(last updated 6/02/2026)
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 2026-2027
- African and African American Studies
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Margarita Castromán Soto mc129@rice.edu 314 Herring Hall - Anthropology
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Amarilys Estrella ae36@rice.edu 574 Sewall Hall - Art History
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Ana Franco Ana.Franco@rice.edu 252 Herring Hall - Asian Studies
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Sidney Lu slu@rice.edu 218 Herring Hall - Astronomy
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Patrick Hartigan hartigan@rice.edu 350 Herman Brown Hall - Biochemistry & Cell Biology
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Michael Gustin
(A-E)gustin@rice.edu W200G George R. Brown Hall James McNew
(F-K)mcnew@rice.edu 713 Bioscience Research Collaborative Jamie Catanese
(L-R)djc98@rice.edu 103A Anderson Biological Laboratories Charles Stewart
(S-Z)crs@rice.edu W104 George R. Brown Hall - Business
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Jonathan Miles jem10@rice.edu 252 McNair Hall - Cinema and Media Studies
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Michael Dango michael.dango@rice.edu 324 Herring Hall - Civic Leadership - Certificate Program
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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 Syd Gonzalez sg312@rice.edu 208 Rice Memorial Center Michi Heckler mh186@rice.edu 208 Rice Memorial Center Melia Brown Melia.Brown@rice.edu 208 Rice Memorial Center - Classical Civilizations
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Hilary Mackie mackie@rice.edu 233 Rayzor Hall - Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
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Anastasiya Protasov
CAAMAnastasiya.N.Protasov@rice.edu 3085 Duncan Hall Eylem Tekin
OPREEylem.Tekin@rice.edu 3086 Duncan Hall - Data Science
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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 Frederi Viens
(for STAT majors)fv15@rice.edu 226 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 - Digital Health
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Joseph Cavallaro cavallar@rice.edu 3042 Duncan Hall Momona Yamagami momona@rice.edu 575 Bioscience Research Collaborative Akane Sano Akane.Sano@rice.edu 2025 Duncan Hall Jose Moreto Jose.Moreto@rice.edu - Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
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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
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Scott Solomon scott.solomon@rice.edu 103D Anderson Biological Laboratories Volker Rudolf volker.rudolf@rice.edu 255 Anderson Biological Laboratories - Education
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Brenda Rangel
Teaching minor, Teaching Certification Program (Secondary Education)brenda.rangel@rice.edu - English and Creative Writing
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Lacy Johnson
(Creative Writing)lj14@rice.edu 241 Herring Hall Tomas Morin
(Creative Writing)tomas.morin@rice.edu Herring Hall Emily Houlik-Ritchey Emily.Houlik-Ritchey@rice.edu 235 Herring Hall - Energy and Water Sustainability
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Jorge Loyo jorge.loyo@rice.edu 115B O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science - Engineering Design
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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 - Entrepreneurship
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Hesam Panahi hpanahi@rice.edu 244 McNair Hall - Environmental Studies
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Matthew Schneider-Mayerson mjs23@rice.edu 317 Herring Hall Richard Johnson rrj@rice.edu 420C Cambridge Office Building - Financial Computation and Modeling
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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
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Caroline Fache caroline.fache@rice.edu 226 Rayzor Hall - German Studies
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Fatima Baig fatima.baig@rice.edu 110 Rayzor Hall - Global Health Technologies
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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 - Greek Language and Literature
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Hilary Mackie mackie@rice.edu 233 Rayzor Hall - History
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Maya Soifer Irish maya.s.irish@rice.edu 311 Humanities Building - Jewish Studies
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Matthias Henze mhenze@rice.edu 205 Humanities - Languages & Intercultural Communication
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Hossam Elsherbiny
(Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Arabic Certificates)he9@rice.edu 221 Rayzor Hall Luján Stasevicius
(Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French and German)Lujan.Stasevicius@rice.edu 224 Rayzor Hall - Latin Language and Literature
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Paula Park paula.park@rice.edu 331 Rayzor Hall - Mathematics
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Zhiyong Gao zgao@rice.edu 416 Herman Brown Hall Christos Mantoulidis Christos.Mantoulidis@rice.edu 412 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
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Kirsten Ostherr
kostherr@rice.edu 313 Herring Hall Melissa Bailar melba@rice.edu 323 Rayzor Hall - Medieval and Early Modern Studies
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Claire Fanger cfanger@rice.edu 307 Humanities Building - Museums and Cultural Heritage
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Leo Costello lcostell@rice.edu 107 Herring Hall Molly Morgan mollymorgan@rice.edu 586 Sewell Hall - Naval Sciences
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Lieutenant Trevor Hansen th78@rice.edu 216B Annex Lieutenant Josh Gonzaga jg286@rice.edu 216B Annex Captain Jackie Shi js502@rice.edu 216B Annex - Neuroscience
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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 - Philosophy
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Charles Siewart siewart@rice.edu 223 Humanities Building - Physics
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Stan Dodds dodds@rice.edu 215 Herzstein Hall - Politics, Law, and Social Thought
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Aysha Pollnitz ap20@rice.edu 310 Humanities - Religion
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David Cook dbcook@rice.edu 211 Humanities Building Judith Brunton jb232@rice.edu 229 Humanities Building - Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) - Certificate Program
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Kaz Karwowski kazimir.i.karwowski@rice.edu 2103 Duncan Hall - Science and Technology Studies
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Luis Campos lac16@rice.edu 317 Humanities Judith Brunton jb232@rice.edu 232 Humanities - Sociology
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Anna Rhodes anna.rhodes@rice.edu 257 Kraft Hall - Spanish and Portuguese
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Claire Branigan cb127@rice.edu 329 Rayzor Hall - Statistics
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Elizabeth McGuffey elizabeth.mcguffey@rice.edu 111 Maxfield Hall - Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
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Tabea Linhard Tabea.Linhard@rice.edu 315 Rayzor Hall - Theatre
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Christina Keefe ck1@rice.edu 106 Hamman Hall
Office of Academic Advising
HOURS
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ADDRESS
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