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Members of the College Prep faculty have been selected for their thorough knowledge of subject matter and gifted teaching ability. Of the 48 faculty members, 24 hold master's degrees and 11 have earned doctorate degrees. With a teacher-student ratio of 1 to 8 and an average academic class size of 14.3, Prep provides individualized instruction that builds close ties between students and teachers.
| The Arts Stefani Berger (1994) Department Head Dance Gretchen Garlinghouse (1976) 2D & 3D Art/Photography B.A., Mills College Tina Harrington (1999) Choral Music B.A., UC Berkeley Charles Neifeld (1994) Drama Tech/Stagecraft B.A., California State University, Chico M.A., San Francisco State University Kurt Patzner (1985) Instrumental Music B.A., San Diego State University M.A., San Francisco State University Salil Singh (2002) Drama/Digital Video B.A., English Knox College M.F.A., University of Iowa Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin Susan Swerdlow (1978) Choral Music B.A., San Francisco State University M.A., Temple University Christina Williams (2003) 2D Art B.F.A., University of the Pacific M.F.A., Academy of Art College, San Francisco Athletics / Health, Fitness & Recreation Linda Desimone (1980) Athletic Director B.A., UC Berkeley Duane McNeil (2002) Assistant Director of Athletics B.A., San Jose State Godwin Odiye (2003) Athletics B.A., University of San Francisco M.P.A., University of Southern California Kiet Tran (1998) Health, Fitness & Recreation Director B.S., Humboldt State University English Julie Anderson (2003) B.A., Brown University Ph.D., UC Berkeley Joy Crisman (1973) B.A., Vassar College M.Ed., Boston University Richard Cushman (2001) B.A., University of San Francisco M.A., Ph.D., UC Berkeley John Faggi (1984) B.A., Princeton University M.A.T., Harvard University Kate Kordich (2001) Department Head B.A., M.A., San Diego State Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz Larissa Parson (2006) B.A., St. John’s College, Annapolis M.A., Cornell University Nancy Steele (1989) B.A., Cornell University M.F.A., University of Oregon Andrea Tinnemeyer (2005) B.A., University of Houston M.A., University of Houston and Rice University Ph.D., Rice University Forensics Nicholas Coburn-Palo (2000) B.S., Weber State University Lexy Green (1998) Director of Forensics B.A., UC Berkeley History Katherine Gumbert (1997) B.A., Haverford College M.A., University of Arizona Kathryn Jay (2006) B.A., University of Texas, Austin M.A., PhD., University of Pennsylvania Nancy Park (2008) B.S.F.S., Georgetown Univeristy M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University Matt Truesdell (1995) B.A., California Lutheran College M.A., Ph.D., UC Berkeley Preston Tucker (1997) B.A., University of North Carolina Ed.M., Harvard University Stephen Wilson (2001) Department Head B.A., Yale University M.A., Ph.D., UC Berkeley | Math Bosky Frederick (1972) B.S., M.S., UC Davis Stephanie Lai (2005) B.A., UC Berkeley Diane Munro (1983) Math/Schedule Administrator B.S., UC Berkeley M.A., Ph.D., Aberdeen University, Scotland Nozomi Nakayama-Ratchford (2007) Math/Science Intern B.A., Wellesley College M.S. Stanford University Nancy Pegels (2006) B.S., B.A., University of Cincinnati M.S., Cleveland State Norm Prokup (2003) B.S., Cornell M.S., Ph.D., University of Rhode Island Betsy Thomas (1996) Department Head B.A., Wellesley College M.A.T., Southern Oregon State College Gretchen Verner (2002) B.A., Cornell University M.A.T., Teacher’s College, Columbia University Science Sharona Barzilay (1980) Assistant Head/Academic Dean/Science B.A., Barnard College Ph.D., Rutgers University Jack Coakley (1991) B.A., UC Berkeley Michael Lane (1999) B.A., M.A., Ph.D., UC Berkeley Jeff Sensabaugh (1993) Department Head B.A., Princeton University M.S., University of Chicago Bernie Shellem (1996) B.A., UC Santa Barbara M.A., San Francisco State University Adrianna Smyth (2004) B.A., UC Santa Barbara M.A., San Francisco State University Ph.D., UC Bekeley Carol Stanton (1988) B.A., UC Berkeley Shellie Weisfield (2007) B.S., Yale University M.S., UC Berkeley World Languages Jeannie deVries (1978) Latin B.A., Mount Holyoke College M.A.T., Yale University Marta Ginebreda (1983) Spanish B.A., M.A., Universidad de Barcelona, Spain Emilie Keas (1991) Spanish B.A., M.A., Indiana University M.A., University of Michigan Annie Knudsen (1991) Department Head, World Languages B.A., M.A., Middlebury College Atsuko Morse (1995) Japanese B.A., Tokyo Grakugei University M.S., California State University, Hayward Victoria Parraga (1996) Spanish M.A., University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain Patricia Quierzy-Rossoukh (2007) French B.A., Mills College M.A., Ph.D., UC Berkeley |
