We are not your standard school. Like Peter, our beloved Anteater mascot, we’re quirky and different. And we aren’t afraid to break the mold in order to adapt to our increasingly interconnected world. Below, meet our leadership team that helps make it all happen here in social sciences. Or you can check out our org chart for a visual rundown on all things soc sci.

Note: All undergraduate enrollment matters are handled by the Social Sciences Undergraduate Student Affairs Office. This includes dean’s authorization, signature and/or enrollment issues. Please direct these inquiries to socsci@uci.edu or call 949.824.6803 or visit SBSG 1201.

Dean


Bill Maurer
  • Dean and Professor
    Ph.D., Stanford University, 1994

  • money and finance, law and culture, caribbean

  •  SBSG 5218 | 949-824-6802

  • wmmaurer@uci.edu
  • Website

Assistant Dean


Rebecca Avila

Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies


Barbara Sarnecka
  • Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies & Professor, Cognitive Sciences
    Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2004

  • cognitive development, language and conceptual change, writing and scientific communication

  •  SBSG 2562

  • sarnecka@uci.edu
  • Website
  • Lab

Associate Dean, Student Programs


Matt Huffman
  • Associate Dean of Student Programs and Professor
    Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1997

  • inequality, organizations, work and employment, social demography

  •  SSPB 4229 | 949-824-6460

  • mhuffman@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies


Jeanett Castellanos
  • Associate Dean and Professor of Teaching, Social Sciences Undergraduate Student Affairs
     Ph.D.,  Washington State University 

  •  SSPB 2231, SBSG 1231 | 949-824-6298, 949-824-9010

  • castellj@uci.edu
  • Website

Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity


Rocío Rosales
  • Active Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity & Inclusive Excellence Professor
     Ph.D.,  University of California, Los Angeles,  2012

  • international migration, immigrant and ethnic economies, urban sociology, qualitative methods, ethnography, latino/a studies, race and ethnicity, immigrant detention

  •  SSPA 4109 | 949-824-5859

  • r.rosales@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

Vice Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity


Michael McBride
  • Active Vice Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity; Professor, Economics
    Ph.D., Yale University 

  • game theory, experimental economics, political economy, social networks, religion

  •  SSPA 3129 | 949-824-7417

  • mcbride@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

Division Senate Assembly Representative to the Academic Senate

Mimi Liljeholm,
 m.liljeholm@uci.edu
Cognitive Sciences

David Schaefer,
 drschaef@uci.edu
Sociology

Kristen Monroe,
 krmonroe@uci.edu
Political Science

Kai Wehmeier,
 wehmeier@uci.edu
Logic & Philosophy of Science

 

Executive Committee

Matthew Freedman,
 matthew.freedman@uci.edu
Sociology | Executive Committee Chair

Edwin Amenta,
 ea3@uci.edu
Sociology | Executive Committee Vice Chair

Isabel Almeida,
 iframos@uci.edu
Chicano Latino Studies

Matt Beckmann,
 beckmann@uci.edu
Political Science

Sylvia Croese,
 scroese@uci.edu
Global & International Studies

Glenda Flores,
 gmflores@uci.edu
Chicano/Latino Studies

Michelle Garfinkel,
 mrgarfin@uci.edu
Economics

Stergios Skaperdas,
 sskaperd@uci.edu
Economics

Sal Zarate,
 sezarate@uci.edu
Anthropology

 

Administrative Offices

Business Office
 949.824.3852
 SSPA 5129

Communications
 949.824.1577
 SBSG 5406

Computing Services
 949.824.5476
 SSPB 1288

Dean's Office
 949.824.6802
 SBSG 5218

Development Office
 949.824.7472
 SBSG 5412

Facilities
 949.824.3382
 SSPA 1185

Graduate Studies
 949.824.4074
 SST 323

Personnel/HR Office
 949.824.6785
 SBSG 5210

Undergraduate Student Affairs
 949.824.6803
 SBSG 1201

 

 

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