Robert Loy Jr. was raised in the Northeast San Fernando Valley and now lives in Woodland Hills, CA. He completed his undergraduate coursework at California State University Northridge, majoring in Communication Studies and later attained a Master’s Degree in the same discipline in 2014. While at CSU Northridge, Robert was the recipient of the 2014 Outstanding Teaching Associate Award, the Dean’s Outstanding Graduate Student Award, and the Dedicated Service to Forensics, Speech and Debate Team Award. Robert has been active in the speech and debate community for 9 years as a competitor, graduate coach, and as Assistant Director of Forensics.

His debate students have won numerous awards and have traveled to regional, national, and international tournaments, including a five-city tour of China. As an undergraduate competitor himself, Robert was President and Debate Captain of the Matador Speech and Debate team, along with being recognized with several individual and debate team awards along the way. When not teaching at the college level, Robert enjoys working with middle and high school students. He directs various public speaking and leadership summer camps at UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University, volunteer coaches Academic Decathlon teams, and aims to support more Urban Debate League tournaments whenever he can. Robert Loy Jr. is very excited to join the Brahma Bull family as full-time faculty in the Department of Communication Studies. He teaches Public Speaking, Argumentation and Debate, Small Group Communication at Pierce College and has taught Rhetorical Discourse and Intercultural Communication at other colleges. He welcomes any and all questions about what the major can do for you!

Yeprem Davoodian is a full-time faculty member in the Department of Communication Studies at Los Angeles Pierce College. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Communication Studies from California State University, Northridge. Prior to being hired as a tenure track faculty, he taught at Pierce College (since 2007), Santa Monica College, Pasadena Community College, and California State University, Northridge. Furthermore, he was the Coordinator in the Office of International and Exchange Student Center at CSUN where he developed and implemented educational and social programming for the University’s international student population. Yeprem has taught courses in Group Communication, Non-Native Public Speaking, Public Speaking, Argumentation, and Interpersonal Communication. He enjoys cycling, antiquing, and spending time with family and friends. 

Sally Arek Kassamanian is a tenured faculty member in the Department of Communication Studies at Los Angeles Pierce College. Sally graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Communication Studies from California State University in Northridge. She's been teaching Communication Studies courses since 2006 and has taught at various schools such as California State University Northridge, Los Angeles Mission College, College of the Canyons, and Brandman University. Sally began teaching alongside her esteemed Communication Studies colleagues at Pierce College in 2008 and became a full-time faculty member in 2013. She has taught a variety of courses including public speaking, advanced public speaking, interpersonal communication, argumentation, intercultural communication, small group communication, introduction to communication studies, as well as various online and hybrid courses. Sally serves on the Pierce College Diversity Committee and enjoys nothing more than helping her students succeed.