The Saddleback College Office of Instruction serves the mission of Saddleback College by providing instructional support and services and professional development for faculty, administrators, and classified staff, to facilitate the delivery of a comprehensive array of high-quality courses and programs that foster student learning and success. Student success is defined by individuals students and includes the attainment of academic degrees and career technical certificates, transfer to four-year institutions, improvement of basic skills, and lifelong learning.

Contacts

Schools

Arts, Media, Performance, and Design

DR. SCOTT FARTHING, DEAN

MICHELLE MACDOUGALL JACKSON, OPERATIONS MANAGER

Office Location
FA 124

Programs 

  • Architectural Drafting
  • Art-Photo
  • Art History
  • Cinema-Television-Radio
  • Communication Studies
  • Dance
  • Drafting Technology
  • Fashion
  • Graphics
  • Interior Design
  • Journalism and New Media
  • Music
  • Theatre Arts

Business and Industry

John Jaramillo, Dean
Office Location
ATAS 254

Programs 

  • Accounting
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Automotive Technology
  • Business
  • Computer Information Management
  • Culinary Arts
  • Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Foods
  • Hospitality Management
  • Real Estate
  • Travel and Tourism

Health and Wellness

DR. SHERRIE LOEWEN, DEAN

ANNE LAWSON, DNP, RN, ASSISTANT DEAN AND DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Office Location
HS 235

Programs

  • American Sign Language
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Clinical Lab Assistant/Phlebotomy
  • Emergency Medical Technician
  • Health Information Technology
  • Health Sciences
  • Human Services
  • Kinesiology
  • Medical Assistant
  • Medical Laboratory Technician
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition
  • Paramedic

Humanities and Social Sciences

CHRISTINA HINKLE, EXECUTIVE DEAN

DR. JESSICA KAVEN, ASSISTANT DEAN

Office Location
BGS 213

Programs

  • Aging Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Arabic
  • Child Development and Education
  • Chinese
  • Economics
  • English
  • English as a Second Language
  • Ethnic Studies
  • French
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Geography
  • German
  • History
  • Humanities
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Persian
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Reading
  • Sociology
  • Spanish

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

ART NITTA, DEAN

ANA RODRIGUEZ, OPERATIONS MANAGER

Office Location
SCI 323A

Programs

  • Astronomy
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Maintenance Technology
  • Computer Science
  • Cybersecurity
  • Electronic Technology
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Studies
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Horticulture/Landscape Design
  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Divisions

Economic Workforce Advancement

JOHN JARAMILLO, DEAN

KARI IRWIN, ASSISTANT DEAN

ISRAEL DOMINGUEZ, DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Office Location
LRC 344

Extended Learning

DR. KARIMA FELDHUS, EXECUTIVE DEAN

DANIEL PREDOEHL, ASSISTANT DEAN OF DIVISION/DIRECTOR OF EMERITUS INSTITUTE

Office Location
HS 244
  • Adult Education
  • Community Education
  • Emeritus Institute
  • Foster and Kinship Care Education
  • K-12 Partnerships

Instructional Support and Teaching Innovations

DR. KIM D’ARCY, DEAN

JENNIFER MCCONKEY, DIRECTOR OF LEARNING ASSISTANCE

Office Location
LRC 231
  • Honors Program
  • Library
  • Online Education
  • Study Abroad
  • Tutoring Center
  • Student Technical Support
  • Program Assisting Student Athlete Success (PASS)
  • Faculty Professional Development
  • Faculty Center

Kinesiology and Athletics

Dan Clauss, Dean/Athletics Director
Kinesiology
Athletics
Office Location
PE 400
  • Adapted Kinesiology
  • Health
  • Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Kinesiology