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Dr. Sonya Christian, President, Bakersfield College
Kern Community College District trustees named Dr. Sonya
Christian as the new president of Bakersfield College on October 15, 2012.
Christian, who was a math faculty member, division chair and
dean of science, engineering, allied health and mathematics at Bakersfield
College from 1991 to 2003, has held increasingly higher level administrative
roles at Lane Community College in Oregon over the past 10 years.
Christian
also has experience as an adjunct/lecturer in mathematics at American River
College and El Camino College in Sacramento and Glendora, California,
respectively.
Christian earned a bachelor of science degree from University
of Kerala in Kerala, India; a master of science in applied mathematics from
University of Southern California; and doctorate from University of California,
Los Angeles.
Dr. Christian's Leadership Team includes:
- Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg: Vice President, Academic Affairs
- Dr. Zav Dadabhoy: Vice President, Student Services
- Sean James: Executive Director, Administrative Services
- Todd Coston: Director: Information Technology
- Amber Chiang, APR: Director, Marketing & Public Relations
- Mike Stepanovich: Director, Institutional Development & Foundation
