Advisor List

Fall 2011 Department Academic Advisors

To see who your academic advisor is and how to schedule an appointment with him or her, scroll down to your major. The extension of the department Secretary/Administrative Assistant is listed in case you have other questions about your advisor or appointments.

Anthropology

x 5961 (Diana Alfonso, Marshburn Lobby)

  • Cultural Anthropology Emphasis: Sue Russell x 5685
  • Archaeology Emphasis: Paul Langenwalter x 3251

Art

x 4807 (Art Office: Ashleigh Allard, Receptionist, McNally room 80, ext. 4807 & Rhonda Sudduth, Administrative Assistant, McNally room 80, ext. 5426—Building 52C on a campus map)

Advisors are assigned by the Art Office staff. An appointment notebook is kept at the Reception Desk in the Art Office and students may come in Mon-Fri, 10:00am-4:00pm, and sign up to see their Advisor. We are happy to tell them who their Advisor is if they are not aware.

Biblical Studies

x 4819 (Tammy Felix, Talbot East 210)

Each professor is assigned a list of students to advise. Most Biblical Studies advisors have switched to online office hours. You may set up a student account at http://wisdom.biola.edu/admin/OfficeHoursBiblicalStudies/ by clicking on “First Time Student Registration” and creating a username and password. You may click on the name of your advisor and reserve a green space of available time. If your advisor does not have online office hours, email him/her or sign up on his/her door for an appointment. If you do not know who your advisor is, contact Tammy at x 4819.

Biological Sciences

x 4852 (Peggy Giboney, Bardwell 113)

  • Matt Cruzen, Chair - ext. 4856 Bardwell 200 (appts. through Peggy Giboney) - Advises for Biological and Human Biology Majors - pre-health care professionals concentrations.
  • Ruth Ebeling - ext. 4860 Bardwell 204 - Human Biology majors of both concentrations - Pre-health care and Pre-chiropractic.
  • Wendy Billock - ext. 4857 Bardwel 201 - Biology majors - General biology concentrations - especially marine biology, students focusing on veterinary medicine, zoology, etc.
  • Jason Tresser - ext. 4747 Bardwell 202 - Biology majors - General biology - specializes in genetics, developmental biology, and research and technology areas of biology.
  • Mark McReynolds - ext. 4858 Bradley 1B - Environmental Sciences majors

Business

x 4770 (ask for Kenea Ching, School of Business)

If you’re a lower division student, you can check her office hours and sign up with Kenea right outside of her office. Her office is in Room 115 in the Business Building. When you have completed the lower division requirements and are accepted into the program, Kenea will typically send you an acceptance letter indicating who your new advisor is.

Chemistry, Physics and Engineering

  • Gary Fisher (appts. through Peggy Giboney) - Advises Engineering Physics majors.
  • Peggy Giboney ext. 4852 Bardwell 113
  • John Bloom - ext. 4861 Bardwell 103 (appts. through Peggy Giboney) - Advises Engineering Physics majors and Physical Science majors concentrating on Physics.
  • John Silzel - ext. 4793 Bradley 1C - Advises Biochemistry majors
  • Brent Ridley - ext. 4038 Bardwell 102 - Advises Physical science majors with Chemistry concentrations as well as Biochemistry majors.

Christian Ministries

x 4818 (Valerie King, Feinberg 124)

  • Dave Keehn, x3534, Talbot Rose Undergrad Juniors & Seniors
  • Jane Carr, x5431, Feinberg 123 Undergrad Freshmen & Sophomores
  • Freddy Cardoza, x5527, Feinberg 124A Undergrad Seniors Petitions

Cinema and Media Arts

x 4052 (Stacy Mushakian and Sandi Nicolaides, Perez Hall 53 McNally - South Campus)

Professors Gerald Fisher, John Schmidt, Lisa Swain, Michael Gonzales, Peggy Medberry, Jack Hafer, and Dean Yamada.

Students come to the Cinema and Media Arts' office to sign up for an advisor.

Communication Science Disorders

x 4072 (Marty Myers, Rood 59, McNally—South Campus)

The three advisors are Matt Rouse, Yvana Hernandez, and Tonya Dontuma. There are sign—up sheets on the office doors in the Comm. Disorders Office, which is Rood 59.

Communication Studies

x 4804 (Melanie Whitcomb, Perez Hall 53, McNally — South Campus)

  • Dr. Todd Lewis 562.903.6000 x5456 in Perez Hall
  • Dorothy Alston Calley 562.903.6000 x3602 in Perez Hall
  • Dr. Tim Muehlhoff 562.903.6000 x3606 in Perez Hall
  • Kate Brandon 562.903.6000 x3601 in Perez Hall
  • Forrest Robinson 562.903.6000 x5467 in White 44/24 until January
  • Daniel Elliott 562.903.6000 x5588 in Middle Metzger until January
  • Ashley Hiestand 562.903.6000 x5338 in Middle Metzger until January

Computer Science

x 4741 (Jerrianne Smith, White 48A, McNally — South Campus)

Dr. Shieu—Hong Lin is the primary advisor for Computer Science. Come by the office to see if Dr. Lin is available. You can also schedule an appointment with Dr. Lin through Biola Gmail.

Education — Teaching Preparation Program

x 4843 (School of Education)

If you are interested in becoming an elementary or secondary teacher, please call the School of Education at x4843 to schedule an appointment with Melinda Soto or Jamie Stunkard. If you are a current undergraduate in the Liberal Studies major, an advisor will be assigned to you during First Year Seminar or LEDU 301 Introduction to Teaching class.

Students who have other academic majors will need to meet with an advisor in their major department as well as an advisor in the School of Education.

English

x 4824 (Erin Arendse, Sutherland 117)

Advisors are assigned through the English office, and academic advising is held for two weeks each semester prior to course selection. To find out who your advisor is, email english.department@biola.edu.

Engineering -
See Chemistry, Physics and Engineering

History/Social Science

x 4830 (Carolyn Kemp, Sutherland 100)

Advisors are assigned to each student in the History and Political Science Dept. Our full time professors are the advisors for the department. The students will receive an email from their advisor stating the way the advisor would like to set up appointments. If there is a question about who the advisor is, the student can call or stop by the Department office. in Sutherland 100 or ext. 4930 or email carolyn.kemp@biola.edu.

Intercultural Studies

x 4844 (Marshburn Lobby)

You may call or e—mail professors to set up an advising appointment. If you are undeclared but considering Intercultural Studies, call x5691 and speak to Diana Alfonso for an appointment with an advisor.

  • Freshmen: Moussa Bongoyok - Marshburn 20 (x5693)
  • Sophomore: Marla Campbell - Marshburn 17, (x5695)
  • Junior: Dr. Murray Decker - Marshburn 15 - (x5685)
  • Senior/Transfers: Dr. Katrina Greene - Marshburn 16, (x5535)
  • Interdisciplinary Students: Go to your class advisor, as listed in Intercultural Studies.

Journalism & Integrated Media

x 4569 (Lily Park, Perez Hall 53, McNally – South Campus)

Journalism majors can contact a faculty member via Biola Gmail in their concentration area for advising. Students can also contact Lily Park to arrange a time to meet with faculty.

  • Writing & Publishing - Dr. Michael Longinow
  • Visual Media - Tamara Welter
  • VBroadcast News - Stew Oleson
  • Public Relations - Carolyn Kim

All professors are in Perez Hall.

Kinesiology, Health, & PE

x 4886 (Charity Glaeser, KHPE Office, attached to the gym)

Students should call Charity to make an appointment with their advisor according to their major:

  • Dr. Jim Larson— PEED (Physical Education)
  • Dr. Marc Apkarian— Kinesiology (Pre—Physical Therapy and Exercise Science)
  • Kristianna Altamirano— Kinesiology (same as above)

Dr. Apkarian teaches a FYS class and requires all students who want to declare kinesiology major to meet with him. While students aren’t systematically reminded to make advising appointments, they are reminded in class.

Math

x 4741 (Jerrianne Smith, White 48A)

Dr. Walt Stangl advises incoming math majors and those in the secondary education concentration. To make an appointment, go to the office and set up an appointment with Marty. Joseph DiMuro advises general math majors and computer science. Jason Wilson advises applied math students.

Music

x 4895 (Jaime Nydegger, Crowell Music Hall)

You may call ext. 4895 to see who your advisor is or to schedule an appointment.

Nursing

x 4850 (Glenda Lord, Soubirou 2nd Floor)

Dr. Susan Elliott, Dr. Anne Gewe, Dr. Rachel VanNiekerk, Dr. Annette Browning, Prof. Glenn Styffe, Dr. Akiko Kobayashi, Prof. Maria Dixon, Prof. Julie Neiggeman, Prof. Shannon Gramatky.

You can find out who your advisor is and schedule an appointment either by calling x4850 or signing up in the “Pre-clinical Advisement and Appointment Times” notebook on Glenda’s desk.

Philosophy

x 4824 (Erin Arendse, Sutherland 117)

Advisors are divided by last names and can be contacted via Biola Gmail:

  • A—C: Kristen Irwin
  • D—G: David Ciocchi
  • H—M: Gregg Ten Elshof
  • N—Z: Tom Crisp

Physical Sciences and Biochemistry
See Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering

Political Science

x 4830 (Carolyn Kemp, Sutherland 100)

Contact Dr. Dave Peters directly at x4831 or through Biola Gmail, or check his office hours to make appointments.

Psychology

x 4738 (Jennifer Wilkerson, East end of Rose Hall)

First Year Seminar professors typically advise Freshmen, while Psychology faculty members advise Sophomores through Seniors. The department assigns students to advisors by equal distribution; they are flexible about who is assigned to whom and students may request which professor they would like to be their advisor.

Sociology/Urban Studies

x 5698 (Jeanile Plett, Rose Hall—west end)

Jeanile Plett, x5698, helps with undergraduate schedule planning and graduation requirements.

Faculty assist students in planning for internships, graduate school, and career preparation.

  • Brad Christerson — x5699
  • LaDawn Johnson — x3278
  • Nancy Yuen — x3279
  • Deshonna Collier — x3265
  • Stephanie Chan — x5644

Undeclared

x 4576 (The Advising Center, Middle Metzger)

If you have not chosen a major, don’t worry! The Advising Center would love to meet with you. Call x4576, e—mail academic.advising@biola.edu, or stop by to sign up for an appointment.