School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts 

Our staff is committed to the excellence of the University, the School, and the students. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about our School or our Programs.

Our general inquiry voice line is: 209.228.7742

Our main fax number is: 209.228.4007

In addition to those staff who work directly for the School (listed below), SSHA also houses the UC Merced Writing Program, and their contact information can be found here. Finally, a copy of our current organizational chart can be found here.

Hans Bjornsson Dean hbjornsson@ucmerced.edu Office Phone: 209.228.7742	James Ortez Assistant Dean jortez@ucmerced.edu Office Phone: 209.228.2937
Tori Gottlieb Academic Advisor * tgottlieb@ucmerced.edu Office Phone: 209.228.4131	Laurie Greene Academic Personnel Specialist lgreene3@ucmerced.edu Office Phone: 209.228.4210
Janet Hansen Director of Operations jhansen@ucmerced.edu Office Phone: 209.228.8583	Alisha Kimble Manager, Student Services ** akimble@ucmerced.edu Office Phone: 209.228.7962
Rhonda Pate Administrative Assistant rpate@ucmerced.edu Office Phone: 209.228.4597	Megan Silva Instructional Services Coordinator msilva5@ucmerced.edu Office Phone:  209.228.4594
Becky Smith Manager, Academic Personnel rsmith7@ucmerced.edu Office Phone: 209.228.2950	Jennifer Wade Instructional Services Assistant jwade@ucmerced.edu Office Phone:  209.228.7839
Mitch Ylarregui Graduate Program Coordinator mylarregui@ucmerced.edu Office Phone:  209.228.4105

_{* Advising for Anthropology, Economics, Management, Political Science, Psychology (M-Z), SSHA Minors, Undeclared SSHA.
** Advising for Cognitive Science, History, Literatures & Cultures, Psychology (A-L), Sociology.}