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Merrill Faculty Fellows

Merrill Faculty Fellows

Zsuzsana AbramsLanguage Program
zabrams1@ucsc.edu

Jorge Aladro FontSpanish Literature
jaladro@ucsc.edu

Mark D. AndersonAnthropology
mda@ucsc.edu

Frank C. AndrewsChemistry and Biochemistry, Emeritus
fandrews@ucsc.edu

Gabriela ArredondoLatin American and Latino Studies
gfarredo@ucsc.edu

Noriko AsoHistory
naso@ucsc.edu

Eva BertramPolitics
ebertram@ucsc.edu

Terrence BlackburnEarth & Planetary Sciences
terryb@ucsc.edu

David BrundageHistory
brundage@ucsc.edu

John G. BorregoLatin American and Latino Studies, Emeritus
borrego@ucsc.edu

Michael K. BrownPolitics, Emeritus
popcorn@ucsc.edu

Edmund Burke IIIHistory, Emeritus
eburke@ucsc.edu

Julianne Burton-CarvajalLiterature, Emerita
julianne@ucsc.edu

Carlos CaliernoSpanish Language, Emeritus
calierno@ucsc.edu

Benjamin CarsonMusic
blc@ucsc.edu

Pedro G. CastilloHistory, Emeritus
pcastle@ucsc.edu

Bin ChenMolecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
bchen@ucsc.edu

Alan S. ChristyHistory
achristy@ucsc.edu

Rena V. CochlinPhysical Education, Emerita
rcochlin@ucsc.edu

Rebecca Covarrubias, Psychology
rebeccac@ucsc.edu

Grace Peña DelgadoHistory
gpdelgad@ucsc.edu

Guillermo Delgado-P.Anthropology
guiller@ucsc.edu

Joshua M. DeutschPhysics
josh@ucsc.edu

María Elena DiazHistory
mediaz@ucsc.edu

May N. DiazAnthropology, Emerita
mndiaz@ucsc.edu

Bryan DonaldsonFrench Language
badonald@ucsc.edu

Kent EatonPolitics
keaton@ucsc.edu

Bernard L. ElbaumEconomics
lbaum@ucsc.edu

Peggy EstradaLatin American and Latino Studies, Emerita
peggye@ucsc.edu

Sylvanna M. Falcón, Latin American and Latino Studies
smfalcon@ucsc.edu

David FeldheimMolecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
dfeldhei@ucsc.edu

Kathy Foley, Theater Arts
kfoley@ucsc.edu

Camilla ForsbergBiomolecular Science & Engineering
cforsber@soe.ucsc.edu

Rosa Linda FregosoLatin American and Latino Studies
rfregoso@ucsc.edu

Benjamin FriedlanderElectrical Engineering
friedlan@cse.ucsc.edu

Hardy T. FryeSociology, Emeritus
hfrye@ucsc.edu

Carole GersterCore Course; Film and Digital Media, Lecturer Emerita
cgerster@ucsc.edu

Margaret (Greta) A. GibsonEducation, Emerita
ggibson@ucsc.edu

Diane Gifford-GonzalezAnthropology, Emerita
dianegg@ucsc.edu

Camilo Gómez-RivasLiterature
cgomezri@ucsc.edu

Maria Victoria Gonzalez-PaganiSpanish Language
vgpagani@ucsc.edu

June GordonEducation, Emerita
jagordon@ucsc.edu

M. Lisbeth HaasHistory
lhaas@ucsc.edu

Gail B. HershatterHistory
gbhers@ucsc.edu

Karlton HesterMusic
hesteria@ucsc.edu

Jennifer HorneFilm and Digital Media
jenny@ucsc.edu

Minghui HuHistory
mhu@ucsc.edu

John W. IsbisterEconomics, Emeritus
isbister@ryerson.ca

Robert P. JohnsonPhysics
rjohnson@scipp.ucsc.edu

Norma KlahnLatin American Literature
nklahn@ucsc.edu

Lori KletzerEconomics, Emerita
lkletzer@ucsc.edu

Matthew LasarHistory 
mlasar@ucsc.edu 

Fernando LeivaLatin American & Latino Studies
fleiva@ucsc.edu

Flora LuEnvironmental Studies
floralu@ucsc.edu

Paul LubeckSociology, Emeritus
lubeck@ucsc.edu

Patrick E. ManteyComputer Engineering
mantey@ucsc.edu

Lourdes Martínez-EchazábalLatin American and Latino Studies, Emerita
lourdes@ucsc.edu

Mark MassoudPolitics
mmassoud@ucsc.edu

Dean MathiowetzPolitics
dpmath@ucsc.edu

Maria Eugenia Matute-BianchiEducation, Emerita
gini@ucsc.edu

Barry McLaughlinPsychology, Emeritus
mclaugh@ucsc.edu

J. Cameron MonroeAnthropology
jcmonroe@ucsc.edu

Olga Najera-RamírezAnthropology, Emerita
olga@ucsc.edu

Ellen NewberryWriting
esnberry@ucsc.edu

Shigeko OkamotoJapanese Language, Emerita
sokamoto@ucsc.edu

Matt O’Hara, History
mdohara@ucsc.edu

Annapurna Pandey, Anthropology
adpandey@ucsc.edu

Alex T. PangComputer Science
pang@ucsc.edu

Sarah-Hope ParmeterWriting
shparmet@ucsc.edu

Eleonora PasottiPolitics
pasotti@ucsc.edu

Lucinda Pease-AlvarezLatin American and Latino Studies, Emerita
pease@ucsc.edu

Juan PobleteLiterature
jpoblete@ucsc.edu

Clifton A. PoodryMolecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Emeritus
avcug@ucsc.edu

Catherine RamírezLatin American and Latino Studies
cathysue@ucsc.edu

Benjamin ReadPolitics
bread@ucsc.edu

B. Ruby RichFilm and Digital Media
brrich@ucsc.edu

Alan R. RichardsEnvironmental Studies, Emeritus
arr@ucsc.edu

Cecilia RivasLatin American and Latino Studies
cmrivas@ucsc.edu

Pamela A. RobySociology, Emerita
roby@ucsc.edu

Alvaro Romero-MarcoSpanish Language
romero@ucsc.edu

Barbara RogoffPsychology
brogoff@ucsc.edu

John M. SchechterMusic, Emeritus
jschech@ucsc.edu

Felicity SchaefferFeminist Studies
fsg@ucsc.edu

Roger SchoenmanPolitics
rschoenm@ucsc.edu

Ana Maria SearaPortuguese Language
amseara@ucsc.edu

Vanita SethPolitics
vseth@ucsc.edu

Bakthan SingaramChemistry and Biochemistry
singaram@ucsc.edu

Graeme H. SmithAstronomy and Astrophysics
graeme@ucolick.org

Melanie SpringerPolitics
mjs@ucsc.edu

David G. SweetHistory, Emeritus
dgsweet@ucsc.edu

Jessica TaftLatin American and Latino Studies
jtaft@ucsc.edu

Jennifer TaylorArt
jtaylo5@ucsc.edu

Megan ThomasPolitics
mcthomas@ucsc.edu

Maziar ToosarvandaniLinguistics
mtoosarv@ucsc.edu

Daniel J. WirlsPolitics
wirls@ucsc.edu

Alice YangHistory
ayang@ucsc.edu

Patricia ZavellaLatin American and Latino Studies, Emerita
zavella@ucsc.edu

Martha C. ZúñigaMolecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
mzuniga@ucsc.edu

Eve ZyzikSpanish Language
ezyzik@ucsc.edu

Last modified: Dec 12, 2025