Panelists

Meet our Faculty Research Panelists

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Dr. Carla Grandy is the STEM Division Dean at Skyline College.  She holds a B.S. in Environmental Geology from Texas Christian University, a M.S. in Oceanography from Oregon State University, and a PhD in Earth Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Prior to becoming the STEM Division Dean Dr. Grandy taught Earth Science, Geology, and Oceanography at community colleges. She joined the Skyline College faculty in 2014. Since joining Skyline College, Dr Grandy has served in many leadership roles at including Director of Guided Pathways and Comprehensive Redesign, Chair of the Educational Policy Committee, and Faculty Lead for the Earth Science Department.

Associate Professor Lynsey Hemstreet is a cosmetologist and educator native to the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from San Francisco State University, where she is pursuing a Master of Arts in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts. Her research explores the intersection of beauty standards, gender and media.

In the salon she applies principles of technical craft to haircutting, color, and styling while developing creative approaches to career education. A two-time winner of the Skyline College President's Innovation Fund, her team created the first international service learning trip available to college cosmetology students. Lynsey earned a cosmetology certificate from College of San Mateo and has trained with industry artists from Wella, TIGI, and Redken.

Dr. Katie Hern is an English Instructor at Skyline College and Co-Founder of the California Acceleration Project (CAP). CAP’s professional development programs support the state’s 115 community colleges to use high school grades for placement, replace stand-alone remedial courses with corequisite models, implement math pathways, and teach with high-challenge, high-support pedagogy. In 2016, the Washington Monthly named Dr. Hern and CAP co-founder Myra Snell to their list of the “16 Most Innovative People in Higher Education.” Dr. Hern’s most recent publication Getting There focuses on the implementation of AB 705 across California. She has published 20 articles, book chapters, and reports.

Dr. Hern holds a doctorate and master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Mills College, a master’s degree in American Culture Studies from Bowling Green State University, and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from New York University. Her past roles include serving as an English faculty member at Chabot College, Co-Director of California’s Faculty Inquiry Network, and Dean of Academic Affairs at John F. Kennedy University.

Dr. Shaun Perisho is currently a Professor in the Psychology Department at Skyline College. He studied Physics as an undergraduate student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, then completed his PhD in Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Perisho has conducted research on sea lion behavior in the Florida Keys, social dynamics of pigs at the University of Pennsylvania, and dolphin echolocation for the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program. His primary research interests include stress-coping strategies and fractal dynamics in mammal behavior.

Dr. Nicole Porter holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from University of the Pacific, Stockton, California where she did a study on perceptions of race, ethnicity and culture, a M.A. in Cross-Cultural Teaching from National University, La Jolla, California and a B.A. in Communication Disorders from Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington.

Dr. Porter is a servant leader and strives to see her colleagues and students become “Producers of Education”. Her recent study of race, ethnicity, and culture led her to further work in developing, “Critically Reflective Cultural Practitioners”.

Dr. Kolo Wamba is an educator and Professor Physics at Skyline College, and technology professional with experience in the semiconductor equipment and radiation detector industries. Along with teaching Physics, Professor Wamba co-leads along with Professor Emilie Hein, the Skyline nEXO group which contributes to the ongoing detector research and development and analysis efforts currently taking place at SLAC and at Stanford.

Dr. Wamba holds a B.S. in Applied Physics from Columbia University in New York City, a M.S. and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University where his dissertation title was “Aspects of the R&D for the Enriched Xenon Observatory for Double Beta Decay.” 

About our Student Leadership Panelists

_{Allen Bustos}

_{ASSC Student Senator}

_{Project Change Ambassador}

 

_{Curtis Chow}

_{Honors Transfer Club President}

 

 

 

_{Tara Grover}

_{ASSC Student Senator}

_{Sustainability Intern}

 

_{Shannon Hoang}

_{ASSC Commissioner of Activities} 

_{nEXO Intern}

 

 

_{Benjamin-Rafael Mingoa}  

_{Peer Instructor}

_{Biology & Chemistry Scholar}