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 and African Studies

2205 Hart Hall
530-752-1548

Mark Jerng, Chair
Phone: 530-752-1696

Anya Gibson, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675

American Studies

2205 Hart Hall
530-752-1548

Grace Wang, Chair
Phone: 530-754-8090

Anya Gibson, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675

Anthropology

330 Young Hall
530-752-0745

James Smith, Chair
Phone: 530-754-0739

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

Susette Min, Chair
Phone: 530-752-2069

Anya Gibson, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675

C

California Lighting Technology Center

Michael Siminovitch, Director
Phone: 530-747-3835

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

Patricia Schuler, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-754-0585

Center for Poverty and Inequality 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

Sergio de la Mora, Chair
Phone: 530-752-2421

Anya Gibson, Interim 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

Patricia Schuler, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-754-0585

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

Carlee Arnett, Director
Phone: 530-752-0751

Fuqiang Zhuo, Associate Director
Phone: 530-752-8791

Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837

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

Kari Cooper, Chair
Phone: 530-754-8826

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

Claire Waters, 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

Anya Gibson, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675

German and Russian

209 Sproul Hall
530-752-1219

Jenny Kaminer, Chair

Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837

C. N. Gorman Museum and Collection

Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Director
Phone: 530-752-0568

Anya Gibson, Interim 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

A nne 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

Jocelyn Sharlet, Director
Phone: 530-752-1971

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

Anya Gibson, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675

Native American Studies

2407 Hart Hall
530-752-3237

Zoila Mendoza, Chair
Phone: 530-204-7561

Anya Gibson, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675

P

Philosophy

1240 Social Sciences & Humanities
530-752-0607

Cody Gilmore, Chair
Phone: 530-554-4924

Patricia Schuler, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-754-0585

Physics and Astronomy

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

Benjamin Highton, Chair
Phone: 530-754-0958

Jessie Murray, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-2183

Psychology

141 Young Hall
530-752-1880

Susan Rivera, Chair
Phone: 530-752-9572

Patricia Schuler, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-754-0585

R

Religious Studies

213 Sproul Hall
530-752-1219

Flagg Miller, Chair

Mandy Bachman, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0837

S

Science and Technology Studies

Social Sciences & Humanities Building
530-752-9621

Colin Milburn, Chair
Phone: 530-752-1696

Patricia Schuler, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-754-0585

Sociology

1283 Social Sciences & Humanities
530-752-0782

Laura Grindstaff, Chair
Phone: 530-754-0778

Briana Desmond, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-9036

Spanish and Portuguese

215 Sproul Hall
530-752-0835

A na 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

Anya Gibson, Interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0675

Theatre and Dance

222 Wright Hall
530-752-0888

Tim Lenoir, Chair
Phone: 530-754-2600

Karen Ostergard, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-0138

U

University Writing Program

109 Voorhies Hall
530-752-6283

John Marx, Director
Phone: 530-752-1696

Darla Tafoya, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Phone: 530-752-2269