Departments and Programs Directory
Our departments are home to more than 55 majors and 60 minors. Programs with an asterisk(*) are interdisciplinary.
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A
African American & African Studies
2205 Hart Hall
530-752-1548
Mark Jerng, Chair
Phone: 530-752-1696
Carlos Garcia, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675
American Studies
2205 Hart Hall
530-752-1548
Julie Sze, Chair
Phone: 530-752-6429
Carlos Garcia, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675
Anthropology
330 Young Hall
530-752-0745
Lynne Isbell, Chair
Phone: 530-754-9718
Briana Desmond, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-9036
Art and Art History
Art Building (Art Studio) and Everson Hall (Art History)
530-752-0105
Annabeth Rosen, Co-Chair (Art Studio)
Phone: 530-752-1794
Talinn Grigor, Co-Chair (Art History)
Phone: 530-754-2611
Karen Ostergard, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0138
Asian American Studies
3102 Hart Hall
530-752-2069
Richard Kim, Chair
Phone: 530-752-2069
Carlos Garcia, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675
C
California Lighting Technology Center
Michael Siminovitch, Director
Phone: 530-747-3835
Konstantinos Papamichael, Co-Director
Phone: 530-747-3834
Karen Ostergard, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0138
Center for Mind and Brain
George "Ron" Mangun, Director
Phone: 530-754-4421
Amanda Guyer, Associate Director
Phone: 530-297-4445
Heavenly Clegg, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-754-6215
Center for Poverty Research
Marianne Page, Director
Phone: 530-754-1529
Jacob Hibel, Deputy Director
Phone: 530-754-0792
Jessica Harold, Manager
Phone: 530-752-0401
Monica Fischer, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-1631
Chemistry
108 Chemistry Building
530-752-8900
Jared Shaw, Chair
Phone: 530-752-9979
Kate Tweddale, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-3988
Chicana/Chicano Studies
2102 Hart Hall
530-752-2421
Carlos Jackson, Chair
Phone: 530-752-4782
Carlos Garcia, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675
Cinema and Digital Media
105 Art Building
530-752-0105
Tim Lenoir, Chair
Phone: 530-754-2600
Karen Ostergard, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0138
Classics
215 Sproul Hall
530-752-0835
Carey Seal, Director
Phone: 530-752-0835
Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837
Cognitive Science
101 Young Hall
530-752-8877
David Corina, Director
Phone: 530-297-4421
Heavenly Clegg, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-754-6215
Communication
469 Kerr Hall
530-752-1221
Laramie Taylor, Chair
Phone: 530-754-0974
Jessie Murray, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-2183
Comparative Literature
213 Sproul Hall
530-752-1219
Cheri Ross, Chair
Phone: 530-752-1219
Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837
D
Davis Language Center
Robert Blake, Director
Phone: 530-219-8427
Fuqiang Zhuo, Associate Director
Phone: 530-752-8791
Design
Cruess Hall
530-752-2004
Simon Sadler, Chair
Phone: 530-752-2004
Karen Ostergard, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0138
Design Museum and Collection
Timothy McNeil, Director
Phone: 530-752-2589
Karen Ostergard, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0138
E
Earth and Planetary Sciences
2119 Earth and Physical Sciences Building
530-752-0350
Michael Oskin, Chair
Phone: 530-752-3993
Corinne Esser, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-3668
East Asian Languages and Cultures
209 Sproul Hall
530-752-4999
Michael Dylan Foster, Chair
Phone: 530-752-3192
Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837
East Asian Studies*
1277 Social Sciences & Humanities Building
530-752-9933
Xiaoling Shu, Director
Phone: 530-554-1860
Monica Fischer, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-1631
Economics
2216 Social Sciences and Humanities
530-752-9241
Deborah Swenson, Chair
Phone: 530-752-9241
Monica Fischer, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-1631
English
Voorhies Hall
530-752-2257
John Marx, Chair
Phone: 530-752-1696
Darla Tafoya, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-2269
F
French and Italian
Sproul Hall
530-752-1219
Julia Simon, Chair
Phone: 530-752-1219
Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837
G
Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
1200 Hart Hall
530-752-1548
Kathryn Olmsted, Chair
Phone: 530-752-7764
Carlos Garcia, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675
German and Russian
209 Sproul Hall
530-752-1219
Jaimey Fischer, Acting Chair
Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837
C. N. Gorman Museum and Collection
Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Director
Phone: 530-752-0568
Carlos Garcia, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675
H
Hemispheric Institute on the Americas*
1277 Social Sciences & Humanities Building
530-752-3046
Charles Walker, Director
Phone: 530-754-9453
Monica Fischer, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-1631
History
2216 Social Sciences and Humanities
530-752-9241
Sally McKee, Chair
Phone: 530-754-1643
Monica Fischer, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-1631
Human Rights Studies*
213 Sproul Hall
530-752-1219
Keith David Watenbaugh, Director
Phone: 530-574-0815
Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837
UC Davis Humanities Institute
Jaimey Fisher, Director
Phone: 530-752-1615
Darla Tafoya, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-2269
Humanities Program*
211 Sproul Hall
530-752-8702
Jenny Kaminer, Director
Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837
J
Jewish Studies*
2216 Social Sciences & Humanities Building
530-754-7007
Eva Mroczek, Director
Monica Fischer, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-1631
L
Linguistics
469 Kerr Hall
530-752-9933
Raul Aranovich, Chair
Phone: 530-752-2291
Jessie Murray, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-2183
M
Mathematics
1130 Mathematical Sciences Building
530-752-0827
Anne Schilling, Chair
Phone: 530-754-0497
Gladis Lopez, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0829
Medieval and Early Modern Studies*
215 Sproul Hall
530-752-4541
Mairaj Syed, Director
Phone: 530-754-2822
Darla Tafoya, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-2269
Middle East/South Asia Studies
1272 Social Sciences & Humanities Building
530-754-4926
Sudipta Sen, Director
Phone: 530-908-0627
Briana Desmond, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-9036
Military Science*
127 A Hickey Gym
530-752-5211
Lt. Col. Alex Aquino, Chair
Phone: 530-752-3056
Monica Fischer, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-1631
Music
Music Building
530-752-5537
Laurie San Martin, Chair
Phone: 530-752-4492
Karen Ostergard, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0138
N
Native American Language Center
Justin Spence, Director
Phone: 530-754-6492
Zoila Mendoza, Associate Director
Phone: 530-754-9283
Carlos Garcia, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675
Native American Studies
2407 Hart Hall
530-752-3237
Beth Rose Middleton, Chair
Phone: 530-754-4802
Carlos Garcia, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675
P
Philosophy
1240 Social Sciences & Humanities
530-752-0607
Cody Gilmore, Chair
Phone: 530-554-4924
Heavenly Clegg, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-754-6215
Physics
175 Physics Building
530-752-1500
Rena Zieve, Chair
Phone: 530-754-9836
Tracy Lade, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-5891
Political Science
469 Kerr Hall
530-752-0966
Erik Engstrom, Chair
Phone: 530-754-0956
Jessie Murray, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-2183
Psychology
141 Young Hall
530-752-1880
Susan Rivera, Chair
Phone: 530-752-9572
Heavenly Clegg, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-754-6215
R
Religious Studies
213 Sproul Hall
530-752-1219
Archana Venkatesan, Chair
Phone: 530-752-6295
Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837
S
Science and Technology Studies
Social Sciences & Humanities Building
530-752-9621
Colin Milburn, Director
Phone: 530-752-1696
Heavenly Clegg, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-754-6215
Sociology
1283 Social Sciences & Humanities
530-752-0782
Ryken Grattet, Chair
Phone: 530-754-0772
Briana Desmond, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-9036
Spanish and Portuguese
215 Sproul Hall
530-752-0835
Ana Peluffo, Chair
Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837
Statistics
4118 Mathematical Sciences Building
530-752-2361
Alexander Aue, Chair
Phone: 530-554-1555
Pete Scully, Management Services Officer (MSO)
Phone: 530-692-5194
T
Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer (TANA)
Carlos Francisco Jackson, Director
Phone: 530-752-4782
Carlos Garcia, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675
Theatre and Dance
222 Wright Hall
530-752-0888
Larry Bogad, Chair
Phone: 530-754-2622
Karen Ostergard, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0138
U
University Writing Program
109 Voorhies Hall
530-752-6283
Dana Ferris, Director
Phone: 530-752-0778
Darla Tafoya, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-2269