Graduate Academic Affairs

Welcome to the GEPA Academic Affairs Collab pages!

GEPA Academic Affairs Unit

NamePhoneEmail

Erica Lennard, Assistant Dean (Program Reviews, Embargo Extensions, Program Director Appts, Liaison w/ Grad Council)

(858) 534-3552 erica@ucsd.edu

Norienne Saign, Assistant Director (Doctoral Time Limit Extensions, Probation, Spring Evaluations)

(858) 534-3709 nsaign@ucsd.edu

Sara Miceli, Graduate Academic Affairs Advisor (Joint PhD programs with SDSU, Biostats/Biomed Sci/Neuro PhD, Professional Master's degrees, Rady degrees)

(858) 534-6977 smiceli@ucsd.edu
Eliese Maxwell, Graduate Academic Affairs Advisor (PhD Degrees, UC Irvine Theatre joint doc student process)(858) 822-2244 etmaxwell@ucsd.edu

Kelsey Darvin, Graduate Academic Affairs Advisor (Academic Master's: Biomed Sci, Biology, ECE, Structural Eng (inc. PhD), SIO. Listserv management for graduate coordinators and grad chairs listservs, dept/program directory updates) 

(858) 534-3551k2darvin@ucsd.edu

Kimberly McCusker, Graduate Academic Affairs Advisor (Academic Master's: Schools of Arts & Hum, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, Mat Sci, MAE, Data Sciences-HDSI) 

(858) 534-0650kmccusker@ucsd.edu
Karen Villavicencio, Graduate Academic Affairs Advisor (Academic Master's: BENG, Bioinformatics, CENG/NENG (inc. PhD), CSE, NEU; PhD committee constitutions and advancement to candidacy; Intercampus Exchange)(858) 822-7832kvillavicencio@ucsd.edu