UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027

Administration

Rebekah Child, Nursing, Department Chair

Jessica Davis, Director of College Advising

Rosalia Garcia-Torres, Family and Consumer Sciences, Department Chair

Nola Kennedy, Environmental and Occupational Health, Department Chair

Witaya (Dan) Mathiyakom, Physical Therapy, Department Chair

Douglas McLaughlin, Kinesiology, Department Chair

Bethany Rainisch, Health Sciences, Department Chair

Patricia J. Seymour, Communication Disorders and Sciences, Department Chair

Erika HeeKyung Sung, Recreation and Tourism Management, Department Chair

W. David Wakefield, Child and Adolescent Development, Department Chair

Vacant, Director of Finance and Operations

 

Research Centers and Institutes

Aquatic Center at Castaic Lake
Director: Vacant

Center for Recreation and Tourism
Director: Vacant

Center of Achievement Through Adapted Physical Activity
Director: Taeyou Jung

Child and Family Studies Center
Director: Christa Dunlap

Consumer Resource Center
Director: Vacant

Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing
Director: Mirna Sawyer

Language, Speech and Hearing Center
Director: Patricia Seymour

Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics
Director: Annette A. Besnilian

Physical Therapy Center for Advanced Clinical Practice
Director: Vacant

Contact

College of Health and Human Development
Dean: Mechelle Best
Interim Associate Dean: Nathan Martin
(818) 677-3001