Department Chair Directory

Department	Faculty	Email
Administration of Justice	John Sanford Jr.	jsanford@contracosta.edu
African-American Studies	Nzingha Dugas	ndugas@contracosta.edu
Astronomy/Physics/Engineering/Comp Sci	Jon Celesia	JCelesia@contracosta.edu
Automotive	Lucille Beatty (Co-chair, F24 only)	LBeatty@contracosta.edu
	Laura Lozano (Co-chair F24; sole chair SP25)	LLozano@contracosta.edu
Biological Sciences	Deborah Dixon (co-chair)	ddixon@contracosta.edu
	Katie Krolikowski (co-chair)	KKrolikowski@contracosta.edu
Business/Information and Computer Technology	Bashir Shah	bshah@contracosta.edu
Chemistry	Jason Lau	jlau@contracosta.edu
Comm Studies and Journalism	Joseph (Randy) Carver (co-chair, SPCH)	JCarver@contracosta.edu
	Annie Sciacca (co-chair, JRNAL)	asciacca@contracosta.edu
Counseling	Sarah Boland Drain (co-chair)	SBoland@contracosta.edu
	Andrea Phillips (co-chair)	Aphillips@contracosta.edu
Culinary	Nader Sharkes (FA 24)	NSharkes@contracosta.edu
	Elisabeth Schwarz (SP25)	eschwarz@contracosta.edu
Drama	Carlos-Manuel Chavarria	CChavarria@contracosta.edu
Early Childhood	Michell Naidoo	MNaidoo@contracosta.edu
English	Maritez Apigo (Co-chair)	mapigo@contracosta.edu
	Brandon Marshall (co-chair)	bmarshall@contracosta.edu
ESL	Rebecca Clayton	rclayton@contracosta.edu
Fine and Media Arts	Reece Romus	rromus@contracosta.edu
Foreign Languages	Irena Stefanova	IStefanova@contracosta.edu
Health & Human Svcs	Aminta Mickles	AMickles@contracosta.edu
History/Anthropology/Geography	Manu Ampim	MAmpim@contracosta.edu
Humanities/Philosophy	Michael Kilivris	MKilivris@contracosta.edu
La Raza Studies	Agustin Palacios	APalacios@contracosta.edu
Library	Erica Watson	ewatson@contracosta.edu
Math	Perry Aliadoa (co-chair)	paliado@contracosta.edu
	Terrill Mead (co-chair)	tmead@contracosta.edu
Medical Assisting	Jessica Le	JLe@contracosta.edu
Music	Stephanie Austin (co-chair)	SAustin@contracosta.edu
	Jennifer Griest (co-chair)	JGriest@contracosta.edu
Nursing	Jacqueline Wright	JWright@contracosta.edu
PE/Kinesiology	Nikki Ferguson	NFerguson@contracosta.edu
Political Science	Vanna Gonzales	VGonzales@contracosta.edu
Psychology	Jennifer Ounjian	JOunjian@contracosta.edu
Public Safety	Chris Coughlin (co-chair, EMED)	ccoughlin@contracosta.edu
	John Sanford (co-chair, ADJUS)	jsanford@contracosta.edu
Sociology	Vern Cromartie	VCromartie@contracosta.edu