Faculty
Department Chair
Anthony Castro
Department Chair, Professor
Full-Time Faculty
Dr. Vicente Alvarez
Associate Professor
College Attended: University of California, Riverside
Degree: BS, MS, PhD
Year started: 2009
Quote: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
a different result." - Albert Einstein
Dr. Victoria Anemelu
Professor
College Attended: University of Nigeria, Nsukka Nigeria
Degree: PhD (Mathematics Education)
Year started: 2003
Quote: "Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still
greater." -Albert Einstein
Rui Hayashi Bautista
Assistant Professor
College Attended: Cal Poly Pomona
Degree: BS and MS in Mathematics
Year started: 2024
Quote: “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” - Salvador Dalí or Mom of
10 birds. Welcome any inquiry about birds.
Yvonne Beebe
Professor
Dr. Jeremiah Gilbert
Associate Professor
College Attended: California State University San Bernardino, University of California Riverside, Capella
University
Degree: BA in Mathematics, MA in Mathematics (Pure), PhD in Education (Postsecondary and
Adult)
Year started: 2005
Quote: "If I am an advocate for anything, it is to move. As far as you can, as much as you
can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else's shoes or
at least eat their food. It's a plus for everybody." - Anthony Bourdain
Ali Hassanzadah
Associate Professor
College Attended: California State University, San Bernardino
Degree: BA and MA
Year started: 2019
Quote: "I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a
towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot." -
Kobe Bryant
Abeir Israeil
Associate Professor
College Attended: California State University San Bernardino, Capella University
Degree: BA in Mathematics, MA in Mathematics, PhD in secondary and post adult education
Year started: 2004
Quote: "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." - John Dewey
Moustafa Kanawati
Associate Professor
College Attended: St. Louis University, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Degree: BA in Chemistry and Mathematical Computer Science, Master of Science in Mathematics
Year started: 2007
Quote: "O my Lord! Increase me in my knowledge!" Qur'an 20:114
Chongui Keith Lee
Associate Professor
College Attended: University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Degree: BS in Electrical Engineering
Year started: 1998
Quote: "Humility and gratitude are the twin characteristics of happiness" -Richard C. Edgley
Dr. David Martin
Assistant Professor
College Attended: UC Davis, Fresno State, UC Merced
Degree: BS, Mathematics, MA, Mathematics, PhD, Applied Math
Year started: 2018
Ebony Perez
Assistant Professor
College Attended: California State University San Bernardino, Rice University Houston Texas
Degree: BA and MA in Mathematics
Year started: 2024
Quote: “Don’t wait until you’ve reached your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every
step you take toward reaching that goal.” - Simone Biles
Amanda Qader
Assistant Professor
College Attended: California State University Fullerton
Degree: BA and MA in Mathematics
Year started: 2024
Quote: “Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think
at all.” - Hypatia
Alvin Sacdalan
Associate Professor
College Attended: California State University, San Bernardino
Degree: BS and MA in Mathematics
Year started: 2015
Quote: "The more you educate yourself, the less someone can control you"
David Smith
Associate Professor
College Attended: Pacific Union College
Degree: BS and MA
Year started: 2009
Point of interest: Prof. Smith grew up in Thailand as the son of missionary parents. He spends spare
moments writing and self-publishing love stories with a Bangkok setting. His favorite
"fun fact" is that his dad played the nerdy role of Waldo in the original Little Rascals
movie franchise.
Dr. Teri Strong
Associate Professor
Bethany Tasaka
Interim Dean 2023-2024
College Attended: Cal State University, San Bernardino
Degree: BA and MA in Mathematics Math
Year started: 2017
Quote: "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity.
It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and
make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison
All Faculty
- Alvarez, Vicente
- Anemelu, Victoria C
- Awunganyi, John
- Bahena, Sandra
- Bautista, Rui H
- Beebe, Yvonne
- Castro, Anthony B
- Castro, Kyle
- Chen, Hsu Chia
- Dunn, Corey
- Gilbert, Jeremiah A.
- Harmon, Lacey T
- Hassanzadah, Ali
- Hoang, Dung
- Israeil, Abeir
- Kanawati, Moustafa
- Kasouha, Samar M
- Kimbrough, Pamela
- Lai, Karen A
- Lamp, Leonard B
- Lee, Chongui Keith
- Lim, Bronson
- Liscum, Huong Q
- Majid, May
- Martin, David W
- Matin, Mohammad A
- Mendoza, Maria
- Miller, Frank J.
- Naim, Rozaena
- Ngobi, Said
- Nguyen, Hoang M
- Nguyen, Leon
- Nguyen, Tung
- Nguyen, Bryan
- Nolasco, Jesus
- Perez, Ebony T
- Qader, Amanda I
- Ramirez, Jessica L
- Sacdalan, Alvin M
- Seager, Charles F
- Smith, David B
- Strong, Teri
- Tasaka, Bethany
- Ting, Lycretia
- Watterlond, John P
- Wrightstone, Brad A
- Yoo, Jane
- Zuick, Nhan