Faculty & Staff

Child Development Department Office
Modoc 216
Tel: 530-898-5250
Email:chld@csuchico.edu 

Campus Directory for faculty phone numbers and office locations.

Department Administration

Gail Walton

Department Chair
Professor, 2008
Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas
Modoc 216B
530-898-5250
gwalton@csuchico.edu

Administrative Support Coordinator
Modoc 216
530-898-5250

Souk Chiang

Lecturer, 2019
MS, California State University, Chico 
AJH 109
530-898-3082
schiang1@csuchico.edu

Shrija R. Dirghangi

Associate Professor, 2016
Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University 
Modoc 105
530-898-5564
sdirghangi@csuchico.edu

Shelley R. Hart

Professor, 2014
Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Modoc 101
530-898-5919
srhart@csuchico.edu

Lisa Jackson

Lecturer, 2012
MA, CSU, Chico
Modoc 102
530-898-4761
ldjackson@csuchico.edu

Tess Manley

Lecturer, 2006
MS, Southern New Hampshire University
Modoc 102
530-898-4761
tmanley@csuchico.edu

Lindsey Nenadal

Assistant Professor, 2019
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles
Modoc 103
530-898-4696
lnenadal@csuchico.edu 

Diana Shepherd

Professor, 2006
Ph.D., Utah State University
Modoc 216B
530-898-4934
ddshepherd@csuchico.edu

Valerie Singleton

Lecturer, 2011
MA, Pacific Oaks College
530-898-4761
vsingleton@csuchico.edu

Jennifer Swisher 

Lecturer, 2019
MSW, California State University, Chico
Modoc 102
530-898-3095
jkswisher@csuchico.edu

Yeojoo Yoon 

Assistant Professor, 2022
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Modoc 107
530-898-5250
yyoon@csuchico.edu 

Emeritus Faculty

• Judy Bordin, Professor Emerita, Professor, 1990, Ph.D., Fielding Graduate Institute
• Ailene W. Dean, Associate Professor Emerita, Lecturer, 1972, MS, Oregon State University
• Bradley B. Glanville, Professor Emeritus, Professor, 1977, Ph.D., Michigan State University
• Barbara C. Mahler, Professor Emerita, Professor, 1972, MA, UC Berkeley
• Carol Ann Marshall, Professor Emerita, MS, MFT, California State University, Chico
• Cynthia Ratekin, Professor Emerita, Professor, 1991, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles 
• Arthur J. Roberts, Professor Emeritus, Professor, 1970, EdD, Oregon State University

Interested in joining our team?

• Lecturer- Course Qualification  (PDF) and Course Qualification Form (PDF)