GENERAL INFORMATION

For questions concerning course planning, change of major requests, financial aid appeals, course substitutions, and information regarding honors and graduation, contact the Social Sciences Undergraduate Student Affairs.

1201 Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-5100
Phone: (949) 824-6803
Fax: (949) 824-2492
Email: socsci@uci.edu 

 

Department Chair

 

Justin Richland
  • Professor and Chair, Anthropology
    Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles 
    J.D., University of California, Berkeley

  • legal discourse analysis and semiotics; anthropology of law; contemporary native american law, politics, art and ethnographic museology

  • jbrich@uci.edu

 

Director of Graduate Studies

 

Mei Zhan
  • Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology
    Ph.D., Stanford University, 2002

  • medical anthropology, science and technology studies, theory and methodology, chinese medicine, globalization, china

  •  SBSG 3316 | 949-824-8167

  • mzhan@uci.edu
  • Website

 

Director of Graduate Admissions

 

Eleana Kim
  • Professor and Director of Graduate Admissions, Anthropology
    Ph.D., New York University, 2007

  • kinship, transnationalism, environment, korea

  •  SBSG 3332

  • eleanak@uci.edu
  • Website

 

Director of Undergraduate Studies & Undergraduate Honors Program

 

Valerie Olson
  • Associate Professor
    Ph.D., Rice University, 2010

  • environmental systems, science and technology, u.s., extreme environments

  •  SBSG 3334 | 949-824-9737

  • olsonv@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV
Kristin Peterson
  • Associate Professor
    Ph.D., Rice University, 2004

  • science and technology, feminism, pharmaceuticals, west africa

  •  SBSG 3336 | 949-824-9652

  • kris@uci.edu
  • Website

 

Graduate Advisor

 

Jennifer Gerson
  • Director, Graduate Affairs
    Ed.D., University of Southern California, 2020

  • educational counseling, graduate student exceptions/petitions, teaching assistant applications and assignments

  •  5210 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway | (949) 824-4074

  • jennifer.gerson@uci.edu
  • For any administrative questions concerning the graduate application process, financial award opportunities, and/or other pre-enrollment matters, please contact the Graduate Studies Office.

 

Administrative Staff

 

Aubrey Bayoneta
  • Department Analyst

  •  3207 Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway | (949) 824-5384

  • abayonet@uci.edu
Monica Rodriguez
  • Department Analyst

  •  3205 Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway | (949) 824-3230

  • monicar2@uci.edu
Melissa Valdez
  • Department Manager

  •  3203 Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway | (949) 824-8106

  • valdezmm@uci.edu

DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

Mailing Address
Department of Anthropology
3203 Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-5100

Telephone: (949) 824-3230

Direction (UCI Campus)
The Department Administrative Suite is located on the 3rd floor of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway Building.
See: SBSG Building (214)

Directions to the campus can be found here.

 

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