Dean's Office Directory

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Dean
Philip Williams 

He/Him/His

Bldg. 47, Room 31
805-756-2706
Email Dean Williams

Philip Williams began his role as dean of Cal Poly’s College of Liberal Arts in August 2019. Previously, he served as director of the Center for Latin American Studies and Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. He was also Co-Partnership Director for the Colombia-U.S. Human Rights Law School Program and co-directed the Program for Immigration, Religion, and Social Change (PIRSC). Williams holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Latin American Studies and Doctor of Philosophy in politics from the University of Oxford in 1986.

He is co-author of "Living "Illegal": The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration (The New Press, 2011), "Militarization and Demilitarization in El Salvador's Transition to Democracy" (University of Pittsburgh 1997),The Catholic Church and Politics in Nicaragua and Costa Rica (Macmillan 1989), and co-editor of "A Place to Be: Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican Immigrants in Florida’s New Destinations" (Rutgers University Press, 2009) and of Christianity, Globalization, and Social Change in the Americas (Rutgers University 2001).

Williams earned a number of prestigious fellowships and grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, Fulbright, National Science Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Tinker Foundation, United States Agency for International Development, United States Department of Education, United States Institute of Peace, and United States Department of State.

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Associate Dean for Student Success
Kate Murphy

She/Her/Hers

Bldg. 47, Room 31
805-756-2359
Email Kate Murphy

Associate Dean for Operations 
Josh Machamer

He/Him/His

Bldg. 47, Room 31
805-756-2359
Email Josh Machamer

Associate Dean for Diversity and Curriculum
Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti

She/Her/Hers

Bldg. 47, Room 31
805-756-2359
Email Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti

Interim Director of Research Engagement
Jane L. Lehr

She/Her/Hers

Email Jane L. Lehr

STAFF	Name & Title	Office	CONTACT	Pronouns
Administrative Support
	Receptionist Heidi Velasco	Bldg. 47, Room 31	805-756-2359   email Heidi Velasco	she/her/hers
	Assistant to the Dean Lynne Ricard	Bldg. 47, Room 31	805-756-2706   email Lynne Ricard	she/her/hers
	Faculty Recruitment and Contract Analyst Lilliana Curtis	Bldg. 47, Room 31	805-756-7678   email Lilliana Curtis
	Evaluations Process Analyst Melissa Bodin	Bldg. 47, Room 31	805-756-2337   email Melissa Bodin	she/her/hers
	Finance and Budget Analyst Joy Sisler	Bldg. 47, Room 31	805-756-5755   email Joy Sisler	she/her/hers
College Advisors
	Lead Academic Advisor Sabrina Canady	Bldg. 47, Room 22B	805-756-6200   email Sabrina Canady	she/her/hers
	Academic Advisor Katie Harris	Bldg. 47, Room 22B	805-756-6200   email Katie Harris	she/her/hers
	Multicultural Academic Advisor Alejandra Cebreros	Bldg. 47, Room 22B	805-756-6200   email Alejandra Cebreros	she/her/hers
	Academic Advisor Alec Koehler	Bldg. 47, Room 22B	805-756-6200   email Alec Koehler	he/him/his
Development Office
	Administrative Coordinator Debi Schwartz	Bldg. 47, Room 31	805-756-6246   email Debi Schwartz	she/her/hers
College Communications
	Communication Specialist Cara King	Bldg. 47, Room 22J	805-756-1216   email Cara King	she/her/hers
	Communications Specialist Nicole Troy	Bldg. 47, Room 22K	805-756-2986   email Nicole Troy	she/her/hers