor of Biology
Co-Department Head of Biology
Progam Head of Environmental Studies
Progam Head of Environmental Science
NSB 122, 510.430.2027, johnh@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Behavioral and community ecology, wildlife conservation

Beth Kochly
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
NSB 129, 510.430.2085, bkochly@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Mechanistic studies and reactive intermediates in organic chemistry, organic reactions in ionic liquids

Dean M. Morier
Associate Professor of Psychology
NSB 142, 510.430.3164, dean@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Social psychology, personality and social behavior, social cognition, social identity, gender and sexual orientation, psychology of religion, aging anxiety, science attitudes

John C. Ruch
Professor of Psychology
NSB 144, 510.430.3269, johnr@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Visual thinking and problem solving, computer-based multimedia strategies in education

Jenn Smith
Assistant Professor of Biology
NSB 122, 510.430.2161, jesmith@mills.edu
Professional Intersts: Behavioral and evolutionary ecology of social rodents and carnivores

Susan C. Spiller
Associate Professor of Biology
NSB 127, 510.430.3175, spiller@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Physiology and molecular biology of plants and photosynthetic bacteria

Lisa Urry
Professor of Biology
Co-Department Head of Biology
NSB 123, 510.430.2026, lurry@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Developmental biology of sea urchin embryos and larvae, cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions, science education/pedagogy

Elisabeth Wade
Professor of Chemistry
Letts-Villard Professorship in the Natural Sciences
NSB 117, 510.430.3132, ewade@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Chemical kinetics, atmospheric pollutants, atmospheric and combustion chemistry

Jared Young
Associate Professor of Biology
Kilgore-Snyder Professorship
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program Head
NSB 120, 510.430.2032, jyoung@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Genetics of learned behaviors in the nematode C. elegans

Ellen Rush
Faculty Administrative Assistant 
NSB 146, 510.430.2176, erush@mills.edu
Office Hours: Mondays-Thursdays 9:00-4:00