Faculty

First-Year & University Programs Faculty

Our FYUP instructional team represents an outstanding array of professionals from a variety of units across campus. The collective expertise represents an active partnership between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs that focuses on student success.

Director of First-Year & University Programs, Marnie Eldridge
Office: Extended Learning Building 565
meldridge@csusm.edu
(760)750-4186

GEL Faculty: Academic Year 2024/2025

GEL 101 is an academic success course for first-year students.

GEL 101 Faculty List
Fall Lecture	Spring Lecture	Last Name	First Name	Email
-	-	Arellano	Alejandro	aarellano@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Bennett	Geri	gbennett@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Diaz	Alexa	andiaz@csusm.edu
Yes	-	diBenedetto	Nancy	ndibenede@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Eldridge	Marnie	meldridge@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Euler	Shelby	seuler@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Franco	Eddie	efranco@csusm.edu
Yes	Yes	Galea'i	Joshua	jgaleai@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Garcia	James	jgarcia@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Goodlaw-Morris	Juliana	jgmorris@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Gragido	Ashley	agragido@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Green	Jeff	jegreen@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Gutierrez-Aguero	Mireya	mgutierr@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Hardin	Kayla	khardin@csusm.edu
Yes	Yes	Haro	Silverio	harosi@csusm.edu
Yes	Yes	Harrison	Dominique	dharrison@csusm.edu
-	-	Huerta	Monica	mlhuerta@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Judkins	Brooke	bjudkins@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Junco-Williams	Nubia	njunco@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Lewis	Michael	mlewis@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Maggio	Kaela	kmaggio@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Manley	Yaz	ymanley@csusm.edu
-	-	Melena	Leo	lmelena@csusm.edu
Yes	Yes	Mellor	Jessie	jmellor@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Miller	Ileen	imiller@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Moen	Christiana	cmoen@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Monge	Ozzie	omonge@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Morales	Jeffrey	jmorales@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Nanbakhsh	Golnaz	gnanbakhsh@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Neuhart	Russ	rneuhart@csusm.edu
Yes	Yes	Nolan-Aranez	Shannon	snolan@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Quintana	Rosa	rquintana@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Reyna	Juan Carlos	jreyna@csusm.edu
-	-	Rodriquez	Bianca	brodriguez@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Rogers	Shelby	srogers@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Romo	Paula	promo@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Schmelzer	Laurie	lschmelz@csusm.edu
Yes	Yes	Snedden	Todd	tsnedden@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Taylor	Barbara	btaylor@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Tovar	Yecenia	ytovar@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Vazquez	Erika	evazquez@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Watkins	Shanelle	schangotra@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Williams	Stephanie	slwilliams@csusm.edu
-	-	Xu	Frankie	xxu@csusm.edu

ARC Faculty: Academic Year 2024/2025

ARC programming includes academic resiliency courses for first-year, second-year, continuing, and transfer students.

UNIV Faculty List
Fall Lecture	Spring Lecture	Last Name	First Name	Email
-	-	Arellano	Alejandro	aarellano@csusm.edu
-	Yes	Eldridge	Marnie	meldridge@csusm.edu
-	Yes	Euler	Shelby	seuler@csusm.edu
Yes	Yes	Garcia	James	jgarcia@csusm.edu
Yes	Yes	Gragido	Ashley	agragido@csusm.edu
-	-	Harrison	Dominique	dharrison@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Huerta	Monica	mlhuerta@csusm.edu
-	Yes	Hardin	Kayla	khardin@csusm.ed
Yes	Yes	Mata	Brenda	bmata@csusm.edu
-	-	Melena	Leo	lmelena@csusm.edu
-	Yes	Mellor	Jessie	jmellor@csusm.edu
Yes	-	Rivas	Perla	pmrivas@csusm.edu
Yes	Yes	Nolan-Aranez	Shannon	snolan@csusm.edu
Yes	Yes	Williams	Stephanie	slwilliams@csusm.edu

FYUP Faculty New 3 Yr Contracts Academic Year - 2024/2025

Each Spring, FYUP announces faculty who are eligible for their first 3-Year Contract below.

Brenda Mata

Christiana Moen