Minor and Certificate Advisors

(last updated 04/25/2025)

Minor and certificate advisors represent their respective academic departments or disciplines and are intimately familiar with specific minor requirements. They have the most current knowledge of discipline-specific information such as:

course offerings
curricular sequence
independent study projects
research and internships
professional organizations
current trends
graduate schools
careers related to the field

We strongly recommend that students communicate frequently with minor advisors, even prior to declaring a minor, so they can make informed decisions. Feel free to reach out to any minor advisor at any time. You may declare a minor only after declaring a major, and we encourage you to meet with your major and minor advisors each semester.

Minor and Certificate Advisors 2024-2025

African and African American Studies

Daniel Domingues

domingues@rice.edu

304 Humanities

Anthropology

Mary Prendergrast

mary@rice.edu

590 Sewall Hall

Art History

Joseph Manca

manca@rice.edu

113 Herring Hall

Asian Studies

Sonia Ryang

sonia.ryang@rice.edu

309 Lovett Hall

Astronomy

Andrea Isella

isella@rice.edu

354 Herman Brown Hall

Biochemistry & Cell Biology

Kate Beckingham (A-H)	kate@rice.edu	W130 George R. Brown Hall
Jamie Catanese (I-P)	djc98@rice.edu	103A Anderson Biological Laboratories
Charles Stewart (Q-Z)	crs@rice.edu	W104 George R. Brown Hall

Business

Jonathan Miles

jem10@rice.edu

252 McNair Hall

Cinema and Media Studies

Martin Blumenthal-Barby	martin.blumenthal-barby@rice.edu	330 Rayzor Hall
Lida Oukaderova	lida.oukaderova@rice.edu	251B Herring Hall

Civic Leadership - Certificate Program

Rachel Bonini	rb107@rice.edu	208 Rice Memorial Center
Kelsey Ullom	keu1@rice.edu	208 Rice Memorial Center
Verónica Reyna	vr33@rice.edu	208 Rice Memorial Center
Domenique Montgomery	dm72@rice.edu	208 Rice Memorial Center
Michi Heckler	mh186@rice.edu	208 Rice Memorial Center

Classical Civilizations

Hilary Mackie

mackie@rice.edu

233 Rayzor Hall

Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Reseach

Anastasiya Protasov CAAM	Anastasiya.N.Protasov@rice.edu	3085 Duncan Hall
Eylem Tekin OPRE	Eylem.Tekin@rice.edu	3086 Duncan Hall

Data Science

Arko Barman (for MECH, MSNE, CEVE majors)	arko.barman@rice.edu	1036 Duncan Hall
Lorenzo Luzi (for CAAM, BIOE, CHBE majors)	luzi@rice.edu
Hua Gong (for Social Sciences majors)	hg37@rice.edu	203L Tudor Fieldhouse
Rudy Guerra (for STAT majors)	rguerra@rice.edu	228 Maxfield Hall
Christopher M. Jermaine (for COMP majors)	cmj4@rice.edu	3010 Duncan Hall
Elizabeth Petrick (for Humanities majors)	elizabeth.petrick@rice.edu	324 Humanities Building

Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

Tim Diedesch (Geoscience, Environmental)	td65@rice.edu	221 Keith-Wiess Geological Lab
Melodie French (Geoscience, Planetary)	mefrench@rice.edu	203 Keith-Wiess Geological Lab

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Scott Solomon

scott.solomon@rice.edu

103D Anderson Biological Laboratories

Education

Brenda Rangel
Teaching minor, Teaching Certification Program (Secondary Education)

brenda.rangel@rice.edu

English

Lacy Johnson (Creative Writing)	lj14@rice.edu	241 Herring Hall
Betty Joseph	beejay@rice.edu	319 Herring Hall

Energy and Water Sustainability

Jorge Loyo

jorge.loyo@rice.edu

203-06 Lovett Hall

Engineering Design

Joseph Cavallaro	cavallar@rice.edu	3042 Duncan Hall
Deirdre Hunter	hunterd@rice.edu	B14 Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
Maria Oden	moden@rice.edu	107 Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
Heather Bisesti	heather.bisesti@rice.edu	B12 Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
Kevin Holmes	kevin.holmes@rice.edu

Entrepreneurship

Hesam Panahi

hpanahi@rice.edu

244 McNair Hall

Environmental Studies

Randal Hall	rh@rice.edu	331 Humanities Building
Richard Johnson	rrj@rice.edu	117 Facilities

Financial Computation and Modeling

Michael Jackson	mdj3@rice.edu	223 Maxfield Hall
Mahmoud El-Gamal	elgamal@rice.edu	429 Kraft Hall
Kathy Ensor	ensor@rice.edu	211 Maxfield Hall

French Studies

Linsey Saint-Claire

linsey.sainte-claire@rice.edu

335 Rayzor Hall

German Studies

Astrid Oesmann

astrid.oesmann@rice.edu

327 Rayzor Hall

Global Health Technologies

Meaghan Bond	meaghan.mc.bond@rice.edu	517 BioScience Research Collaborative
Yvette Mirabal	ymirabal@rice.edu	920 BioScience Research Collaborative
Michelle Nodskov	michelle.nodskov@rice.edu	922 BioScience Research Collaborative
Kiara Lee	Kiara.Lee@rice.edu	917 BioScience Research Collaborative

Greek Language and Literature

Hilary Mackie

mackie@rice.edu

233 Rayzor Hall

History

Aysha Pollnitz

aysha.pollnitz@rice.edu

310 Humanities

Jewish Studies

Matthias Henze

mhenze@rice.edu

205 Humanities

Languages & Intercultural Communication

Hossam Elsherbiny

he9@rice.edu

221 Rayzor Hall

Latin Language and Literature

Paula Park

paula.park@rice.edu

331 Rayzor Hall

Mathematics

Zhiyong Gao	zgao@rice.edu	416 Herman Brown Hall
Frank Jones	fjones@rice.edu	448 Herman Brown Hall
Nets Katz	nk67@rice.edu	442 Herman Brown Hall
Betul Orcan	orcan@rice.edu	440 Herman Brown Hall
Stephen Semmes	semmes@rice.edu	414 Herman Brown Hall
Stephen Wang	sswang@rice.edu	410 Herman Brown Hall

Medical Humanities

Kirsten Ostherr	kostherr@rice.edu	313 Herring Hall
Melissa Bailar	melba@rice.edu	323 Rayzor Hall

Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Claire Fanger

cfanger@rice.edu

307 Humanities Building

Museums and Cultural Heritage

Leo Costello	lcostell@rice.edu	107 Herring Hall
Molly Morgan	mollymorgan@rice.edu	586 Sewell Hall

Naval Sciences

Captain Daniel Collins	daniel.w.collins@rice.edu	216B Annex
Lieutenant Emily Konoza Garret	emily.m.konoza@rice.edu	216B Annex
Major Ryan Elzie	ryan.elzie@rice.edu	216B Annex
Lieutenant Danyelle Davis	danyelle.davis@rice.edu	216B Annex

Neuroscience

Jon Flynn	flynn@rice.edu	103B Anderson Biological Laboratories
Nele Lefeldt	nele.lefeldt@rice.edu	104C Anderson Biological Laboratories
Cana Ross	cana.ross@rice.edu	101A Anderson Biological Laboratories

Physics