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 [email protected] 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

  • [email protected]
  • 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

  • [email protected]
  • 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

  • [email protected]
  • 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

  • [email protected]
  • Website

 

Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity


Rocío Rosales
  • 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

  • [email protected]
  • Website
  • CV

 

Vice Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity


Michael McBride
  • 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

  • [email protected]
  • Website
  • CV

Division Senate Assembly Representative to the Academic Senate

Matthew Freedman,
Economics (Faculty Chair)

Tom Boellstroff,
Anthropology

Dan Bogart,
Economics

Kristen Monroe,
Political Science

David Schaefer,
Sociology

 

Executive Committee

Kristin Turney,
 [email protected]
Sociology | Executive Committee Chair

Rocio Rosales,
 [email protected]
Sociology | Executive Committee Vice Chair

Yingying Dong,
 [email protected]
Economics

Alana Lebron,
 [email protected]
Chicano/Latino Studies

Julia Lerch,
 [email protected]
Sociology

David Meyer,
 [email protected]
Sociology

Kristen Monroe,
 [email protected]
Political Science

Kevein Olson,
 [email protected]
Political Science

Sabrina Strings,
 [email protected]
Sociology

 

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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