Graduate Division Professional Staff Listing
- Information/Reception Desk
- Dean
- Assistant Dean, Planning & Administration
- Technologies & Communications
- Graduate Resource Center
- Graduate Admissions & Enrollment Management
- Outreach, Recruitment & Retention
- Finance, Operations & Data Management
- Graduate Student Health Insurance (GSHIP)
Note: The area code for the phone and fax numbers below is 949 unless otherwise indicated.
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Graduate Division Office |
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 Information/Reception |
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| GENERAL INQUIRIES | ||
| Sheree McPeak Administrative Assistant Front Desk, customer service, graduate student information, enrollment Cancellation/Withdrawals, Part-Time Study, Leave of Absence Petitions, In-Absentia and general inquiries pertaining to admissions, master's/doctorate degrees, postdoctoral affairs and teacher credential programs. |
824-4611 | ogs@uci.edu |
| Executive Management & Staff |
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| Telephone | ||
| DEAN | ||
| Frances Leslie Dean Graduate Student Academic policy, student advising and UCI Policy exceptions review, Student Academic Affairs, Graduate Council Liaison. |
824-6351 | fmleslie@uci.edu |
| ASSISTANT DEAN | ||
| Court Crowther Assistant Dean, Planning & Administration Strategic planning and development of Graduate Affairs. Oversight of the Graduate Division. International Relations and External Relations. |
824-1758 | crowther@uci.edu |
| STAFF | ||
| Tonii Lawrence Executive Assistant to the Dean Coordinating point for calendar, appointments, conference calls, meetings, travel, special projects and communication support for the Dean. |
824-6763 | tonii.lawrence@rgs.uci.edu |
| Rachel Kaufman Director of Graduate Academic Planning |
824-9031 | rachel.kaufman@rgs.uci.edu |
| Technologies & Communications |
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| Eric Taggart IT Director Directs strategic planning, development and implementation of Graduate Division Information Technology services to help realize campus goals for graduate education. Primary technology contact, database architect/administrator and lead developer. Serves as the Graduate Division’s Information Security Custodian. |
824-0536 | etaggart@uci.edu |
| Rizza Barnes Director of Communications Directs strategic information and communications for Graduate Division electronic and print media. Designs, manages and updates the Division’s website and other communications channels. |
824-7005 | rizza.barnes@uci.edu |
| Graduate Resource Center |
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| Telephone | ||
| William J. Zeller Director Oversees the coordination of campus services and programs for graduate students and postdocs, and provides personal, professional and community development opportunities. |
824-4250 | wzeller@uci.edu |
| Graduate Admissions & Enrollment Management |
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| Ruth Quinnan Director of Admissions & Academic Affairs Directs strategic planning and development of campus' application, admissions and enrolled systems. Oversees and reviews academic admission and enrolled student policy exceptions. Oversees graduate student employment administration. |
824-5879 | rquinnan@uci.edu |
| ADMISSIONS | ||
| Joanna Itoh Manager of Graduate Admissions & Foreign Applications Specialist Processing of foreign applications and review of foreign university transcripts. Processing of domestic student applications (with last names: H through O). Supervision of day-to-day admissions operations. |
824-4960 | jitoh@uci.edu |
| Jayne Orlowski Admissions Specialist Processing of domestic graduate student applications (with last names P through Z), credential verification, oversight of application fees/deposits and statistical reporting. |
824-2714 | orlowskj@uci.edu |
| Christine Chiang Admissions Specialist Processing of domestic graduate student applications (with last names A through G), verification of credentials, and student worker supervision. Assists with web admission processes and information. |
824-1281 | cchiang@uci.edu |
| ENROLLMENT | ||
| Andrea Anderson Enrolled Student Affairs Officer Operations and administrative support related to graduate student services. Enrollment services including degree paperwork, advancement to candidacy, filing fee petitions, coursework petitions (transfer, waiver, substitution), changes in major, degree status changes, committee changes, assessments/reassessments, certification of degrees and readmission. |
824-1244 | alanders@uci.edu |
| Karina Bocanegra Enrolled Student Affairs Officer Operations and administrative support related to graduate student services. Grad Division Forms for engineering and social science students ONLY: Enrollment services including degree paperwork, advancement to candidacy, filing fee petitions, coursework petitions(transfer, waiver, substitution), changes in major, degree status changes, committee changes, assessments/reassessments, certification of degrees and Intercampus Exchange for all grad students. |
824-7457 | k.bocanegra@uci.edu |
| FELLOWSHIPS & EMPLOYMENT | ||
| Sharon Metzger Senior Extramural Fellowships & Postdoctoral Scholar Program Analyst Administration of internal merit-based fellowships (e.g., ARCS, Fletcher Jones), external fellowships (e.g., NSF, Jacob Javits), training grants, GAANN, and oversees departmental fellowships. Oversight of Postdoctoral Affairs, including policy development and implementation, agency funding and reporting, and benefits program. UC Systemwide Postdoc Liaison. |
824-8120 | smetzger@uci.edu |
| Tina Choi Graduate Student Employment Analyst Graduate student employment, graduate student employee loans, TSE/SPEAK scores, external agency billing fellowships, departmental fellowships and GAANN. Distributes all FundOpp announcements; handles graduate student services specifically in Fellowship Administration and Employment. |
824-9102 | tevchoi@uci.edu |
| Richard Nguyen Employment Administrative Assistant Coordinate with the offices of Academic Personnel, Payroll and Human Resources on all issues related to graduate student employment and postdoctoral scholar administration. |
824-0490 | richard.nguyen@rgs.uci.edu |
| Outreach, Recruitment & Retention |
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| Raslyn Rendon Director of Outreach, Recruitment & Retention Directs strategic planning, development and implementation of recruitment and graduate student preparation and retention programs. Oversees diversity fellowship process, including the Eugene Cota-Robles, Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, Faculty Mentor Program and the President’s Dissertation Year. Director of the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program. |
824-9169 | rrendon@uci.edu |
| Carlos Santana AGEP Program Coordinator Oversees all student programming, including the AGEP Competitive-Edge Summer Research Program. Assists with processing diversity fellowship applications for review as well as the campuswide fee waiver process. |
824-0246 | carlos.santana@rgs.uci.edu |
| Daniel Fabrega Coordinator for Outreach, Recruitment and Retention Program Coordinator for AGEP, SURF, UCLEADS, and CSU Pre-Doc programs. |
824-8730 | dfabrega@uci.edu |
| Finance, Operations & Data Management |
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| Dessi Pickett Director of Finance, Operations & Data Management Graduate student financial support; graduate student financial support data and databases; enrollment management; fiscal close; and operations. |
824-4959 | dpickett@uci.edu |
| DATA MANAGEMENT | ||
| Lily Hoa Truong Manager of Student Databases Graduate student database (financial support, enrollments, etc.) development and maintenance; graduate student tracking; financial support tracking; accounts maintenance; and fiscal close. |
824-4961 | lhtruong@uci.edu |
| Long Nguyen Finance & Institutional Data Analyst University-funded fellowships; foreign student tax reporting and tax treaty interpretation; processing of stipends and fellowships; and coordination of centralized, non-diversity fellowship competitions. |
824-3512 | nguyen.long@uci.edu |
| Robert Hoang Finance & Institutional Data Analyst Internal analysis of student financial support and institutional data technical assistance. Student database support. |
824-7231 | robert.hoang@uci.edu |
| EXTRAMURAL FUNDING | ||
| Jonathan Lew Extramural Student Financial Support Coordinator Management and administration of extramural fellowship award program; identification and development of potential new funding sources for graduate student education. |
824-8018 | jlew@uci.edu |
| PERSONNEL & ACCOUNTING | ||
| Susan Bertram Chief Personnel Officer Manages all personnel/payroll as well as operations budget, purchasing and facilities. |
824-0373 | sbertram@uci.edu |
| Roshita Tolani Senior Analyst, Operations Accounting |
824-5982 | rtolani@uci.edu | Affiliated Offices |
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| GRADUATE STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE (GSHIP) | ||
| Ana Fermin GSHIP Coordinator Main contact for general inquiries regarding GSHIP. |
824-2388 | fermina@uci.edu |
