Hiring History

This page provides a illustrative history of the English Department's hires,  including

  • a Hiring Lineage graphic depicting the "ancestry" of the current faculty and administrators of the English Department ;
  • a Growth and Productivity Chart disaggregating the rate of new hires per chair from 1961 to present;
  • a roster of English Department Chairs since 1961 and their legacy of new faculty hires, by name. 

 


Hiring Lineage

The English Department's "family tree" of full-time faculty, color-coded and branched by hiring Chair and arranged by year since 1961.

 

Hiring Lineage 1986-2021Hiring Lineage 1961-1986

 


Growth and Productivity Chart

Number and rate of hires per English Department Chair since 1961, including positions redefined, terminated or voluntarily discontinued for reasons other than retirement.

Hiring Growth Chart

 


Legacy Roster

Charter Hires

1961

Grossmont Junior College District:
  • James K. Bell 1961-1963
  • Chester H. Palmer 1961-1965
  • George M. Washington 1961-1965* (*tenured to Foreign Languages Dept. 1965-1976)
  • Ray Reynolds 1961-1968* (*tenured to Journalism Dept. 1968-1983)
  • Charline Lamons 1961-1983 (Chair 1963-1966; 1968-1969) 
  • Robert W. Danielson 1961-1986 (Chair 1961-1963; 1967-1969)

 

Bob Danielson

1961-1963

1967-1968

Robert W. Danielson:
  • Jane R. Spooner 1962-1963* (*tenured to Speech Dept. 1963-1983)
  • Evangelos P. Phillips 1962-1965
  • Barbara W. Faber 1962-1965
  • John Saetti 1962-1965* (*tenured to Humanities Dept. 1965-2000)
  • George Kirazian, Jr. 1962-1986 (Chair 1966-1967)

 

Charline Lamons

1963-1966

1968-1969 

Charline Lamons:
  • Elizabeth Juul 1964-1968
  • Leone Finalle 1964-1972
  • Jack Lynch 1964-1983
  • Marie W. Sweadner 1964-1985
  • Z. Dean Parks 1964-1991 (Governing Board Member, Trustee #4 1992-1993)
  • Lloyd Norwood 1965-1977
  • Doris Alexander 1965-1981
  • Sylvia K. Musik  1965-1981
  • Glenda K. Richter 1965-1984 (Chair 1983-1984)
  • Dr. Len Pelletieri 1965-1986
  • Carol (Duffy) Baker 1965-1991
  • Homer Lusk 1969-1996 (Chair 1974-1977, 1978-1983, and 1984-1994)
  • Michael A. Evans 1969-2003

 

George Kirazian

1966-1967

George Kirazian:
  • Fidelia Dickinson (hired summer 1966, quit by September 1966)
  • George M. Peranteau 1966-1968* (terminated)
  • Harold Loumeau 1966-1968* (terminated)
  • Robert E. Moore 1966-1981 (Chair 1969-1970)
  • C. Frank Vittor 1966-1982 (Chair 1970-1972)
  • Vesta Penrod Gibbs 1966-1983
  • Judith C. Barkley 1966-1999
  • Glenn Lane 1967-1991
  • Stanford T. Carlson 1967-1991
  • Frederick J. Stollenwerk 1967-1999 (Chair 1972-1974) 

 

Bob Moore

1969-1970 

 

Bob Moore:
  • none 

 

C. Frank Vittor

1970-1972 

 
C. Frank Vittor:
  • Jack Barranger 1970-1979
  • Dorothy Ledbetter 1970-1994
  • Ruth Anderson 1970-1999 (Chair (1977-1978)
  • Peter Bradley 1970-1999
  • John Barnier 1970-2003 (Assistant Chair 1972-1974)

  

Frederick J. Stollenwerk

1972-1974 

 Fred Stollenwerk:
  • Dr. Elaine McLevie 1972-1979 (Division Dean Communication and Fine Arts 1979-1983)

 

Ruth Anderson 

1977-1978 

Ruth Anderson:
  • Scott Pearce 1977-1999 

 

Glenda Richter

1983-1984

Glenda K. Richter:
  • Dr. Mary Donnelly 1983-2003 (Acting Dean 1991-1982; Dept. Chair 1994-1999) 

 

Homer Lusk

1974-1977

1978-1983

1984-1994 

 
Homer Lusk:
  • Patricia K. Bennett 1987-2006* (*tenured to ESL Dept. 2006-2012)
  • Nelson Paler 1990-2004
  • Susan Jensen 1990-2011
  • Dr. Oralee Holder 1990-2019 (Chair 2006-2019)
  • Joseph Medina 1990-2012
  • Virginia Berger 1991-2006
  • Kamal (Kamla) Kapur 1992-2006
  • Cathy Harvey 1992-2018
  • Stephanie Mood 1993-2012
  • Julia Cardenas 1994-

 

Mary Donnelly

1994-1999

Dr. Mary Donnelly:
  • Chuck Passentino 1995-2006* (*tenured to ESL 2006- )
  • Paul "Gary" Phillips 1995-2011 (Chair 1999-2006)
  • Dr. Marilyn (Estep) Ivanovichi 1999-2011
  • Linda (Differding) Mitchell 1997-2013
  • Dr. Anthony Ding 1999-2017

 

Gary Phillips

1999-2006

Gary Phillips:
  • Nancy Herzfeld Pipkin 2000-2006* (*tenured to ESL 2006-2012)
  • Janice Bellinghiere 2000-
  • Kamala Balasubramanian 2001-
  • Ryan Griffith 2001-
  • Sydney Brown 2001-
  • Dr. Qais Sako 2001-2018
  • Dr. Joan Ahrens 2005-2018 (Interim Dean, Art, Humanities, Social Sciences 2018-)
  • Ryane Harris Granados 2005-2006
  • Dr. Lisa Ledri-Aguilar 2005-
  • Jenny Nolen 2005-
  • Micah Jendian 2006-
  • Dr. Tate Hurvitz 2006- (Co-Chair 2019- )
  • Karl J. Sherlock 2006- 

 

Oralee Holder

2006-2019 

Dr. Oralee Holder:
  • Adelle (Schmitt) Roe, 2007-
  • Dr. Cindi Davis Harris 2008- (Co-Chair 2019- )
  • Catherine Miller 2013-
  • Alan Traylor 2014-
  • Daniela Sow 2015-
  • Sarah L. Martin 2016-
  • Michelle Barbeau Crooks 2016-
  • Enrique Cervantes, 2019-
  • Adam Deutsch, 2019-