# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gclt
**Parent**: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/departments-programs-degrees/cultural-studies/cultural-studies-phd/

# Cultural Studies

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](http://culturalstudies.ucdavis.edu/)

[Email the Program](mailto:kndabdoub@ucdavis.edu)

Students gain advanced knowledge of the study of culture and society that highlights how sexuality, race, ability, citizenship, gender, nationality, class and language organize embodied identities, social relations and cultural objects, and emphasizes the linked analyses of these factors in relation to local community formations, transnationalism, (post)(neo)colonialism, and globalization. Students graduate with the interdisciplinary research skills necessary to carry out research and teaching within an individualized specialization.

Degree Type

Interdisciplinary Graduate Group

Degrees Offered

M.A. Plan I \
Ph.D. Plan B

Lead Dean

College of Letters and Science

Degree Requirements

[2025](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4644)

[2012](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2906)

[2009](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2908)

[2006](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2907)

Administrative ByLaws

[2006](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2909)

Major Code

GCLT

Exceptions

QE Exception: No outside member needed

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## Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

[UC Davis General Admission Requirements](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/applying-uc-davis)
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[Program Admissions Requirements](https://culturalstudies.ucdavis.edu/application-requirements-and-tips)

Admission Deadlines

General: Dec 15, 2025\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 15, 2025\
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026

### Admissions Actions

[Request Admissions Info](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Apply for Admission](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/node/841)

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## Program Contact Information

### Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

**Program Coordinator**\
 Kaitlin Dabdoub
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[kndabdoub@ucdavis.edu](mailto:kndabdoub@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Group Chair**\
 Rana Jaleel
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[rmjaleel@ucdavis.edu](mailto:rmjaleel@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: General**\
 Kristopher Fallon
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Cultural Studies \
(530) 754-2599 | [kfallon@ucdavis.edu](mailto:kfallon@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: Admissions and Primary Contact**\
 Rana Jaleel
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Cultural Studies \
[rmjaleel@ucdavis.edu](mailto:rmjaleel@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Richard Kim
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Cultural Studies \
(530) 752-2069 | [rskim@ucdavis.edu](mailto:rskim@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Susy Zepeda
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Cultural Studies \
[sjzepeda@ucdavis.edu](mailto:sjzepeda@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Internal Fellowship Analyst**\
 Heidi West
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(530) 754-9473 | [hewest@ucdavis.edu](mailto:hewest@ucdavis.edu)

**Senior Academic Advisor**\
 Brittney Solar
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[bsolar@ucdavis.edu](mailto:bsolar@ucdavis.edu)