This is the current list of approved faculty advisors for undergraduate majors and minors at 51³Ô¹Ï. You will need one of the listed advisors to approve your major declaration form. Please see the guidance on declaring a major and contact advisingcenter@pacificu.edu if you have questions.
Some faculty may be on sabbatical during the year so check with the department for the most up to date information.
- Accountancy, BAccy
- Optional: may choose one of the Business BA concentrations
- 150-credit Bachelor of Accountancy degree
- Laura McNally, Sehan Kim
- Applied Physics, Minor
- Stephen Hall, James Butler
- Applied Science, BS
- Students choose two science minors and need advisor among those two minors
- Applied Theatre, BA & Minor
- Ellen Margolis, Tal Sanders
- Advisor approval is required to add minor. Ellen Margolis, Tal Sanders
- Art & Design
- Design Track: Doug Anderson, Tyler Brumfield
- Fine Art Track : Doug Anderson, Tyler Brumfield
- Art and Design, Minor: Doug Anderson, Tyler Brumfield
- Art History, BA & Minor
- Rebecca Twist
- Arts Administration and Advocacy, Minor
- Ellen Margolis
- Asia-Pacific Studies, Minor
- Yasutaka Maruki, Katharine Loevy, Rebecca Twist
- Astrophysics, Minor
- Todd Duncan
- Bioinformatics, BS
- Shereen Khoja, Chris Lane, Jon Schnorr, Doug Ryan, Gyorgyi Nyerges
- Biology, BS & Minor
- Paige Baugher, Bonnie Bolkan, Stacey Halpern, Liesl McCormick, Gyorgyi Nyerges, Joanne Odden, Jon Schnorr
- Business Administration, BA & Minor
- Required: Choose concentration below
- Any business faculty may sign on any concentration but preference is below; declaring at least one concentration is required
- Accounting concentration: Sehan Kim, Laura McNally
- Finance concentration: Fan Chen, Zhuoming Peng preferred but any business faculty may sign on
- International Business concentration: Krishnan Ramaya
- Management concentration: Christian Calderon, Krishnan Ramaya, Hossein Rikhtehgar Berenji
- Marketing concentration: Lena Cavusoglu and Hyun Jeong Min
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Sports Marketing concentration: Lena Cavusoglu and Hyun Jeong Min
Business Administration, Minor
- Advisor approval is required to add minor
- Krishnan Ramaya, Hossein Rikhtehgar Berenji, Laura McNally, Christian Calderon, Fan Chen, Zhuoming Peng, Hyun Jeong Min, Sehan Kim, Lena Cavusoglu
- Anthropology Minor & BA
- Aaron Greer
- (2019 or prior; please also see Cultural Anthropology 2020-present): Aaron Greer
- Chemistry, BS & Minor
- Dawn Bregel, Jeannine Chan, Roxana Ciochina, David Cordes, Joel Gohdes, Kevin Johnson, Julie Layshock
- Chinese, Minor
- Nancy Christoph and Yasutaka Maruki
- Communication, Minor
- Jennifer Hardacker, Enie Vaisburd, (students should also consult with Dan Broyles)
- Communication Sciences and Disorders, Minor
- Advisor approval required to add minor
- Jill Dolata, Peter Flipsen
- Comparative Religion, Minor
- Jaye Cee Whitehead, Daniel Eisen, Aaron Greer, Adam Rafalovich
- Computer Science, BS & Minor
- Shereen Khoja, Chris Lane, Douglas Ryan, Chadd Williams
- Creative Writing, BA & Minor
- Alex Bove, Brent Johnson, Keya Mitra, Darlene Pagan, Kathlene Postma, Jenna Thompson
- Criminal Justice, Law and Society, BA & Minor
- BA: Aimee Wodda, Rose Dahl, Daniel Eisen
- Cultural Anthropology
- With Study Abroad, BA (2020 to present): Aaron Greer
- Cultural Anthropology, BA (2020 to present): Aaron Greer
- Cultural Awareness and Knowledge, Minor
- Alyson Burns-Glover
- Dance, BA & Minor
- BA: Jennifer Camp
- Minor: Advisor approval is required to add minor: Jennifer Camp
- Data Science, BS
- Evgenia Chunikhina
- Disability Studies, Minor
- Cristy Seller
- Dual Language, BA
- Any World Language faculty including Nancy Christoph, Jeanne-Sarah de Larquier, Lorely French, Yasutaka Maruki, Jann Purdy, Victor Rodriquez, Ximena Serrano, Kathrin Theumer, Marcus Welsh
- Economics, BA & Minor
- Jamie Haag, Phil Ruder
- Editing and Publishing, Minor
- Kathlene Postma, Keya Mitra
- Education and Learning, BA
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Please contact Cristy Sellers to be assigned an advisor. Students should note if they are interested in the major plus a teaching license or only the major.
Cristy Sellers (Multiple Subjects), Anita Zijdemans Boudreau (Single Subject), Jongsun (Sunny) Wee, Patrick (Dan) Riordan, Kimberly Pfeifer, Carr
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- Engineering Physics, BS
- James Butler, Stephen Hall, Todd Duncan
- Engineering Science, BS
- James Butler, Stephen Hall, Todd Duncan
- Engineering Science Dual Degree, BS
- James Butler, Stephen Hall, Todd Duncan
- ie Larson
- Environmental Studies: Policy, Culture, Society, BA
- See Advising Center
- Environmental Policy, Minor
- Rich Van Buskirk, Ramona Ilea
- Environmental Science, Biology Emphasis, BS
- Rich Van Buskirk, Kara Lanning
- Environmental Science, Minor
- Rich Van Buskirk, Kara Lanning
- Environmental Science, Toxicology and Chemistry Emphasis, BS
- Rich Van Buskirk, Julie Layshock
- Environmental Science/Pharmacy, BS (3+3 program)
- Students may only declare after acceptance into Pharmacy. Advisors: Rich Van Buskirk, Jeannine Chan
- Film and Video Production, Minor
- Jennifer Hardacker, Enise Vaisburd
- Film and Video, BA
- Jennifer Hardacker, Enie Vaisburd
- Film Studies, Minor
- Jennifer Hardacker
- French, BA & Minor
- BA: Jeanne-Sarah de Larquier, Jann Purdy
- Gender and Sexuality Studies, Minor
- Daniel Eisen, Aimee Wodda, Alex Bove, Dawn Salgado, Ellen Margolis, Jen Bhalla, Jennifer Hardacker, Keya Mitra, Paul Snell, Rebecca Twist
- German Studies, BA & Minor
- Lorely French
- Global Scholars, Specialization
- Jann Purdy, Melissa Vieira
- Graphic Design, BA & Minor
- Jennifer Hardacker, Enie Vaisburd, Miranda Pollock
- History, BA & Minor
- Lisa Bradford, Richard Jobs, Dana Mirsalis
- International Studies, BA & Minor
- Jann Purdy, Mike Miller
- Japanese, BA & Minor
- Yasutaka Maruki, Yoko Sakurauchi
- Journalism, BA & Minor
- Philip Busse, Jennifer Hardacker, Enie Vaisburd
- Kinesiology, BS & Minor
- Jenelle Andrews, Jennifer Bhalla, Katie Dolphin, Shawn Henry, Brian Searcy, Alec Webster
- Kinesiology/Athletic Training, BS
- Jenelle Andrews, Jennifer Bhalla, Katie Dolphin, Shawn Henry, Brian Searcy
- Latina/o Studies, Minor (LatinX Studies Minor)
- Nancy Christoph, Daniel Eisen, Victor Rodriguez
- Literature, BA & Minor
- Alex Bove, Brent Johnson, Keya Mitra, Darlene Pagan, Kathlene Postma, Jenna Thompson
- Mathematics, BS & Minor
- Ian Besse, Michael Boardman, William Breslin, Christine Guenther, Chris Lane, Nancy Ann Neudauer
- Multimedia, BA & Minor
- Jennifer Hardacker, Enie Vaisburd, Miranda Pollock
- Music Education
- Dijana Ihas (for Instrumental ) or Katy Green (for Choral)
- Music Therapy, BMT
- Brea Murakami
- Music
- Music, BA: Dr. Ryan Francis, Brea Murakami, Dijana Ihas, Anne Reed
- Music, Instrumental Performance Emphasis, BA: Dijana Ihas
- Music, Minor: Dijana Ihas, Anne Reed
- Music, Piano Performance Emphasis, BA: Anne Reed
- Music, Vocal Performance Emphasis, BA: Anne Reed
- Outdoor Leadership
- Phil Friesen
New major 2021-22, Outdoor Leadership
Outdoor Leadership, Minor (ended 2022, see the two new minors below): Advisor approval is required to add minor Phil Friesen
Outdoor Leadership Applied, Minor: Phil Friesen
Outdoor Leadership Education, Minor: Phil Friesen
- Phil Friesen
- Philosophy, BA & Minor
- Ramona Ilea, Katharine Loevy, Ian O'Loughlin
- Physics, BS & Minor
- James Butler, Andrew Dawes, Todd Duncan, Stephen Hall
- Politics and Government, BA & Minor
- Jules Boykoff, Jim Moore, Jeff Seward, Paul Snell
- Psychological Health and Well-Being, Minor
- Advisor approval is required to add minor Dawn Salgado
- Psychology, BA or BS
- Please speak to the Psychology Department Chair if you do not yet have a Psychology advisor. Alyson Burns-Glover, Heide Island, Erica Kleinknecht, Connor Principe, Dawn Salgado, Todd Schultz
- Psychology, Minor
- Alyson Burns-Glover, Heide Island, Erica Kleinknecht, Connor Principe, Dawn Salgado, Todd Schultz
- Public Health, BA, BS & Minor
- Rose Dahl, Lexie Jackson, Adelle Monteblanco, Rebecca Schoon
- Self-Designed Interdisciplinary Studies, BA or BS
- Additional application and review process required. See Advising Center.
- Social Equity and Social Change, Minor
- Advisor approval is required to add minor: Daniel Eisen, Aimee Wodda
- Social Innovation and Nonprofit Leadership, Minor
- Advisor approval is required to add minor: Stephanie Stokamer, Jaye Cee Whitehead
- Social Work, BSW
- Acceptance to BSW program required. Don Schweitzer, Michelle Pliske
- Sociology, BA & Minor
- Adam Rafalovich, Daniel Eisen, Sang-hyoun Pahk
Sociology
- Adam Rafalovich, Daniel Eisen, Sang-hyoun Pahk
- Spanish, BA & Minor
- Nancy Christoph, Victor Rodriguez, Ximena Serrano, Kathrin Theumer, Marcus Welsh
- Sports Communication, BA
- Phillip Busse, Jennifer Hardacker, Enie Vaisburd
- Sports Leadership and Management, BA & Minor
- Jennifer Bhalla, Katie Dolphin, Brian Jackson, Philip Friesen, Alec Webster, Phil Schot
- Sustainability and Adaptation, BA & Minor
- BA: Required to choose one concentration from below)
- Fostering Sustainable Behavior and Communities: Rich Van Buskirk, Kara Lanning
- Outdoor Leadership and Environmental Stewardship: Rich Van Buskirk, Kara Lanning
- Sustainable Agriculture and Water Systems: Rich Van Buskirk, Kara Lanning
- Sustainability and Adaptation, Minor: Rich Van Buskirk, Kara Lanning
- Teaching English of Speakers of Other Language (TESOL), Minor
- Any education faculty (students should consult with Catherine Kim)
- Advisor approval is required to add minor.
- Theatre, BA & Minor
- Ellen Margolis, Tal Sanders