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 one of the four major undergraduate academic divisions*:
- humanities
- social sciences
- natural sciences
- engineering
- 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 2020-2021
- Baker College
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Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Matt Elliott Engineering Mechanical Engineering 2082 me26 230 Mechanical Engineering Building Luziris Pineda Turi Humanities Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication 5844 lpturi 337 Rayzor Hall David Caprette Natural Sciences Biochemistry and Cell Biology 3498 caprette 211A Anderson Biological Lab James DeNicco Social Sciences Economics 3899 james.denicco 255 Baker Hall - Brown College
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Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Eleazar Marquez Engineering Mechanical Engineering 3318 eleazar.marquez 203 Mechanical Engineering Bldg. Gisela Heffes Humanities Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies 2709 gisela.heffes 314 Rayzor Hall Christopher Johns-Krull Natural Sciences Physics and Astronomy 3531 cmj 330 Herman Brown Hall Leslie Schwindt-Bayer Social Sciences Political Science 2699 schwindt 107 Herzstein Hall - Duncan College
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Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Gary Woods Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering 3599 gary.woods A209 Abercrombie Lab Melissa Weininger Humanities Jewish Studies 3219 mirele 120 Rayzor Hall Sylvia Dee Natural Sciences Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences 4889 sylvia.dee 313 Keith-Wiess Geology Lab Robin Paige Social Sciences Sociology 3093 robin.paige 129 Herring Hall - Hanszen College
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Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Matthew Wettergreen Engineering Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen 2043 mwettergreen B03 Oshman Engr. Design Kitchen Sophie Esch Humanities Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies 3667 sophie.esch 333 Rayzor Hall Edison P. Liang Natural Sciences Physics and Astronomy 3524 liang 214 Herman Brown Hall Songying Fang Social Sciences Political Science 4661 sfang 114 Herzstein Hall - Jones College
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Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Gene Frantz Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering 2839 genf A207 Abercrombie Lab Ian Schimmel Humanities English 4325 ianschimmel 236 Herring Hall Barry Dunning Natural Sciences Physics and Astronomy 3544 fbd 320 Brockman Hall Richard Stoll Social Sciences Political Science 3362 stoll 120 Herzstein Hall - Lovett College
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Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Lisa Biswal Engineering Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 6055 biswal E207 George R. Brown Hall Anne Chao Humanities History 3163 annechao 530 Fondren Library George Phillips Natural Sciences BioSciences 6951 georgep 717 BioSciences Research Collab. Paul Treacy Social Sciences Social Policy Analysis treacy - Martel College
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Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Ray Simar Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering 2257 ray.simar A208 Abercrombie Lab Leo Costello Humanities Art History 3472 lcostell 107 Herring Hall Anthony Chan Natural Sciences Physics and Astronomy 2531 aachan 364 Herman Brown Robert Werth Social Sciences Sociology 4585 rwerth 372 Sewall Hall - McMurtry College
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Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Christopher Jermaine Engineering Computer Science 5690 cmj4 3011 Duncan Hall Emily Houlik-Ritchey Humanities English 2625 emily.houlik-ritchey 235 Herring Hall Laura Kabiri Natural Sciences Kinesiology 2012 laura.kabiri S203 Tudor Field House Ozge Gurcanli Social Sciences Psychology 4764 ozge.gurcanli 456 Sewall Hall - Sid Richardson College
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Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Rafael Verduzco Engineering Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 6492 rafaelv 212 Keck Hall David Messmer Humanities Program in Writing and Communication 7703 dmessmer 419 Fondren Lesa Tran Lu Natural Sciences Chemistry 4079 lesa 142 Dell Butcher Hall Melissa Marschall Social Sciences Political Science 2694 marschal 102 Herzstein Hall - Wiess College
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Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Renata Ramos Engineering Bioengineering 2203 renata.ramos 111A Ryon Engineering Lab Esther Fernandez Humanities Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies 5403 esther.fernandez 312 Rayzor Hall John Hutchinson Natural Sciences Chemistry 5366 jshutch 315 Dell Butcher Hall Carissa Zimmerman Social Sciences Psychological Sciences 3413 caz3 472 Sewall Hall - Will Rice College
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Name Division Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Marya Cokar Engineering Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 4073 marya.cokar B218 Abercrombie Lab Lora Wildenthal Humanities History 3526 wildenth 116 Humanities Building Alma Novotny Natural Sciences Biochemistry and Cell Biology 3497 novotnya W100E George R. Brown Hall Sandra Parsons Social Sciences Psychology 4789 sandra.v.parsons 452 Sewall Hall - Architecture (All Colleges)
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Name School Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Reto Geiser Architecture 3377 reto.geiser 223 Anderson Hall Jenny Judge Architecture 4864 jennifer.n.judge 100 Anderson Hall - Music (All Colleges)
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Name School Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office Gary Smith Music 4047 gasmith 2229 Alice Pratt Brown Hall Geoffrey Scott Music 3032 geoffrey.scott 2235 Alice Pratt Brown Hall