Graduate Division

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Your first point of contact for advising is the Graduate Program Coordinator in your academic program. You can find their contact information below, along with the contact information for your program's faculty Graduate Advisor.

• Anthropology

  Tiara Caldwell, Graduate Program Coordinator, tiara.caldwell@ucr.edu, 951-827-6466
  Kenichiro Tsukamoto, Faculty Graduate Advisor, kenichiro.tsukamoto@ucr.edu, 951-827-2052

• Archive, Museum, Manuscript, and Print Studies (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Andrea Denny-Brown (Department of English), andrea.denny-brown@ucr.edu

• Art History

  Iselda Salgado, Graduate Program Coordinator, iselda.salgado@ucr.edu, 951-827-7878
  
  Faculty Graduate Advisors 2022-2023 Academic Year
  Susan Laxton (Winter 2023), susan.laxton@ucr.edu, 951-827-4626
  Johannes Endres (Spring 2023), johannes.endres@ucr.edu, 951-827-1541

• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  Brenda Cuevas, Graduate Program Coordinator, brenda.cuevas@ucr.edu, 951-827-5688
  Jikui Song, Faculty Graduate Advisor, jikui.song@ucr.edu, 951-827-4221

• Bioengineering

  Adrienne Thomas, Graduate Program Coordinator, adrienne.thomas@ucr.edu, 951-827-2859
  Hyle Park, Faculty Graduate Advisor, hyle.park@ucr.edu, 951-827-5188

• Biomedical Sciences

  Hermila Torres, Graduate Program Coordinator, hermilat@medsch.ucr.edu, 951-827-4540
  Sika Zheng, Faculty Graduate Advisor, sika.zheng@ucr.edu, 951-827-7670

• Biophysics

  Marlene Garcia, Graduate Program Coordinator, marlene.garcia@ucr.edu, 951-827-4429
  Roya Zandi, Faculty Graduate Advisor, roya.zandi@ucr.edu, 951-827-2096

• Business Analytics (MS)

  Kyle Pham (Last Names A-I), Graduate Program Coordinator, kyle.pham@ucr.edu, 951-827-2983
  Sarah McBride (Last Names J-Ri), Graduate Program Coordinator, sarah.mcbride@ucr.edu, 951-827-7652
  Erika Santoyo (Last Names Rj-Z), Graduate Program Coordinator, erika.santoyo@ucr.edu, 951-827-3479
  Rami Zwick, Associate Dean and Faculty Graduate Advisor, rami.zwick@ucr.edu, 951-827-7766

• Business Administration

  PhD only - see Management and Business Administration

• Cell, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Iryna Ethell (Department of Biomedical Sciences), iryna.ethell@ucr.edu
  Prof. Khaleel Abdulrazak (Department of Psychology), khaleel.abdulrazak@ucr.edu

• Cell, Molecular & Developmental Biology

  Marlene Garcia, Graduate Program Coordinator, marlene.garcia@ucr.edu, 951-827-4429
  Morris Maduro (continuing students), Faculty Graduate Advisor and Biology Department Chair, morris.maduro@ucr.edu, 951-827-7196
  Jeffrey Bachant (first year students), Faculty Graduate Advisor, jeffrey.bachant@ucr.edu, 951-827-6473

• Chemical & Environmental Engineering

  Adrienne Thomas, Graduate Program Coordinator, adrienne.thomas@ucr.edu, 951-827-2859
  Ian Wheeldon, Faculty Graduate Advisor, ian.wheeldon@ucr.edu, 951-827-2471

• Chemistry

  Christina Youhas, Graduate Program Coordinator, christina.youhas@ucr.edu, 951-827-7366
  Greg Beran, Faculty Graduate Advisor, gregory.beran@ucr.edu, 951-827-7869

• Chemistry Education (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Gregory Beran, gregory.beran@ucr.edu

• Classics, Tri-Campus Program in

  Griselda Rodriguez, Graduate Program Coordinator, griselda.rodriguez@ucr.edu, 951-827-6348
  Andrew Zissos (UC Irvine), Faculty Graduate Advisor, pzissos@uci.edu, 949-824-1966

• Comparative Literature

  Griselda Rodriguez, Graduate Program Coordinator, griselda.rodriguez@ucr.edu, 951-827-6348
  John Kim, Faculty Graduate Advisor, john.kim@ucr.edu, 951-827-1536

• Computer Engineering

  Vanda Yamaguchi, Graduate Student Services Supervisor, vanda.yamaguchi@ucr.edu, 951-827-2903
  Daniel Wong, Faculty Graduate Advisor, daniel.wong@ucr.edu, 951-827-2896

• Computer Science

  Vanda Yamaguchi, Graduate Student Services Supervisor, vanda.yamaguchi@ucr.edu, 951-827-2903
  Marisa Mendoza, Graduate Student Services Advisor, marisa.mendoza@ucr.edu, 951-827-2903
  Ravi (Chinya) Ravishankar, Faculty Graduate Advisor, chinya.ravishankar@ucr.edu, 951-827-5318

• Corporeality and Embodiment (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Jennifer Doyle (Department of English), jennifer.doyle@ucr.edu
  Prof. Anthea Kraut (Department of Dance), anthea.kraut@ucr.edu

• Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts (Main Campus)

  Lovepreet "Lovey" Plaha, Graduate Program Coordinator, lovepreet.plaha@ucr.edu, 951-827-4591
  Stu Krieger, Faculty Graduate Advisor, stu.krieger@ucr.edu, 951-827-1257
  Reza Aslan, Faculty Graduate Advisor, reza.aslan@ucr.edu, 951-827-5421

• Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts (Palm Desert Low Residency)

  Agam Patel, Associate Director and Graduate Program Coordinator, agam.patel@ucr.edu, 760-834-0926
  Tod Goldberg, Chair and Faculty Graduate Advisor, tod.goldberg@ucr.edu, 760-834-0928

• Critical Dance Studies

  Hannah Braund, Graduate Program Coordinator, hannah.braund@ucr.edu, 951-827-9344
  Anusha Kedhar, Faculty Graduate Advisor, anusha.kedhar@ucr.edu, 951-827-3944

• Earth & Planetary Sciences (formerly Geological Sciences)

  John Herring, Graduate Student Services Advisor, geology@ucr.edu, 951-827-2441
  Robert (Bob) Allen, Faculty Graduate Advisor, robert.allen@ucr.edu, 951-827-4870

• Economics

  Gary Kuzas, Graduate Program Coordinator, gary.kuzas@ucr.edu, 951-827-1474
  Tae-Hwy Lee, Faculty Graduate Advisor, tae.lee@ucr.edu, 951-827-1509

• Education

  Heather Killeen, Graduate Program Coordinator, heather.killeen@ucr.edu, 951-827-6362

  • PhD, Education
  • MA, Education 
  • MEd, Education (Applied Behavior Analysis), (Diversity and Equity), (Higher Education Administration and Policy)

  Eddie Comeaux, Professor and Faculty Graduate Advisor, eddie.comeaux@ucr.edu, 951-827-3934

• Education (Teacher Education Program)

  Alex Arriaga, Advisor, alex.arriaga@ucr.edu, 951-827-3891

  • MEd, Education with single subject credential: Social Science, Mathematics, Science

  Lina Canawati, Advisor, lina.canawati@ucr.edu, 951-827-5228

  • MEd, Education with multiple subject credential

  Denise Payne, Advisor, denise.e.payne@ucr.edu, 951-827-4633

  • MEd, Education with single subject credential: English, Spanish
  • MEd, Education (Special Education)
  • Education Specialist dual credential

  Uriel "Odie" Jasso, Assistant Director of Teacher Education Program, uriel.jasso2@ucr.edu, 951-827-5488
  
  Dr. Frances Valdovinos, Assistant Dean and Director of Teacher Education Program, frances.valdovinos@ucr.edu, 951-827-7043

• Electrical Engineering

  Paul Talavera, Graduate Program Coordinator, paul.talavera@ucr.edu, 951-827-2475
  Mario Castro, Graduate Program Advisor, mario.castro@ucr.edu, 951-827-2475
  Nanpeng Yu, Faculty Graduate Advisor, nanpeng.yu@ucr.edu, 951-827-2387

• Engineering (Online MS Program)

  Kimberly Love, Graduate Program Coordinator, kimberly.love@ucr.edu, 951-827-5196
  Kambiz Vafai, Faculty Graduate Advisor, kambiz.vafai@ucr.edu, 951-827-2135

• English

  Perla Fabelo, Graduate Program Coordinator, perla.fabelo@ucr.edu, 951-827-1454
  Padma Rangarajan, Faculty Graduate Advisor, padma.rangarajan@ucr.edu, 951-827-1437

• Entomology

  Nikita McWells, Graduate Student Services Advisor, nikita.mcwells@ucr.edu, 951-827-6746
  Quinn McFrederick (PhD and MS), Head Program Graduate Advisor, quinn.mcfrederick@ucr.edu, 951-827-5817
  Thomas Perring (PhD and MS), Faculty Graduate Advisor, thomas.perring@ucr.edu, 951-827-4562
  Naoki Yamanaka (PhD and MS),  Faculty Graduate Advisor, naoki.yamanaka@ucr.edu, 951-827-5253
  Erin Rankin (BS+MS), Faculty Graduate Advisor, erin.rankin@ucr.edu, 951-827-5735

• Environmental Sciences

  John Herring, Graduate Student Services Advisor, envisci@ucr.edu, 951-827-2441
  David Volz, Faculty Graduate Advisor, david.volz@ucr.edu, 951-827-4450

• Environmental Toxicology

  Fidel Rivas, Graduate Student Services Advisor, fidel.rivas@ucr.edu, 951-827-5688
  Q. Jason Cheng, Faculty Graduate Advisor, quan.cheng@ucr.edu, 951-827-2702

• Ethnic Studies

  Gary Kuzas (interim), Program Coordinator, gary.kuzas@ucr.edu, 951-827-1474
  Adrian Felix, Faculty Graduate Advisor, adrian.felix@ucr.edu, 951-827-9170

• Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology

  Katherine VanHorn, Graduate Student Services Advisor, eeobgrad@ucr.edu, 951-827-4716
  David Reznick, Faculty Graduate Advisor, david.reznick@ucr.edu, 951-827-5820

• Evolutionary Biology (Joint Doctoral Program with SDSU)

  Katherine VanHorn, Graduate Student Services Advisor, eeobgrad@ucr.edu, 951-827-4716
  David Reznick, Faculty Graduate Advisor, david.reznick@ucr.edu, 951-827-5820

  San Diego State University
  Medora Bratlien, Program Administrator (SDSU), mbratlien@sdsu.edu
  Elizabeth Waters, Faculty Graduate Advisor (SDSU), ewaters@sdsu.edu

• Experimental Choreography

  Hannah Braund, Graduate Program Coordinator, hannah.braund@ucr.edu, 951-827-3944
  Anusha Kedhar, Faculty Graduate Advisor, anusha.kedhar@ucr.edu, 951-827-3944

• Finance (MFin)

  Kyle Pham (Last Names A-I), Graduate Student Affairs Officer, kyle.pham@ucr.edu, 951-827-2983
  Sarah McBride (Last Names J-Ri), Assistant Director of Graduate Advising and Student Services, sarah.mcbride@ucr.edu, 951-827-7652
  Erika Santoyo (Last Names Rj-Z), Assistant Director of Graduate Advising and Student Services, erika.santoyo@ucr.edu, 951-827-3479
  Rami Zwick, Associate Dean and Faculty Graduate Advisor, rami.zwick@ucr.edu, 951-827-7766

• Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics

  John Herring, Graduate Student Services Advisor, ggb@ucr.edu,  951-827-2441
  Z. Arthur Jia, Faculty Graduate Advisor, arthur.jia@ucr.edu, 951-827-3987

• Geological Sciences (see also Earth and Planetary Sciences)

  John Herring, Graduate Student Services Advisor, john.herring@ucr.edu, 951-827-2441
  Robert (Bob) Allen, Faculty Graduate Advisor, robert.allen@ucr.edu, 951-827-4870

• Graduate Division Staff Directory

  Graduate Division
  graduate.ucr.edu/directory 

• History

  Alesha Jaennette, Graduate Program Coordinator, alesha.jaennette@ucr.edu,  951-827-1435
  Alec Haskell, Faculty Graduate Advisor, alexander.haskell@ucr.edu,  951-827-1841

• Inflammation and Infectious Disease (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Monica Carson (Department of Biomedical Sciences), monica.carson@ucr.edu
  Prof. Emma Wilson (Department of Biomedical Sciences), emma.wilson@ucr.edu

• Latin American and Latino Studies (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Jennifer Scheper Hughes (Department of History), jennifer.hughes@ucr.edu

• Management and Business Administration

  PhD, Business Administration
  Sabine Freij, Director of Graduate Advising and Student Services, sabine.freij@ucr.edu, 951-827-7654

  MBA/PMBA, Management
  Kyle Pham (Last Names A-I), Graduate Student Affairs Officer, kyle.pham@ucr.edu, 951-827-2983
  Sarah McBride (Last Names J-Ri), Assistant Director of Graduate Advising and Student Services, sarah.mcbride@ucr.edu, 951-827-7652
  Erika Santoyo (Last Names Rj-Z), Assistant Director of Graduate Advising and Student Services, erika.santoyo@ucr.edu, 951-827-3479

  PhD, MBA, PMBA
  Rami Zwick, Associate Dean and Faculty Graduate Advisor, rami.zwick@ucr.edu, 951-827-7766

• Management of Gene Expression and Regulation Studies (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. David Lo (Biomedical Sciences), david.lo@ucr.edu
  Prof. Thomas Girke (Institute for Integrative Genome Biology), thomas.girke@ucr.edu

• Materials Science & Engineering

  Adrienne Thomas (interim), Graduate Program Coordinator, adrienne.thomas@ucr.edu, 951-827-2859
  Elaine Haberer, Faculty Graduate Advisor, elaine.haberer@ucr.edu, 951-827-7174

• Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

  Margarita Roman, Graduate Student Services Advisor, margarita.roman@ucr.edu, 951-827-3090
  Jacob Greenstein, Faculty Graduate Advisor, jacob.greenstein@ucr.edu, 951-827-5098

• Mechanical Engineering

  Adrienne Thomas (interim), Graduate Program Coordinator, adrienne.thomas@ucr.edu, 951-827-2859
  Hideaki Tsutsui, Faculty Graduate Advisor, hideaki.tsutsui@ucr.edu, 951-827-2444

• Medical and Health Humanities (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Fuson Wang (Department of English), fuson.wang@ucr.edu

• Microbiology

  Brenda Cuevas, Graduate Program Coordinator, brenda.cuevas@ucr.edu, 951-827-5688
  Emma Aronson, Faculty Graduate Advisor, emma.aronson@ucr.edu, 951-827-4201

• Middle East and Islamic Studies (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Muhamad Ali (Department of Religious Studies), muhamad.ali@ucr.edu

• Music

  Benicia Mangram, Graduate Program Coordinator, benicia.mangram@ucr.edu, 951-827-5421
  Leonora Saavedra, Faculty Graduate Advisor, leonora.saavedra@ucr.edu, 951-827-2176

• Neuroscience

  Nikita McWells, Graduate Student Services Advisor, nikita.mcwells@ucr.edu, 951-827-6746
  Martin Riccomango, Faculty Graduate Advisor, martin.riccomango@ucr.edu, 951-827-4682

• Philosophy

  Perla Fabelo, Graduate Program Coordinator, perla.fabelo@ucr.edu, 951-827-1454
  Coleen Macnamara, Faculty Graduate Advisor, coleen.macnamara@ucr.edu, 951-827-1511

• Physics

  Derek Beving, Graduate Program Coordinator, derek.beving@ucr.edu, 951-827-5332
  Vivek Aji, Faculty Graduate Advisor, vivek.aji@ucr.edu, 951-827-7302

• Plant Biology

  Fidel Rivas, Graduate Student Services Advisor, fidel.rivas@ucr.edu, 951-827-5688
  Venu Gonehal, Faculty Graduate Advisor, venu.gonehal@ucr.edu, 951-827-3482

• Plant Pathology

  Brenda Cuevas, Graduate Program Coordinator, brenda.cuevas@ucr.edu, 951-827-5688
  James Ng, Faculty Graduate Advisor, james.ng@ucr.edu, 951-827-4239

• Political Science

  Lori Jaramillo, Graduate Program Coordinator, lorena.jaramillo@ucr.edu, 951-827-5312
  Marissa Brookes, Faculty Graduate Advisor, marissa.brookes@ucr.edu, 951-827-5509

• Professional Accountancy (MPAc)

  Kyle Pham (Last Names A-I), Graduate Student Affairs Officer, kyle.pham@ucr.edu, 951-827-2983
  Sarah McBride (Last Names J-Ri), Assistant Director of Graduate Advising and Student Services, sarah.mcbride@ucr.edu, 951-827-7652
  Erika Santoyo (Last Names Rj-Z), Assistant Director of Graduate Advising and Student Services, erika.santoyo@ucr.edu, 951-827-3479
  Rami Zwick, Associate Dean and Faculty Graduate Advisor, rami.zwick@ucr.edu, 951-827-7766

• Psychology

  Sarah Turnbull, Graduate Program Coordinator, sarah.turnbull@ucr.edu, 951-827-6306
  Elizabeth Davis, Faculty Graduate Advisor, elizabeth.davis@ucr.edu, 951-827-5236

• Public Policy

  Jolene Sedita, Graduate Program Coordinator, jolene.sedita@ucr.edu, 951-827-2334
  David Brady, Faculty Graduate Advisor, david.brady@ucr.edu, 951-827-5573

• Public Policy (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Staff Contact
  Jolene Sedita, Public Policy Graduate Program Advisor, jolene.sedita@ucr.edu

• Religious Studies

  Gary Kuzas (interim), Program Coordinator, gary.kuzas@ucr.edu, 951-827-1474
  Michael Alexander, Faculty Graduate Advisor, michael.alexander@ucr.edu, 951-827-3744

• Robotics

  Paul Talavera, Graduate Program Coordinator, paul.talavera@ucr.edu, 951-827-2475
  Mario Castro, Graduate Program Advisor, mario.castro@ucr.edu, 951-827-2475
  Amit Roy-Chowdhury, Director and Faculty Graduate Advisor, amit.roychowdhury@ucr.edu, 951-827-2534
  Fabio Pasqualetti, Associate Director and Faculty Graduate Advisor, fabio.pasqualetti@ucr.edu, 951-827-2327

• Sociology

  Tiara Caldwell, Graduate Program Coordinator, tiara.caldwell@ucr.edu, 951-827-6466
  Tanya Nieri, Faculty Graduate Advisor, tanya.nieri@ucr.edu, 951-827-5854

• Southeast Asian Studies

  Gary Kuzas (interim), Program Coordinator, gary.kuzas@ucr.edu, 951-827-1474
  Christina Schwenkel, Faculty Graduate Advisor, christina.schwenkel@ucr.edu, 951-827-5521

• Southeast Asian Studies (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Christina Schwenkel (Department of Anthropology), christina.schwenkel@ucr.edu

• Spanish

  Griselda Rodriguez, Graduate Program Coordinator, griselda.rodriguez@ucr.edu, 951-827-6348
  Marta Hernandez Salvan, Faculty Graduate Advisor, marta.hernandez@ucr.edu, 951-827-1423

• Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Committee in Charge
  prof. andré carrington (Department of English), andre.carrington@ucr.edu
  Prof. Gloria Kim (Department of Media and Cultural Studies), gloria.kim@ucr.edu
  Prof. Eric Schwitzgebel (Department of Philosophy), eric.schwitzgebel@ucr.edu
  Prof. Dana Simmons (Department of History), dana.simmons@ucr.edu

• Statistics, Applied Statistics

  Marlene Garcia, Graduate Program Coordinator, marlene.garcia@ucr.edu, 951-827-4429
  Shujie Ma, Faculty Graduate Advisor, shujie.ma@ucr.edu, 951-827-3730

• Visual Art

  Iselda Salgado, Graduate Program Coordinator, iselda.salgado@ucr.edu, 951-827-7878
  Anna Betbeze, Faculty Graduate Advisor, anna.betbeze@ucr.edu, 951-827-2257