Divisional Advisors

Divisional Advisors are faculty associates of a residential college who are selected and engaged by College Magisters and the OAA to provide academic advising to you prior to your declaring a major. Each Divisional Advisor…

  • Serves their residential college by representing major undergraduate academic divisions*:
    • humanities
    • social sciences
    • natural sciences
    • engineering
    • business
  • Is trained by and works closely with the Office of Academic Advising (OAA) to keep up to date on academic rules and regulations, graduation requirements, educational opportunities, academic resources, and other important or time-sensitive information.
  • Can advise you on a wide range of topics including personal interests, course choices, short and long term plans, and co-curricular opportunities, to name a few.
  • Has tremendous knowledge, insights, and experiences to share, but does not have expertise in all majors, so they will often also refer students to Major Advisors in academic departments or advisors in collaborative offices across campus.

*Due to their smaller size, the Schools of Architecture and Music have specific advisors within their respective schools.

Divisional Advisors 2024-2025

Baker College
Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
James Long Engineering Bioengineering james.long@rice.edu
Kalil Erazo Engineering Civil & Environmental Engineering 3798 kalil.erazo@rice.edu 216 Ryon Lab
Maria Stasevicius Humanities Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication 5844 mls17@rice.edu 224 Rayzor
Scott Solomon Natural Sciences Biochemistry & Cell Biology 2661 scott.solomon@rice.edu 103D Anderson Biological Laboratories
Bobby Beaird Natural Sciences Physics & Astronomy 2971 robert.p.beaird@rice.edu 239 Brockman Hall
James DeNicco Social Sciences Economics 3899 james.denicco@rice.edu 437 Kraft Hall
Tom Stallings Social Sciences Sport Management 5764 tstallings@rice.edu S205I Tudor Fieldhouse
John Wisneski Business Business john.wisneski@rice.edu 222 McNair Hall

Brown College
Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Sabia Abidi Engineering Bioengineering 8362 sabia.z.abidi@rice.edu B24 Ryon
Laura Correa Ochoa Humanities History laura.correa.ochoa@rice.edu 309 Humanities
Christopher Johns-Krull Natural Sciences Physics & Astronomy 3531 cmj@rice.edu 352 Herman Brown Hall
Elizabeth McGuffey Engineering Statistics 3859 elizabeth.mcguffey@rice.edu 111 Maxfield Hall
Caroline McNeil Natural Sciences Chemistry 4478 cvmcneil@rice.edu 241 Dell Butcher Hall
Bart Moore Social Sciences Cognitive Sciences bart4@rice.edu 480 Sewall Hall
Leslie Schwindt-Bayer Social Sciences Political Science 2669 schwindt@rice.edu 201 Herzstein
Kelly Drakey Business Business 2038 kdrakey@rice.edu 132F McNair Hall

Duncan College
Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Arko Barman Engineering Data to Knowledge Program arko.barman@rice.edu 1036 Duncan Hall
Mack Joyner Engineering Computer Science 4397 mjoyner@rice.edu 2063 Duncan Hall
Ian Schimmel Humanities English 4325 ianschimmel@rice.edu 236 Herring Hall
Kory Evans Natural Sciences BioSciences kory.evans@rice.edu 267 Anderson Biological Laboratories
Stephen (Steve) Wang Natural Sciences Mathematics 3467 sswang@rice.edu 410 Herman Brown Hall
Suzanne Kemmer Social Sciences Linguistics 6225 kemmer@rice.edu 209 Herring Hall
Anna Rhodes Social Sciences Sociology 4456 anna.rhodes@rice.edu 257 Kraft Hall
Minjae Kim Business Business 2549 minjaekim@rice.edu 238 McNair Hall

Hanszen College
Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
John Greiner Engineering Computer Science 3838 greiner@rice.edu 3093 Duncan Hall
Engineering
Denva Gallant Humanities Art History denva.gallant@rice.edu 111 Herring Hall
Amanda Perkins-Ball Natural Sciences Kinesiology 2188 aperkinsball@rice.edu S203G Tudor Fieldhouse
Lam Yu Natural Sciences Physics & Astronomy 2894 lhyu@rice.edu 240 Brockman Hall
Bryan Denny Social Sciences Psychological Sciences 8257 bryan.denny@rice.edu 761 Bioscience Research Collaborative
Hua Gong Social Sciences Sport Management 3341 hua.gong@rice.edu 247 Kraft Hall
Karthik Balakrishnan Business Business 2817 karthik.balakrishnan@rice.edu 320 McNair Hall

Jones College
Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Ricardo Zednik Engineering Materials Science & NanoEngineering 4681 rzednik@rice.edu 413 O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science
Bilal Ghosn Engineering Bioengineering 2648 bghosn@rice.edu 231 Bioscience Research Collaborative
Fay Yarbrough Humanities History 2780 fayann@rice.edu 319 Humanities
Barry Dunning Natural Sciences Physics & Astronomy 3544 fbd@rice.edu 320 Brockman Hall
Dereth Phillips Natural Sciences BioSciences 2343 derethp@rice.edu 101C Anderson Biological Laboratories
Michael Byrne Social Sciences Psychological Sciences 3770 byrne@rice.edu 450A Sewall Hall
Alex Pugh Social Sciences Political Science alexpugh@rice.edu 469 Kraft Hall
Alesandro Piazza Business Business alessandro.piazza@rice.edu 240 McNair Hall

Lovett College
Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Lisa Biswal Engineering Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering 6055 biswal@rice.edu E207 George R. Brown Hall
Vicky Yao Engineering Computer Science vy@rice.edu 2070 Duncan Hall
Anne Chao Humanities History 3163 annechao@rice.edu 503 Fondren Library
Nele Lefeldt Natural Sciences Neuroscience 3276 nele.lefeldt@rice.edu 102-B Anderson Biological Laboratories
Rosa Uribe Natural Sciences BioSciences 4169 rosa.uribe@rice.edu 355 Biology
Nina Bobkova Social Sciences Economics nina.bobkova@rice.edu 416 Kraft Hall
Molly Morgan Social Sciences Anthropology 2584 mm92@rice.edu 586 Sewall
George Andrews Business Business 5260 george.andrews@rice.edu 202C McNair Hall

Martel College
Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Michael Diehl Engineering Bioengineering 4568 diehl@rice.edu 515 BioScience Research Collaborative
Hanyu Zhu Engineering Materials Science & Nanoengineering 2582 hanyu.zhu@rice.edu E200J George R. Brown Hall
Leo Costello Humanities Art History 3472 lcostell@rice.edu 107 Herring Hall
Anthony Chan Natural Sciences Physics & Astronomy 2531 aachan@rice.edu 308 Herman Brown Hall
Andrea Isella Natural Sciences Physics & Astronomy 5491 isella@rice.edu 354 Herman Brown Hall
Gokce Gunel Social Sciences Anthropology gg15@rice.edu 584 Sewall Hall
Steven Perry Social Sciences Political Science 4377 steven.perry@rice.edu 423 Fondren
Natalia Piqueira Business Business Natalia.Piqueira@rice.edu 264 McNair Hall

McMurtry College
Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Deirdre Hunter Engineering Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen 4291 hunterd@rice.edu B14 OEDK
Gary Woods Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering 3598 gary.woods@rice.edu 2097 Duncan Hall
Tim Schroeder Humanities Philosophy 5620 timothy.a.schroeder@rice.edu 206 Humanities
Laura Kabiri Natural Sciences Kinesiology 2012 laura.kabiri@rice.edu S203K Tudor Fieldhouse
Krista Kobylianskii Natural Sciences Chemistry 4083 kristakobyl@rice.edu 242 Dell Butcher Hall
Dogus Aktan Social Sciences Political Science 2103 dogus.aktan@rice.edu 107 Herzstein
Colette Nicolaou Social Sciences Psychological Sciences 5038 colette.nicolaou@rice.edu 486 Sewall
Ginger Vaughn Business Business 6572 ginger.vaughn@rice.edu 221 McNair Hall

Sid Richardson College
Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Maria Oden Engineering Bioengineering 4156 moden@rice.edu 107 Oshman
Rafael Verduzco Engineering Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering 6492 rafaelv@rice.edu 212 Keck Hall
David Messmer Humanities Program in Writing and Communication 5394 dmessmer@rice.edu 419 Fondren
Lesa Tran Lu Natural Sciences Chemistry/Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering 4079 lesa@rice.edu 173 BioScience Research Collaborative
Augusto Rodriguez Natural Sciences Kinesiology 8817 augusto.x.rodriguez@rice.edu S203F Tudor Fieldhouse
Joseph Cozza Social Sciences Political Science 2109 joseph.cozza@rice.edu 108 Herzstein
Ben Lansford Business Business 2347 lansford@rice.edu 226 McNair Hall

Wiess College
Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Renata Ramos Engineering Bioengineering 2203 renata.ramos@rice.edu 1011 Duncan Hall
Rebecca Schreib Engineering Computer Science rebecca.j.smith@rice.edu 2064 Duncan Hall
Helade Scutti Santos Humanities Center for Language and Intercultural Communication 3471 helade.santos@rice.edu 234 Rayzor Hall
Betul Orcan-Ekmekci Natural Sciences Mathematics orcan@rice.edu 440 Herman Brown Hall
Daniel Wagner Natural Sciences BioSciences 5933 dswagner@rice.edu 351 Anderson Biological Laboratories
Tilsa Ore Monago Social Sciences Economics 6706 tilsa@rice.edu 206 Baker Hall
Carissa Zimmerman Social Sciences Psychological Sciences 3413 carissa.a.zimmerman@rice.edu 472 Sewall Hall
Jeff Russell Business Business 2549 jeff.russell@rice.edu 223 McNair Hall

Will Rice College
Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Anastasiya Protasov Engineering Computational and Applied Mathematics and Operations Research 6160 anastasiya.n.protasov@rice.edu 3085 Duncan Hall
Joseph Young Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering joseph.young@rice.edu 2098 Duncan Hall
Lora Wildenthal Humanities History 3526 wildenth@rice.edu 318 Humanities
Mike Gustin Natural Sciences BioSciences 5158 gustin@rice.edu W200G George R. Brown
Tim Diedesch Natural Sciences Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences 4886 tdiedesch@rice.edu 221 Keith-Wiess Geological Lab
Kirsten Westmoreland Social Sciences Psychological Sciences 2354 kirsten.westmoreland@rice.edu 454 Sewall Hall
Sandra Parsons Social Sciences Psychological Sciences 4808 sandra.v.parsons@rice.edu 452 Sewall Hall
Jonathan Miles Business Business 2059 jem10@rice.edu 252 McNair Hall

Architecture (All Colleges)
Name School Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Andrew Colopy Architecture colopy@rice.edu 205 Anderson Hall

Music (All Colleges)
Name School Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Geoffrey Scott Music 3032 geoffrey.scott@rice.edu 2235 Alice Pratt Brown Hall

HOURS

Monday - Friday

8:30 am - 12:00 pm

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm 

 

Phone | 713.348.4060

Email | aadv@rice.edu

ADDRESS

Office of Academic Advising MS-529

Rice University, Ley Student Center, Suite 132

6100 Main Street

Houston, TX 77005