Dr. Joshua Lieser came to Oxnard College in 2014 after completing his PhD in History at U.C. Riverside.  He has previously taught as an adjunct faculty member at U.C. Riverside, CSU Channel Islands, MiraCosta College, Mesa College, and Crafton Hills College.  His dissertation, entitled “Cultural Constructs, Corporate Sponsorship, & the Cold War: the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics,” is a reconsideration of the Cultural Cold War through the soft power expression of sports.  His areas of academic expertise include American History, American Sports History, U.S. Foreign Policy, World History, and Russian History.  

Prior to completing his PhD, Dr. Lieser completed his MA in History in 2008, a Single Subject Teaching Credential in 2001, and his BA in History in 2000 - all at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.  In addition to prior experience teaching at a number of colleges and universities, Dr. Lieser was a high school social studies teacher and men's basketball coach for seven years prior to seeking his PhD.  As a result, Dr. Lieser is especially interested in working with students who want to become teachers.

Gabriela Rodriguez is the Title V Grant Director for "Proyecto Éxito" at Oxnard College. She works closely with the Career and University Transfer Center to increase student success in their career and educational pathway. She is a Doctoral Candidate of CSUCI's first cohort of the Doctorate in Educational Leadership in Equity and Social Justice program. Proud graduate of California Lutheran University with a Master's in Education with a Guidance Counselor Credential and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) with a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology. Ms. Rodriguez worked in the non-profit sector for 10-years, running a youth leadership development organization for high school and college students, Future Leaders of America.  She has over 18 years of experience working to reduce the academic achievement gap and school to prison pipeline. In 2005, she coordinated international youth programs in Mexico City, including conversations about immigration, poverty, and education with Mexican Congressmembers. Gabriela has been trained in Domestic Violence Prevention/Intervention, Sexual Harassment Prevention, Asset Development, Vita Navis Super Strong career exploration assessment among others.

From 2015-2021, she served as the Student Activities Specialist at Oxnard College. Providing Summer and Winter Leadership programming, she worked to engage students in shared governance committees, implemented the Basic Needs initiative, and worked closely to open the Dream Resource Center. She is creative in engaging students and has served on the Classified Senate board, Campus Use Development and Safety (CUDS) committee and is still the Quad-chair for our Guided Pathways Workgroup. 

She is involved in various community organizations serving the Oxnard area and Ventura County as a whole. She is the President of the Oxnard Monday Club, board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County, MARIPOSA, Inc., LUCHA Inc. as well as "I'm a Kid Who Can." Outside of work, Gabriela also serves her community as the district 4 City Councilwoman for the city of Oxnard.