A native of Petaluma, California, Dr. Ian Livie attended Santa Rosa Junior College from 1995 to 1997, earning an A.A. with an emphasis in Social Sciences. He transferred to the University of California, Berkeley where he earned a B.A. in History with a minor in English in 1999, followed by an M.A. in History from San Francisco State University in 2001, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Southern California in 2010. His doctoral dissertation, "Curing Hooliganism: Moral Panic, Juvenile Delinquency, and The Political Culture of Moral Reform in Britain, 1898-1908," addresses the emergence of "hooliganism" in early twentieth century London and its construction as a distinct, deviant sub-culture. 

Dr. Livie joined the adjunct faculty in the Social Sciences Department at Santa Rosa Junior College in January 2015 and became a full-time faculty member in Fall 2020. He was awarded tenure in May 2024. Prior to joining SRJC as a full-time faculty member, He served as an Assistant Professor of History at American River College in Sacramento, CA. Prior to that, he served as the History Department Chair at Drew School, a private-independent college preparatory high school in San Francisco, where he taught and coached from 2009-2019. 

Dr. Livie currently serves as a member of the Petaluma Regional Library Advisory Board for Sonoma County Public Library.

You can find out more about Dr. Livie's "SRJC Story" here.