Meet Your Peer Academic Advisors (PAAs)
Peer Academic Advisors (PAAs) are para-professionals trained to help with general advising, major/minor changes, course selection, etc. Unlike the full-time Advising Center staff, PAAs serve the entire student population, not just first-years.
Appointment Topics
- General Advising Needs: Schedule planning, registration help, and adding or changing your major/minor.
- Academic Success & Study Skills: Support with study skills, time management, GPA calculations, assignment mapping, and assignment accountability, etc.
- Graduation Application & Planner Support: Support using the Planner tool, building a digital course-by-course academic plan to take to your faculty advisor, filling out the Graduation Application, etc.
- FirstGen & SEID Support: Support navigating university systems, building connections and academic thriving.
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PAA Directory
Eliana Henry
Peer Academic Advisor
Cinema & Media Arts
- Class Year: Third Year
- Major: Cinema & Media Arts
- Hometown: Montclair, CA
- Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: The Emperor's New Groove
- Email: cma.peer.advising@biola.edu
- Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
- Office Hours:
- Monday: 1–5 p.m.
- Wednesday: 3–5 p.m.
- Thursday: 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Brighton Byus
Peer Academic Advisor
Graduate Application & Planner Support
- Class Year: Third Year
- Major: Psychology
- Hometown: Visalia, CA
- Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Ratatouille
- Email: planner.peer.advising@biola.edu
- Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
- Office Hours:
- Monday: 3–5 p.m.
- Tuesday: 3–5 p.m.
- Thursday: 3–5 p.m.
- Friday: 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Diana Guan
Peer Academic Advisor
Graduate Application & Planner Support
- Class Year: Third Year
- Major: Mathematics
- Hometown: Beijing, China
- Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: My Neighbor Totoro
- Email: planner.peer.advising@biola.edu
- Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
- Office Hours:
- Tuesday: 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
- Wednesday: 8:30–11:30 a.m.
- Thursday: 12–4 p.m.
Caitlin Perry
Peer Academic Advisor
Academic Success/Study Skills
- Class Year: Fourth Year
- Major: Psychology
- Hometown: Fullerton, CA
- Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Beauty and the Beast
- Email: study.peer.advising@biola.edu
- Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
- Office Hours:
- Monday: 8:30–10:30 a.m.
- Tuesday: 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
- Wednesday: 12–1 p.m.
- Thursday: 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Charis Adams
Peer Academic Advisor
Biology
- Class Year: Second Year
- Major: Biology
- Hometown: Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Listening for Lions
- Email: biology.peer.advising@biola.edu
- Location: Lim 117 and Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
- Office Hours:
- Monday: 1:30–4:30 p.m.
- Wednesday: 8:30–10:30 a.m.
- Thursday: 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
- Friday: 8:30–10:30 a.m.
Haley Penner
Senior Peer Academic Advisor
Psychology
- Class Year: Third Year
- Major: Psychology
- Hometown: Beaverton, OR
- Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: The Princess Diaries
- Email: psychology.peer.advising@biola.edu
- Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
- Office Hours:
- Monday: 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
- Tuesday: 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
- Wednesday: 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Abby Johler
Senior Peer Academic Advisor
Cinema and Media Arts
- Class Year: Third Year
- Major: Cinematography
- Hometown: St. Louis, MO
- Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Silence of the Lambs and Bike Riders
- Email: cma.peer.advising@biola.edu
- Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
- Office Hours:
- Monday: 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
- Wednesday: 3–5 p.m.
- Thursday: 1:30–5 p.m.
Emily Perez
Peer Academic Advisor
FirstGen/SEID
- Class Year: Fourth Year
- Major: Nursing
- Hometown: Wilmington, CA
- Favorite Childhood Book or Movie: Ratatouille
- Email: firstgen.peer.advising@biola.edu
- Location: Sutherland Hall (First Floor)
- Office Hours:
- Wednesday: 8:45 a.m.–1:45 p.m.