Graduate Division

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

Contact Information for Programs, Designated Emphases, and Graduate Division
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• Accounting, Auditing and Assurance (MPAc)

  Alexis Jackson, Graduate Success Advisor, alexis.jackson1@ucr.edu, 951-827-7662

  Make an appointment with your advisor: https://business.ucr.edu/graduate/advising
  
  Rami Zwick, Associate Dean and Faculty Graduate Advisor, rami.zwick@ucr.edu, 951-827-7766
  Daniel J. Almendarez, Program Director, dalme002@ucr.edu, 952-827-5210
  
  Admissions Information: https://business.ucr.edu/graduate/admissions

• Anthropology

  Tiara Caldwell, Graduate Program Coordinator, tiara.caldwell@ucr.edu, 951-827-5145
  Christina Schwenkel, Faculty Graduate Advisor, christina.schwenkel@ucr.edu, 951-827-5521

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

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Andrea Denny-Brown (Department of English), andrea.denny-brown@ucr.edu, 951-827-7838

  Gene Gray, Advising Support, ggray@ucr.edu

• Art History

  Iselda Salgado, Graduate Program Coordinator, iselda.salgado@ucr.edu, 951-827-7878
  Jason Weems, Faculty Graduate Advisor, Jason.Weems@ucr.edu, 951-827-5922
   

• Astronomy

  Derek Beving, Graduate Academic Advisor, derek.beving@ucr.edu, 951-827-5332
  George Becker, Faculty Graduate Advisor, george.becker@ucr.edu, 951-827-5268

• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  Brenda Cuevas, Graduate Program Coordinator, brenda.cuevas@ucr.edu, 951-827-2377
  Jikui Song, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Enrolled Students, jikui.song@ucr.edu, 951-827-4221
  Sean O'Leary, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Graduate Admissions, sean.oleary@ucr.edu, 951-827-3916

• Bioengineering

  Carrie Dahlhauser, Graduate Program Coordinator, carried@ucr.edu
  Hyle Park, Faculty Graduate Advisor, hyle.park@ucr.edu, 951-827-5188
  Iman Noshadi, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Graduate Admission, inoshadi@ucr.edu, 951-827-4303

• Biomedical Sciences

  Hermila Torres, Graduate Program Coordinator, hermilat@medsch.ucr.edu, 951-827-4540
  Sika Zheng, Faculty Graduate Advisor for enrolled PhD students, sika.zheng@ucr.edu, 951-827-7670
  Milton Hamblin, Faculty Graduate advisor for enrolled Master's students, milton.hamblin@ucr.edu, 951-827-2592
  Erica Heinrich, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, erica.heinrich@ucr.edu, 951-827-9198

• Biophysics

  Brenda Cuevas, Graduate Program Coordinator, brenda.cuevas@ucr.edu, 951-827-2377
  Roya Zandi, Faculty Graduate Advisor, roya.zandi@ucr.edu, 951-827-2096
  Sean O'Leary, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Graduate Admissions, sean.oleary@ucr.edu, 951-827-3916

• Business Analytics (MS)

  Sarah McBride, Assistant Director of Advising and Student Services, sarah.mcbride@ucr.edu, 951-827-7652
  Make an appointment with your advisor: https://business.ucr.edu/graduate/advising
  
  Rami Zwick, Associate Dean and Faculty Graduate Advisor, rami.zwick@ucr.edu, 951-827-7766
  Subramanian (Bala) Balachander, Program Director, balachan@ucr.edu, 951-827-4999
  Admission Information: https://business.ucr.edu/graduate/admissions

• Business Administration (MA and PhD)

  Erika Santoyo, Academic Enrollment Manager, Graduate Operations,  erika.santoyo@ucr.edu, 951-827-3479
  Make an appointment with your advisor: https://business.ucr.edu/graduate/advising

  Rami Zwick, Associate Dean and Faculty Graduate Advisor, rami.zwick@ucr.edu, 951-827-7766
  Subramanian (Bala) Balachander, Program Director, balachan@ucr.edu, 951-827-4999
  
  Admission Information: https://business.ucr.edu/graduate/admissions

• Cell, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Iryna Ethell (Biomedical Sciences), Designated Emphasis Co-Director, iryna.ethell@ucr.edu, 951-827-2186

  Hermilla Torres, Staff Support, hermilat@medsch.ucr.edu, 951-827-4540

• Cell, Molecular & Developmental Biology

  Christopher Brown, Graduate Program Coordinator, christopher.brown@ucr.edu, 951-827-0174
  Nicole zur Nieden, Faculty Graduate Advisor (pre-exam students and admissions), nicole.zurnieden@ucr.edu, 951-827-3818
  Jeffrey Bachant, Faculty Graduate Advisor (ABD students), jeffrey.bachant@ucr.edu, 951-827-6473

• Chemical & Environmental Engineering

  Kennedy Webb, Graduate Program Coordinator, kwebb005@ucr.edu, 951-827-2859
  Yujie Men, Faculty Graduate Advisor, yujie.men@ucr.edu, 951-827-1019
  Georgios Karavalakis, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Graduate Admission, gkaraval@engr.ucr.edu, 951-827-9286

• 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
  Matt Conley, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Graduate Admission, matthew.conley@ucr.edu, 951-827-3764

• Chemistry Education (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Gregory Beran, Designated Emphasis Director, gregory.beran@ucr.edu, 951-827-7869

  Christina Youhas, Staff Advising Support, christina.youhas@ucr.edu, 951-827-7366

• Comparative Literature

  Griselda Rodriguez, Graduate Program Coordinator, griselda.rodriguez@ucr.edu
  Michelle Bloom, Faculty Graduate Advisor, michelle.bloom@ucr.edu, 951-827-1532

• Computational Data Science

  Eva Valencia, Graduate Student Services Advisor, eva.valencia@ucr.edu, 951-827-2946
  Vassilis Tsotras, Faculty Graduate Advisor, vassilis.tsotras@ucr.edu, 951-827-2888

• Computer Engineering

  Eva Valencia, Graduate Student Advisor, eva.valencia@ucr.edu, 951-827-2946
  Hyoseung Kim, Faculty Graduate Advisor, hyoseung@ucr.edu, 951-827-2390

• Computer Science

  Marlene Garcia (PhD: Last Names A-L and Master's students), Graduate Student Services Advisor, marlene.garcia@ucr.edu, 951-827-4587
  Hasan Khan (PhD: Last Names M-Z), Graduate Student Services Advisor, hasan.khan@ucr.edu, 951-827-5639
  Zhiyun Qian, Faculty Graduate Advisor, zhiyunq@cs.ucr.edu, 951-827-

• Corporeality and Embodiment (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Ivan Aguirre (Department of Hispanic Studies), ivaneb@ucr.edu, 951-827-1423
  Prof. Anthea Kraut (Department of Dance), anthea.kraut@ucr.edu, 951-827-7108

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

  Yazmin Perez, Graduate Program Coordinator, MFAadvising@ucr.edu, 951-827-0708
  Reza Aslan, Faculty Graduate Advisor, reza.aslan@ucr.edu, 951-827-5421
  Kimberly Guerrero, Faculty Graduate Advisor, kimberly.guerrero@ucr.edu, 951-827-1929

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

  Kathryn McGee, Student Services Advisor, kathryn.mcgee@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, 951-827-3944
  Anusha Kedhar, Faculty Graduate Advisor, akedh001@ucr.edu, 951-827-3966

• Earth & Planetary Sciences (formerly Geological Sciences)

  Anthony Dominguez, Graduate Student Services Advisor, geology@ucr.edu, 951-827-0171
  Maryjo Brounce, Faculty Graduate Advisor, maryjo.brounce@ucr.edu, 951-827-0770
  Heather Ford, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, heather.ford@ucr.edu, 951-827-3194

• Economics

  Gary Kuzas, Graduate Program Coordinator, gary.kuzas@ucr.edu, 951-827-1474
  Hiroki Nishimura, Faculty Graduate Advisor, hiroki.nishimura@ucr.edu, 951-827-4975
   

• Education

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

  • PhD, Education
  • MA, Education 
  • MEd, Education (Education Policy Analysis and Leadership), (Higher Education Administration and Policy), (Race and Educational Justice), (STEM Education and Equity)

  Eddie Comeaux,  Faculty Graduate Advisor, eddie.comeaux@ucr.edu, 951-827-3634

  For Teacher Education Programs (MEd, General Education Teaching and Special Education Teaching), see Education (Teacher Education Program)

• Education (Teacher Education Program)

  Academic Advisors - creded@ucr.edu
  Alex Arriaga, Single Subject: Math, Science and Social Science, alex.arriaga@ucr.edu, 951-827-3891
  Lina Canawati, Multiple Subject, lina.canawati@ucr.edu, 951-827-5228
  Yvette Hayes, Education Specialist and Single Subject: English and Spanish, yvette.hayes@ucr.edu, 951-827-5227

  • MEd, Education with single subject credential
  • MEd, Education with multiple subject credential
  • MEd, Education (Special Education with Education Specialist Credential)

  Denise Payne, Assistant Director, Certification and Accreditation, denise.e.payne@ucr.edu, 951-827-4633
  Uriel "Odie" Jasso, Assistant Director of Teacher Education, uriel.jasso2@ucr.edu, 951-827-5488
  Dr. Frances Valdovinos, Assistant Dean and Director of Teacher Education, frances.valdovinos@ucr.edu, 951-827-7043

• Electrical Engineering

  Jonathan Johnson, Graduate Program Coordinator, jjohn022@ucr.edu
  Wei Ren, Faculty Graduate Advisor, weiren@ucr.edu, 951-827-6204

• 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

  Gene Gray, Graduate Program Coordinator, gene.gray@ucr.edu
  Fuson Wang, Faculty Graduate Advisor, fusonw@ucr.edu, 951-827-1450
  Michelle Raheja, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, michelle.raheja@ucr.edu, 951-827-1437

• Entomology

  Evelyn Sullivan, Graduate Student Services Advisor, insects@ucr.edu
  
  PhD and MS programs
  Naoki Yamanaka, naoki.yamanaka@ucr.edu
  Jessica Purcell, Faculty Graduate Advisor, jessica.purcell@ucr.edu, 951-827-7258
  
  BS+MS program
  Dong-Hwan Choe, Faculty Graduate Advisor, dchoe003@ucr.edu, 951-827-5717

• Environmental Sciences

  Anthony Dominguez, Graduate Student Services Advisor, envisci@ucr.edu, 951-827-0171
  Francesca Hopkins, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Enrolled Students, francesca.hopkins@ucr.edu, 951-827-4781
  Amir Verdi, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admissions and Recruitment, amir.verdi@ucr.edu, 951-827-4774

• Environmental Toxicology

  Dustin Domingo, Graduate Student Services Advisor, dustin.domingo@ucr.edu, 951-827-0897
  Joseph Genereux, Faculty Graduate Advisor, joseph.genereux@ucr.edu, 951-827-3759
  Linlin Zhao, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admissions, linlin.zhao@ucr.edu, 951-827-9090

• Ethnic Studies

  Mariella Valdivia, Program Coordinator, mariella.valdivia@ucr.edu, 951-827-0209
  Anthony Macias, Faculty Graduate Advisor, anthony.macias@ucr.edu, 951-827-4393

• Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology

  Evelyn Sullivan, Graduate Student Services Advisor, eeobgrad@ucr.edu
  David Reznick, Faculty Graduate Advisor, david.reznick@ucr.edu, 951-827-5820
  Tim Higham, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, tim.higham@ucr.edu, 951-827-3652

• Evolutionary Biology (Joint Doctoral Program with SDSU)

  At UCR
  Evelyn Sullivan, Graduate Student Services Advisor, eeobgrad@ucr.edu, 951-827-0897
  David Reznick, Faculty Graduate Advisor, david.reznick@ucr.edu, 951-827-5820

  At San Diego State University
  Kat Zumstein, Program Administrator (SDSU), kzumstein@sdsu.edu, 619-594-5687
  Elizabeth Waters, Director and 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, 951-827-3966

• Finance: (MFin)

  Alexis Jackson, Graduate Success Advisor, alexis.jackson1@ucr.edu, 951-827-7662

  Make an appointment with your advisor: https://business.ucr.edu/graduate/advising
  
  Rami Zwick, Associate Dean and Faculty Graduate Advisor, rami.zwick@ucr.edu, 951-827-7766
  Greg Richey, Program Director, grich005@ucr.edu
  
  Admissions Information: https://business.ucr.edu/graduate/admissions

• Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics

  Anthony Dominguez, Graduate Student Services Advisor, ggb@ucr.edu,  951-827-0171
  Daniel Koenig, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Enrolled Students, daniel.koenig@ucr.edu, 951-827-3212

   

• Geological Sciences (see also Earth and Planetary Sciences)

  Anthony Dominguez, Graduate Student Services Advisor, geology@ucr.edu, 951-827-0171
  Maryjo Brounce, Faculty Graduate Advisor, maryjo.brounce@ucr.edu, 951-827-0770
  Heather Ford, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, heather.ford@ucr.edu, 951-827-3194

• Graduate Division Staff Directory

  Graduate Division
  graduate.ucr.edu/directory 

• History

  Alesha Jaennette, Graduate Program Coordinator, alesha.jaennette@ucr.edu
  Megan Asaka, Faculty Graduate Advisor, megan.asaka@ucr.edu,  951-827-7138

• Inflammation and Infectious Disease (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Monica Carson, (Department of Biomedical Sciences), monica.carson@ucr.edu, 951-827-6089

• Latin American and Latino Studies (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Jennifer Scheper Hughes (Department of History), jennifer.hughes@ucr.edu, 951-827-1977

• Management (MBA, Prof. MBA)

  Brigitte Hernandez, Graduate Success Advisor, brigitte.hernandez@ucr.edu
  
  Make an appointment with your advisor: https://business.ucr.edu/graduate/advising
  
  Rami Zwick, Associate Dean and Faculty Graduate Advisor, rami.zwick@ucr.edu, 951-827-7766
  Ashish Sood, Program Director, asood@ucr.edu, 951-827-3643
  
  Admissions Information: https://business.ucr.edu/graduate/admissions

• Materials Science & Engineering

  Mario Castro, Graduate Program Coordinator, mario.castro@ucr.edu
  Richard Wilson, Faculty Graduate Advisor, richard.wilson@ucr.edu, 951-827-3374
  Ruoxue Yan, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Graduate Admission, ruoxue.yan@ucr.edu, 951-827-2242

• Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

  Margarita Roman, Graduate Student Services Advisor, mathadmin@ucr.edu, 951-827-3090
  K Aquino, Student Services Advisor, mathadmin@ucr.edu, 951-827-3127
  Jacob Greenstein, Faculty Graduate Advisor, jacob.greenstein@ucr.edu, 951-827-5098
  Zhenghe Zhang, Faculty Advisor for Recruitment, zhenghe.zhang@ucr.edu, 951-827-3210

• Mechanical Engineering

  Joaquin Barraza, Graduate Program Coordinator, joaquin.barraza@ucr.edu, 951-827-7145
  Chen Li, Faculty Graduate Advisor, chen.li@ucr.edu, 951-827-5842
  Bhargav Rallabandi, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, venkataramabhargav.rallabandi@ucr.edu, 951-827-9163

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

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. David Lo (Biomedical Sciences), david.lo@ucr.edu, 951-827-4553

• Medical and Health Humanities (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. Fuson Wang, (Department of English), fuson.wang@ucr.edu, 951-827-1450

• Microbiology

  Manuel Perez, Graduate Program Coordinator, manuel.perezjr@ucr.edu, 951-827-5579
  Sonali Chaturvedi, Faculty Graduate Advisor, sonalic@ucr.edu, 951-827-0764
  Emma Aronson, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, emma.aronson@ucr.edu, 951-827-4201

• Middle East and Islamic Studies (Designated Emphasis)

  Dr. Fariba Zarinebaf, Program Director, fariba.zarinebaf@ucr.edu, 951-827-1786
  https://middleeastandislamicstudies.ucr.edu/graduate-program

• Music

  Yazmin Perez, Graduate Program Coordinator, yazmin.perez1@ucr.edu, 951-827-0708
  Ian Dicke, Faculty Graduate Advisor, ian.dicke@ucr.edu, 951-827-2176

• Neuroscience

  Dustin Domingo, Graduate Student Services Advisor, dustin.domingo@ucr.edu, 951-827-0897
  Martin Riccomagno, Faculty Graduate Advisor, martin.riccomagno@ucr.edu, 951-827-4682
  Eddie Zagha, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, ezagha@ucr.edu, 951-827-4386
   

• Philosophy

  Gene Gray, Graduate Program Coordinator, gene.gray@ucr.edu, 951-827-1454
  Coleen Macnamara, Faculty Graduate Advisor, coleen.macnamara@ucr.edu, 951-827-1511
  Michael Nelson, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, michael.nelson@ucr.edu

• Physics

  Derek Beving, Graduate Program Coordinator, derek.beving@ucr.edu, 951-827-5332
  Hai-Bo Yu, Faculty Graduate Advisor, hai-bo.yu@ucr.edu, 951-827-5321
  Yongtao Cui, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, yongtao.cui@ucr.edu, 951-827-5395

• Plant Biology

  Manuel Perez, Graduate Program Coordinator, manuel.perezjr@ucr.edu, 951-827-5579
  Lou Santiago, Faculty Graduate Advisor, lou.santiago@ucr.edu, 951-827-4951
  Amy Litt (through 9/1/25), Faculty Advisor for Admissions, amy.litt@ucr.edu, 951-827-2113
  Sean Cutler, Faculty Advisor for Admissions, sean.cutler@ucr.edu, 951-827-6990

• Plant Pathology

  Manuel Perez, Graduate Program Coordinator, manuel.perezjr@ucr.edu, 951-827-5579
  James Ng, Faculty Graduate Advisor, james.ng@ucr.edu, 951-827-4239
  Hailing Jin, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, hailing.jin@ucr.edu, 951-827-7995

• Political Science

  Lori Jaramillo, Graduate Program Coordinator, lorena.jaramillo@ucr.edu, 951-827-5312
  Marissa Brookes, Faculty Graduate Advisor, marissa.brookes@ucr.edu, 951-827-5510
  Paul D'Anieri, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Recruitment, paul.danieri@ucr.edu, 951-827-3515

• Psychology

  Sarah Turnbull, Graduate Program Coordinator, sarah.turnbull@ucr.edu, 951-827-6306
  Liz Davis, Faculty Graduate Advisor, elizabeth.davis@ucr.edu, 951-827-5236
  Aerika Loyd, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Graduate Admissions, aerika.loyd@ucr.edu, 951-827-5276

• Public Health (MPH)

  Cristina Gonzalez, Graduate Program Coordinator, cristina.gonzalez@ucr.edu, 951-827-0221
  Mario Sims, Faculty Graduate Advisor, mario.sims@ucr.edu, 951-715-2714

• Public Policy

  Jolene Sedita, Graduate Program Coordinator, jolene.sedita@ucr.edu, 951-827-2334
  Bruce Babcock, Faculty Graduate Advisor, bruce.babcock@ucr.edu, 951-827-1256

• Public Policy (Designated Emphasis)

  Jolene Sedita, Public Policy Graduate Program Advisor, jolene.sedita@ucr.edu, 951-827-2334
  Bruce Babcock, Faculty Graduate Advisor, bruce.babcock@ucr.edu, 951-827-1256

• Religious Studies

  Mariella Valdivia, Program Coordinator, mariella.valdivia@ucr.edu, 951-827-0209
  Amanda Lucia, Faculty Graduate Advisor, amanda.lucia@ucr.edu, 951-827-2137

• Robotics

  Eva Valencia, Graduate Student Services Advisor, eva.valencia@ucr.edu, 951-827-2946
  Ioannis Karamouzas, Director and Faculty Graduate Advisor, ioannisk@ucr.edu

• Sociology

  Tiara Caldwell, Graduate Program Coordinator, tiara.caldwell@ucr.edu, 951-827-5145
  Amy Kroska, Faculty Graduate Advisor, amy.kroska@ucr.edu, 951-827-6973

• Southeast Asian Studies

  Mariella Valdivia, Program Coordinator, mariella.valdivia@ucr.edu, 951-827-0209
  David Biggs, Faculty Graduate Advisor, dbiggs@ucr.edu, 951-827-1877

• Southeast Asian Studies (Designated Emphasis)

  Designated Emphasis Director
  Prof. David Biggs (Department of Anthropology), david.biggs@ucr.edu, 951-827-1877
  Mariella Valdivia, Advising Support Coordinator, mariella.valdivia@ucr.edu, 951-827-0209

• Spanish

  Griselda Rodriguez, Graduate Program Coordinator, griselda.rodriguez@ucr.edu
  Carlos Varon Gonzalez, Faculty Graduate Advisor, carlos.varongonzalez@ucr.edu, 951-827-1423

• Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science (Designated Emphasis)

  prof. andré carrington (Department of English), Faculty Director, andre.carrington@ucr.edu, 951-827-1437
  Gene Gray, Graduate Program Coordinator, gene.gray@ucr.edu

• Statistics, Applied Statistics

  Christopher Brown, Graduate Program Coordinator, christopher.brown@ucr.edu
  Shujie Ma, Faculty Graduate Advisor, shujie.ma@ucr.edu, 951-827-3730
  Yehua Li, Faculty Graduate Advisor for Admission, yehua.li@ucr.edu, 951-827-3327

• Visual Art

  Iselda Salgado, Graduate Program Coordinator, iselda.salgado@ucr.edu, 951-827-7878
  Lynne Marsh, Faculty Graduate Advisor, lynne.marsh@ucr.edu, 951-827-2257
  Anna Betbeze, Faculty Advisor for Admissions, anna.betbeze@ucr.edu, 951-827-04812