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Divisional Advisors

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Office | Ley Student Center, Suite 132

Phone | 713.348.4060

Email | aadv@rice.edu

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Not sure of your major yet? Divisional Advisors can help! These advisors are Faculty Associates of a residential college who are selected and engaged by College Magisters 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 2017-2018

Baker College

Name School Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Matt Elliott Engineering Mechanical Engineering 2082 me26 230 Mechanical Engineering Bldg.
Aysha Pollnitz Humanities History 2551 aysha.pollnitz 312 Rayzor Hall
David Caprette Natural Sciences Biochemistry and Cell Biology 3498 caprette 211A Anderson Biological Lab
Tom Stallings Social Sciences Sport Management 5764 tstallings 205-D Tudor Fieldhouse

 

Brown College

Name School Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Bart Sinclair Engineering Engineering 6324 bs 1008 Duncan Hall
Esther Fernandez Humanities Spanish, Portuguese, Latin American Studies 5403 esther.fernandez 312 Rayzor Hall
Christopher Johns-Krull Natural Sciences Physics and Astronomy 3531 cmj 352 Herman Brown Hall
Leslie Schwindt-Bayer Social Sciences Political Science 2699 schwindt 107 Herzstein Hall

 

Duncan College

Name School Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Eleazar Marquez Engineering Mechanical Engineering 3318 eleazar.marquez 203 Mechanical Engineering Bldg.
John Hopkins Humanities Art History and Classical Studies 4192 john.hopkins 253 Herring Hall
Lesa Tran Lu Natural Sciences Chemistry 4079 lesa 142 Dell Butcher Hall
Carissa Zimmerman Espinosa Social Sciences Psychology 3413 caz3 472 Sewall Hall

 

Hanszen College

Name School Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
John Greiner Engineering Mechanical Engineering 3838 greiner 3093 Duncan Hall
Klaus Weissenberger Humanities Classical and European Studies 3215 klausw 335 Rayzor Hall
Edison P. Liang Natural Sciences Physics and Astronomy 3524 liang 214 Herman Brown Hall
Michele Biavati Social Sciences Economics 2354 michele.biavati 249 Baker Hall

 

Jones College

Name School Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Ray Simar Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering 2257 ray.simar A208 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

Name School Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
George Hirasaki Engineering Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 5416 gjh B245 Abercrombie Lab
Anne Chao Humanities History 3163 annechao 530 Fondren Library
George Bennett Natural Sciences Biochemistry and Cell Biology 4920 gbennett 813 BioSciences Research Collab.
Sergio Chavez Social Sciences Sociology 5783 sergio.chavez 380 Sewall Hall

 

Martel College

Name School Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Dan Wallach Engineering Computer Science and ECE 6155 dwallach 1081 Duncan Hall
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

Name School Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Christopher Jermaine Engineering Computer Science 5690 cmj4 3011 Duncan Hall
Betsy Barre Humanities Religion, Center for Teaching Excellence 2301 elizabeth.barre 129 Herring Hall
Brian Gibson Natural Sciences Kinesiology 2989 hoot 132 Ley Student Center
Ozge Gurcanli Social Sciences Psychology 4764 ozge.gurcanli 456 Sewall Hall

 

Sid Richardson College

Name School Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Gary Woods Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering 3599 gary.woods A225 Abercrombie Lab
David Messmer Humanities Program in Writing and Communication 7703 dmessmer 419 Fondren
Lon Wilson Natural Sciences Chemistry 3476 durango 353 Dell Butcher Hall
Melissa Marschall Social Sciences Political Science 2694 marschal 102 Herzstein Hall

 

Wiess College

Name School Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Renata Ramos Engineering Bioengineering 2203 renata.ramos 111A Ryon Engineering Lab
Elias Bongmba Humanities Religious Studies 2759 bongmba 209 Humanities
Daniel Wagner Natural Sciences Biochemistry and Cell Biology 5933 dswagner 338 Anderson Biological Lab
Jeff Fleisher Social Sciences Anthropology 3482 jfleisher 582 Sewall Hall

 

Will Rice College

Name School Department Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Deepa Ramachandran Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering 4073 dramacha A132 Abercrombie Lab
Paula Sanders Humanities History 2783 sanders 329 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 and Music for All Colleges

Name School Phone Email (@rice.edu) Office
Christopher Hight Architecture 4715 chight 208 Anderson Hall
Gary Smith Music 4047 gasmith 2229 Alice Pratt Brown Hall
Geoffrey Scott Music 3032 geoffrey.scott 2235 Alice Pratt Brown Hall

 

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