Graduate Academic Affairs

View GEPA AA Advisor Primary Contact (Detailed by Department/Program):

View GEPA AA Master's Advisor Primary Contact w/ Major Codes & Grad Coordinator:

Name	Email
Erica Lennard, Assistant Dean (Program Reviews, Embargo Extensions, Program Director Appts, Liaison w/ Grad Council)	erica@ucsd.edu
Norienne Saign, Assistant Director (Doctoral Time Limit Extensions, Probation, Spring Evaluations)	nsaign@ucsd.edu
Sara Miceli, Academic Affairs Advisor (Joint PhD programs with SDSU, Biostats/Biomed Sci/Neuro/Public Health MS & PhD, Professional Master's degrees, inc. Data Science, all Rady degrees, inc. PhD)	smiceli@ucsd.edu
Eliese Maxwell, Academic Affairs Advisor (PhD Degrees, UC Irvine Theatre joint doc student process)	etmaxwell@ucsd.edu
Sinai Cota, Academic Affairs Advisor (Academic Master’s: Materials Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)	sicota@ucsd.edu
Kelsey Darvin, Academic Affairs Advisor (Academic Master's: Astronomy, Biology, ECE, Mathematics, Physics, Structural Eng (inc. PhD), SIO. Listserv management for graduate coordinators and grad chairs listservs, dept/program directory updates)	k2darvin@ucsd.edu
Karen Villavicencio, Academic Affairs Advisor (Academic Master's: BENG, Bioinformatics, CENG/NENG (inc. PhD), Chemistry, CSE, Schools of Arts & Hum, Social Sciences; PhD committee constitutions and advancement to candidacy; Intercampus Exchange)	kvillavicencio@ucsd.edu

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