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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, Kay 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
Stasulat, Edie Staff Advisor estasulat@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0745
Choy, Tim 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, Henry 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
Babson, Eric Faculty Advisor babson@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-6768
Dad-Del, Ali Faculty Advisor (Equivalencies) daddel@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-6171
Fannjiang, Albert Faculty Advisor fannjiang@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2216
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

Applied Physics
Yager, Phil Faculty Advisor pmyager@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2227
Zhu, Xiangdong Faculty Advisor xdzhu@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4689

Art History
Collatz, Ariel Staff Advisor acollatz@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0616
Roller, Lynn Faculty Advisor leroller@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-8723

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

Chemistry
Arriaga, Lily Staff Advisor arriaga@chem.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0503
Augustine, Matt 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
Nambiar, Krishnan Faculty Advisor kpnambiar@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4757
Osterloh, Frank Faculty Advisor osterloh@chem.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-6242
Schore, Neil Faculty Advisor neschore@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6363
Tinti, Dino Faculty Advisor dstinti@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0954
True, Nancy Faculty Advisor nstrue@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0874

Chicana/Chicano Studies
Martinez, Alma Staff Advisor almartinez@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2492
Chabram-Dernersesian, Angie Faculty Advisor adchabramdernersesian@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9966
Chavez-Garcia, Miroslava Faculty Advisor chavezgarcia@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1265
de la Mora, Sergio Faculty Advisor delamora@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-8743
de la Torre, Adela Faculty Advisor adelatorre@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3904
Flores, Yvette Faculty Advisor ygfloresortiz@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-4045
Montoya, Malaquias Faculty Advisor mmontoya@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4059

Chinese
Halperin, Mark Faculty Advisor mhalperin@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0337

Classical Civilization
Barrera, Laura Staff Advisor ljbarrera@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0835
Bulman, Patricia Faculty Advisor pabulman@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1453
Traill, David Faculty Advisor datraill@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6441

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

Comparative Literature
Saldana-Siebert, Maria Staff Advisor msaldana@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1219
Sharlet, Jocelyn Faculty Advisor jcsharlet@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1971

Computer Science
Valdez, Josie Staff Advisor valdez@cs.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7036
Amenta, Nina 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
Olsson, Ron Faculty Advisor olsson@cs.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7017
Rogaway, Phil Faculty Advisor rogaway@cs.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7583

Design
Carpenter, Kris Staff Advisor kccarpenter@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-5743
Avila, Susan Faculty Advisor stavila@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7174

Dramatic Art
Figueroa, Socorro Staff Advisor svfigueroa@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0888
Grenke, David Faculty Advisor (Dance) dwgrenke@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9211
Rossini, Jon Faculty Advisor (Theater) jdrossini@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9212

East Asian Studies
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, Joe Staff Advisor jelee@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0741
McMurry, Erin Staff Advisor emcmurry@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-4801
Bonanno, Giacomo Faculty Advisor gfbonanno@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1574
Helms, L. Faculty Advisor (Winter, Spring Only) ljhelms@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2094
Kuersteiner, Guido Faculty Advisor gkuerste@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3028
Lee, Joonsuk Faculty Advisor epflee@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8727
Meissner, Chris Faculty Advisor cmmeissner@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3108
Miller, Doug Faculty Advisor (Fall, Winter Only) dlmiller@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8490
Nehring, Klaus Faculty Advisor (Fall, Winter Only) kdnehring@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3379
Page, Marianne Faculty Advisor mepage@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1551
Quinzii, Martine Faculty Advisor mmquinzii@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6887
Swenson, Deborah Faculty Advisor (Master Advisor) deswenson@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1569
Taylor, Alan Faculty Advisor (Fall, Winter Only) amtaylor@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1572

English
Jones, Lynda Staff Advisor lmjones@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7646
Dolan, Frances Faculty Advisor fdolan@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-4897

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

Geology
Osleger, David Faculty Advisor osleger@geology.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7824
Sumner, Dawn Faculty Advisor dysumner@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-5353
Zierenberg, Robert Faculty Advisor zierenberg@geology.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1863

German
Arnett, Carlee Faculty Advisor clarnett@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0751

History
Anooshahr, Ali Faculty Advisor aanooshahr@ucdavis.edu*
Biale, David Faculty Advisor dbiale@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1640
Brantley, Cynthia Faculty Advisor (F08 only) clbrantley@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1545
Davis, Diana Faculty Advisor (W09, S09 only) geovet@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0776
Harris, A. Faculty Advisor (W09, S09 only) akharris@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9170
Hartigan-O'Connor, Ellen Faculty Advisor eoconnor@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3865
Holloway, Thomas Faculty Advisor thholloway@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3048
Kim, Kyu Faculty Advisor (F08, W09 only) kyukim@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1642
Kudlick, Catherine Faculty Advisor cjkudlick@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3233
Landau, Norma Faculty Advisor nblandau@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0747
Langland, Victoria Faculty Advisor vlangland@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1632
Lawrance, Benjamin Faculty Advisor bnlawrance@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8207
Mann, Susan Faculty Advisor slmann@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8576
Materson, Lisa Faculty Advisor (W09, S09 only) lgmaterson@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9991
Rauchway, Eric Faculty Advisor earauchway@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6380
Saler, Michael Faculty Advisor mtsaler@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1637
Sen, Sudipta Faculty Advisor (F08, W09 only) ssen@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3047
Spyridakis, Stylianos Faculty Advisor svspyrdakis@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2104
Stolzenberg, Daniel Faculty Advisor dstolz@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2232
Stuart, Kathy 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
Warren, Louis Faculty Advisor lswarren@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1633

International Relations
Amos, Jacki Staff Advisor jaamos@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3063
Harris, Carol Staff Advisor caharris@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3063
Pattison, Katy Staff Advisor kcpattison@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-3063
Maoz, Zeev Faculty Advisor zmaoz@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1989

Italian
Saldana-Siebert, Maria Staff Advisor msaldana@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1219
Cannon, JoAnn Faculty Advisor jccannon@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-8244

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

Linguistics
Aranovich, Raul Faculty Advisor raranovich@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2291

Mathematics
Davis, Celia Staff Advisor studentservices@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8131
Denena, Tina Staff Advisor studentservices@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9598
Gee, Perry Staff Advisor studentservices@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8130
Babson, Eric Faculty Advisor babson@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-6768
Dad-Del, Ali Faculty Advisor (Equivalencies) daddel@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-6171
Fannjiang, Albert Faculty Advisor fannjiang@math.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2216
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

Medieval & Early Modern Studies
Goldston, Paula Staff Advisor pgoldston@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2257
Roddy, Kevin Faculty Advisor kproddy@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4541

Middle East/South Asia Studies
Maira, Sunaina Faculty Advisor smaira@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6727

Music
Olivier, Barbara Staff Advisor baolivier@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-5530
Holoman, Kern Faculty Advisor (N-Z) dkholoman@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9041
Nutter, David Faculty Advisor (G-M) danutter@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2236
Spiller, Henry Faculty Advisor (A-F) hjspiller@ucdavis.edu* 530-757-5791

Native American Studies
LaDeaux, Judith Staff Advisor jaladeaux@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6656
Mancillas, Stella Staff Advisor scmancillas@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7683
Tansey, Tina Staff Advisor tbtansey@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-7874
Crum, Steven Faculty Advisor (Undergraduates) sjcrum@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-6488
Hernandez-Avila, Ines Faculty Advisor (Graduate Advisor) ighernandez@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4394

Natural Sciences
Sweeney, Sara Staff Advisor sweeney@geology.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9621
Day, Howard Faculty Advisor (Geology) day@geology.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2882
Osleger, David Faculty Advisor (Geology) osleger@geology.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, G Faculty Advisor gjmattey@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-0609

Physics
Tolle, Georgie Staff Advisor tolle@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4092
Albrecht, Andreas Faculty Advisor albrecht@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9269
Calderon, Manuel Faculty Advisor calderon@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9609
Corruccini, Linton Faculty Advisor corruccini@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1023
Fong, Ching-Yao Faculty Advisor cyfong@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1792
Liu, Kai Faculty Advisor kliu@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4109
Savrasov, Sergey Faculty Advisor savrasov@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7345
Scalettar, Richard Faculty Advisor scalettar@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-9105
Singh, Rajiv Faculty Advisor singh@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4710
Wittman, David Faculty Advisor wittman@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-5354
Zhu, Xiangdong Faculty Advisor zhu@physics.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-4689

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

Psychology
Keefer, Holly Staff Advisor hjkeefer@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1882
March, Marsha Staff Advisor mdmarch@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8877
Ferrer-Caja, Emilio Faculty Advisor (Master Advisor) eferrer@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-1882
Traxler, Matthew Faculty Advisor (Mastor 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* 530-754-7911
Elmore, Mark Faculty Advisor mkelmore@ucdavis.edu*
Lai, Whalen Faculty Advisor wwlai@ucdavis.edu*
Miller, Flagg Faculty Advisor fmiller@ucdavis.edu*
Tezcan, Baki Faculty Advisor (Head Advisor) btezcan@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-9981
Watenpaugh, Keith Faculty Advisor kwatenpaugh@ucdavis.edu* 530-752-8348

Russian
Hart, Jeanne 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 (Fall, Winter, Spring) mjlazzara@ucdavis.edu* 530-754-5548

Statistics
Scully, Pete Staff Advisor (Graduate Program) pscully@wald.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2361
Yu, Min Staff Advisor (Undergraduate Program) minyu@wald.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-2362
Burman, Prabir Faculty Advisor (Statistics/Biostatistics - Grad) burman@wald.ucdavis.edu* 530-752-7622
Jiang, Jiming Faculty Advisor (Undergraduates) jiang@wald.ucdavis.edu* 530-754-8589

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