Media Contacts
Adaptive Physical Education
Micki Witzig
Chair, Adaptive Physical Education Program
Instructor, Adaptive Physical Education
HWPEA Division
Witzig is the chair of the Adaptive Physical Education Program as well as a respected and distinguished instructor. Her expertise includes spinal chord injuries, acquired brain trauma, and developmental delays. She is also the recipient of the 2004 Floyd L. Younger Award for Academic Excellence.
Anthropology
Rob Edwards
Director, Archeology Tech. Program
Instructor, Anthropology & Archeology
HASS Division
Edwards is a renowned expert in archaeology and anthropological studies. He is the director of the Archaeology Technology Program at Cabrillo College and is a distinguished mentor in the field of environmental issues, with particular emphasis on Native American issues. He has completed extensive ethnographic training and fieldwork in California and Micronesia, with academic and research interests in settlement patterns, archaeological field methods, and cultural resource management, with a geographical focus on historic and prehistoric sites in California.
Biology
Robin McFarland
Instructor, Biology
NAS Division
McFarland's interests span a multitude of topics within the biological sciences, from anatomy to ape behavior. She is an expert on human evolution and physiology as well as human anatomy.
Chemistry
Lisa Homesley
Instructor, Chemistry
NAS Division
Homesley is an adjunct instructor in the Chemistry Department at Cabrillo College. She is a specialized expert within the field of molecular biology and has a Ph.D. in that field.
Communications
Dr. J. Dan Rothwell
Chair, Communication Studies Department
Instructor, Communication Studies
HASS Division
A leader in the study of communications, Rothwell has authored four textbooks on a multitude of different aspects of communication, including public speaking, teamwork, nonverbal communication and hyper-competitiveness. His expertise on conflict management and gender differences in communication has led to research on gender violence and the power of persuasion, especially when applied to political campaigns and political strategies. He co-authored a text on general psychology and is the chair for the Communications Studies Department at Cabrillo College.
Counseling
Salvetoria Larter
Counselor, International Students
Larter is an international student advisor with a vast array of knowledge in the area of international student information and immigration. She provides detailed immigration and academic counseling to students on visas and also counsels permanent residents and U.S. citizens who have studied abroad.
Donna Mekis
Director, Transfer Center
Mekis is the Transfer Center director and has great expertise in the areas of college admissions and transfer. Her knowledge goes beyond the realm of UC and CSU transfers, expanding to private and independent universities. She is a counselor and facilitator of the different transfer admissions agreements, including guaranteed admission to some universities. She can answer specific questions regarding Cabrillo College's curriculum and how it translates to other colleges and universities as well as the general process of transferring.
Shawn Ogimachi
Counselor/Instructor
Ogimachi is a career counselor whose expertise lies in career development, assessment, and career counseling.
English
Virginia Coe, Ph.D.
Instructor, English
BELA Division
Coe is a widely respected expert in English Literature. Her specific expertise is in 19th Century British women novelists, particularly Jane Austen. Her knowledge in that area has garnered her much acclaim and she has taught numerous courses on the subject.
Dr. Tom Marshall
Instructor, English
BELA Division
Dr. Marshall is a published poet, fiction writer, literary critic, and nature writer. His work extends into the realm of contemporary political issues as well as the creative and popular literatures of France, Britain, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the U.S. Besides poems and stories, his current projects involve the intersections between theories of nature, creativity, and labor. Dr. Marshall is an accomplished amateur botanist and mycologist, specializing in the mushrooms and flowering plants of our area.
Environmental Science
Sue Holt
Instructor, Statistics & Environmental Science
NAS Division
Holt is a life-long student of environmental issues and has spent several years studying the environmental policies of the United States and its affect on the world. She is an expert in the field of mathematics, particularly in the area of statistics and statistical analysis.
History
Michael Mangin
Instructor, History
HASS Division
Mangin, history instructor at Cabrillo College, has a deep-rooted enthusiasm for many aspects of history. They include a broad range of topics, from U.S. History to Middle Eastern History. His expertise includes U.S. slavery, women's history, and U.S. and European politics. He has a Ph.D. in United States History and his dissertation was Free Men in Theory: Race, Society, and Politics in Ross County, Ohio, 1796-1850. His foray into European History has established him among his peers and students as a leader and pioneer in the study.
Library
Georg Romero
Director, Library and Learning Resources Center
Bowen is the director of Library and Learning Resources at Cabrillo College. She has wide experience within the field of library science, including access to information, library conduct, and related information about the Patriot Act. Her responsibilities include oversight of the budget, staffing, program planning for library instruction, and library systems.
Mathematics
Sue Holt
Instructor, Statistics & Environmental Science
NAS Division
Holt is a life-long student of environmental issues and has spent several years studying the environmental policies of the United States and its affect on the world. She is an expert in the field of mathematics, particularly in the area of statistics and statistical analysis.
Nursing
Dr. Debora Bone
President, CCFT
Instructor, Nursing
HWPEA Division
Dr. Bone is a respected instructor in the Nursing Program and has extensive experience within the field of nursing education. She is an advocate for women's health and is an expert on birthing techniques and breastfeeding. Her interests span the range of nursing and she is a knowledgeable proponent of the teachers' union. Her clinical specialty is maternal-newborn nursing and she has experience in pathways for midwifery training.
Lee Brunngraber
Instructor, Nursing
HWPEA Division
Brunngraber is an instructor in the Nursing Program and has acquired extensive knowledge and insight in the field of nursing. Her specialty is psychiatric and mental health issues. She has numerous titles including RN, MS, APRN and BC.
Physics
Dr. Carlos E. Figueroa
Chair, Physics Program
Instructor, Physics
NAS Division
Figueroa has a wealth of knowledge in the area of particle physics. He has a PhD in particle physics and worked at the Standard Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) for about seven years doing research. In addition to his duties at SLAC, he, with a fellow researcher at SLAC, reorganized and directed a summer internship for undergraduate students from all over the country. They were so successful that Department of Energy adopted their program and used it as a model for other national laboratories. At last count, there are about 30 different national laboratories throughout the country that use this model.
Political Science
Dr. Rory O'Brien
Instructor, Political Science
HASS Division
Dr. O'Brien holds both a masters and a doctorate degrees in political science and is a distinguished member of the faculty senate at Cabrillo College. He has expertise in issues affecting Cabrillo College as well as the budget situation. His interests include various political issues and he is an expert on local, state, and national politics and specializes in political theory and environmental policy.
Psychology
Lynne Ann DeSpelder
Instructor, Psychology
HASS Division
DeSpelder is an internationally recognized expert in death, dying and bereavement. Among her many publications is the text The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying, an interdisciplinary survey of the field of thanatology.
Real Estate
Edward Denis Roden
Instructor, Real Estate
BELA Division
Roden teaches about real estate finance, appraisal and principles at Cabrillo College. He has been a broker for 25 years, and has owned his own real estate finance company for two years.
