The Hutchins community fosters close cooperation between faculty, staff and students. The diverse training of the Hutchins faculty helps to contribute a variety of perspectives to the Hutchins community.

Director
Eric McGuckin

Subject Matter Preparation Coordinator
Benjamin Frymer

Administrative Coordinator
Dacia Sandoval

Track II and Track III Advisor
Donna Garbesi

Faculty:

Les Adler, Stephanie Dyer, Benjamin Frymer, Ajay Gehlawat,
Debora Hammond, Janet Hess, Nelson Kellogg, Heidi LaMoreaux,
Barbara Lesch McCaffry, Eric McGuckin, Anthony Mountain, Mutombo M'Panya, Wendy Ostroff, Francisco H. Vazquez, Richard Zimmer

Les K. Adler
Les Adler joined the Hutchins School faculty in 1970 after earning degrees from University of New Mexico, B.A.1963; University of California, Berkeley, M.A. 1965; University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. 1970. He served as Provost from 1977-1979 and 1987-1997. Adler was appointed Dean of the School of Extended Education at SSU in 2002. Returned to Hutchins in 2008.

Stephanie Dyer
(2003) Assistant Professor of American History; (2000) Ph.D. History, University of Pennsylvania; 1993) M.A. Communication, University of Pennsylvania; (1990) B.A. English, University of California, Berkeley.[top]

Benjamin Frymer
(2005) Assistant Professor of Sociology; (2003) Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles; (1995) M.A. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles; (1991) B.A. Psychology, University of California, Berkeley. Benjamin is an AERA/IES Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Columbia University's Teachers College. His doctoral dissertation and forthcoming book, "The Spectacle of Columbine" examines the media construction of youth alienation following the Columbine shootings. Frymer works in the areas of critical theory, alienation, media and cultural studies, aesthetic education, ideology, youth, and the sociology of education, religion, and culture.[top]

Ajay Gehlawat
(2007) Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies & Theatre and Film, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; (1998) B.A. English with concentration in Film Studies, University of California, Berkeley; (2000) M.A. Cinema Studies, New York University; (2007) Ph.D. Theatre and Film, City University of New York Graduate Center. Areas of interest include: film and media theory, postcolonial studies, Third World cinema, popular
culture, genre studies.

Debora Hammond
(1997) Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies & History of Science, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.A. 1974 in History, Stanford University; M.A. 1991 in History of Science, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. in History of Science 1997, University of California, Berkeley. [top]

Janet Hess
(2002) Assistant Professor of Art History, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; (1999) Ph.D. from Harvard University; (1993) M.A. in Art History from Columbia University; (1992) M.A. in Art History from The University of Iowa; J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law. [top]

Nelson Kellogg
(1991) Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.A. 1980, Brigham Young University; Ph.D. 1986 Johns Hopkins University. [top]

Heidi LaMoreaux
(1999) Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies: Field-Oriented Physical Geography, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.S. 1990 in Geography at University of Utah; M.S. 1991 at University of Utah; Ph.D. 1999 at University of Georgia. [top]

Barbara Lesch McCaffry
(2004) Professor of Literature, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.A. 1968 in English at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York; M.A. 1970 in English at Univeristy of Maryland; Ph.D. 1979 in 20th Century British and American Literature at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Mutombo M'Panya
(2003) Assistant Professor of International Studies; (1982) Ph.D. in Planning and Management of Transportation Systems, University of Michigan; (1977) M.A. in International Development Studies, Elkhart/University of Notre Dame; (1975) B.A. in Business Administration and Economics from Bethel College, Kansas; (1971) B.S. in Management Engineering, Ecole de Commerce Solvay, Belgium. [top]

Eric McGuckin
(1998) Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies. B.A. (Liberal Arts) 1984 San Francisco State; M.A. 1986 (Anthropology) San Francisco State; Ph.D. 1997 (Anthropology) City University of New York. [top]

Tony Mountain
(1970) Professor of English, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.A. 1961, Columbia University; M.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1970, University of Washington. [top]

Wendy Ostroff
(2000) Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts with Cognitive Science/Developmental Psychology. B.A. in Psychology from the Univ. of Connecticut, a Masters of Science in Psychological Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Ph.D. in May 2000. [top]

Francisco H. Vázquez
(1992) Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.A. 1972, Claremont Men's School; Ph.D. 1977, Claremont Graduate School. [top]

Richard Zimmer
(1971) Professor of Anthropology, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.A. 1962, University of Michigan; M.A. (History) 1964, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. (Anthropology) 1969, Ph.D. 1976, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. (Psychology) 1989, Center for Psychological Studies, Albany GE Rationales. [top]

Staff:

Dacia Sandoval
(July 1, 2008) Administrative Specialist in the Hutchins School Office; replacing Sue Foley who retired in June. Prior to joining Hutchins, Dacia worked in the Dean's Office in the School of Arts & Humanities. She graduated from SSU with a BA in Business Administration. Dacia has two grown sons, one recently graduated from SSU with a BA in English and the other is currently a Kinesiology major. [top]

Donna Garbesi
SSU MA 2001 Prior to joining the Hutchins staff, Donna worked for three years in SSU Admissions and Recruitment. She also worked for three year prior to employment at SSU as a High School Counselor. Donna is the proud mother of a daughter, Sophia. She grew up in Sonoma County, and has lived in Northern California her whole life. She enjoys working with students one on one, and is proud to be a part of the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies.[top]

Margaret Anderson, M.A.
Ianthe Brautigan Swenson
Michael Scott, Ph.D.
Thomas Shaw, Ph.D.
Rob Weiner, Ph.D.

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Faculty Emeritus & Retired:

Warren Olson
Founder of the Hutchins School in 1969, Olson started working with SSU in 1962; emeritus status 1992; B.A. 1948, University of Denver; M.A. 1950, University of Washington; Ph.D. 1954, University of Minnesota.

Susan Barnes
(1972) Professor of Psychology, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.A. 1965, Rutgers University; M.S. 1971, University of Oklahoma; Ph.D. 1973, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco. Retired 2004.[top]

Maurice Blaug
(1970) Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.S. 1959, The City University of New York; M.S. (Physics)1962, M.S. (Zoology) 1966; Ph.D. 1970, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Michael Coleman
Joined the Hutchins School faculty in 1970 after earning degrees from University of California at Santa Barbara: B.A. 1965 (Outstanding Graduating Senior, Department of Philosophy); M.A. 1967; Ph.D. 1972. After teaching his students to pursue their dreams for 18 years, he came to realize that he always wanted to be in business for himself, and he resigned his tenure in 1989 to build a financial planing business he had started in the summer of 1984.

Ardath Lee
(1972) Professor of English, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.A. 1955, Michigan State University; M.A. (Humanities)1961, M.A. (English)1963, M.A. (Art History) 1965; Ph.D. 1972 Wayne State University.

Marylu C. Mattson
(1970) SSU; emeritus status 1992; B.S. 1955, Mount Saint Mary's College; M.A. 1964, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. 1970, University of Southern California.

Lou Miller
(1971) Professor of Political Science, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.A. 1963, Occidental College; M.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1975, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Edgar W. Morse (Deceased)
(1970) SSU; emeritus status 1990; B.S. 1951, Illinois Institute of Technology; M.A. 1965, Ph.D. 1972, University of California, Berkeley.

Frederick Rider (Deceased 1999)
(1972) SSU; emeritus status 1992; B.S. 1951, Yale University; M.A. 1953, University of Washington; Ph.D. 1972, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Roshni Rustomji-Kerns
(1973) SSU; emeritus status 1992; B.S. 1961, American University of Beirut; M.A. 1963, Duke University; Ph.D. 1972, University of California, Berkeley.

Jeannine Thompson (Deceased 2001)
(1972) Professor of Humanities, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies; B.A. 1964, University of Colorado; M.A. 1967, University of California, Berkeley.

Jacqueline Strain (Deceased)
(1970) SSU; retired 1988. B.A. 1958, M.A. 1959, Ph.D. 1964. Jacqueline Strain was a founding member of the Hutchins School. She taught for nineteen years as a history professor in Hutchins. She left her entire estate to establish a scholarship fund to benefit female students majoring in the Hutchins School. Her estate also purchases season tickets to the San Francisco Opera. These tickets are raffled off to students every fall semester.

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