Staff

Faustino Aguilar

Academic Advisor

faustinoaguilar@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1

https://ssha-advising.ucmerced.edu/

Website

Leonardo (Leo) Arriola

Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

+1 (209) 228-7843
sshadean@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 259

Political Science Department

Andreina Avrigo

Academic Department Specialist

+1 (209) 749-8362
aavrigo@ucmerced.edu, ssha.deptservices@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 331

SSHA Department Services Website

Estee Beck

Director, Merritt Writing Program

ebeck2@ucmerced.edu

Website

Lauren Brackett

Assistant Director of Student Services

+1 (209) 228-0042
lbrackett@ucmerced.edu, ssha.advising@ucmerced.edu

SSHA Academic Advising Reception: Classroom & Office Building-1, Room 204

Website

Lora Burnett

Coordinator of Development, Community Engaged Scholarship (DCES) for the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

lburnett2@ucmerced.edu

Classroom and Office Building 315

http://ssha.ucmerced.edu

Jennifer Casillas

Academic Department Specialist

+1 (209) 355-9270
jcasillas25@umcerced.edu, ssha.deptservices@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 329

SSHA Department Services Website

Karen Chaidez

Course and Curriculum Coordinator

kchaidez2@ucmerced.edu, ssha.curriculum@ucmerced.edu

https://ssha-instructionalservices.ucmerced.edu/

Juliann Clear

Graduate Services Coordinator

jclear3@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 257

https://ssha-grad.ucmerced.edu/

Yazmin Colin

Course Articulation Analyst

+1 (209) 228-0135
ycolin@ucmerced.edu, ssha.articulation@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 225

Website

Alyssa Conroy

Course and Curriculum Coordinator

+1 (209) 228-0190
aconroy2@ucmerced.edu, ssha.curriculum@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 225

Website

Jocelyn De La Torre

Academic Department Specialist

jdelatorre27@ucmerced.edu, ssha.deptservices@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 327

SSHA Department Services Website

Angela Dixon

Manager of Instructional Services

+1 (209) 228-7839
adixon2@ucmerced.edu, ssha.curriculum@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 233

Website

Ericka Garcia

Events Coordinator

+1 (209) 201-8167
egarcia225@ucmerced.edu, ssha.events@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 254

Website

Jesus Garcia-Zaragoza

Financial Services Analyst

jgarcia-zaragoza@ucmerced.edu, ssha.financial@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 261

Website

Heidi Green

Manager of Department Services, Social Sciences

+1 (209) 382-4073
hgreen2@ucmerced.edu, ssha.deptservices@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 323

SSHA Department Services Website

Christine Howe

Executive Assistant to the Dean

+1 (209) 228-7843
chowe2@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building-1, 240

Website

Amanda Khamo

Senior Academic Personnel Analyst

+1 (209) 228-4210
akhamo@ucmerced.edu, ssha.ap@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 231

Website

Yolanda Kyle

Academic Department Specialist

ykyle@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 324

Mahea LaRosa

Academic Department Specialist

+1 (209) 233-2578
mlarosa@ucmerced.edu, ssha.deptservices@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 330

SSHA Department Services Website

Stephanie Lopez

Academic Department Specialist

+1 (209) 308-3329
slopez146@ucmerced.edu, ssha.deptservices@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 327

SSHA Department Services Website

Melanie Loyola

Operations Coordinator

+1 (209) 228-0315
mloyola2@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 261

Website

Brenda Maldonado-Rosas

Director of Student Services

+1 (209) 500-6471
bmaldonado-rosas@ucmerced.edu, ssha.advising@ucmerced.edu

SSHA Academic Advising Reception: Classroom & Office Building-1, Room 204

Website

Tom Martinez

Graduate Services Coordinator

tmartinez@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 224

SSHA Graduate Services Website

UC Merced Graduate Division

Lisa Mora

Manager of Department Services, Arts & Humanities

+1 (209) 819-2955
lmora@ucmerced.edu, ssha.deptservices@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 325

SSHA Department Services Website

Sandra Mora

Academic Personnel Analyst

+1 (209) 228-4599
smora@ucmerced.edu, ssha.ap@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 229

https://ssha.ucmerced.edu/about/administrative-resources/academic-personnel

Website

Sarah Mora

Academic Department Specialist

+1 (209) 413-9408
sarahmora@ucmerced.edu, ssha.deptservices@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 332

SSHA Department Services Website

Christine Panelli

Assistant Dean, Finance and Departmental Operations

+1 (209) 749-8271
cpanelli@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 247

School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

Maricela Rivera

Academic Department Specialist

+1 (209) 233-2036
mrivera79@ucmerced.edu, ssha.deptservices@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 329

SSHA Department Services Website

Maribel Rivera-Bonilla

Academic HR Coordinator

+1 (209) 228-0322
mrivera-bonilla@ucmerced.edu, ssha.ap@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building-1, 250

Website

Darlene Saavedra

Academic Advisor

darlenesaavedra@ucmerced.edu

Classroom and Office Building 1, 224

SSHA Academic Advising

School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

Linda Safer

Academic Advisor, Transfer Coordinator

+1 (209) 228-4278
lsafer@ucmerced.edu, ssha.advising@ucmerced.edu

SSHA Academic Advising Reception: Classroom & Office Building-1, Room 204

Website

Valeria Salcedo Lomeli

Academic Advisor

+1 (209) 228-0164
vsalcedolomeli@ucmerced.edu, ssha.advising@ucmerced.edu

SSHA Academic Advising Reception: Classroom & Office Building-1, Room 204

SSHA Academic Advising Website

Rebecca Smith

Assistant Dean, Personnel

+1 (209) 228-2950
rsmith7@ucmerced.edu, ssha.ap@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building-1, 243

Website

Alena Swann

Academic Department Specialist

+1 (209) 413-4060
aswann@ucmerced.edu, ssha.deptservices@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 330

SSHA Department Services Website

Joseph Swann

Personnel Analyst

+1 (209) 228-3125
jswann@ucmerced.edu, ssha.ap@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building-1, 237

Website

Pakou Thao

Manager of Graduate Services

+1 (209) 228-0310
pthao29@ucmerced.edu, ssha.grad@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 233

Website

Megan Topete

Assistant Dean, Student and Instructional Services

+1 (209) 228-4594
mtopete@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 227

Website

Eddie Torres

Financial Services Analyst

+1 (209) 285-7360
etorres56@ucmerced.edu, ssha.financial@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 261

Website

Elias "Eli" Vargas

Director of Finance

evargas38@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building - 1, 257

https://ssha.ucmerced.edu/faculty-resources/financial-services

Website

Elizabeth Whitmyre

Degree Completion Program, Academic Advisor

+1 (209) 228-0347
ewhitmyre@ucmerced.edu, ssha.advising@ucmerced.edu

SSHA Academic Advising Reception: Classroom & Office Building-1, Room 204

Website

Vanessa Woodruff

Senior Academic Personnel Analyst

+1 (209) 228-4599
vwoodruff@ucmerced.edu, ssha.ap@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building-1, 229

Website

Anne Zanzucchi

Associate Dean

+1 (209) 228-7843
ssha.associatedean@ucmerced.edu

Classroom & Office Building-1, 259

Website