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Major Advisors

Each major within the College of Letters & Science has an advisor who can help students ensure they satisfy all the major level requirements needed to earn their degree.

African American & African Studies
Bekele, Aklil Staff Advisor ambekele@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1548
Ortiz-Hutson, John Staff Advisor jortizhutson@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9581
Acham, Christine Faculty Advisor caacham@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-6619

American Studies
Allen, Patricia Staff Advisor pkallen@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3377
Biltekoff, Charlotte Faculty Advisor cbiltekoff@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7191
Mechling, Jay Faculty Advisor jemechling@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9043
Schroeder, Eric Faculty Advisor ejschroeder@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4942
Smith, Michael Faculty Advisor mlsmith@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7196
Sze, Julie Faculty Advisor jsze@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-5479
Wang, Grace Faculty Advisor grwang@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-8090

Anthropology
De Guzman, Grace Staff Advisor gdeguzman@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0745
Choy, Timothy Faculty Advisor (Sociocultural Wing) tkchoy@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-4848
Joseph, Suad Faculty Advisor (Sociocultural Wing - Spring Quarter) sjoseph@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1593
Marshall, Andrew Faculty Advisor (Evolutionary Wing) ajmarshall@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9699
Mchenry, H Faculty Advisor (Evolutionary Wing) hmmchenry@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1588
Srinivas, Smriti Faculty Advisor (Sociocultural Wing - Winter & Spring Quarter) ssrinivas@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9223
Steele, Teresa Faculty Advisor (Evolutionary Wing) testeele@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-4507
Yengoyan, Aram Faculty Advisor (Sociocultural Wing) aayengoyan@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2849

Applied Mathematics
Davis, Celia Staff Advisor studentservices@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8131
Gee, Perry Staff Advisor studentservices@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8130
Biello, Joseph Faculty Advisor biello@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-554-1209
Cheer, Angela Faculty Advisor cheer@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1912
Dad-Del, Ali Faculty Advisor daddel@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-554-2989
Gravner, Janko Faculty Advisor gravner@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0825
Marx, Lawrence Faculty Advisor marx@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3829
Milton, E Faculty Advisor (Head Advisor) milton@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3657
Mulase, Motohico Faculty Advisor mulase@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6324
Vazirani, Monica Faculty Advisor vazirani@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-554-2596

Applied Physics
Scalettar, Richard Faculty Advisor scalettar@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9105
Zhu, Xiangdong Faculty Advisor zhu@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4689

Art History
Collatz, Ariel Staff Advisor acollatz@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0616
Roller, L Faculty Advisor leroller@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7801

Art Studio
Collatz, Ariel Staff Advisor acollatz@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0616
Geiger, Matthias Faculty Advisor mgeiger@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0105
Hill, Robin Faculty Advisor rhill@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0105
Hollowell, David Faculty Advisor drhollowell@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0105

Asian American Studies
Nguyen, Diem Staff Advisor mdnguyen@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4447
Hing, Bill Faculty Advisor bhing@ucdavis.edu*
Ho, Wendy Faculty Advisor waho@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3818
Kim, Richard Faculty Advisor rskim@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7255
Maira, Sunaina Faculty Advisor smaira@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6727
Parrenas, Rhacel Faculty Advisor rparrenas@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1104

Chemistry
Barnes, Carol Staff Advisor (Graduate Program Advisor) cbarnes@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0953
Morrison, Aaron Staff Advisor aaronpm@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3204
Augustine, Matthew Faculty Advisor augustine@chem.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7550
Chen, Xi Faculty Advisor chen@chem.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-6037
Kurth, Mark Faculty Advisor mjkurth@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8192
Larsen, Delmar Faculty Advisor dlarsen@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9075
Nambiar, Krishnan Faculty Advisor kpnambiar@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4757
Olmstead, Marilyn Faculty Advisor olmstead@chem.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6668
Osterloh, Frank Faculty Advisor osterloh@chem.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-6242
Schore, Neil Faculty Advisor (Master Advisor) neschore@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6363

Chicana/Chicano Studies
Martinez, Alma Staff Advisor almartinez@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2492
Chabram-Dernersesian, A Faculty Advisor adchabramdernersesian@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2421
Chavez-Garcia, Miroslava Faculty Advisor chavezgarcia@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2421
De La Mora, Sergio Faculty Advisor delamora@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-2421
De La Torre, Adela Faculty Advisor adelatorre@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3904
Flores, Yvette Faculty Advisor ygfloresortiz@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-2421
Jackson, Carlos Faculty Advisor cfjackson@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2421
Montoya, Malaquias Faculty Advisor mmontoya@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4059

Chinese
Hart, Grace Staff Advisor (aka Jeanne Hart) gjhart@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4999
Halperin, Mark Faculty Advisor mhalperin@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0337

Classical Civilization
Barrera, Laura Staff Advisor ljbarrera@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0835
Albu, Emily Faculty Advisor emalbu@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2739
Bulman, Patricia Faculty Advisor pabulman@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1453
Watanabe, Akihiko Faculty Advisor awatanabe@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1339

Communication
Gamez, Frances Staff Advisor fmgamez@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1221

Comparative Literature
Saldana-Seibert, Maria Staff Advisor msaldana@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1219
Venkatesan, Archana Faculty Advisor avenkatesan@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6295

Computer Science
Amenta, Annamaria Faculty Advisor amenta@cs.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-5377
Chen, Hao Faculty Advisor chen@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-5375
Ghosal, Dipak Faculty Advisor ghosal@cs.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9251
Matloff, Norman Faculty Advisor matloff@cs.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1953
Rogaway, Phillip Faculty Advisor rogaway@cs.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7583

Design
Carpenter, Krystene Staff Advisor kccarpenter@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-5743
Sholer, Kelli Staff Advisor kmsholer@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6244
Drew, Glenda Faculty Advisor gadrew@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2614

Dramatic Art
Figueroa, Socorro Staff Advisor svfigueroa@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0888
Grenke, David Faculty Advisor (Dance) dwgrenke@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9211
Iacovelli, John Faculty Advisor (Design and Production) iacovelli@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4582
Lichtenfels, Peter Faculty Advisor (Acting) plichtenfels@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2478
Mccutcheon, Jade Faculty Advisor (Acting) jrmccutcheon@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0891
Morgan, Maggie Faculty Advisor (Design and Production) mjmorgan@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4582
Munn, Thomas Faculty Advisor (Design and Production) tjmunn@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4582
Rossini, Jon Faculty Advisor (General) jdrossini@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0888
Turner, Alison Faculty Advisor (Acting) bmerlin@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-8968

East Asian Studies
Fallas, Stephanie Staff Advisor sfallas@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4001
Chang, Chia-Ning Faculty Advisor cnchang@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1119

Economics
Branam, Diane Staff Advisor dcbranam@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0742
Hale, Rachel Staff Advisor rhale@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9241
Lee, Joseph Staff Advisor jelee@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0741
Cameron, A Faculty Advisor (Fall, Winter Only) accameron@ucdavis.edu*
Carrell, Scott Faculty Advisor (Fall, Spring Only) secarrell@ucdavis.edu* 530-302-1038
Geromichalos, Athanasios Faculty Advisor (Winter, Spring Only) ageromich@ucdavis.edu*
Helms, L Faculty Advisor (Fall, Spring Only) ljhelms@ucdavis.edu* 925-689-7228
Hoynes, Hilary Faculty Advisor (Fall, Winter Only) hwhoynes@ucdavis.edu* 530-564-0505
Jorda, Oscar Faculty Advisor (Winter, Spring Only) ojorda@ucdavis.edu* 530-554-9382
Lee, Joonsuk Faculty Advisor (Fall, Spring Only) epflee@ucdavis.edu*
Mcmurry, Erin Faculty Advisor emcmurry@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-4801
Meissner, Christopher Faculty Advisor (Winter, Spring Only) cmmeissner@ucdavis.edu*
Page, Marianne Faculty Advisor (Fall, Winter Only) mepage@ucdavis.edu*
Peri, Giovanni Faculty Advisor (Fall, Winter Only) gperi@ucdavis.edu* 530-554-2304
Quinzii, Martine Faculty Advisor (Winter, Spring Only) mmquinzii@ucdavis.edu*
Rapson, David Faculty Advisor (Winter, Spring Only) dsrapson@ucdavis.edu* 530-302-1024
Russ, Katheryn Faculty Advisor (Winter, Spring Only) knruss@ucdavis.edu*
Schipper, Burkhard Faculty Advisor (Fall, Spring Only) bcschipper@ucdavis.edu*
Sheffrin, Steven Faculty Advisor (Fall Only) smsheffrin@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1576
Simonovska, Ina Faculty Advisor (Fall, Winter Only) inasimonovska@ucdavis.edu*
Swenson, Deborah Faculty Advisor (Master Advisor-Winter, Spring Only) deswenson@ucdavis.edu*
Taylor, Alan Faculty Advisor (Winter, Spring Only) amtaylor@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7464
Woo, Wing Faculty Advisor (Fall, Winter Only) stwoo@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3035

English
Jones, Lynda Staff Advisor lmjones@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7646
Ziser, Michael Faculty Advisor mgziser@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1696

Film Studies
Hart, Grace Staff Advisor (aka Jeanne Hart) gjhart@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4999
Constable, Elizabeth Faculty Advisor elconstable@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-5228

French
Saldana-Seibert, Maria Staff Advisor msaldana@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1219
Fort, Jeff Faculty Advisor jpfort@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0708

Geology
Belz, Marlene Staff Advisor mhbelz@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9100
Osleger, David Faculty Advisor daosleger@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7824
Sumner, Dawn Faculty Advisor dysumner@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-5353
Zierenberg, Robert Faculty Advisor razierenberg@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1863

German
Hart, Grace Staff Advisor (aka Jeanne Hart) gjhart@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4999
Arnett, Carlson Faculty Advisor clarnett@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0751

History
Reyes, Mark Staff Advisor mrkreyes@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0777
Anooshahr, Ali Faculty Advisor (on leave F'09) aanooshahr@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1389
Borgen, Robert Faculty Advisor rborgen@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4127
Bossler, Beverly Faculty Advisor bjbossler@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3654
Decker, Corrie Faculty Advisor crdecker@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-8241
El Shakry, Omnia Faculty Advisor lselshakry@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9980
Hagen, William Faculty Advisor wwhagen@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0101
Harris, Alice Faculty Advisor akharris@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9170
Hartigan-O'Connor, Ellen Faculty Advisor (on leave F'09) eoconnor@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3865
Kim, Kyu Faculty Advisor kyukim@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1642
Kudlick, Catherine Faculty Advisor cjkudlick@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1635
Landau, Norma Faculty Advisor nblandau@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0747
Langland, Victoria Faculty Advisor (on leave F'09, W'10) vlangland@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1632
Lawrance, Benjamin Faculty Advisor (on leave F'09) bnlawrance@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8207
Mann, Susan Faculty Advisor slmann@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8576
Margadant, Ted Faculty Advisor (on leave W'10) twmargadant@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3049
Mckee, Sally Faculty Advisor (on leave W'10, S'10) sjmckee@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1643
Olmsted, Kathryn Faculty Advisor ksolmsted@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2118
Oropeza, Lorena Faculty Advisor lboropeza@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2224
Rauchway, Eric Faculty Advisor earauchway@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6380
Resendez, Andres Faculty Advisor aresendez@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0778
Saler, Michael Faculty Advisor mtsaler@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1637
Sen, Sudipta Faculty Advisor ssen@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3047
Smolenski, John Faculty Advisor jssmolenski@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-8242
Spyridakis, S Faculty Advisor (on leave F'09) svspyrdakis@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2104
Stolzenberg, Daniel Faculty Advisor dstolz@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2232
Stuart, Kathleen Faculty Advisor kestuart@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3656
Taylor, Alan Faculty Advisor astaylor@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4093
Tezcan, Baki Faculty Advisor btezcan@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9981
Tsu, Cecilia Faculty Advisor cmtsu@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-4836
Walker, Clarence Faculty Advisor cewalker@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0779
Warren, Louis Faculty Advisor lswarren@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1633

International Relations
Pattison, Katy Staff Advisor kcpattison@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-8098
Gartner, Scott Faculty Advisor ssgartner@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-8098

Italian
Saldana-Seibert, Maria Staff Advisor msaldana@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1219
Cannon, Joann Faculty Advisor jccannon@ucdavis.edu*

Japanese
Hart, Grace Staff Advisor gjhart@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4999
Sorensen, Joseph Faculty Advisor jsorensen@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0313

Linguistics
Fallas, Stephanie Staff Advisor sfallas@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9933
Aranovich, Raul Faculty Advisor raranovich@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2291

Mathematical & Scientific Computation
Davis, Celia Staff Advisor studentservices@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8131
Gee, Perry Staff Advisor studentservices@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8130
Biello, Joseph Faculty Advisor biello@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-554-1209
Cheer, Angela Faculty Advisor cheer@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1912
Dad-Del, Ali Faculty Advisor daddel@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-554-2989
Gravner, Janko Faculty Advisor gravner@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0825
Marx, Lawrence Faculty Advisor marx@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3829
Milton, E Faculty Advisor (Head Advisor) Milton@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6324
Mulase, Motohico Faculty Advisor mulase@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6324
Vazirani, Monica Faculty Advisor vazirani@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-554-2596

Mathematics
Davis, Celia Staff Advisor studentservices@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8131
Gee, Perry Staff Advisor studentservices@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8130
Biello, Joseph Faculty Advisor biello@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-554-1209
Cheer, Angela Faculty Advisor cheer@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2216
Dad-Del, Ali Faculty Advisor daddel@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-554-2989
Gravner, Janko Faculty Advisor gravner@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0825
Marx, Lawrence Faculty Advisor marx@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3829
Milton, E Faculty Advisor (Head Advisor) milton@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3657
Mulase, Motohico Faculty Advisor mulase@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6324
Vazirani, Monica Faculty Advisor vazirani@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-554-2596

Medieval & Early Modern Studies
Abbott, Don Faculty Advisor dpabbott@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6097

Middle East/South Asia Studies
Mann, Gurjit Staff Advisor gkmann@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-4926

Music
Olivier, Barbara Staff Advisor baolivier@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-5530
Nutter, David Faculty Advisor (G-M) danutter@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2236
Pelo, Mika Faculty Advisor mpelo@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7156
Spiller, Henry Faculty Advisor (A-F) hjspiller@ucdavis.edu* 530-757-5791

Native American Studies
La Deaux, Judith Staff Advisor jaladeaux@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6656
Mancillas, Stella Staff Advisor scmancillas@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3237
Crum, Steve Faculty Advisor (Undergraduates) sjcrum@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6488
Macri, Martha Faculty Advisor mjmacri@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7086

Natural Sciences
Sweeney, Sara Staff Advisor sksweeney@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9621
Day, Howard Faculty Advisor hwday@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2882
Osleger, David Faculty Advisor daosleger@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7824

Nature and Culture
Jones, Lynda Staff Advisor lmjones@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7646

Philosophy
Williams, Heidi Staff Advisor hlwilliams@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0607
Mattey, George Faculty Advisor gjmattey@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0609

Physics
Tolle, Georgie Staff Advisor tolle@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4092
Boeshaar, Patricia Faculty Advisor boeshaar@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9246
Chertok, Maxwell Faculty Advisor chertok@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7351
Curro, Nicholas Faculty Advisor curro@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-402-9925
Fong, Ching-Yao Faculty Advisor cyfong@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1792
Liu, Kai Faculty Advisor kliu@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4109
Luty, Markus Faculty Advisor luty@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-554-1280
Savrasov, Sergey Faculty Advisor savrasov@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7345
Singh, Rajiv Faculty Advisor singh@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4710
Webb, David Faculty Advisor webb@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4102
Wittman, David Faculty Advisor wittman@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-5354
Zieve, Rena Faculty Advisor zieve@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2510

Political Science
Teeple, Jacqlyn Staff Advisor jteeple@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6241
Highton, Benjamin Faculty Advisor bhighton@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0970

Psychology
Harris, Carol Staff Advisor carharris@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1882
March, Marsha Staff Advisor mdmarch@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8877
Traxler, Matthew Faculty Advisor (Master Advisor) mjtraxler@ucdavis.edu* 530-757-8861

Religious Studies
Saldana-Seibert, Maria Staff Advisor msaldana@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1219
Coudert, Allison Faculty Advisor apcoudert@ucdavis.edu*
Miller, W Faculty Advisor fmiller@ucdavis.edu*
Tezcan, Baki Faculty Advisor (Head Advisor) btezcan@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9981

Russian
Hart, Grace Faculty Advisor gjhart@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4999
Stuchebrukhov, Olga Faculty Advisor oastuch@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-6941

Science & Technology Studies
Williams, Heidi Staff Advisor hlwilliams@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0607
Dumit, Joseph Faculty Advisor jpdumit@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-5339

Sociology
D'Amico, Delores Staff Advisor dmdamico@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2873
Gutierrez, Janet Staff Advisor jangutierrez@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4564

Spanish
Barrera, Laura Staff Advisor ljbarrera@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0835
Gonzalez, Cristina Faculty Advisor crigonzalez@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7988
Lazzara, Michael Faculty Advisor mjlazzara@ucdavis.edu*

Statistics
Scully, Peter Staff Advisor (Graduate Program) pscully@wald.ucdavis.edu* 530-692-5194
Yu, Min Staff Advisor (Undergraduate Program) minyu@wald.ucdavis.edu* 530-554-4947
Burman, Prabir Faculty Advisor (Statistics/Biostatistics - Grad) burman@wald.ucdavis.edu* 530-564-0603
Jiang, Jiming Faculty Advisor (Undergraduates) jiang@wald.ucdavis.edu* 530-564-0639

Technocultural Studies
Collatz, Ariel Staff Advisor acollatz@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0616
Drew, Jesse Faculty Advisor jdrew@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9674

Women's Studies
Ludwig, Shaunna Staff Advisor slludwig@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4686
Nettles, Kimberly Faculty Advisor kdnettles@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8545