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 NameLast NameDepartmentEmail
MichelleBrownAnthropologymbrown@anth.ucsb.edu 
MichaelGurvenAnthropology gurven@anth.ucsb.edu
JeffreyHoelleAnthropology hoelle@ucsb.edu
David WLawsonAnthropology dlawson@ucsb.edu
SarahMcClureAnthropologymcclure@anth.ucsb.edu
ElanaResnickAnthropologyeresnick@anth.ucsb.edu
AmberVan DerwarkerAnthropologyvanderwarker@anth.ucsb.edu
ClaudiaMoserArt & Architecture moser@arthistory.ucsb.edu
JohnParkAsian American Studiesjswpark@asamst.ucsb.edu
AlisonButlerChemistry & Biochemistrybutler@chem.ucsb.edu
MattanjahDe VriesChemistry & Biochemistrydevries@chem.ucsb.edu
TrevorHaytonChemistry & Biochemistryhayton@chem.ucsb.edu
GabrielMenardChemistry & Biochemistrymenard@chem.ucsb.edu
Thuc-QuyenNguyenChemistry & Biochemistryquyen@chem.ucsb.edu
KevinPlaxcoChemistry & Biochemistrykwp@chem.ucsb.edu
HaiYangChemistry & Biochemistryhai@chem.ucsb.edu
YangYangChemistry & Biochemistryyang@chem.ucsb.edu
TamaraAfifiCommunication tafifi@ucsb.edu
WalidAfifiCommunication w-afifi@ucsb.edu
AmyGonzalesCommunication gonzales@comm.ucsb.edu
JenniferKamCommunicationjkam@comm.ucsb.edu
Young Ji KimCommunication ykim@comm.ucsb.edu
DanLaneCommunication ykim@comm.ucsb.edu
KarenMyersCommunication myers@comm.ucsb.edu
NikkiTruscelliComputer Science nikkitruscelli@ucsb.edu
JonathanBalkindComputer Science jbalkind@ucsb.edu
MichaelBeyelerComputer Science, Psychology & Brain Sciencesmbeyeler@ucsb.edu
ArpitGuptaComputer Science arpitgupta@ucsb.edu
YonVisellComputer Science yonvisell@ece.ucsb.edu
ErinDowdyCounseling, Clinical, & School Psychologyedowdy@ucsb.edu
MaryamKeatingCounseling, Clinical, & School Psychologymaryamkk@ucsb.edu
NolanKruegerCounseling, Clinical, & School Psychologyntkrueger@ucsb.edu
MelissaMorganCounseling, Clinical, & School Psychologymmorga4@gmail.com
JillSharkeyCounseling, Clinical, & School Psychologyjsharkey@education.ucsb.edu
StevenSmithCounseling, Clinical, & School Psychologyssmith@education.ucsb.edu
BrandonWooCounseling, Clinical, & School PsychologyBmwoo@ucsb.edu
AlexSimmsEarth Sciencesasimms@geol.ucsb.edu
SumaIkeuchiEast Asian Languages and Cultural Studiessikeuchi@ucsb.edu
ArmandKurisEcology, Evolution, and Marine Biologykuris@lifesci.ucsb.edu
JesusMartinez-GomezEcology, Evolution, and Marine Biology and Marine Biology
jesusgm@ucsb.edu
LeanderLove-AndereggEEMBlanderegg@ucsb.edu
PeterKuhnEconomicspjkuhn@econ.ucsb.edu
HeatherRoyerEconomicsroyer@econ.ucsb.edu
DickStartzEconomics startz@ucsb.edu
Alisa TazhitdinovaEconomics tazhitda@ucsb.edu
DianaAryaEducationdarya@education.ucsb.edu
SarahRobertsEducationsroberts@education.ucsb.edu
HeatherBlurtonEnglishheatherblurton@english.ucsb.edu
FeliceBlakeEnglishfblake@english.ucsb.edu
BenOlguinEnglishben.olguin@english.ucsb.edu
LauryOaksFeminist Studiesoaks@femst.ucsb.edu
KathyBaylisGeographybaylis@ucsb.edu
LeilaCarvalhoGeographyleila@eri.ucsb.edu
VenaChuGeographyvenachu@ucsb.edu
SomayehDodgeGeographymaya@geog.ucsb.edu
VamsiGantiGeographyvganti@ucsb.edu
DavidLopez-CarrGeographydavid.lopez-carr@ucsb.edu
NickNidziekoGeographynidzieko@ucsb.edu
AnnaTrugmanGeographyatt@ucsb.edu
NadegeClitandreGlobal Studies nclitandre@global.ucsb.edu
Vladimir Hamed-TroyanskyGlobal Studies vhtroyansky@global.ucsb.edu
MaeganMiller-LikhetheGlobal Studies maeml@ucsb.edu
AashishMehtaGlobal Studiesmehta@global.ucsb.edu
Kai ThalerGlobal Studiesthaler@global.ucsb.edu
Alicia BoswellHistory of Art & Architectureaboswell@ucsb.edu
VeronicaCastillo-MunozHistorycastillomunoz@history.ucsb.edu
EvelyneLaurent-PerraultHistoryelaurentperrault@history.ucsb.edu
GuilianaPerroneHistorygperrone@ucsb.edu
ErikaRappaportHistoryrappaport@history.ucsb.edu
PaulSpickardHistoryethelred@ucsb.edu
JohnW.I. LeeHistoryjwilee@history.ucsb.edu
XiaoweiZhengHistoryzheng@history.ucsb.edu
Juan Cobo Latin American & Iberian Studiesjcobo@lais.ucsb.edu 
CherieBriggsLife Sciencesbriggs@lifesci.ucsb.edu
JohnLattoLife Scienceslatto@lifesci.ucsb.edu
MatthewGordonLinguisticsmgordon@linguistics.ucsb.edu
ArgyroKatsikaLinguisticsakatsika@linguistics.ucsb.edu
RobertMillerMarine Science Instituterjmiller@ucsb.edu
HectorCenicerosMathematicsceniceros@ucsb.edu
KatyCraigMathematicskcraig@ucsb.edu
SamDalyMechanical Engineering samdaly@ucsb.edu
BolinLiaoMechanical Engineering bliao@ucsb.edu
MatthewBegleyMechanical Engineering & Materials mrbegley@ucsb.edu
BethPruittMechanical Engineeringblp@engineering.ucsb.edu
AnabelFordMesoAmerican Research Centerford@ucsb.edu
LeslieHoganMusicleslie.hogan@ccs.ucsb.edu
DavidNovakMusicdnovak9@uscb.edu
TeresaRoberston IshiiPhilosophyteresa@ucsb.edu
SathyaGuruswamyPhysicssathya.guruswamy@ccs.ucsb.edu
JosephIncandelaPhysicsJoseph.Incandela@cern.ch
Pei-Te LienPolitical Science plien@polisci.ucsb.edu
Clayton NallPolitical Science nall@ucsb.edu
AndrewAlexanderPsychological and Brain Sciencesandyalexander@ucsb.edu
NancyCollinsPsychological and Brain Sciencesnancy.collins@psych.ucsb.edu
DanConroy-BeamPsychological and Brain Sciences dconroybeam@ucsb.edu
BarryGiesbrechtPsychological and Brain Sciencesgiesbrecht@ucsb.edu
MaryHegartyPsychological and Brain Scienceshegarty@ucsb.edu
RonKeiflinPsychological and Brain Sciencesrkeiflin@ucsb.edu
TodKippinPsychological and Brain Scienceskippin@ucsb.edu
ZoeLibermanPsychological and Brain Scienceszoe.liberman@psych.ucsb.edu
KarenSzumlinskPsychological and Brain Sciencesszumlinski@ucsb.edu
BrandonWooPsychological and Brain Sciencesbmwoo@ucsb.edu
HongboYuPsychological and Brain Scienceshongbo.yu@psych.ucsb.edu
JosephBlankholmReligious Studiesblankholm@ucsb.edu
ErikaArenasSociologyearenas@soc.ucsb.edu
WaverlyDuckSociologywaverly_duck@ucsb.edu
JohnForanSociologyforan@ucsb.edu
DanaKornbergSociologykornberg@ucsb.edu
ElenaRaymondSociologyeraymond@ucsb.edu
WilliamRobinsonSociologyw.i.robinson1@gmail.com
TagartSobotkaSociologytsobotka@soc.ucsb.edu
TerrelWinderSociologytwinder@soc.ucsb.edu
GarethPetersStatistics garethpeters@ucsb.edu
TomoyukiIchibaStatistics & Applied Probability ichiba@pstat.ucsb.edu
SukhunKangTechnology Managementsukhunkang@ucsb.edu