USV Faculty
Learn from industry veterans and creative leaders with real credits in games, film, business, and tech. Your mentors at USV bring Silicon Valley experience straight into the classroom.


Dr. Alyson Mike
Dean of Faculty & General Education

James Kiggens
Dean of Innovation & Experiential Learning

James Kiggens
Dean of Innovation & Experiential Learning

Xo Nguyen
Dean of Academic Affairs

Xo Nguyen
Dean of Academic Affairs

Rick Lacy
Chair, Game Design & Development Department

Rick Lacy
Chair, Game Design & Development Department

Dr. Diana Asaad
Provost & Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Diana Asaad
Provost & Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Mark Naufel
University President & Professor

Dr. Mark Naufel
University President & Professor

Dr. Breanna Gentile, PhD
Adjunct Professor

Dr. Breanna Gentile, PhD
Adjunct Professor

Amrinder Singh Jassar
Adjunct Professor

Amrinder Singh Jassar
Adjunct Professor

Bill Roth
Adjunct Professor

Bill Roth
Adjunct Professor

Chad Woelki
Adjunct Professor

Chad Woelki
Adjunct Professor

Charles Kinter
Adjunct Professor

Charles Kinter
Adjunct Professor

Chris Vrenna
Adjunct Professor

Chris Vrenna
Adjunct Professor

Christopher Kelly
Adjunct Professor

Christopher Kelly
Adjunct Professor

Dr. Clair Stocks
Adjunct Professor

Dr. Clair Stocks
Adjunct Professor

Collin Chu
Adjunct Professor

Collin Chu
Adjunct Professor

Dr. Daniel E. Lockhart
Adjunct Professor

Dr. Daniel E. Lockhart
Adjunct Professor

David Lopez
Adjunct Professor

David Lopez
Adjunct Professor

David Manley
Adjunct Professor

David Manley
Adjunct Professor

Deborah Baxtrom
Adjunct Professor

Deborah Baxtrom
Adjunct Professor

Deep Shrivastava
Adjunct Professor

Deep Shrivastava
Adjunct Professor

Demitrius Pennebaker
Adjunct Professor

Demitrius Pennebaker
Adjunct Professor

Evan Skolnick
Professor of Practice

Evan Skolnick
Professor of Practice

Eric Mead
Adjunct Professor

Eric Mead
Adjunct Professor

Felipe Gomez
Adjunct Professor

Felipe Gomez
Adjunct Professor

Ferda Kavak
Adjunct Professor

Ferda Kavak
Adjunct Professor

Heath Grant
Adjunct Professor

Heath Grant
Adjunct Professor

Isabell Fearnsby
Associate Professor

Isabell Fearnsby
Associate Professor

Jason Loia
Adjunct Professor

Jason Loia
Adjunct Professor

Jeanette Tucker
Adjunct Professor

Jeanette Tucker
Adjunct Professor

Jayeeta Sinha
Adjunct Professor

Jayeeta Sinha
Adjunct Professor

Jeff Hanson
Adjunct Professor

Jeff Hanson
Adjunct Professor

John Hayes
Adjunct Faculty

John Hayes
Adjunct Faculty

Julius Dobos
Distinguished Professor (Adjunct) | Faculty Senate

Julius Dobos
Distinguished Professor (Adjunct) | Faculty Senate

Kay Combs
Adjunct Professor

Kay Combs
Adjunct Professor

Kong Vang
Adjunct Professor

Kong Vang
Adjunct Professor

Kristina Rogers
Adjunct Professor

Kristina Rogers
Adjunct Professor

Kristine Spinuzzi
Adjunct Professor

Kristine Spinuzzi
Adjunct Professor

Martin Bilello
Adjunct Professor

Martin Bilello
Adjunct Professor

Nathan Oliver
Adjunct Professor

Nathan Oliver
Adjunct Professor

Leann Hill
Adjunct Professor

Leann Hill
Adjunct Professor

Peter Esperanza, PhD
Adjunct Professor

Peter Esperanza, PhD
Adjunct Professor

Phil Campbell
Adjunct Professor

Phil Campbell
Adjunct Professor

Preeti Mohindru
Full Professor | Faculty Senate

Preeti Mohindru
Full Professor | Faculty Senate

Dr. Ramesh Konda
Adjunct Professor

Dr. Ramesh Konda
Adjunct Professor

Richard (Ty) Hegner
Adjunct Professor

Richard (Ty) Hegner
Adjunct Professor

Rima Bhumbla
Adjunct Professor

Rima Bhumbla
Adjunct Professor

Robert Steinberg
Adjunct Professor | Faculty Senate

Robert Steinberg
Adjunct Professor | Faculty Senate

Roopa Madhvapathy
Adjunct Professor | Faculty Senate

Roopa Madhvapathy
Adjunct Professor | Faculty Senate

Ross Petersen
Adjunct Professor

Ross Petersen
Adjunct Professor

Ryan Eways
Adjunct Professor

Ryan Eways
Adjunct Professor

Sanghamitra Chowdhury
Adjunct Professor

Sanghamitra Chowdhury
Adjunct Professor

Dr. Shane Jensen
Adjunct Professor

Dr. Shane Jensen
Adjunct Professor

Sierra Gehrke
Adjunct Professor

Sierra Gehrke
Adjunct Professor

Steven Yee
Adjunct Professor | Faculty Senate

Steven Yee
Adjunct Professor | Faculty Senate

Vanessa Pack
Adjunct Professor

Vanessa Pack
Adjunct Professor