# Admissions |Graduate Program Contacts
**Source**: https://graduate.rice.edu/admissions/program-contacts
**Parent**: https://graduate.rice.edu/
## **Graduate Program Administrators**
Current and prospective students should consider their graduate program of interest or home department to be their first point of contact on all graduate matters. To search for faculty, staff or other contacts on campus, utilize the search feature at the top right of this site to access the full campus directory.
| **Graduate Program** | Program Contact | Phone | **Mail Stop** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [African and African American Studies](https://caaas.rice.edu/graduate-certificate) | [caaas@rice.edu](mailto:caaas@rice.edu) | (713) 348-6318 | MS 33 |
| [Anthropology](https://anthropology.rice.edu/) | [Shawna Forney](mailto:sf17@rice.edu) | (713) 348-2132 | MS 20 |
| [Applied Physics](https://appliedphysics.rice.edu/) | [Laura Livingston](mailto:laura.livingston@rice.edu) | (713) 348-6008 | MS 100 |
| [Architecture](https://arch.rice.edu//) | [Kristina Kennedy](mailto:kristina.n.kennedy@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4864 | MS 50 |
| [Art History](https://arthistory.rice.edu/) | [Jenny Ustynik](mailto:ju10@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4276 | MS 21 |
| [BioSciences](https://biosciences.rice.edu/) | [Denise Torres](mailto:dtorres@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4015 | MS 140 |
| [Bioengineering](https://bioengineering.rice.edu/) | [Email here](mailto:bioegradprogram@rice.edu) | (713) 348-3253 | MS 142 |
| [Business](https://business.rice.edu/) (Ph.D.) | [Melinda Peña](mailto:Melinda.E.Pena@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4622 | MS 531 |
| [Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering](https://chbe.rice.edu/) | [Yesmin Escobar](mailto:ye7@rice.edu) | (713) 348-2396 | MS 362 |
| [Chemistry](https://chemistry.rice.edu/) | [Kari Stein](mailto:ks127@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4082 | MS 60 |
| [Civil & Environmental Engineering](https://ceve.rice.edu/) | [Olga Trejo](mailto:olgatrej@rice.edu) | (713) 348-2646 | MS 318 |
| [Computational Applied Mathematics & Operations Research](https://cmor.rice.edu/) | [Latreece McKinney](mailto:lsm4@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4805 | MS 134 |
| [Computational Science & Engineering](https://engrprofmasters.rice.edu/programs) | [Latreece McKinney](mailto:lsm4@rice.edu) (CMOR) [Hannah Wilkes](mailto:hannah.wilkes@rice.edu) (STAT) | (713) 348-4805 (713) 348-6032 | MS 364 |
| [Computer Science](https://www.cs.rice.edu/) (PhD) | [Beth Rivera](mailto:aer2@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4834 | MS 132 |
| [Computer Science](https://www.cs.rice.edu/) (On-campus MCS) | [Melissa Cisneros](mailto:mcisnero@rice.edu) | (713) 348-3834 | MS 132 |
| [Computer Science](https://csweb.rice.edu/onlinemcs/) (Online MCS) | [Tatianna Carr](mailto:tatianna.carr@rice.edu) | (713) 348-3131 | MS132 |
| [Data Science](https://datascience.rice.edu/academics/professional-master-data-science) | [Tatianna Carr](mailto:tatianna.carr@rice.edu) | (713) 348-3131 | MS132 |
| [Creative Writing](https://english.rice.edu/creative-writing-mfa) | [Lydia Westbrook](mailto:lydia.j.westbrook@rice.edu) | (713) 348-2092 | MS 42 |
| Dual Credit Teaching Credentialing (Transcriptable Certificate) | [Rebecca Sharp](mailto:rebecca.sharp@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4767 | MS 550 |
| [Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences](https://earthscience.rice.edu/) | [Meagan McKellar](mailto:meagan.mckellar@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4880 | MS 126 |
| [Economics](https://economics.rice.edu/) (Ph.D.) | [Lexi Phillips](mailto:lexi.phillips@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4875 | MS 22 |
| [Education](http://glasscock.rice.edu/departments/education-department) | [Marcie Carlson](mailto:marcie.m.carlson@rice.edu) | (713) 348-2474 | MS 146 |
| [Electrical & Computer Engineering](https://www.ece.rice.edu/) | [Aki Shimada](mailto:as115@rice.edu) | (713) 348-3597 | MS 366 |
| [Energy Economics](https://economics.rice.edu/graduate-program/MEECON) | [Abbey Godley](mailto:agodley@rice.edu) (Admissions) [Lexi Phillips](mailto:lexi.phillips@rice.edu) (Current Students) | (713) 348-2367 (713) 348-4875 | MS 22 |
| [Energy Transition and Sustainability](https://mets.rice.edu/) | Engineering: [Rosario Sa Martinez](mailto:rsm@rice.edu) Natural Sciences: [Dagmar Beck](mailto:dkbeck@rice.edu) | | |
| [Engineering Management and Leadership](https://engineering.rice.edu/academics/graduate-programs/master-engineering-management-and-leadership) | [Schuyler Boss](mailto:sboss@rice.edu "Schulyer Boss") | (713) 348-3181 | MS 363 |
| [Engineering Professional Master's Program](https://engrprofmasters.rice.edu/programs) | [Rosario Sa Martinez](mailto:rsm@rice.edu) | (713) 348-2852 | MS 364 |
| [English](https://english.rice.edu/) | [Jenny Ustynik](mailto:ju10@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4840 | MS 30 |
| [Global Affairs](https://mga.rice.edu/) | [Abbey Godley](mailto:agodley@rice.edu) | (713) 348-2367 | MS 37 |
| [History](https://history.rice.edu/) | [Lydia Westbrook](mailto:lydia.j.westbrook@rice.edu) | (713) 348-2092 | MS 42 |
| [Industrial Engineering](https://engrprofmasters.rice.edu/programs) | [Latreece McKinney](mailto:lsm4@rice.edu) | (713) 348-5997 | MS 321 |
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| [Interdisciplinary Studies](https://glasscock.rice.edu/master-interdisciplinary-studies) | [Rebecca Sharp](mailto:rebecca.sharp@rice.edu) [Kim Raptis](mailto:kim.raptis@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4767 (713) 348-6118 | MS 550 |
| [Jones School of Business](https://business.rice.edu/) | [Melinda Peña](mailto:Melinda.E.Pena@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4622 | MS 531 |
| [Mathematics](https://math.rice.edu/) | [Ligia Leismer](mailto:ligia.p.leismer@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4829 | MS 136 |
| [Materials Science & NanoEngineering](https://msne.rice.edu/) | [Kim Hardy](mailto:th2@rice.edu) [Jae Lockhart](mailto:jl633@rice.edu) | (713) 348-3698 | MS 325 |
| [Mechanical Engineering](https://mech.rice.edu/) | [Tammi Bodenhamer](mailto:tlb6@rice.edu) | (713) 348-7993 | MS 321 |
| [Music (Shepherd School)](https://music.rice.edu/) | [Nicolás Kruger-Seiler](mailto:ik37@rice.edu) (Admissions) [Suzanne Taylor](mailto:sctaylor@rice.edu) (Current Students) | (713) 348-3578 | MS 532 |
| [Philosophy](https://philosophy.rice.edu/) | [Jenny Ustynik](mailto:ju10@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4840 | MS 14 |
| [Physics and Astronomy](https://physics.rice.edu/) | [Deidre Richard](mailto:dr70@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4219 | MS 61 |
| [Political Science](https://politicalscience.rice.edu/) | [Norma Lara](mailto:norma.lara@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4842 | MS 24 |
| [Psychological Sciences](https://psychology.rice.edu/) | [Angel Forward](mailto:psyc@rice.edu) | (713) 348-4856 | MS 25 |
| [Religion](https://reli.rice.edu/) | [Lydia Westbrook](mailto:lydia.j.westbrook@rice.edu) | (713) 348-2092 | MS 15 |
| [Shepherd School of Music](https://music.rice.edu/) | [Nicolás Kruger-Seiler](mailto:ik37@rice.edu) (Admissions) [Suzanne Taylor](mailto:sctaylor@rice.edu)(Current Students) | (713) 348-3578 | MS 532 |
| [Social Policy Evaluation](https://socialpolicy.rice.edu/) | [Abbey Godley](mailto:agodley@rice.edu) | (713) 348-2367 | MS 27 |
| [Sociology](https://sociology.rice.edu/) | [Gina Stayshich](mailto:gs71@rice.edu) | (713) 348-3286 | MS 28 |
| [Statistics](https://statistics.rice.edu/) | [Hannah Wilkes](mailto:hannah.wilkes@rice.edu) | (713) 348-6032 | MS 138 |
| [Synthetic, Systems, and Physical Biology](https://sspb.rice.edu/) | [Dale Thomas](mailto:edt4@rice.edu) | (713) 348-6034 | MS 180 |
| [Wiess Professional Science Master's Program](https://profms.rice.edu/) | [Dagmar Beck](mailto:dkbeck@rice.edu) | (713) 348-3188 | MS 103 |
| [Women, Gender and Sexuality](https://cswgs.rice.edu/) | [cswgs@rice.edu](mailto:cswgs@rice.edu) | (713) 348-5874 | MS 38 |
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## **Graduate Student Payroll (Student HCMIs)**
Current students may wish to contact their student HCMIs for questions regarding their graduate student payments.
| **School or Program** | Student HCMI |
| --- | --- |
| Architecture | [Kristina Kennedy](mailto:knk2@rice.edu) |
| Engineering and Computing | [Asia Donald](mailto:ad90@rice.edu) [JoAnne Diaz Beckett](mailto:jd167@rice.edu) |
| Humanities | [Christine Medina](mailto:cmedina@rice.edu) |
| Jones School (PhD) | [Melinda Pena](mailto:mep5@rice.edu) |
| Jones School (MBA) | [Rebeca Reyes](mailto:prr2@rice.edu) |
| Social Sciences | [Corina Gonzalez](mailto:ck27@rice.edu) |
| Natural Sciences | [Dominique Oumar](mailto:do18@rice.edu) |
| Shepherd's School | [Susie Schoepf](mailto:schoepfs@rice.edu) |
| Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB) | [Jing Jing](mailto:jj29@rice.edu) |
| Applied Physics | [Laura Livingston](mailto:ll55@rice.edu) |
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*Updated July 2025*