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Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies

African American & African Std
Milmon Harrison Director mfharrison@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6622
Karen Nofziger MSO knofziger@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0675

American Studies
Eric Smoodin Director esmoodin@ucdavis.edu 530-752-8182
Karen Nofziger MSO knofziger@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0675

Art
D Kern Holoman Interim Chair dkholoman@ucdavis.edu 530-752-8311
Katherine Perrone CAO krperrone@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0138

Art History
Jeffrey Ruda Director jhruda@ucdavis.edu 530-754-7836
Katherine Perrone CAO krperrone@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0138

Asian American Studies
Nolan Zane Chair nwzane@ucdavis.edu 530-752-5419
Karen Nofziger MSO knofziger@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0675

Chicana/o Studies
Adela De La Torre Chair adelatorre@ucdavis.edu 530-752-3904
Karen Nofziger MSO knofziger@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0675

Classics
David Traill Director datraill@ucdavis.edu 530-752-6441
Tracy Ligtenberg MSO taligtenberg@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6078

Comparative Literature
Brenda Schildgen Director bdschildgen@ucdavis.edu 530-752-9558
Tracy Ligtenberg MSO taligtenberg@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6078

Cultural Studies (Grad Group)
Caren Kaplan Director cjkaplan@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2047
Karen Nofziger MSO knofziger@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0675

Design
Timothy McNeil Director tjmcneil@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2589
Katherine Perrone CAO krperrone@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0138

Design Museum
Timothy McNeil Museum Director tjmcneil@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2589
Katherine Perrone CAO krperrone@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0138

East Asian Languages & Cultures
Xiaomei Chen Chair xmchen@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1209
Tracy Ligtenberg MSO taligtenberg@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6078

English
David Robertson Chair darobertson@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2257
Darla Tafoya MSO djtafoya@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2269

Film Studies
Elizabeth Constable Director elconstable@ucdavis.edu 530-752-5228
Tracy Ligtenberg MSO taligtenberg@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6078

French & Italian
Julia Simon Chair jsimon@ucdavis.edu 530-752-8573
Tracy Ligtenberg MSO taligtenberg@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6078

German & Russian
Gail Finney Chair gefinney@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1125
Tracy Ligtenberg MSO taligtenberg@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6078

Gorman Museum
Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie Museum Director tsinhnahjinnie@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0568
Karen Nofziger MSO knofziger@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0675

Humanities Program
Noah Guynn Director ndguynn@ucdavis.edu 530-754-7839
Tracy Ligtenberg MSO taligtenberg@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6078

Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Don Abbott Director dpabbott@ucdavis.edu 530-752-6097
Darla Tafoya MSO djtafoya@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2269

Music
Christopher Reynolds Chair chreynolds@ucdavis.edu 530-752-5649
Katherine Perrone CAO krperrone@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0138

Native American Studies
Steve Crum Chair sjcrum@ucdavis.edu 530-752-6488
Karen Nofziger MSO knofziger@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0675

Nature & Culture
Eric Smoodin Director esmoodin@ucdavis.edu 530-752-8182
Darla Tafoya MSO djtafoya@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2269

Religious Studies
Naomi Janowitz Director nhjanowitz@ucdavis.edu 530-752-6255
Tracy Ligtenberg MSO taligtenberg@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6078

Richard L. Nelson Gallery
Renny Pritikin Director rpritikin@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6590
Katherine Perrone CAO krperrone@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0138

Second Language Acquisition Institute
Travis Bradley Director tgbradley@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2454
Tracy Ligtenberg MSO taligtenberg@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6078

Spanish & Classics
Cecilia Colombi Chair cmcolombi@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1244
David Traill Director datraill@ucdavis.edu 530-752-6441
Tracy Ligtenberg MSO taligtenberg@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6078

Technocultural Studies
Jesse Drew Director jdrew@ucdavis.edu 530-752-9674
Katherine Perrone CAO krperrone@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0138

Theatre and Dance
David Grenke Chair dwgrenke@ucdavis.edu 530-754-9211
Katherine Perrone CAO krperrone@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0138

UC Consortium for Language Learning & Teaching
Robert Blake Director rjblake@ucdavis.edu 530-754-7153
Tracy Ligtenberg MSO taligtenberg@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6078

UC Davis Humanities Institute
Carolyn De La Pena Director ctdelapena@ucdavis.edu 530-752-8965
Jennifer Langdon Associate Director jlangdon@ucdavis.edu 530-754-0331
Darla Tafoya MSO djtafoya@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2269

University Writing Program
Christopher Thaiss Director cjthaiss@ucdavis.edu 530-754-9197
Darla Tafoya MSO djtafoya@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2269

Women & Gender Studies
Maxine Craig Interim Director mbcraig@ucdavis.edu 530-752-8642
Karen Nofziger MSO knofziger@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0675

Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Chemistry
Carlito Lebrilla Chair cblebrilla@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0504
Mark Kurth Vice Chair mjkurth@ucdavis.edu 530-752-8192
Neil Schore Vice Chair neschore@ucdavis.edu 530-752-6263
Susan Olton MSO smolton@ucdavis.edu 530-752-3988

Geology
Peter Schiffman Chair schiffman@geology.ucdavis.edu 530-752-3669
David Osleger Vice Chair daosleger@ucdavis.edu 530-754-7824
Julia Prather MSO japrather@ucdavis.edu 530-752-3668

Mathematics
Bruno Nachtergaele Chair bnachtergaele@ucdavis.edu 530-754-8092
Thomas Strohmer Vice Chair tstrohmer@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1071
Andrew Waldron Vice Chair akwaldron@ucdavis.edu 530-754-9373
Jessica Potts MSO jrpotts@math.ucdavis.edu 530-752-0829

Physics
Warren Pickett Chair pickett@physics.ucdavis.edu 530-752-5989
Lori Lubin Vice Chair lmlubin@ucdavis.edu 530-754-4418
Richard Scalettar Vice Chair rtscalettar@ucdavis.edu 530-754-9105
Tracy Lade MSO tjlade@ucdavis.edu 530-752-4087

Statistics
Wolfgang Polonik Chair wpolonik@ucdavis.edu 530-554-9521
Patricia Aguilera MSO pjaguilera@ucdavis.edu 530-554-4128

Social Sciences

Anthropology
Robert Bettinger Chair rlbettinger@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0551
Nancy McLaughlin MSO nlmclaughlin@ucdavis.edu 530-752-9036

Center for History, Society & Culture
Eric Rauchway Director earauchway@ucdavis.edu 530-752-6380
Lesley Byrns MSO labyrns@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1291

Center for Mind and Brain
Andrew Yonelinas Associate Director apyonelinas@ucdavis.edu 530-757-4651
Steven Luck Acting Director sjluck@ucdavis.edu 530-757-4655
Carmina Caselli MSO crcaselli@ucdavis.edu 530-757-4652

Communication
George Barnett Chair gabarnett@ucdavis.edu 716-998-5040
Lesley Byrns MSO labyrns@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1291

East Asian Studies
Chia-ning Chang Director cnchang@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1119
Lesley Byrns MSO labyrns@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1291

Economics
Gregory Clark Chair gclark@ucdavis.edu 530-302-1030
Deborah Swenson Vice Chair deswenson@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1569
Kathleen Miner MSO keminer@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0760

Economy, Justice & Society
Marianne Page Director mepage@ucdavis.edu 530-554-4940
Lesley Byrns MSO labyrns@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1291

English as a Second Language
Patrick Farrell Acting Director pmfarrell@ucdavis.edu 530-848-2874
Lesley Byrns MSO labyrns@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1291

Hemispheric Institute on the Americas
Charles Walker Director cfwalker@ucdavis.edu 530-754-9453
Lesley Byrns MSO labyrns@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1291

History
David Biale Chair dbiale@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1640
Kathryn Olmsted Vice Chair ksolmsted@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2118
Eteica Spencer MSO egspencer@ucdavis.edu 530-752-9142

International Relations
Scott Gartner Director ssgartner@ucdavis.edu 530-752-3065
Cynthia Simmons MSO csimmons@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2183

Jewish Studies
Diane Wolf Director dlwolf@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1158
Eteica Spencer MSO egspencer@ucdavis.edu 530-752-9142

Linguistics
Patrick Farrell Chair pmfarrell@ucdavis.edu 530-848-2874
Lesley Byrns MSO labyrns@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1291

Middle East/South Asia Studies
Sudipta Sen Director ssen@ucdavis.edu 530-752-3047
Lesley Byrns MSO labyrns@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1291

Military Science
Joseph Harvey Chair jaharvey@ucdavis.edu 530-752-3056
Steve Barzo MSO sabarzo@ucdavis.edu 530-752-7863

Philosophy
James Griesemer Chair jrgriesemer@ucdavis.edu 530-554-4396
Lesley Byrns MSO labyrns@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1291

Physical Education
Jeffrey Weidner Director wjweidner@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1942
Nicole Morrill Analyst nbmorrill@ucdavis.edu 530-752-9364

Political Science
Robert Huckfeldt Chair rhuckfeldt@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0975
Cynthia Simmons MSO csimmons@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2183

Psychology
Debra Long Chair dllong@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1851
Lisa Oakes Vice Chair lmoakes@ucdavis.edu 530-757-4423
Brenda Ruth MSO bruth@ucdavis.edu 530-754-6215

Science & Technology Studies
Joseph Dumit Director jpdumit@ucdavis.edu 530-752-5339
Lesley Byrns MSO labyrns@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1291

Social Sciences Program
Marianne Page Director mepage@ucdavis.edu 530-554-4940
Lesley Byrns MSO labyrns@ucdavis.edu 530-752-1291

Sociology
Vicki Smith Chair vasmith@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2933
John Hall Vice Chair jrhall@ucdavis.edu 530-752-7035
Mary Dixon MSO mbdixon@ucdavis.edu 530-752-0784