List of Pitzer College people explained

Here follows a list of notable alumni and faculty of Pitzer College.

Notable alumni

Arts and letters

Film and television

• Anne Archer 1969, actress
• Matthew Berkowitz, filmmaker
• Matthew Cooke 1996, documentary filmmaker
• Eric Douglas, actor and stand-up comedian, son of Kirk Douglas, brother of Michael Douglas
• Dee Mosbacher, documentary filmmaker, gay rights activist, and psychiatrist^[1]
• Shatara Michelle Ford, director, writer and producer

Writing

• Max Brooks 1994, author and lecturer, son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft
• Dennis Cooper, novelist, poet, critic, and performance artist
• John Darnielle 1995, novelist and lead singer of The Mountain Goats
• Amy Gerstler 1978, poet and winner of the 1991 National Books Critics Circle Award for Bitter Angel
• Dana Levin 1987, poet
• Sandra Mitchell 1973, award-winning author, professor and philosopher of science
• Susan Patron 1969, children's author and winner of the 2007 Newbery Medal for The Higher Power of Lucky
• Rob Magnuson Smith 1991, author

Journalism

• David Bloom 1985, anchor, NBC News

Music

• Tom Freund 1993, singer-songwriter and musician
• J.Lately 2009, rapper^[2]
• Jonah Matranga 1991, singer-songwriter and musician, former frontman for Far and Gratitude
• Matt Nathanson 1995, singer-songwriter and musician
• Michael Simpson 1986, Grammy-Award-winning producer/composer; one half of the Dust Brothers

Government and law

• Michael Ceraso, political consultant and state director for the presidential campaigns of Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders
• Kevin de León 2003, member of the Los Angeles City Council and former member of the California State Legislature
• Mablean Ephriam 1971, former prosecutor for the city of Los Angeles, television personality and actress
• Eli Erlick 2016, transgender activist, director of Trans Student Educational Resources
• Steven González 1985, Chief Justice of the Washington State Supreme Court
• Matthew Karatz 1994, deputy mayor of Los Angeles
• Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from
• Fabian Núñez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
• Debra Wong Yang 1981, former United States Attorney for Central District of California; first Asian-American woman U.S. attorney

Business

• Susan Feniger 1976, celebrity chef and restaurateur
• John Landgraf 1984, FX Network president
• Ashwin Navin 1998, CEO of Sambaa

Other

• Hunter Lovins, co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute
• Setha Low 1969, anthropologist, director of the Public Space Research Group
• Charles Martinez, university administrator
• Sharon Monsky 1975, founder of the Scleroderma Research Foundation
• Nick Simmons 2011, reality television personality, son of Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed

Notable faculty

• Nigel Boyle, Political Studies, expert in comparative politics, European social policy, labor market policy, Irish politics, soccer and politics; recognized by the Fulbright Scholarship Board as the top Fulbright adviser^[3]
• Halford Fairchild, Psychology and Black Studies
• Stephen L. Glass, John A. McCarthy Professor Emeritus of Classics, longest-serving faculty member of the College, 1964–2011^[4]
• Judith Grabiner, Mathematics, history of mathematics and science; awarded the 2014 Beckenback Book Prize for A Historian Looks Back: The Calculus as Algebra and Selected Writings (MAA Spectrum, 2010); inaugural member of the 2012 Fellows of the American Mathematical Society^[5]
• David Moore, Psychology, director of the Claremont Infant Study Center, winner of the American Psychological Association's 2016 Maccoby Book Award for The Developing Genome: An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics (2015)^[6]
• Gregg Popovich, men's basketball coach 1979-1986, 1987-1988
• Dana Ward, Emeritus Professor of Political Studies, founder of the Anarchy Archives, executive director of the International Society of Political Psychology (1998–2004)
• Kathleen Yep, Asian American Studies, chair, Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies at the Claremont Colleges,^[7] honored in 2015 for promoting literacy in the Los Angeles community^[8]
• Phil Zuckerman, Sociology and Secular Studies, expert in secularity, atheism, apostasy, and Scandinavian culture; author of several books including Living the Secular Life (2014); frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and sought after commentator for discussions on secularism^[9]

Notes and References

1. News: . Dee Mosbacher, Nanette Gartrell . The New York Times. January 16, 2005 . December 19, 2018.
2. Web site: j. lately - 2DOPEBOYZ. 2dopeboyz.com.
3. Web site: Nigel Boyle, Associate Dean for Global and Local Programs. Academics. 2016-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040615/http://pitweb.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty/nigel-boyle/. 2016-03-04. dead.
4. Web site: Stephen L. Glass - Academics. Academics. 2016-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413063146/http://pitweb.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty/stephen-glass/. 2016-04-13. dead.
5. Web site: Judith V. Grabiner, Professor of Mathematics. Academics. 2016-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160114085309/http://pitweb.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty/judith-grabiner/. 2016-01-14. dead.
6. Web site: David Moore - Academics. Academics. 2016-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20151127195630/http://pitweb.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty/david-moore/. 2015-11-27. dead.
7. Web site: Kathleen Yep - Academics. Academics. 2016-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002037/http://pitweb.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty/kathleen-yep/. 2016-03-04. dead.
8. Web site: Professor Kathleen Yep Honored with Mayor's Award for Promoting Literacy in LA Community. Office of Communications. 2016-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160226152116/http://pitweb.pitzer.edu/communications/2015/12/08/professor-kathleen-yep-honored-with-mayors-award-for-promoting-literacy-in-la-community/. 2016-02-26. dead.
9. Web site: Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology. Academics. 2016-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20151203171654/http://pitweb.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty/phil-zuckerman/. 2015-12-03. dead.