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As you know, COVID-19 has changed the way we do things, at least for the next few months. We will be fully online during the Winter 2022 session, and partially online during the Spring 2022 semester. If you need to reach your instructor, please see the Contact list below. The best way to contact instructors is by email, as we are not in our offices answering the phones. If you cannot reach your instructor, or if you have a question about any of the subjects in our Division, please contact the Communications Division Chair, Ann Warren.The Communications Division includes the following departments: Developmental Communications, English, English as a Second Language (credit), English as a Second Language (non-credit), Journalism, Spanish, French, and Japanese.
Faculty and staff in our division are unified in our mission to support students in developing strong reading, writing, and critical thinking skills—skills essential for engaged global citizenship. Students with strong language skills will find their college classes easier to ace. And after college, they'll find themselves in demand in the professional world. Students who study foreign languages will find that those skills open up many doors in the work world, and will also find themselves more at home in a variety of different cultures. And students who study Journalism will improve not only their critical thinking and writing skills, but also their listening and observation skills.
Communications Division faculty are trained to use a wide range of teaching methods to meet students’ varied learning styles. Students who complete our classes will acquire skills that will put them at an advantage in college and in the work world, and that will enrich their personal lives.
Degrees & Certificates
Contact Information
Ann Warren, Division Chair
Email: warrenal@lahc.edu
NEA 297, Phone: (310) 233-4250
Saray Diaz, Secretary
Email: olivaras@lahc.edu
NEA 297R, Phone: (310) 233-4252
Live help via zoom from 7:30am - 12:30pm and 1:30pm - 6:00pm
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English Faculty
Karen Amano-Tompkins
Instructor, English
NEA 254, Phone (310) 233-4219
Email: amanotk@lahc.edu
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Columbia University
https://mstompkinsblog.wordpress.com/
Stephanie Brown
Instructor, English
NEA 252, Phone (310) 233-4236
E-mail: Brownsd@lahc.edu
B.A., CSU Dominguez Hills, M.F.A., Mills College
Carmen Carrillo
Professor, English
NEA 261, Phone (310) 233-4259
E-mail: carrilc@lahc.edu
B.A., Loyola-Marymount University; M.A., University of Iowa
John Corbally
Associate Professor, English
NEA 273, Phone (310) 233-4239
E-mail: jrcorbally@gmail.com
B.A., M.A., CSU Los Angeles; post-grad work, Oxford, England
http://www.solarlottery.com
Jean Grooms
Assistant Professor, English
NEA 265, Phone (310) 233-4258
Email: groomsjr@lahc.edu
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University;
M.A. CSU Dominguez Hills
Christian Lozada
Instructor, English
NEA 253, Phone (310) 2133-4289
Email: lozadach@lahc.edu
B.A, M.A., CSU Long Beach
Shazia Khan
Instructor, English
NEA 255, Phone (310) 233-4242
Email: khanst@lahc.edu
B.A., CSU Fullerton, M.A., University of LaVerne
Hale Savard
Assistant Professor, English
NEA 271, Phone (310) 233-4241
Email: savardh@lahc.edu
B.A., M.A., CSU Long Beach
http://www.profsavard.weebly.com
Kent Stoddart
Professor, English
Office NEA 263, Phone (310) 233-4217
E-mail: stoddakj@lahc.edu
B.A., M.A., CSU Los Angeles
Jennifer Triplett
Assistant Professor, English
NEA 273, Phone (310) 233-4247
Email: triplejl@lahc.edu
B.A., University of California Santa Barbara; M.A.,
CSU Dominguez Hills; Ed.D, Pepperdine University
Errol Sanborn
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: errol.sanborn@sbcglobal.net
Denise Dumars
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: eerieaerie@hotmail.com
Dee Masters
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: mastersdee@aol.com
Aura Imbarus
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: imbarua@lahc.edu
Steve Swaim
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: swaimsj@lahc.edu
Wendy Walsh
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: walshwm@lahc.edu
Don Lechman
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: don@lechman.org
Tommy Amano-Tompkins
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: amanott@lahc.edu
Anjanette Crum
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: cruma@lahc.edu
Agnes Davies
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: daviesam2
James Slama
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: slamaj@lahc.edu
Triana Rosas
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: thedarklady@gmail.com
Victor Zamora
Instructor, English
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: zamoravl@lahc.edu
ESL Faculty
Andrea Cano
Instructor, English as a Second Language (ESL)
NEA 269, Phone (310) 233-4221
E-mail: canoac@lahc.edu
B.A., Univ. of California, Berkeley; M.S. CSU Fullerton
Dale Shannon
Instructor, English as a Second Language (ESL)
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: shannodd@lahc.edu
Foreign Language Faculty
William Hernandez
Associate Professor, Spanish
NEA 257, Phone (310) 233-4081
E-mail: hernanw@lahc.edu
B.A., M.A., CSU Long Beach
Delia Renteria
Assistant Professor, Spanish
NEA 278, Phone (310)233-4235
E-mail: renterd@lahc.edu
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., CSU Long Beach
Cynthia Caloia
Assistant Professor, French and Spanish
NEA 259, Phone (310) 233-4243
E-mail: caloiacr@lahc.edu
B.A., M.A., UCLA; B.A., CSULB
Gerry Koehler
Instructor, Spanish
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: 1piperpilot@gmail.com
Maria Teresa Nunez
Instructor, Spanish
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: nunezmc@lahc.edu
Benito Gomez
Instructor, Spanish
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: gomezb@lahc.edu
Marlene Koven
Instructor, Spanish
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: kovenm@lahc.edu
Fidelina Gonzalez
Instructor, Spanish
NEA 256, Phone (310) 233-4252
Email: gonzalf4@lahc.edu