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Staff

The staff of the Graduate Division serve potential, current, and alumni graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. We work with many campus units to accomplish our mission of supporting graduate student and postdoctoral scholar success, during and after their time at UCSC.

For all questions, please use email to connect first as this is the primary means of communication for our staff.

Administration

Peter Biehl

Title
- Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies
Phone
(831) 459-3336
Email
- pbiehl@ucsc.edu

Dard A Neuman

Title
- Associate Professor of Music
Phone
831-459-2292
Email
- dneuman@ucsc.edu

Don Smith

Title
- Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, Distinguished More...
Phone
831-459-5041
Email
- drsmith@ucsc.edu

Stephanie Casher

Title
- Assistant Dean
Phone
831-459-3513
Email
- scasher@ucsc.edu

Barbara Smee

Title
- Executive Assistant to VPDGS Peter Biehl
Phone
831-459-5079 (Office)
Email
- bsmee@ucsc.edu

Admissions and Operations

Jessica Elodia Chavez

Title
- Senior Business Systems Analyst
Email
- jeechave@ucsc.edu

Judy Glass

Title
- Data Systems Analyst
Phone
831-459-5906
Email
- jlglass@ucsc.edu

Marissa Maciel

Title
- Director of Graduate Admissions and Outreach
Phone
831-459-4975
Email
- maciel@ucsc.edu

Michelle Montemayor

Title
- Graduate Information Systems Manager
Phone
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Email
- mmontema@ucsc.edu

Audrey Morris

Title
- Admissions and International Students Coordinator
Phone
555-555-5555
Email
- auanmorr@ucsc.edu

Joel Kristian Savell

Title
- Data and Systems Analyst
Phone
831-345-6117
Email
- jsavell@ucsc.edu

Current Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Services

Email the Student Services Team at gss-group@ucsc.edu.

Lorato Anderson

Title
- Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Graduate Studies
Phone
555-555-5555
Email
- lodander@ucsc.edu

Dana Eugenio

Title
- Graduate Student Services Coordinator
Phone
831-459-2368
Email
- dmeugeni@ucsc.edu

Jeff Hao

Title
- Graduate Student Services Coordinator
Email
- jhao2@ucsc.edu

Janina Arianna Larenas

Title
- Director of Student Services
Email
- jlarenas@ucsc.edu

Veronica Larkin

Title
- Administrative Assistant - Current Student Services
Email
- vlarkin@ucsc.edu

Rachel Neuman

Title
- Director of Graduate Student Life
Phone
8314591395
Email
- rneuman@ucsc.edu

Sonya Newlyn

Title
- Professional Development Coordinator
Phone
831-459-3136
Email
- snewlyn@ucsc.edu

Heather Rush

Title
- Financial Analyst
Phone
831-459-3227
Email
- hrush@ucsc.edu