Faculty Mentors

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

Brandon Woo Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology Bmwoo@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

Brandon

Woo

Psychological and Brain Sciences

bmwoo@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