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Kresge Faculty Fellows

Kresge College Fellows are dedicated artists, teachers, and scholars drawn from every field of study at the University.

Fellows

Elizabeth S Abrams

Title
- Provost, Merrill College
Email
- esabrams@ucsc.edu
Department
- Merrill College

Bettina Aptheker

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Email
- bettinaf@ucsc.edu
Department
- Feminist Studies Department

Anjali R Arondekar

Title
- Professor and Founding Co-Director, Center for South Asian Studies
Email
- aarondek@ucsc.edu
Department
- Feminist Studies Department

Thomas Banks

Title
- Professor,Emeriti
Email
- tibanks@ucsc.edu
Department
- Physics Department

Karen Barad

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Email
- kbarad@ucsc.edu
Department
- Feminist Studies Department

Murray Baumgarten

Title
- Distinguished Emeritus Professor of English & Comparative Literature
Email
- dickens@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Dorian Bell

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- dbell1@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Hunter Bivens

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- abivens@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Terrence Blackburn

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- terryb@ucsc.edu
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department

Michael Bolte

Title
- Professor
Email
- mbolte@ucsc.edu
Department
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Department

Nic Brummell

Title
- Professor
Email
- brummell@ucsc.edu
Department
- Applied Mathematics

Ben Leeds Carson

Title
- Professor, Music Department
Email
- blc@ucsc.edu
Department
- Music Department

Cindy Cruz

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- ccruz3@ucsc.edu
Department
- Education Department

Grace Peña Delgado

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- gpdelgad@ucsc.edu
Department
- History Department

Gina Dent

Title
- Professor
Email
- ginadent@ucsc.edu
Department
- Feminist Studies Department

Nathaniel Deutsch

Title
- Distinguished Professor and Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
Email
- ndeutsch@ucsc.edu
Department
- History Department

Carlos E Dobkin

Title
- Professor
Email
- cdobkin@ucsc.edu
Department
- Economics Department

Shelly Errington

Title
- Professor Emerita
Email
- sherring@ucsc.edu
Department
- Anthropology Department

Lars Fehren‑Schmitz

Title
- Professor
Email
- lfehrens@ucsc.edu
Department
- Anthropology Department

Mayanthi L Fernando

Title
- Associate Professor of Anthropology
Email
- mfernan3@ucsc.edu
Department
- Anthropology Department

Carla Freccero

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Email
- freccero@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Anna Friz

Title
- Assistant Professor
Email
- afriz@ucsc.edu
Department
- Film and Digital Media Department

Pascale Gaitet

Title
- Professor Emerita
Email
- pascale@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Deborah Gould

Title
- Professor and Chair
Email
- dbgould@ucsc.edu
Department
- Sociology Department

Shelly Grabe

Title
- Professor
Email
- sgrabe@ucsc.edu
Department
- Psychology Department

Shelby Graham

Title
- Retired Sesnon Gallery Director
Email
- sgraham@ucsc.edu
Department
- Art Department

Jody Greene

Title
- Associate Campus Provost for Academic Success
Email
- jgreene@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Nicol Hammond

Email
- nihammon@ucsc.edu

Michael S Isaacson

Title
- Narinder Singh Kapany Professor Emeritus
Email
- msisaac@ucsc.edu
Department
- Baskin School of Engineering

Catherine A Jones

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- catjones@ucsc.edu
Department
- History Department

John O. Jordan

Title
- Research Professor
Email
- picasso@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Melissa S Jurica

Title
- Professor
Email
- mjurica@ucsc.edu
Department
- Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department

Doug Kellogg

Title
- Professor
Email
- dkellogg@ucsc.edu
Department
- Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department

Christine L. King

Title
- Lecturer, College Ten and Kresge
Email
- chlking@ucsc.edu
Department
- John R. Lewis College

Elise Knittle

Title
- Professor
Email
- eknittle@ucsc.edu
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department

Athanasios Kottas

Title
- Professor
Email
- thanos@ucsc.edu
Department
- Statistics

Sri Hastuti Kurniawan

Title
- Professor
Email
- skurnia@ucsc.edu
Department
- Computational Media

John Jota Leaños

Title
- Professor
Email
- jleanos@ucsc.edu
Department
- Film and Digital Media Department

Dongwook Lee

Title
- Professor
Email
- dlee79@ucsc.edu
Department
- Applied Mathematics

Juliana I Leslie

Title
- Continuing Lecturer
Email
- jleslie@ucsc.edu
Department
- Kresge College

Michael E Loik

Title
- Professor
Email
- mloik@ucsc.edu
Department
- Environmental Studies Department

Irene E Lusztig

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- ilusztig@ucsc.edu
Department
- Film and Digital Media Department

Nathaniel Mackey

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Email
- mackey@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Piero Madau

Title
- Professor
Email
- pmadau@ucsc.edu
Department
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Department

Roberto Manduchi

Title
- Associate Dean for Graduate Experience
Email
- manduchi@ucsc.edu
Department
- Computer Science and Engineering

Carolyn Martin Shaw

Title
- Professor Emerita
Email
- cmclark@ucsc.edu
Department
- Anthropology Department

Alma Martinez

Title
- Emerita
Email
- almamar@ucsc.edu
Department
- Department of Performance, Play & Design (PPD)

Geoffrey Mason

Title
- Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Email
- gem@ucsc.edu
Department
- Mathematics Department

Matthew D. McCarthy

Title
- Professor
Email
- mdmccar@ucsc.edu
Department
- Ocean Sciences Department

Robert Meister

Title
- Professor of Social and Political Thought
Email
- meister@ucsc.edu
Department
- Social Sciences Division

Derek Conrad Murray

Title
- Professor, History of Art & Visual Culture
Email
- dcmurray@ucsc.edu
Department
- History of Art/Visual Culture

Soraya E.A. Murray

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- semurray@ucsc.edu
Department
- Film and Digital Media Department

Madhavi Murty

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- mmurty@ucsc.edu
Department
- Feminist Studies Department

Dard A Neuman

Title
- Associate Professor of Music
Email
- dneuman@ucsc.edu
Department
- Music Department

Loisa Nygaard

Title
- Professor Emerita
Email
- nygaard@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Gregory E. O′Malley

Title
- Professor
Email
- gomalley@ucsc.edu
Department
- History Department

Marcia Ochoa

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- marcia8a@ucsc.edu
Department
- Department of Performance, Play & Design (PPD)

Scott Oliver

Title
- Professor
Email
- soliver@ucsc.edu
Department
- Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

Eric Palkovacs

Title
- Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Email
- epalkova@ucsc.edu
Department
- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department

Carrie L. Partch

Title
- Professor
Email
- cpartch@ucsc.edu
Department
- Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

Lucinda Pease‑Alvarez

Title
- Professor Emerita
Email
- pease@ucsc.edu
Department
- Education Department

Micah Perks

Title
- Professor
Email
- meperks@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Stacy M Philpott

Title
- Professor
Email
- sphilpot@ucsc.edu
Department
- Environmental Studies Department

Juan Poblete

Title
- Professor and Chair
Email
- jpoblete@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Larry Polansky

Email
- lpolansk@ucsc.edu

Roxi Power Hamilton

Title
- Lecturer
Email
- hamilton@ucsc.edu
Department
- Writing Program

Stefano Profumo

Title
- Professor
Email
- profumo@ucsc.edu
Department
- Physics Department

Jose Renau

Title
- Department Chair
Email
- renau@ucsc.edu
Department
- Computer Science and Engineering

Michael Rexach

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- mrexach@ucsc.edu
Department
- Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department

Cecilia M. Rivas

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- cmrivas@ucsc.edu
Department
- Latin American & Latino Studies

Constance M Rockosi

Title
- Professor/Astronomer
Email
- crockosi@ucsc.edu
Department
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Department

Abel Rodriguez

Title
- Adjunct Professor
Email
- abel.rod@ucsc.edu
Department
- Statistics

Lisa Rofel

Title
- Professor Emerita
Email
- lrofel@ucsc.edu
Department
- Anthropology Department

Seth M Rubin

Title
- Professor
Email
- srubin@ucsc.edu
Department
- Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

Hamid R Sadjadpour

Title
- Professor
Email
- hamid@ucsc.edu
Department
- Electrical and Computer Engineering

G.S. Sahota

Title
- Associate Professor, Aurora Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies
Email
- sahota@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Hikaru Saijo

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- hsaijo@ucsc.edu
Department
- Economics Department

Melissa Sanders‑Self

Title
- Continuing Lecturer
Email
- msanders@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

William M Saxton

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Email
- bsaxton@ucsc.edu
Department
- Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department

Felicity Amaya Schaeffer

Title
- Professor
Email
- fsg@ucsc.edu
Department
- Feminist Studies Department

Daniel Scheie

Title
- Professor
Email
- dscheie@ucsc.edu
Department
- Department of Performance, Play & Design (PPD)

Lisa Schilz

Title
- Continuing Lecturer, Writing Program
Email
- lschilz@ucsc.edu
Department
- Writing Program

David Michael Shaw

Title
- Coordinator of Right Livelihood Center at UC Santa Cruz
Email
- daveshaw@ucsc.edu
Department
- Institute for Social Transformation

Denise L Silva

Title
- Continuing Lecturer
Email
- dsilva@ucsc.edu
Department
- Writing Program

Marilou Sison‑Mangus

Title
- Assistant Professor
Email
- msisonma@ucsc.edu
Department
- Ocean Sciences Department

Paul N. Skenazy

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Email
- pskenazy@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Roz Spafford

Title
- Lecturer Emerita
Email
- rozl@ucsc.edu
Department
- Writing Program

Melanie J. Springer

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- mjs@ucsc.edu
Department
- Politics Department

Richard Terdiman

Title
- Research Professor
Email
- dick@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Anna L Tsing

Title
- Professor
Email
- atsing@ucsc.edu
Department
- Anthropology Department

Sławomir M. Tułaczyk

Title
- Professor
Email
- stulaczy@ucsc.edu
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department

Susan A Watrous

Title
- Lecturer, College Eight/Kresge
Email
- swatrous@ucsc.edu
Department
- Student Media

Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther

Title
- Professor
Email
- rgw@ucsc.edu
Department
- Humanities Division

Karen Tei Yamashita

Title
- Professor Emerita
Email
- ktyamash@ucsc.edu
Department
- Literature Department

Joel Yellin

Title
- Professor Environmental Science & Law
Email
- yellin@ucsc.edu
Department
- Earth & Planetary Sciences Department

Yi Zuo

Title
- Professor
Email
- yizuo@ucsc.edu
Department
- Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department

Eve C Zyzik

Title
- Professor
Email
- ezyzik@ucsc.edu
Department
- Languages and Applied Linguistics