Staff

Dean is responsible for both Academic & Staff Personnel and Payroll. This includes:

• Academic Personnel: Faculty and lecturer recruitment, hiring, merits, and promotions
• Visiting Faculty, Scholars, Visiting Graduate Researcher appointments
• Postdoctoral appointments
• Student Employment: TAs, GSRs, Tutors, and Readers, Student Staff
• I-9, UCPath entry, and payroll

Ashna manages all departmental events and reading room. This includes:

• Events: Planning, budgeting/reconciliation, and coordination
• Travel arrangements, reimbursements, and honoraria for outside speakers and event guests
• Conferences and guest speaker event purchasing
• Reading room maintenance & inventory

Doug provides academic and administrative advising for graduate and undergraduate students in the department. This includes:

• Graduate Affairs: Funding and fellowships, admissions, supervision of placement exams, and monitoring progress toward the degree,  sending graduate placement letters
• Undergraduate Affairs: All undergraduate advising
• Courses and Scheduling: Academic year teaching schedule, course catalog changes
• Coordination of Teaching Assistant applications and offer letters

David is the department coordinator and supervises the front office and provides support in student affairs. This includes:

• Front Office: Textbook orders, keys, parking, instructional equipment
• Student Affairs: Grade changes, course substitutions, sending graduate placement letters
• Scheduling: Quarterly schedule, summer sessions schedule, room changes and reservations, variable topics courses
• Finance: Graduate student research and travel-related reimbursements; Faculty research-related purchases and reimbursements

Isamara is responsible for department operations and manages all administrative services in relation to staffing, teaching, programs, and acts as the fund manager. This includes:

• Management of departmental projects and initiatives
• Recruitment and supervision of staff personnel
• Departmental accounting, reporting, and financial recordkeeping
• Administration of faculty research funds, including research-related purchases and reimbursements
• Overseeing of department facilities and space planning, and Emergency and Building Coordinator

The Department Technology Analyst handles basic computer needs for faculty, staff, and graduate students within the department. This includes:

• Installation of site licensed software
• Microsoft Exchange E-mail accounts
• Printing help, basic desktop help, and hardware troubleshooting