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Seventh College faculty are committed to developing the next generation of changemakers, global leaders, and visionaries who are equipped to confront the challenges posed by a changing planet.
The creative, energetic, and accomplished faculty affiliated with Seventh College are from every academic division at UC San Diego. Our faculty play a pivotal role in shaping the academic mission of the College, teaching our Synthesis courses, mentoring students, supervising research projects, and serving on College and campus committees.
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For faculty, Seventh College provides a venue for interdisciplinary collaboration and shared ideas around the climate crisis and other pressing global issues. In addition, just as the colleges serve as a welcoming community for students, they do the same for faculty as well, providing them with numerous opportunities to meet faculty and students across campus.
Here are a few ways for faculty to get involved:
For more information, contact the Provost’s Office at seventhprovost@ucsd.edu
The Seventh College Executive Committee oversees the academic mission of the college and helps shape its general education curriculum.
Members for 2023 - 2024
Kate Antonovics, Provost, ex-officio
Amy Bintliff, Assistant Teaching Professor of Education Studies
Josh Brimmeier, Dean of Student Affairs, ex-officio
Niema Moshri, Chair of Faculty, ex-officio
Bobby McElver, Design Faculty of Theatre & Dance
Shannon O'Brien, Dean of Academic Advising, ex-officio
Skip Pomeroy, Teaching Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Sarah Stockwell, Assistant Teaching Professor of Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Kristin Vaccaro, Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Members
Isabel Rivera-Collazo, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Jon Wade, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Lei Liang, Professor of Music
Prabhakar Bandaru, Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Sara Jackrel, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Thomas Schmidt, Associate Professor of Communication
Delegates for 2023-2024
Mark Dresser, Professor of Music
Thomas Schmidt, Associate Professor of Communication
Alternate Delegates for 2023- 2024
Carol Arcos Herrera , Assistant Professor of Literature
David Borgo, Professor of Music
Delegates for 2021-2024
Karl Gerth, Professor of History
Jill Gladstein, Full Teaching Professor/Director of Synthesis Program
Carol Arcos Herrera, Literature
Amanda Batarseh, Literature
David Borgo, Music
Jose Carvajal, Literature
Mark Dresser, Music
Malik Gaines, Visual Arts
Cathy Gere, History
Karl Gerth, History
Maria Gomez Mostajo, Visual Arts
Bright Gyamfi, History
Sarah Hankins, Music
Karen Kovaka, Philosophy
Lei Liang, Music
Ping-hui Liao, Literature
Veronica Martinez-Matsuda, History
Robert McElver, Theatre & Dance
Rishika Mehrishi, Theatre & Dance
Lamar Perry, Theatre & Dance
Alena Williams, Visual Arts
Pinar Yoldas, Visual Arts
Vineet Augustine, Neurobiology
Marcus Benna, Neurobiology
Elsa Cleland, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Andreas Ernst, Cell & Developmental Biology
Susan Golden, Molecular Biology
Ralph Greenspan, Neurobiology
Alisa Huffaker, Cell & Developmental Biology
Sara Jackrel, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Stephen Mayfield, Molecular Biology
Hiruy Meharena, Neurobiology
Stephanie Mel, Molecular Biology
Andrew Muroyama, Cell & Developmental Biology
Noah Rose, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Sarah Stockwell, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Christina Towers, Cell & Developmental Biology
Kay Tye, Neurobiology
Tiffany Amariuta
Berk Ustun
Alexey Arefiev, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Prabhakar Bandaru, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Albert Chern, Computer Science & Engineering
Karen Christman, Bioengineering
Michael Coblenz, Computer Science & Engineering
Prasad Gudem, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Melissa Gymrek, Computer Science & Engineering
Xuanting Hao, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Nadia Heninger, Computer Science & Engineering
Patricia Hildago-Gonazalez, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Zeinab Jahed, Nanoengineering
Boris Kramer, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Vira Kravets, Bioengineering
Niema Moshiri, Computer Science & Engineering
Kenji Nomura, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Patrick Pannuto, Computer Science & Engineering
George Porter, Computer Science & Engineering
Alyssa Powell, Nanoengineering
Gabriel Silva, Bioengineering
Georgios Tsampras, Structural Engineering
Kristen Vaccaro, Computer Science & Engineering
Jon Wade, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Edward Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Bruce Wheeler, Bioengineering
Pengtao Xie, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Yang Zheng, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Michael Burkart, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ioana Dumitriu, Mathematics
Kent Griffith, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Tongyan Lin, Physics
Thomas Murphy, Physics
Ko Woon Ohm, Mathematics
Dragos Oprea, Mathematics
Robert Pomeroy, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Erik Romero, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Mattia Serra, Physics
Jonathan Slade, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Luca Spolaor, Mathematics
Julia Stauber, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Lutz Warnke, Mathematics
Zhouli Xu, Mathematics
Liang Yang, Physics
Vish Krishnan
Rossen Valkanov
Dovi Kacev
Brian Palenik
Duncan Watson-Parris
David Arnold, Economics
Adam Aron, Psychology
Anne Beatty-Martinez, Cognitive Science
Amy Bintliff, Education Studies Program
Judd Boomhower, Economics
Suzanne Brenner, Anthropology
Tom Csordas, Anthropology
Steven Dow, Cognitive Science
Erik Gartzke, Political Science
Stuart Geiger, Communication
Michael Joseph, Political Science
Lane Kenworthy, Sociology
Scott Klemmer, Cognitive Science
Michael McCullough, Psychology
Katherine Meckel, Economics
Eran Mukamel, Cognitive Science
Paul Niehaus, Economics
Andrew Phuong, Education Studies Program
Isabel Rivera-Collazo, Anthropology
Thomas Schmidt, Communication
Nora Schwaller, Urban Studies and Planning
Jakana Thomas, Political Science
Charles Thorpe, Sociology
Fabian Trottner, Economics
Tom Vogl, Economics
David Wiens, Political Science
Martin Zettersten, Cognitive Science