College of Letters and Science UC OATS Reviewers and Approvers

Identified below are the dean’s office and department contacts for UC Davis OATS:
*These staff members have received additional training on OPA policies and processes

Dean’s Office

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Katie Anderson*	keanders@ucdavis.edu	752-1359
Reviewer	Jennifer Shorts*	jlshorts@ucdavis.edu	754-4812
Reviewer	Jennifer Willard*	jnwillard@ucdavis.edu	752-0573
Reviewer	Jennifer Mattheis	jrmattheis@ucdavis.edu	752-8858
Approver	Noah Guynn	ndguynn@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Thomas Lee	tcmlee@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Kathy Olmsted	ksolmsted@ucdavis.edu
Approver	John Scott	jtscott@ucdavis.edu

African American & African Studies

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Sean Swift	sswift@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Mark Jerng	mcjerng@ucdavis.edu

American Studies

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Sean Swift	sswift@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Grace Wang	grwang@ucdavis.edu

Anthropology

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Valarie Ludovina	valudovina@ucdavis.edu	754-4936
Reviewer	Kim Manybanseng	kmanybanseng@ucdavis.edu
Approver	James Smith	jsmit@ucdavis.edu

Art (History and Art Studio)

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Kimberly Pearson	kdpearson@ucdavis.edu	754-7214
Reviewer	Martha Garrison	mcgarrison@ucdavis.edu	754-8485
Reviewer	Leah Daugherty	ldaugherty@ucdavis.edu
Approver (History)	Heghnar Watenpaugh	hwatenpaugh@ucdavis.edu
Approver (Studio)	Darrin Martin	dtmartin@ucdavis.edu

Asian American Studies

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Sean Swift	sswift@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Susette Min	ssmin@ucdavis.edu

Chemistry

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Hongfei Wang	hfwwang@ucdavis.edu
Reviewer	Kate Tweddale	tweddale@ucdavis.edu	752-3988
Approver	David Goodin	dbgoodin@ucdavis.edu

Chicana/Chicano Studies

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Sean Swift	sswift@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Lorena Marquez	lvmarquez@ucdavis.edu

Cinema and Digital Media

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Kimberly Pearson	kdpearson@ucdavis.edu	754-7214
Reviewer	Martha Garrison	mcgarrison@ucdavis.edu	754-8485
Reviewer	Leah Daugherty	ldaugherty@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Jaimey Fisher	jrfisher@ucdavis.edu

Classics

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Renee Ortez	rjortez@ucdavis.edu	752-0831
Reviewer	Nancy Masson	nkmasson@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Anna Uhlig	asuhlig@ucdavis.edu

Communication

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Angus Chang	aychang@ucdavis.edu	752-2392
Reviewer	Jessie Murray	jesmurray@ucdavis.edu	752-2183
Approver	Bo Feng	bfeng@ucdavis.edu

Comparative Literature

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Renee Ortez	rjortez@ucdavis.edu	752-0831
Reviewer	Nancy Masson	nkmasson@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Cheryl Ross	cross@ucdavis.edu

Design

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Kimberly Pearson	kdpearson@ucdavis.edu	754-7214
Reviewer	Martha Garrison	mcgarrison@ucdavis.edu	754-8485
Reviewer	Leah Daugherty	ldaugherty@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Simon Sadler	sjsadler@ucdavis.edu

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Brittany Gary	bagary@ucdavis.edu	752-8107
Reviewer	Jamie Brannan	brannan@ucdavis.edu	530-747-3840
Approver	Magali Billen	mibillen@ucdavis.edu

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Renee Ortez	rjortez@ucdavis.edu	752-0831
Reviewer	Nancy Masson	nkmasson@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Mark Halperin	mhalperin@ucdavis.edu

Economics

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Monica L Fischer	mlfischer@ucdavis.edu
Reviewer	Will Angel	woangel@ucdavis.edu
Reviewer	Noelle Jones	npjones@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Marianne Bitler	bitler@ucdavis.edu

English

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Mary White	mjwhite@ucdavis.edu	752-1696
Reviewer	Sharla De Anda	sadeanda@ucdavis.edu
Reviewer	Estelle Espinoza	elespinoza@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Tobias Menely	tmenely@ucdavis.edu

French and Italian

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Renee Ortez	rjortez@ucdavis.edu	752-0831
Reviewer	Nancy Masson	nkmasson@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Jeff Fort	jpfort@ucdavis.edu

Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Sean Swift	sswift@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Elizabeth Miller	ecmill@ucdavis.edu

German and Russian

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Renee Ortez	rjortez@ucdavis.edu	752-0831
Reviewer	Nancy Masson	nkmasson@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Jenny Kaminer	jekaminer@ucdavis.edu

History

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Monica L Fischer	mlfischer@ucdavis.edu
Reviewer	Will Angel	woangel@ucdavis.edu
Reviewer	Noelle Jones	npjones@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Gregory Downs	gdowns@ucdavis.edu

Linguistics

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Angus Chang	aychang@ucdavis.edu	752-2392
Reviewer	Jessie Murray	jesmurray@ucdavis.edu	752-2183
Approver	Kenji Sagae	sagae@ucdavis.edu

Mathematics

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Matthew Silver	mtsilver@math.ucdavis.edu	754-0138
Reviewer	Tina Denena	tdenena@math.ucdavis.edu	752-0829
Approver	Bruno Nachtergaele	bxn@math.ucdavis.edu

Middle East/South Asia Studies

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Valarie Ludovina	valudovina@ucdavis.edu	754-4936
Reviewer	Kim Manybanseng	kmanybanseng@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Mairaj Syed	msyed@ucdavis.edu

Music

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Kimberly Pearson	kdpearson@ucdavis.edu	754-7214
Reviewer	Martha Garrison	mcgarrison@ucdavis.edu	754-8485
Reviewer	Leah Daugherty	ldaugherty@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Samuel Nichols	ssnichols@ucdavis.edu

Native American Studies

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Sean Swift	sswift@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Liza Grandia	lgrandia@ucdavis.edu

Philosophy

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Mary Meyerzon	mkmeyerzon@ucdavis.edu
Reviewer	Anna Cruz	amccruz@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Elaine Landry	emlandry@ucdavis.edu

Physics & Astronomy

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Brittany Hong	bhhong@ucdavis.edu
Reviewer	Lourdes Hernandez Gomez	lhgomez@ucdavis.edu	752-5891
Reviewer	Krystal Scruggs	kjscruggs@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Richard Scalettar	rtscalettar@ucdavis.edu

Political Science

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Angus Chang	aychang@ucdavis.edu	752-2392
Reviewer	Jessie Murray	jesmurray@ucdavis.edu	752-2183
Approver	Benjamin Highton	bhighton@ucdavis.edu

Psychology

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Mary Meyerzon	mkmeyerzon@ucdavis.edu
Reviewer	Anna Cruz	amccruz@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Kristin Lagattuta	khlaga@ucdavis.edu

Religious Studies

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Renee Ortez	rjortez@ucdavis.edu	752-0831
Reviewer	Nancy Masson	nkmasson@ucdavis.edu
Approver	W. Flagg Miller	fmiller@ucdavis.edu

Science and Technology Studies

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Mary Meyerzon	mkmeyerzon@ucdavis.edu
Reviewer	Anna Cruz	amccruz@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Colin Milburn	cnmilburn@ucdavis.edu

Sociology

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Valarie Ludovina	valudovina@ucdavis.edu	754-4936
Reviewer	Kim Manybanseng	kmanybanseng@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Laura Grindstaff	lagrindstaff@ucdavis.edu

Spanish and Portuguese

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Renee Ortez	rjortez@ucdavis.edu	752-0831
Reviewer	Nancy Masson	nkmasson@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Ana Peluffo	aopeluffo@ucdavis.edu

Statistics

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Peter Scully	pscully@ucdavis.edu	754-4128
Approver	Jiming Jiang	jimjiang@ucdavis.edu

Theatre and Dance

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Kimberly Pearson	kdpearson@ucdavis.edu	754-7214
Reviewer	Martha Garrison	mcgarrison@ucdavis.edu	754-8485
Reviewer	Leah Daugherty	ldaugherty@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Margaret Kemp	mlkemp@ucdavis.edu

University Writing Program

Role	Name	Email Address	Phone
Reviewer	Sharla De Anda	sadeanda@ucdavis.edu
Reviewer	Estelle Espinoza	elespinoza@ucdavis.edu
Approver	Carl Whithaus	cwwhithaus@ucdavis.edu