Faculty by Department See alphabetical listing

Anthropology

Anderson, Robert; Professor of Anthropology.
BA, MA, PhD, UC Berkeley; Certificate of Advanced Studies, University of Copenhagen; Docteur en Sociologie, Sorbonne, Université de Paris, France; MD, University of Juarez, Mexico. At Mills since 1960.

Metcalf, Ann; Associate Professor of Anthropology.
BA, University of Chicago; PhD, Stanford University. At Mills since 1984.

Art

Bernstein, JoAnne; Lynne T. White Professor; Professor of Art History.
BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, New York University. At Mills since 1974.

Liu, Hung; Professor of Studio Art.
BFA, Beijing Teachers College; MFA Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, MFA, UC San Diego. At Mills since 1990.

Milford, Mary-Ann; Provost and Dean of the Faculty; Carver Professor in Far Eastern Studies; Professor of Art History.
BA, MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1982.

Murch, Anna Valentina; Danforth Professor of Studio Art.
MA, Royal College of Art, London; Graduate Diploma, Responsive Environment Architectural Association, London. At Mills since 1992.

Nagle, Ron; Metz Professor of Studio Art.
BA, San Francisco State University. At Mills since 1978.

Roth, Moira; Eugene E. Trefethen, Jr. Professor; Professor of Art History.
BA, Washington Square College, New York University; MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1985.

Wagner, Catherine; Professor of Art.
BA, MA, San Francisco State University. At Mills since 1978.

Biology

Harris, John; Professor of Biology.
BS, Stanford University; PhD, UC Davis. At Mills since 1986.

Pavlik, Bruce M.; Professor of Biology.
BA, California State University at Northridge; MS, PhD, UC Davis. At Mills since 1985.

Spiller, Susan; Assistant Professor of Biology part time.
AB, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1988.

Urry, Lisa; Letts-Villard Professor in the Natural Sciences, Associate Professor of Biology.
BS, Tufts University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At Mills since 1994.

Young, Jared; Assistant Professor of Biology
BA, UC Berkeley; PhD, UC San Diego. At Mills since 2006.

Book Arts

Walkup, Kathleen A., Professor of Book Arts, part-time.
BA, Temple University. At Mills since 1978.

Chemistry

Brabson, John S.; Scheffler Pre-Health Science Chair, Professor of Chemistry.
BS, Georgia Institute of Technology; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At Mills since 1985.

Faul, Kristina; Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair; Assistant Professor of Geochemistry and Environmental Geology.
SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, UC Santa Cruz. At Mills since 2002.

Keeports, David D.; Professor of Physical Science.
BS, University of Delaware; MS, Yale University; PhD, University of Washington. At Mills since 1982.

Vollmer, John Jochen; Professor of Chemistry.
BS, UCLA; PhD, University of Southern California. At Mills since 1970.

Wade, Elisabeth; Gibbons-Young Professor; Associate Professor of Chemistry.
BS, Harvey Mudd College; PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 2000.

Computer Science

Konrad, Almudena; Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science.
BS, MS, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 2003.

Li Santi, Barbara; Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science.
BA, Vassar College; MA, PhD, UC Santa Barbara. At Mills since 1981.

Spertus, Ellen; Associate Professor of Computer Science.
BS, MS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At Mills since 1998.

Wang, Susan; Associate Professor of Computer Science.
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MA, PhD, Princeton University. At Mills since 1992.

Dance

Fenley, Molissa; Associate Professor of Dance part-time.
BA Mills College. At Mills since 1999.

Li, Chiao-Ping; Professor of Dance.
BA, UC Santa Cruz; MA, UCLA. At Mills since 2006.

Mezur, Katherine; Assistant Professor of Dance.
BA, Hampshire College; MA, Mills College; PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa. At Mills since 2005.

Rosenberg, Judith F.; Artist/Lecturer in Dance.
BM, MM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. At Mills since 1973.

Economics

Evenhouse, Eirik; Assistant Professor of Economics.
BS University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; DEA Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris; MA Johns Hopkins University (SAIS); PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 2006.

Reilly, Siobhan; Associate Professor of Economics.
Licence, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium; MA, Johns Hopkins University; PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 2001.

Rice, Lorien; Assistant Professor of Economics.
BA, Oberlin College: PhD, UC San Diego. At Mills since 2006.

Roland-Holst, David Mercer Wells; Professor of Economics.
BA, BS, Case Western Reserve University; MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1986.

Sparks, Roger; James Irvine Professor of Economics.
BA, UC Riverside; PhD, UC Davis. At Mills since 1989.

Thornborrow, Nancy; Glenn and Ellen Voyles Professor in Business Education; Professor of Economics.
BA, Northwestern University; MA, PhD, UC San Diego. At Mills since 1980.

Education

Bowyer, Jane Baker; Professor of Education.
BS, Miami University; MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1975.

Cossey, Ruth; Professor of Education.
BA, San Francisco State University; MA, PhD, Stanford University. At Mills since 1993.

Donahue, David; Associate Professor of Education.
BA, Brown University; MA, PhD, Stanford University. At Mills since 2000.

Eastin, Delaine; Distinguished Visiting Professor of Education.
BA, UC Davis; MA, UC Santa Barbara. At Mills since 2004.

Galguera, Tomás; Associate Professor of Education.
BS, California State University at Hayward; PhD, Stanford University. At Mills since 1996.

Kahne, Joseph E.; Abbie Valley Professor of Education.
BA, Wesleyan University; MA, PhD, Stanford University. At Mills since 1999.

Ketelle, Diane; Assistant Professor of Education, Educational Leadership and Administrative Services Credential.
BA, MA, Mills College; MA, Saint Mary's College of California; Doctor of Public Administration, USC. At Mills since 2003.

Kroll, Linda; Professor of Education.
BA, MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1988.

LaBoskey, Vicki K.; Professor of Education.
BA, Occidental College; PhD, Stanford University. At Mills since 1988.

Perez, Linda M.; Holland Professor; Associate Professor of Education.
PhD, UC Berkeley/California State University. At Mills since 1996.

Richert, Anna; Trefethen Professor of Education.
BS, Skidmore College; MA, Syracuse University; MA, PhD, Stanford University. At Mills since 1987.

English

Abinader, Elmaz; Professor of Creative Writing.
BA, University of Pittsburgh; MFA, Columbia University; PhD, University of Nebraska. At Mills since 1993.

Cady, Diane; Assistant Professor of English.
BA, Portland State University; MA, Portland State University and Cornell University; PhD, Cornell University. At Mills since 2005.

Li , Yiyun; Assistant Professor of English.
BA, Peking University; MS, University of Iowa; MFA, University of Iowa. At Mills since 2005.

Mance, Ajuan; Wert Professor; Associate Professor of English.
BA, Brown University; MA, PhD, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. At Mills since 1999.

Nixon, Cornelia; Professor of English. 
BA, UC Irvine; MA, San Francisco State College; PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 2000.

Pollock, Sarah; Professor of Journalism part-time.
BA, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1987.

Ratcliffe, Stephen R.; Professor of English.
BA, MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1984.

Reiss, Kathryn; Assistant Professor, part-time in English.
BA, Duke University; MFA, University of Michigan. At Mills since 1989.

Saxton, Kirsten; Sarlo Professor; Associate Professor of English.
BA, Mills College; MA, PhD, UC Davis. At Mills since 1996.

Saxton, Ruth Olsen; Professor of English.
BA, Wheaton College; MA, Mills College; PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1974.

Scheinberg, Cynthia; Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Professor; Professor of English.
BA, Harvard-Radcliffe College; PhD, Rutgers University. At Mills since 1992.

Spahr, Juliana; W. M. Keck Professor in Creative Writing; Associate Professor of English.
BA, Bard College; PhD, State University of New York, Buffalo. At Mills since 2003.

Strychacz, Thomas; Professor of English.
BA, University of Warwick; MA, PhD, Princeton University. At Mills since 1988.

Ethnic Studies

Chin, Vivian F.; Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies.
BA, Mills College; MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 2000.

Micco, Melinda; Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies.
BA, MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1993.

Santana, Déborah Berman; Kathryn P. Hannam Professor; Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies.
BA, San Francisco State University; MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1998.

Sudbury, Julia; Professor of Ethnic Studies.
BA, MA, University of Cambridge; MA, PhD, University of Warwick. At Mills since 1997.

French & Francophone Studies

Marouby, Christian; Professor of French and Francophone Studies.
License and Maitrise, l'Université de Paris; MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1982.

Mehta, Brinda J.; Professor of French and Francophone Studies.
BA, Elphinstone College; MA, University of Bombay; PhD, Brown University. At Mills since 1992.

Government

Choup, Anne Marie; Assistant Professor of Government.
BS, Georgetown University; MA, George Washington University; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At Mills since 2001.

Lawson, Fred H.; Rice Professor of Government.
BA, Indiana University; MA, PhD, UCLA. At Mills since 1985.

Schulman, Paul R.; Professor of Government.
BA, Tulane University; MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University. At Mills since 1977.

History

Cheng, Wah K.; Associate Professor of History.
BA, University of Hong Kong; MA, University of Wisconsin at Madison; PhD, University of Chicago. At Mills since 1999.

Gordon, Bertram M.; Professor of History.
BA, Brooklyn College; MA, PhD, Rutgers University. At Mills since 1969.

Sheldon, Marianne Buroff; May Treat Morrison Professor; Professor of History.
BA, Douglass College, Rutgers University; MA, PhD, University of Michigan. At Mills since 1975.

Workman, Andrew A.; Edward Hohfeld Chair, Associate Professor of History.
BA, New College; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At Mills since 1993.

Intermedia Arts

Matheson, Steven; Assistant Professor of Video Art.
BA, UC Berkeley; MFA, UC San Diego. At Mills since 2001.

Letters

Burke, L. Ken; Professor of Film Studies.
BFA, MA, PhD, University of Texas at Austin. At Mills since 1987.

Siekhaus, Elisabeth; Professor of German Studies.
BA, MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1977.

Mathematics

Givant, Steven Roger; Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science.
BA, MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1975.

Stankova, Zvezdelina; Associate Professor of Mathematics.
BS, AM, Bryn Mawr College; AM, PhD, EdC, Harvard University; EdC,
UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1999.

Music

Bernstein, David; Professor of Music.
BA, Queens College; MA, MPhil, Columbia University; PhD, Columbia University. At Mills since 1989.

Bischoff, John; Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Composer.
BFA, Music Composition, California Institute of the Arts; MFA, Electronic Music and Recording Media, Mills College. At Mills since 1992.

Brown, Christopher; Professor of Music.
BA, UC Santa Cruz; MFA, Mills College. At Mills since 1987.

Frith, Fred; Marchant Professor; Professor of Music.
BA, MA, Cambridge University. At Mills since 1999.

Ghuman, Nalini; Assistant Professor of Music.
BA, MA The Queens College, Oxford University; MMus, King's College, University of London, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 2003.

Oliveros, Pauline; Milhaud Professor of Music. At Mills since 1996.

Payne, Maggi; Associate Professor of Music.
BMus, Northwestern University; MMus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MFA, Mills College. At Mills since 1972.

Philosophy

Joseph, Marc; Associate Professor of Philosophy.
BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, Columbia University. At Mills since 1999.

Psychology

Bachen, Elizabeth; Lee Mirmow Professor: Associate Professor of Psychology.
BS, UC Davis; MA, San Diego State University; PhD, UC San Francisco. At Mills since 1997.

George, Carol C.; Professor of Psychology.
BA, University of Southern California; MA, PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 1986.

Morier, Dean; Associate Professor of Psychology.
BA, Hope College; PhD, University of Minnesota. At Mills since 1989.

Ruch, John Clifford; Professor of Psychology.
BA, Harvard University; PhD, Stanford University. At Mills since 1973.

Public Policy

Chetkovich, Carol; Davidson Professor; Associate Professor of Public Policy Program.
BA, Stanford University; MPP, UC Berkeley; PhD, UC Berkeley. At Mills since 2006.

Social Sciences

Zimet, Laurie B.; Professor of Social Sciences part time.
BA, State University College of New York at Buffalo; JD, Hastings College of the Law. At Mills since 1984.

Sociology

Ryan, Dan; Associate Professor of Sociology.
BA, New College of Sarasota; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University. At Mills since 1998.

Williams, Bruce Burnette; Fletcher Jones Professor of Sociology.
BA, Wayne State University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago. At Mills since 1997.

Spanish & Spanish American Studies

Caulfield, Carlota; Professor of Spanish and Spanish American Studies.
Licenciatura, University of Havana; MA, San Francisco State University; PhD, Tulane University. At Mills since 1992.

Cavallari, Héctor Mario; Professor of Spanish and Spanish American Studies.
BA, San Francisco State University; MA, PhD, UC Irvine. At Mills since 1986.

Women's Studies

Potter, Elizabeth; Alice Andrews Quigley Professor of Women's Studies.
BA, Agnes Scott College; MA, PhD, Rice University. At Mills since 1992.

Faculty on Leave

The following Mills College faculty members will be on leave for the indicated term during academic year 2006–07.

Fall Semester 2006

Elmaz Abinader, English
Carlota Caulfield, Spanish
Linda M. Perez, Education
Cynthia Scheinberg, English
Elisabeth Wade, Chemistry

Spring Semester 2007

Vivian Chin, Ethnic Studies
Marc Joseph, Philosophy
Ruth Saxton, English


Academic Year 2006–2007

David Donahue, Education
Bruce Pavlik, Biology
Susan Wang, Mathematics