This list is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all administrative positions on the campus, but is primarily intended to indicate administrators with academic personnel responsibilities in each academic unit
Arts | Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Dean | Tiffany Lopez
Associate Deans | Jennifer Pastor, Jesse Jackson, Alan Terricciano
| Kevin Appel, Chair | Department of Art |
| Kelli Sharp, Chair | Department of Dance |
| Joel Veenstra, Chair | Department of Drama |
| Michael Dessen, Interim Chair | Department of Music |
Biological Sciences | Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Dean | Frank LaFerla
Associate Deans | Karina Cramer, Raju Metherate, Christopher Hughes, Craig Walsh, Michael Yassa
| Kavita Arora, Chair | Department of Developmental & Cell Biology |
| Travis Huxman, Chair | Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
| David Fruman, Chair | Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry |
| Marcelo Wood, Chair | Department of Neurobiology & Behavior |
Business | The Paul Merage School of Business
Dean | Ian Williamson
Senior Associate Dean | Yuhai Xuan
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs | Devin Shanthikumar
Associate Dean of Masters Programs | Sanjeev Dewan
Associate Dean of Research and PhD Program | Violina Rindova
Continuing Education | Division of Continuing Education
Dean | Kristine Collins
Education | School of Education
Interim Dean | Julie Washington
Associate Deans | Lindsey Richland, June Ahn, Drew Bailey, Jade Jenkins, Michael Hebert
Engineering | Samueli School of Engineering
Dean | Magnus Egerstedt
Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs | Faryar Jabbari
Associate Dean of Research and Innovation | Andrei Shkel
Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Studies | Ali Mohraz
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs | Nancy Da Silva
| Michelle Digman, Chair | Department of Biomedical Engineering |
| Vasan Venugopalan, Chair | Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Mo Li, Chair | Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| Arnold Lee Swindlehurst, Chair | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
| Lorenzo Valdevit, Chair | Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
| Julian Rimoli, Chair | Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
| G.P. Li Director | Integrated Nanosystem Research Facility |
Graduate Division
Interim Dean | Jaymi Smith
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Adria Imada
Health Sciences | The Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Founding Dean | Jan Hirsch
Associate Deans | Amal Alachkar, Sarah McBane, Megan Nguyen, Melanie Joe
| Brian Paegel, Chair | Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Alexandre Chan, Founding Chair | Department of Clinical Pharmacy Practice |
Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health
Founding Dean | Bernadette Boden-Albala
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs | Rufus Edwards
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs | Scott Bartell
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Marizen Ramirez
Associate Dean of Research | David Richardson
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education | Theodore Gideonse
| Veronica Vieira, Chair | Environmental Health & Occupational Health |
| Simin Liu, Chair | Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
| Dylan Roby, Chair | Health, Society & Behavior |
| Michael Hoyt, Chair | Population Health & Disease Prevention |
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
Dean for Bill Gross School of Nursing | Mark Lazenby
Senior Associate Dean | Susanne Phillips
Associate Dean for Academic Personnel | Alison Holman
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging | Jung-Ah Lee
Associate Dean for Research | Nancy Pike
School of Medicine
Dean for School of Medicine | Michael J. Stamos
Vice Dean, Medical Education | Khanh-Van Le-Bucklin
Vice Dean, Faculty & Clinical Affairs | John Gross
Vice Dean, Basic Science Research & Academic Affairs, Academic Personnel | Geoffrey Abbott
Vice Dean, Clinical Research | Daniela Bota
Sr. Associate Dean, Faculty Development – Senate | Brian Cummings
Sr. Associate Dean, Academic Affairs – Non-Senate | Mohammad Helmy
Sr. Associate Dean, Academic Affairs – Senate | Kyoko Yokomori
Associate Dean, Faculty Development – Non-Senate | Nimisha Parekh
Humanities | School of Humanities
Dean | Tyrus Miller
Associate Dean of Academic Personnel | Nasrin Rahimieh
Associate Dean of Curriculum and Student Services | Yong Chen
Associate Dean of Research, Faculty Development and Public Engagement | Judy Wu
| John Murillo, Chair | Department of African American Studies |
| James Nisbet, Chair | Department of Art History |
| James Lee, Chair | Department of Asian American Studies |
| Zina Giannopoulou, Chair | Department of Classics |
| Adriana Johnson, Chair | Department of Comparative Literature |
| Kyung Hyun Kim, Chair | Department of East Asian Studies |
| Jonathan Alexander, Chair | Department of English |
| Anke Biendarra, Chair | Department of European Languages & Studies |
| Lucas Hilderbrand, Chair | Department of Film & Media Studies |
| Catherine Sameh, Chair | Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies |
| Alex Borucki, Chair | Department of History |
| Aaron James, Chair | Department of Philosophy |
| Jacobo Sefami, Chair | Department of Spanish & Portuguese |
| Becky Davis, Director | Humanities Core Course |
| Judy Wu, Director | Humanties Center |
| Jerry Lee, Director | Global Languages & Cultures |
| Brianne Donaldson, Director | Program in Religious Studies |
| Touraj Daryaee, Director | Dr. Samuel M. Jordan – Persian Center |
Information & Computer Sciences | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Dean | Marios Papaefthymiou
Associate Deans | Nikil Dutt, Andrè van der Hoek, Madhu Reddy
| Tony Givargis, Chair | Department of Computer Science |
| Yunan Chen, Chair | Department of Informatics |
| Dan Gillen, Chair | Department of Statistics |
Law | School of Law
Dean | Austen Parrish
Vice Dean | Trilby Robinson-Dorn
Associate Deans | Sameer Ashar, Rachel Croskery-Roberts, Anne Lai, Stephen Lee, Michael Robinson-Dorn, Amy Atchison (Interim)
Library
University Librarian | Lorelei Tanji
Associate University Librarian for Administrative Services | Kevin Ruminson
Associate University Librarian for Research Resources | John Renaud
Assistant University Librarian for Public Services | Rikke Ogawa
Physical Sciences | School of Physical Sciences
Interim Dean | Kieron Burke
Associate Deans | John Lowengrub, David Van Vranken, Franklin Dollar, Mu-Chun Chen
| Alan Heyduk, Chair | Department of Chemistry |
| Claudia Czimczik, Chair | Department of Earth System Science |
| Zhiqin Lu, Chair | Department of Mathematics |
| Manoj Kaplinghat, Chair | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
Research | Office of Research — Centers and Institutes
Vice Chancellor for Research | Aileen Anderson
For a complete list of Centers and Institutes, please visit the Office of Research website at: http://www.research.uci.edu/centers-institutes/
Social Ecology | School of Social Ecology
Dean | Jon Gould
Associate Dean | Susan Charles
| Emily Owens, Chair Susan Coutin, Acting Chair AY 2025-26 | Department of Criminology, Law & Society |
| Nicholas Scurich, Chair | Department of Psychology |
| Walter Nicholls, Chair | Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy |
Social Sciences | School of Social Sciences
Dean | William Maurer
Associate Deans | Jeanett Castellanos, Matthew Huffman, Tiara Na’puti (Acting AD), Barbara Sarnecka (Acting AD Michael McBride)
| Justin Richland, Chair | Department of Anthropology |
| Glenda Flores, Chair | Department of Chicano/Latino Studies |
| Mark Steyvers, Chair | Department of Cognitive Sciences |
| William Branch, Chair | Department of Economics |
| Eve Darian-Smith, Chair | Department of Global and International Studies |
| Gregory Hickok, Chair | Department of Language Science |
| James Weatherall, Chair | Department of Logic & Philosophy of Science |
| Sara Goodman, Chair | Department of Political Science |
| David John Frank, Chair | Department of Sociology |
Undergraduate Education | Office of the Vice Provost of Teaching and Learning
Dean | Michael Dennin
Associate Dean | Michelle Khine, Sarah Pressman, Brian Sato, Brandon Golob