Our Faculty

View a listing of faculty and lecturers for the San Diego State University Ed.D. in Community College Leadership program.

Postsecondary/Community College Leadership Faculty

  • Julianne Barnes, Ed.D., Chancellor, South Orange County Community College, Mission Viejo, CA
  • Eric Bishop, Ed.D., Superintendent/President, Ohlone Community College District, Fremont, CA
  • George Boggs, Ph.D., President & CEO Emeritus of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Palomar College 
  • Wendy Bracken, Ed.D., Program Director of Ed.D. in Community College Leadership, San Diego State University
  • José Briceño, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
  • Chuck Degeneffe, Ph.D., Chair of ARPE and Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling, San Diego State University
  • Bonnie A. Dowd, Ed.D., CMA, Executive Vice Chancellor for Business and Technology Services, San Diego Community College District
  • Eric R. Felix, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Community College Leadership, San Diego State University
  • Tanya J. Gaxiola Serrano, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Community College Leadership, San Diego State University
  • Mari Guillermo, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Counseling, San Diego State University
  • Ashanti Hands, Ed.D., President, San Diego Mesa College

  • Frank Harris III, Ed.D., Professor, Postsecondary Education, San Diego State University

  • Felisha Herrera Villarreal, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Community College Leadership, San Diego State University
  • Bridget Herrin, Ed.D., Acting Dean of Institutional Effectiveness, San Diego Mesa College
  • Aaron Iffland, Ph.D., San Diego State University/Claremont Graduate University Joint Ph.D. Program in Education (Education Policy, Evaluation, and Reform)
  • Pam Luster, Ed.D., President Emerita of San Diego Mesa College, President/CEO of Luster Higher Ed Group
  • Bill Piland, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Community College Leadership, San Diego State University
  • Toni Saia, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Counseling, San Diego State University
  • Caren Sax, Ed.D., Professor Emerita and Director of Interwork Institute, San Diego State University
  • Ricky Shabazz, Ed.D., President of San Diego City College
  • Scott Thayer, Ed.D., President, Cypress College
  • Mark Tucker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Counseling, San Diego State University
  • Marissa Vasquez, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Community College Leadership, San Diego State University
  • Gregory Wilson, Ed.D., Lecturer, Community College Leadership, San Diego State University