Dean of the College
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
Angela L. (Angie) Bos serves as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College at 17³Ô¹Ï. Before coming to Oxy, she was Dean of the School of Public Service at Boise State University, following fifteen years at the College of Wooster as a political science professor...
Associate Deans
Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs (ADSAA)
Caro Brighouse serves as the Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs. In this role she coordinates resources within Academic Affairs to support students to be successful, chairs the Student Progress Committee, co-chairs Oxy's Retention and Persistence Council, and works closely with...
Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs (ADCA)
Brandon Lehr serves as the Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs. In this role, he provides administrative oversight, stewardship, and overall management of the College’s curriculum, including the Core Program, the College Writing Program, and the College’s majors and minors. He also ensures...
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (ADFA)
Kristi Upson-Saia serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs. In this role, she oversees the daily operations of Academic Affairs and is the point person for the Dean’s Office on all departmental and faculty matters.
She coordinates departmental course planning and staffing requests, and...
Assistant Dean
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Paolo Velasco serves as assistant dean for academic affairs under the direction of the vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. He provides strategic support and leadership to the dean’s office, serving as the principal resource for administering, overseeing, and facilitating the...
Support Staff
Academic Support Administrator
Beatrice Gonzales supports the effective operation of academic affairs and the dean's office. She is responsible for overseeing daily business office transactions, coordinating academic affairs searches, managing dean's office events, providing Institutional Review Board (IRB) support, offering...
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Virginia Lora serves as the executive assistant to the VP for academic affairs and Dean of the College by implementing the Dean’s directives. She performs day-to-day activities such as managing the Dean’s calendar, coordinating faculty events, managing the administrative duties of the Advisory...