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# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/contact
**Parent**: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/

# People

### How to Reach Us

Click on one of the request buttons below, send an email to a staff member listed in the directory, or call (530) 752-0650. We will reply to all inquiries as soon as possible.

[Contact Graduate Admissions](mailto:gradadmit@ucdavis.edu)

[Contact the Graduate Center Facility Manager](mailto:gradcenter@ucdavis.edu)

[Submit a Website Support Request](https://forms.gle/zWaEtZ8U4yvo61nn9)

[Submit a Prospective Student Inquiry](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Submit a Speaking Request for the Dean](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLs-fMhr4ETZD3eqBrVfa2yAJBsY3cxG1uAdQc0hn_gDBAgg/viewform?usp=sf_link)

[Submit a GradSphere Support Request](mailto:gradsystems@ucdavis.edu)

### Location and Hours of Operation

Our office is located in the LEED Platinum–certified Walker Hall, room 2001. Graduate Studies staff maintains regular business hours of 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding [campus holidays](https://registrar.ucdavis.edu/calendar/holidays).\
The offices are closed from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. for lunch.

##### Physical Address

300 Shields Avenue\
Davis, CA 95616\
[Google Map](https://goo.gl/maps/L4JBK3bvuBmMfVLm9) | [Campus Map](http://campusmap.ucdavis.edu/?b=187)

##### Mailing Address

2001 Walker Hall | One Shields Ave\
Davis, CA 95616

### Office of the Vice Provost and Dean

### [Jean-Pierre Delplanque](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/people/jean-pierre-delplanque)

- Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate Studies
- Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

- [graddean@ucdavis.edu](mailto:graddean@ucdavis.edu)

### Associate Deans

### [Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/people/ellen-hartigan-oconnor)

- Associate Dean for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
- Professor of History

- [(530) 752-2050](tel:%28530%29752-2050)
- [gsadstudents@ucdavis.edu](mailto:gsadstudents@ucdavis.edu)

### [Duncan Temple Lang](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/people/duncan-temple-lang)

- Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
- Professor, Department of Statistics

- [(530) 752-2050](tel:%28530%29752-2050)
- [dtemplelang@ucdavis.edu](mailto:dtemplelang@ucdavis.edu)

### Executive Assistant Dean

### [Erum Abbasi Syed](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/people/erum-abbasi-syed)

- Executive Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies

- [esyed@ucdavis.edu](mailto:esyed@ucdavis.edu)

### Graduate Advising and Academic Services

### [Sarah Driver](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/people/sarah-driver)

- Director of Advising

- [sbdriver@ucdavis.edu](mailto:sbdriver@ucdavis.edu)

### [Samantha Duesdieker](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/people/samantha-duesdieker)

- Senior Academic Advisor

- [(530) 752-4928](tel:%28530%29752-4928)
- [samdues@ucdavis.edu](mailto:samdues@ucdavis.edu)
- [Meet Your Advisors](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/senior-academic-advisors-graduate-studies)

### [Sarah Hamid](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/people/sarah-mooney)

- Senior Academic Advisor

- [(530) 754-2355](tel:%28530%29754-2355)
- [shamid@ucdavis.edu](mailto:shamid@ucdavis.edu)
- [Meet Your Advisors](https://gradstudies.sf.ucdavis.edu/senior-academic-advisors-graduate-studies)

### [Brittney Solar](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/people/brittney-dinelli)

- Senior Academic Advisor

- [530-754-2359](tel:530-754-2359)
- [bsolar@ucdavis.edu](mailto:bsolar@ucdavis.edu)
- [Meet Your Advisors](https://gradstudies.sf.ucdavis.edu/senior-academic-advisors-graduate-studies)

### [Edher Zamudio](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/people/edher-zamudio)

- Student Services Specialist

- [(530) 752-1473](tel:%28530%29752-1473)
- [eazamudio@ucdavis.edu](mailto:eazamudio@ucdavis.edu)

### Student Financial Support

### [Steven Albrecht](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/people/steven-albrecht)

- Director of Student Financial Support

- [(530) 752-8476](tel:%28530%29752-8476)
- [sjalbrecht@ucdavis.edu](mailto:sjalbrecht@ucdavis.edu)

[**Graduate Studies Organizational Chart**](https://ucdavis.box.com/s/fku095v2ehksepbispkva1s2be2oeyg9)

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