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Graduate Division Contacts

Visit Graduate Division on the second floor of the Student Services Building.Graduate Division leadership ands staff

General Office Contact Information:

University of California, Merced

ATTN: Graduate Division 
5200 N. Lake Road, SSB 230 
Merced, CA 95343 

Phone: (209) 228-4723 
Fax: (209) 228-6906

Business Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Contact us by email:

Prospective Students & Application Support: grad@ucmerced.edu

Academic Services: gradservices@ucmerced.edu

Student Support Funding: gradfunding@ucmerced.edu

Graduate Resource Center: gradresources@ucmerced.edu

Graduate Division Operations: gd-finance@ucmerced.edu


Dean's Office

Hrant Hratchian | Vice Provost, Dean of Graduate Education, and Professor
Phone: (209) 228-4723
Email: graddean@ucmerced.edu 

Ashley Eagleson-Renteria | Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost, Dean of Graduate Education
Phone: (209) 291-8437
Email: aeagleson@ucmerced.edu

Sayantani Ghosh | Associate Dean of the Graduate Division, and Professor
Phone: (209) 756-0655
Email: sghosh@ucmerced.edu

Jesús Cisneros | Assistant Vice Provost
Phone: (209) 228-0140
Email: jcisneros@ucmerced.edu

Eric Cannon | Assistant Dean of Graduate Education
Phone: (209) 228-0106
Email: ecannon2@ucmerced.edu


Admissions & Academic Services

Jan Zarate | Director of Admissions & Academic Services
Phone: 
Email: jzarate2@ucmerced.edu

Tania Macias | Admissions & Academic Services Manager
Phone: (209) 228-0109
Email: tmacias4@ucmerced.edu

Mariela Quezada-Flores | Admissions & Academic Services Specialist
Email: mquezada-flores@ucmerced.edu

Humberto "Beto" Frausto | Admissions & Academic Services Specialist 
Email: hfrausto@ucmerced.edu


Student Financial Support & Services 

Choua Moua | Student Financial Services Manager
Phone: (209) 228-0117
Email: cmoua@ucmerced.edu

Rafael de Sousa Melo | Student Financial Services Analyst II
Phone: (209) 228-0312
Email: rdesousamelo@ucmerced.edu

Meregildo "Junior" Sagrero-Tamayo  | Student Financial Services Analyst
Phone: (209) 228-0309
Email: msagrero-tamayo@ucmerced.edu

Heath Jackson | Financial Services Analyst III & CAO
Phone: (209) 228-0116
Email: hjackson2@ucmerced.edu, gd-finance@ucmerced.edu

Sara Mendoza | Financial Services Analyst II
Phone: (209) 228-0113
Email: smendoza25@ucmerced.edu


Events and Community Engagement

Jen Quiralte | Events Services Manager
Phone: (209) 228-0112
Email: jquiralte@ucmerced.edu

Korynn Maravilla | Academic Coordinator
Phone: (209) 631-5057
Email: kmaravilla3@ucmerced.edu

Zulema Avalos | Academic Coordinator
Email: zavalos2@ucmerced.edu

Alexandra Navarro | Events Specialist
Email: anavarro60@ucmerced.edu


Academic Counseling

Maria Nishanian | Graduate Academic Counselor
Email: mnishanian@ucmerced.edu


Recruitment & Retention

Jessica Ventura | Graduate Recruitment & Retention Manager
Phone: (209) 382-4396
Email: jventura9@ucmerced.edu

Jesse Hernandez | Graduate Recruitment Specialist

Email: jhernandez689@ucmerced.edu


Information Technology

Dave Stevenson | Applications Programmer
Phone: (209) 285-9397
Email: dstevenson3@ucmerced.edu


Communications

Brenda Ortiz | Communications Specialist
Phone: (209) 628-8263
Email: bortiz@ucmerced.edu


Center of Institutional Effectiveness

Vacant | Institutional Research Analyst
Phone: 
Email:

 

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