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Graduate Studies Professional Staff

  Information/Reception Desk
  Dean
  Executive Assistant to the Graduate Dean
  Associate Dean
  Assistant Dean, Planning & Administration
  Assistant Dean, Graduate Academic Affairs
  Graduate Admissions & Enrollment Student Services
  Graduate Preparation & Student Programs
  Finance, Operations, & Data Management
  Graduate Student Health Insurance (GSHIP)

Note: The area code for the phone and fax numbers below is 949.

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Information  

120 Aldrich Hall - General Inquiries Email: ogs@uci.edu Tel.: 824-4611 Fax: 824-9096 Including admissions inquiries and general information related specifically to graduate education (Master's/Doctorate degrees), post-doctoral affairs and Teacher Credential programs.

SHEREE MCPEAK Administrative Assistant Tel.: 824-4611 Fax: 824-9096 ogs@uci.edu Front Desk, customer service, graduate student information, enrollment Cancellation/Withdrawals, Part-Time Study, Leave of Absence Petitions, In-Absentia, Late Registration, other general information.

  

RICHARD NGUYEN Administrative Assistant Tel.: 824-6763 Fax: 824-9096 hrnguyen@uci.edu Dean’s Office Reception, Assistant to the Executive Assistant & Office Manager, reimbursements, purchasing purchasing, facilities organization, communications.

Dean  

CAROLYN P. BOYD Tel.: 824-1511 Fax: 824-9096 cpboyd@uci.edu 155 Aldrich Hall Dean over all advanced degree programs at the University of California, Irvine.

Executive Assistant to the Graduate Dean  

SUSAN BERTRAM Tel.: 824-0373 Fax: 824-9096 sbertram@uci.edu 155 Aldrich Hall Chief Personnel Officer; Office Manager; major event planning.

Associate Dean  

FRANCES LESLIE Tel.: 824-6351 Fax: 824-9096 155 Aldrich Hall APPOINTMENT EFFECTIVE 04/01/07. Graduate Student Academic policy, student advising and UCI Policy exceptions review, Student Academic Affairs, Graduate Council Liaison.

Assistant Dean, Planning & Administration  

COURT CROWTHER Tel.: 824-1758 Fax: 824-9096 crowther@uci.edu Strategic planning & development of Graduate Affairs. Oversight of the Office of Graduate Studies Operations. International Relations and External Relations.

Assistant Dean, Graduate Academic Affairs  

CAROL SOKOLOV Tel.: 824-7458 Fax: 824-9096 csokolov@rgs.uci.edu RGS Consultant on proposal development for new graduate programs, modification of existing degree programs, & interpretation of current graduate education policy. Outreach. Recruitment and Retention, and Communications.

CHRISTINE ASCHAN Director of Communications Tel.: 824-4960 Fax: 824-9096 christine.aschan@rgs.uci.edu Directs strategic information and communications for Graduate Division print and electronic media. Produces The Graduate magazine and other publications; manages the Division’s website.

Graduate Admission, Enrolled Student Services, and Employment  

RUTH QUINNAN Director of Graduate Admissions, Enrolled Student Services, & Employment Tel.: 824-5879 Fax: 824-9096 rquinnan@uci.edu 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.

JOANNA ITOH Manager of Graduate Admissions and Foreign Applications Specialist Tel.: 824-4960 Fax: 824-9096 jitoh@uci.edu 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.

VACANT Admissions Analyst Tel.: 824-4611 Fax: 824-9096 Processing of domestic graduate student applications (with last names A through G), credential verification, oversight of application fees/deposits, statistical reporting.

VACANT Admissions Specialist Tel.: 824-4960 Fax: 824-9096 jitoh@uci.edu Processing of domestic graduate student applications (with last names P through Z), verification of credentials, and student worker supervision. Assists with web admission processes and information.

ANDREA ANDERSON Enrolled Student Affairs Officer Tel.: 824-1244 Fax: 824-9096 alanders@uci.edu Processing of domestic graduate student applications (with last names P through Z), verification of credentials, intercampus exchange, and student worker supervision. Assists with web admission processes and information.

KARINA GARCIA Enrolled Student Affairs Officer Tel.: 824-7457 Fax: 824-9096 karinag@uci.edu 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, Intercampus Exchange for all grad students, diploma/commencement requests, etc.

SHARON METZGER Senior Extramural Fellowships & Post-doctoral Scholar Program Analyst Tel.: 824-8120 Fax: 824-9096 smetzger@uci.edu Administration of internal merit-based fellowships (e.g., ARCS, Fletchers Jones), external fellowships (e.g., NSF, Jacob Javits), training grants, GAANN, and oversees departmental fellowships. Oversight of Post-Doctoral Affairs including policy development and implementation, agency funding and reporting, and benefits program. UC Systemwide Post-Doc Liaison.

JONATHAN LEW Graduate Student Employment & Post-doctoral Program Analyst Tel.: 824-8018 Fax: 824-9096 jlew@rgs.uci.edu Oversee graduate student employment/fee remission processing, exceptions to employment policy, training grants administration and external agency. Post-Doctoral Program Analyst. Oversees all benefit and fellowship administration.

TINA CHOI Graduate Student Employment Analyst Tel.: 824-9102 Fax: 824-9096 tina.cho@rgs.uci.edu 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.

Graduate Preparation and Student Programs  

RASLYN RENDON Director of Outreach, Recruitment & Retention Tel.: 824-9169 Fax: 824-9096 rrendon@uci.edu Directs strategic planning, development, and implementation of recruitment and graduate student preparation and retention programs. Director of the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program.

VACANT Program Coordinator Tel.: 824-8730 Fax: 824-9096 Program Coordinator: for AGEP including AGEP Competitive-Edge Summer Research Program and campus-wide diversity fellowships including Eugene Cota-Robles (ECR), Graduate Opportunity Fellowships (GOF), Faculty Mentor Program (FMP) and President’s Dissertation Year (PDY) Fellowship Program. Coordinates campus-wide application fee waiver and Project 1000 application processes.

VACANT Coordinator for Career Development Programs Tel.: 824-8730 Fax: 824-9096 Program Coordinator for: AGEP, SURF, UCLEADS, CSU Pre-Doc Programs.

Finance, Operations, & Data Management  

DESSI PICKETT Director of Finance, Operations, & Data Management Tel.: 824-4959 Fax: 824-9096 dpickett@rgs.uci.edu Graduate student financial support; graduate student financial support data and databases; enrollment management; fiscal close and operations.

SUSAN BERTRAM Chief Personnel Officer Tel.: 824-0373 Fax: 824-9096 sbertram@uci.edu 155 Aldrich Hall Manages all personnel/payroll as well as operations budget, department recharges, and support funding.

ROSHITA TOLANI Manager, University-funded & Endowment Fellowships Tel.: 824-5982 Fax: 824-9096 rtolani@uci.edu 155 Aldrich Hall University-funded fellowships; foreign student tax reporting and tax treaty interpretation; processing of stipends and fellowships; coordination of centralized, non-diversity Fellowship competitions.

LILY HOA TRUONG Manager of Student Databases Tel.: 824-4961 Fax: 824-9096 lhtruong@uci.edu Graduate student database (financial support, enrollments, etc.) development and maintenance; graduate student tracking; financial support tracking; accounts maintenance and fiscal close.

LONG NGUYEN Finance & Institutional Data Analyst Tel.: 824-3512 Fax: 824-9096 long.nguyen@rgs.uci.edu Internal analysis of student financial support and institutional data technical assistance. Student database support.

AFFILIATED OFFICES

Graduate Student Health Insurance (GSHIP)  

MARY JO GALLEGOS GSHIP Coordinator Gottschalk Medical Plaza Zot/ Mail Code: 6250 Tel.: (949) 824-2388 Fax: (949) 824-9408 mdeJesus@uci.edu Liaison between enrolled graduate students and medical/dental/vision providers, i.e., UnitedHealthcare Student Resources. Facilitates problem resolution, answers GSHIP queries, processes GSHIP waiver forms.

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