Campus Diversity Professionals

Office for Graduate Diversity Staff

Martha Chavez
Assistant Dean for Graduate Diversity
327 Sproul Hall
[email protected]

Skye Fierro
American Indian Graduate Program Coordinator
2515 Channing Way
(510) 643-6010
[email protected]

Mariela Cruz Aguilera
Inclusive Excellence Hub Coordinator
2515 Channing Way
[email protected]

Sarah Acosta
Assistant Director in the Office for Graduate Diversity
327 Sproul Hall
(510) 643-6010
[email protected]

Isabel De Santiago 
Graduate Pipeline Coordinator
327 Sproul Hall
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Jessica Mena Flores
Program Administrator for Undocumented Graduate Student Success & Firebaugh Scholars Undergraduate Research Program
2515 Channing Way
[email protected]

Campus & Graduate Program Contacts

Ancient Greece & Roman Studies – Classics and Classical Archaeology PhD
Kristen Brooks – Graduate Student Affairs Officer
3411 Dwinelle Hall
(510) 642-4219
[email protected]

Berkeley Law
Kristin Theis-Alvarez – Director for Outreach & Recruitment, Admissions
225-3 Boalt Hall
(510) 643-8441
[email protected]

Biological Sciences
Audrey Knowlton – Graduate Diversity Director
2413 Dwinelle Hall
[email protected]

City and Regional Planning/College of Environmental Design
Lindsay Huysentruyt – Graduate Student Affairs Officer
228 Bauer Wurster Hall
(510) 643-9440
[email protected]

Computational Precision Health
Bianca Victorica – Graduate Student Services Advisor
(510) 926-92640
[email protected]

Computational Precision Health
Irene Chen – Assistant Professor
Warren Hall, Suite 120
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Computing, Data Science, and Society & Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division
Colette Patt, Ph.D. – Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Justice
(510) 642-0794
[email protected]

Department of Architecture
Ari Baird – Graduate Student Services Advisor
232 Bauer Wurster Hall
[email protected]

Department of Architecture
Kayli Minear – Graduate Student Affairs Officer
232 Bauer Wurster Hall
(510) 642-5577
[email protected]

Division of Arts & Humanities
Alberto Ledesma – Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity
2411 Dwinelle Hall
(510) 642-5575
[email protected]

East Asian Languages and Cultures
Grant Tompkins – Graduate Student Affairs Officer
3414 Dwinelle Hall
(510) 642-4497
[email protected]

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department Operations
Kaitlyn Guthrie – Associate Director of Admissions& Student Affairs
380 Minor Hall
(510) 642-9537
[email protected]

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) Department
Tiffany Grimsley – Assistant Director of Student Diversity
253 Cory Hall
[email protected]

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) Department
Audrey Sillers – Director of Student Diversity
203 Cory Hall
(510) 664-7181
[email protected]

Energy and Resources
Candace Groskreutz – Graduate Student Services Advisor
345A Giannini Hall
(510) 642-8859
[email protected]

English
April Sanders – Graduate Student Services Advisor
Wheeler 319
(510) 642-3467
[email protected]

English 
Belén Flores
[email protected]

The Goldman Public Policy Department
Jalilah LaBrie – Associate Director of Student Affairs
Rm 245, GSPP West
(510) 642-1940
[email protected]

Graduate School of Journalism
Liana Hsu – Director of Admissions
North Gate Hall
(510) 643-1174
[email protected] 

Haas School Of Business
Anthony Whitten – Director of Diversity Admissions
S545A 2220 Piedmont Ave.
(510) 664-5355
[email protected] 

Haas School Of Business
Elida M. Bautista – Director of Inclusion & Diversity
S550 2220 Piedmont Ave.
(510) 643-2686
[email protected] 

Master of Design / Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
Amy Dinh – Director of Academic Affairs
210A Jacobs Hall
(510) 664-7568
[email protected] 

Master of Development Practice (MDP)/Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP)
Tina Kushner – Associate Director, MDP Program
[email protected] 

Materials Science & Engineering/Applied Science & Technology/ College of Engineering
Meltem Erol – Director of Graduate Outreach
230 Bechtel
(510) 643-1743
[email protected] 

Nano / MPS (L&S Math and Physical Sciences)
Avi Rosenzweig – Graduate Student Services Advisor
550 Sutardja Dai Hall #1726
(510) 643-6681
[email protected]

Real Estate Development + Design (IURD) / College of Environmental Design
Sabrina Lazarus – Director of Student Services
Bauer Wurster Hall 316
(510) 664-5204
[email protected]

Rhetoric Film Art History Administration 
Kathleen Pera Jangar – Graduate Student Affairs Officer
7407 Dwinelle Hall
(510) 642-1416
[email protected] 

School of Education
Liliana Hernandez – Admissions Coordinator
1605 Tolman Hall
(510) 642-0841
[email protected] 

School of Information
Neha Hora – Associate Director of Admissions
102 South Hall
(510) 664.5160
[email protected] 

School of Information
Roxanne Pifer – Director of Admissions and Diversity Recruitment
102 South Hall
(510) 664-4742
[email protected] 

School of Optometry
Ruth Shoge – Associate Clinical Professor
405 Minor Addition
(510) 735-4719
[email protected] 

South & Southeast Asian Studies – Ancient Greece & Roman Studies – Classics and Classical Archaeology PhD
Kristen Brooks – Graduate Student Affairs Officer
3411 Dwinelle Hall
(510) 642-4219
[email protected] 

Spanish & Portuguese 
Nasser Meerkhan – Assistant Professor and Faculty Climate Rep.
5218 Dwinelle
(510) 642-8037
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