Faculty Mentors

These professors have expressed interest in serving as a faculty mentor for a McNair Scholar. If you are applying to our program or if you are a newly admitted McNair Scholar, we encourage you to reach out to them directly to see if they are currently accepting students.

First Name	Last Name	Department	Email
Michelle	Brown	Anthropology	mbrown@anth.ucsb.edu
Michael	Gurven	Anthropology	gurven@anth.ucsb.edu
Jeffrey	Hoelle	Anthropology	hoelle@ucsb.edu
David W	Lawson	Anthropology	dlawson@ucsb.edu
Sarah	McClure	Anthropology	mcclure@anth.ucsb.edu
Elana	Resnick	Anthropology	eresnick@anth.ucsb.edu
Amber	Van Derwarker	Anthropology	vanderwarker@anth.ucsb.edu
Claudia	Moser	Art & Architecture	moser@arthistory.ucsb.edu
John	Park	Asian American Studies	jswpark@asamst.ucsb.edu
Alison	Butler	Chemistry & Biochemistry	butler@chem.ucsb.edu
Mattanjah	De Vries	Chemistry & Biochemistry	devries@chem.ucsb.edu
Trevor	Hayton	Chemistry & Biochemistry	hayton@chem.ucsb.edu
Gabriel	Menard	Chemistry & Biochemistry	menard@chem.ucsb.edu
Thuc-Quyen	Nguyen	Chemistry & Biochemistry	quyen@chem.ucsb.edu
Kevin	Plaxco	Chemistry & Biochemistry	kwp@chem.ucsb.edu
Hai	Yang	Chemistry & Biochemistry	hai@chem.ucsb.edu
Yang	Yang	Chemistry & Biochemistry	yang@chem.ucsb.edu
Tamara	Afifi	Communication	tafifi@ucsb.edu
Walid	Afifi	Communication	w-afifi@ucsb.edu
Amy	Gonzales	Communication	gonzales@comm.ucsb.edu
Jennifer	Kam	Communication	jkam@comm.ucsb.edu
Young Ji	Kim	Communication	ykim@comm.ucsb.edu
Karen	Myers	Communication	myers@comm.ucsb.edu
Nikki	Truscelli	Computer Science	nikkitruscelli@ucsb.edu
Jonathan	Balkind	Computer Science	jbalkind@ucsb.edu
Michael	Beyeler	Computer Science, Psychology & Brain Sciences	mbeyeler@ucsb.edu
Arpit	Gupta	Computer Science	arpitgupta@ucsb.edu
Yon	Visell	Computer Science	yonvisell@ece.ucsb.edu
Erin	Dowdy	Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology	edowdy@ucsb.edu
Maryam	Keating	Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology	maryamkk@ucsb.edu
Nolan	Krueger	Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology	ntkrueger@ucsb.edu
Melissa	Morgan	Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology	mmorga4@gmail.com
Jill	Sharkey	Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology	jsharkey@education.ucsb.edu
Steven	Smith	Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology	ssmith@education.ucsb.edu
Alex	Simms	Earth Sciences	asimms@geol.ucsb.edu
Suma	Ikeuchi	East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies	sikeuchi@ucsb.edu
Armand	Kuris	Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology	kuris@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Leander	Love-Anderegg	EEMB	landeregg@ucsb.edu
Peter	Kuhn	Economics	pjkuhn@econ.ucsb.edu
Heather	Royer	Economics	royer@econ.ucsb.edu
Dick	Startz	Economics	startz@ucsb.edu
Alisa	Tazhitdinova	Economics	tazhitda@ucsb.edu
Diana	Arya	Education	darya@education.ucsb.edu
Sarah	Roberts	Education	sroberts@education.ucsb.edu
Heather	Blurton	English	heatherblurton@english.ucsb.edu
Felice	Blake	English	fblake@english.ucsb.edu
Ben	Olguin	English	ben.olguin@english.ucsb.edu
Laury	Oaks	Feminist Studies	oaks@femst.ucsb.edu
Kathy	Baylis	Geography	baylis@ucsb.edu
Leila	Carvalho	Geography	leila@eri.ucsb.edu
Vena	Chu	Geography	venachu@ucsb.edu
Somayeh	Dodge	Geography	maya@geog.ucsb.edu
Vamsi	Ganti	Geography	vganti@ucsb.edu
David	Lopez-Carr	Geography	david.lopez-carr@ucsb.edu
Nick	Nidzieko	Geography	nidzieko@ucsb.edu
Anna	Trugman	Geography	att@ucsb.edu
Nadege	Clitandre	Global Studies	nclitandre@global.ucsb.edu
Vladimir	Hamed-Troyansky	Global Studies	vhtroyansky@global.ucsb.edu
Maegan	Miller-Likhethe	Global Studies	maeml@ucsb.edu
Aashish	Mehta	Global Studies	mehta@global.ucsb.edu
Kai	Thaler	Global Studies	thaler@global.ucsb.edu
Veronica	Castillo-Munoz	History	castillomunoz@history.ucsb.edu
Evelyne	Laurent-Perrault	History	elaurentperrault@history.ucsb.edu
Guiliana	Perrone	History	gperrone@ucsb.edu
Erika	Rappaport	History	rappaport@history.ucsb.edu
Paul	Spickard	History	ethelred@ucsb.edu
John	W.I. Lee	History	jwilee@history.ucsb.edu
Xiaowei	Zheng	History	zheng@history.ucsb.edu
Cherie	Briggs	Life Sciences	briggs@lifesci.ucsb.edu
John	Latto	Life Sciences	latto@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Matthew	Gordon	Linguistics	mgordon@linguistics.ucsb.edu
Argyro	Katsika	Linguistics	akatsika@linguistics.ucsb.edu
Robert	Miller	Marine Science Institute	rjmiller@ucsb.edu
Hector	Ceniceros	Mathematics	ceniceros@ucsb.edu
Katy	Craig	Mathematics	kcraig@ucsb.edu
Sam	Daly	Mechanical Engineering	samdaly@ucsb.edu
Bolin	Liao	Mechanical Engineering	bliao@ucsb.edu
Matthew	Begley	Mechanical Engineering & Materials	mrbegley@ucsb.edu
Beth	Pruitt	Mechanical Engineering	blp@engineering.ucsb.edu
Anabel	Ford	MesoAmerican Research Center	ford@ucsb.edu
Leslie	Hogan	Music	leslie.hogan@ccs.ucsb.edu
David	Novak	Music	dnovak9@uscb.edu
Teresa	Roberston Ishii	Philosophy	teresa@ucsb.edu
Sathya	Guruswamy	Physics	sathya.guruswamy@ccs.ucsb.edu
Joseph	Incandela	Physics	Joseph.Incandela@cern.ch
Pei-Te	Lien	Political Science	plien@polisci.ucsb.edu
Clayton	Nall	Political Science	nall@ucsb.edu
Andrew	Alexander	Psychological and Brain Sciences	andyalexander@ucsb.edu
Nancy	Collins	Psychological and Brain Sciences	nancy.collins@psych.ucsb.edu
Dan	Conroy-Beam	Psychological and Brain Sciences	dconroybeam@ucsb.edu
Barry	Giesbrecht	Psychological and Brain Sciences	giesbrecht@ucsb.edu
Mary	Hegarty	Psychological and Brain Sciences	hegarty@ucsb.edu
Ron	Keiflin	Psychological and Brain Sciences	rkeiflin@ucsb.edu
Tod	Kippin	Psychological and Brain Sciences	kippin@ucsb.edu
Zoe	Liberman	Psychological and Brain Sciences	zoe.liberman@psych.ucsb.edu
Karen	Szumlinsk	Psychological and Brain Sciences	szumlinski@ucsb.edu
Hongbo	Yu	Psychological and Brain Sciences	hongbo.yu@psych.ucsb.edu
Joseph	Blankholm	Religious Studies	blankholm@ucsb.edu
Erika	Arenas	Sociology	earenas@soc.ucsb.edu
Waverly	Duck	Sociology	waverly_duck@ucsb.edu
John	Foran	Sociology	foran@ucsb.edu
Dana	Kornberg	Sociology	kornberg@ucsb.edu
Elena	Raymond	Sociology	eraymond@ucsb.edu
William	Robinson	Sociology	w.i.robinson1@gmail.com
Tagart	Sobotka	Sociology	tsobotka@soc.ucsb.edu
Terrel	Winder	Sociology	twinder@soc.ucsb.edu
Gareth	Peters	Statistics	garethpeters@ucsb.edu
Tomoyuki	Ichiba	Statistics & Applied Probability	ichiba@pstat.ucsb.edu