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Spring 2026 Office Hours

In-Person & *Virtual* on Zoom

Department Chair

Joan Meyers

Associate Professor

47-13D

805-756-1249

jomeyers@calpoly.edu
Mondays 3:10-5 pm Zoom and Bldg 47, Rm 13D (SLO)
Wednesdays 3-4 pm Zoom and Allan Hancock College C-37 (Santa Maria)
Thursdays 2:10-3 pm Zoom and Bldg 47, Rm 13D (SLO)

Anthropology

Jennifer Lewis

Lecturer

80 M-B108 805-756-1611 jlewis01@calpoly.edu

In-person: MW 12:10-1 pm, T 2:10-3 pm

and by appt.

Weston McCool

Assistant Professor

47-12K

805-756-1707 wmccool@calpoly.edu

Zoom: 9-11 am

In-person: Th 9:30-10:30 am

and by appt

 

Timothy McHale

Assistant Professor

47-13F

805-756-0869 tsmchale@calpoly.edu

Zoom: Email for an appointment

In-person: W 1-3 pm

and by appt.

Elizabeth Minor

Assistant Professor

 

47-13A

805-756-0870 elminor@calpoly.edu

Zoom and In-person: T 12:30-2:30 pm

and by appt.

Stacey Rucas

Professor

47-12B

805-756-1374 srucas@calpoly.edu

Zoom: M 3-5 pm, T 12-1 pm, W 9-10 am

and by appt.

Geography

Gregory S. Bohr

Associate Professor

47-12C

805-756-1322 gbohr@calpoly.edu Zoom and In-person: MW 10:40 am - 12:00 pm, and by appt.

Andrew Fricker

Associate Professor

47-12P

805-756-1150 africker@calpoly.edu Zoom: MW 8:30-10:30 pm, and by appt.

James Keese

Professor

47-13G

805-756-1170 jkeese@calpoly.edu

Zoom: TTh 10-10:50 am

and by appt

Ben Timms, Social Sciences Department Chair

Benjamin Timms

Professor

47-12M

805-756-2952 btimms@calpoly.edu

Zoom: T 9-11am

In-person: MW 10:45-11:45 am

and by appt.

Sociology

Ryan Alaniz

Professor

on leave

805-756-6261 ralaniz@calpoly.edu On Leave 2025-2026

Upali Bhattacharya

Lecturer

52 E-24 G

805-756-6264 upbhatta@calpoly.edu

Zoom: TTh 10 am - 12 pm

In-person: 9-10 am

and by appt.

Nikhil Deb

Assistant Professor

47-12Q

805-756-1720 ndeb@calpoly.edu In-person: T 12- 1 pm, and by appt.

Kimberly Higuera

Assistant Professor

47-12D

805-756-2727 kbhiguer@calpoly.edu Zoom: F 10:30 am - 12:30 pm; 2:30-4:30 pm, and by appt.

Jonathan Ibarra

Assistant Professor

47-12N

805-756-1808 jibarr43@calpoly.edu

Zoom: Th 12-1:30 pm

In-person: W 2:10-3:40 pm

and by appt.

Liz Johnston

Associate Professor

47-25Q

805-756-1230

lbjohnst@calpoly.edu

Zoom: T 8:30 am - 12:30 pm, some Fridays 1-3 pm, and by appt.
Martine Lappe

Martine Lappe

Associate Professor

47-12E

805-756-1761 mlapp@calpoly.edu

Zoom: W 10:10 - 11 am, Th 1-2 pm

In-person: Th 1-2 pm

and by appt.

Jess Lee

Jess Lee

Associate Professor

47-12F

805-756-2280 jlee938@calpoly.edu Zoom: W 9:30 - 11:30 am, and by appt.

Sara Lopus

Associate Professor

47-25P

805-756-1239 slopus@calpoly.edu Zoom: T 12-1 pm, and by appt.

Lata Murti

Lecturer, BPP Recruitment & Retention Coordinator

80 M-B108 805-756-0965 lmurti@calpoly.edu

Zoom: W 12- 1 pm

In-person: M 8-9 pm, Building C, Room 33, Allan Hancock College Campus, TTh 6-6:30 pm, Baker 180-113 or 80M-B108

and by appt.

Kylie Parrotta

Associate Professor

47-13B

805-756-1240 parrotta@calpoly.edu

In-person: MW 10:10-11 am at Fisher Science picnic tables

and by appt.

Part-time Faculty Lecturers

 

Sara Bartlett 47-23B 805-756-1641 spbartle@calpoly.edu In-person: MW 8:30-10 am, and by appt.
 

Raziel Davison

52 E-24 M

805-756-1617 radaviso@calpoly.edu Zoom: T 8:45-9:45 am, and by appt
  Jensen Jeung

52 E-24 G

805-756-6264 jejeung@calpoly.edu

Zoom: 12-1 pm

In-Person: Th 4-5 pm

and by appt.

  Jones, Terry

50 Rm J

805-235-6621 tljones@calpoly.edu In-person: Fri 2-4 pm, and by appt.
  MacDonald, Sarah 115-106 805-756-7635 smacdo05@calpoly.edu

Zoom and In-person: W 3-4 pm, and by appt.

  Schalk, Rudolph 10-121 805-756-2385 rschalk@calpoly.edu

In-person: W 10-11 am

and by appt.

  Singh, Kylee 80M-A123 805-756-5397 klsingh@calpoly.edu In-person: TTh 11:10 am - 12 pm, and by appt.
  Stratton, Andrew 52 E-24 M 805-756-5094 awstratt@calpoly.edu

Zoom: T 5-6 pm

and by appt.

Staff

  Dejana Fiorenza, ASCII

47-13E

805-756-2752 dfiorenz@calpoly.edu​

In-person: MWF 10 am - 5 pm

Email: TTh 8 am - 5 pm

  Christina Casillas, ASAII

47-13C

805-756-2260

Email: M&F 8:30 am -5 pm

In-person: TWTh 9 am - 5 pm

                                                  Emeriti

NAME WEB INFORMATION EMAIL
Coleman, James socialsciences.calpoly.edu/2017_newsletter/james_coleman_retires jcoleman@calpoly.edu
Jones, Terry

socialsciences.calpoly.edu/faculty/2025_terry_jones_retires

tljones@calpoly.edu
Kerbo, Harold socialsciences.calpoly.edu/2015_newsletter/harold_kerbo_retires hkerbo@calpoly.edu
Preston, Bill socialsciences.calpoly.edu/2020_newsletter/bill_preston_retires wpreston@calpoly.edu     
Schaeffer, Robert    socialsciences.calpoly.edu/faculty/2020_robert_schaeffer_retires rschaeff@calpoly.edu

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