Administrators / Support Staff
For contact info (phone, office, email) for individuals listed below, see the Math Directory.
Administrative Faculty Officers
James McKernan — Department Chair
- The Chair duties are laid out in:
Bo Li — Graduate Affairs Vice-Chair
- In cooperation with the Chair, oversee all aspects of the graduate program except graduate course assignments.
Dan Rogalski — Undergraduate Affairs Vice-Chair
- In cooperation with the Chair and the Council, oversee all undergraduate teaching and all course assignments.
Management Services Officer (MSO) / Business Officer
Faye Chou — Chief Operating Officer / MSO
- Responsible for the management, strategic planning and leadership of all administrative activities in the department.
Academic Affairs
Miguel Ramirez — Academic Personnel/Human Resources Manager
- Oversight of all aspects of Academic Personnel and Staff Human Resources in the Mathematics Department.
- Provides expert advice, instruction and policy interpretation to the department on personnel management, classification, compensation, recruitment, payroll, benefits and employee relations.
Joan Bahrini — Academic Analyst
- Coordinate Recruitment Activities for Academic Appointments: Teaching Visitors, (Visiting Professors, and Lecturers)
- Member of the Academic Personnel Team
- Serve as a resource on visa requirements and application process for Academic Appointments
- Appointment files for Teaching Visitors and SEWs
Brian Cooney — Travel/Events Coordinator
- Department Travel Administrator
- Fiscal specialist for travel expenses and reimbursements
Maureen Gorman — Lead Academic Analyst
- AP Lead - Point person for AP matters
- Faculty recruitments
- Faculty and SEW appointment files
- Independently manage the electronic ballot program
- Assistance with academic review files
Antonio Greenwood — Academic Analyst
- Responsible for academic review files
- Manages the department Postdoctoral Scholar program
- Process sabbaticals, leaves without pay (LWOP), Family Medical Leaves (FML), and Change of Locations (COL) requests
- Member of the Academic Personnel Team
Elizabeth Cuevas — Facilities Coordinator
- Coordinate long and short-term department visitors, advising faculty sponsors of processes and services.
- Serve as resource on visa requirements and application process for all department visitors.
- Manage office space assignments and security.
- Facilities Management
Student Affairs
Scott Rollans — Director of Student Services
- Oversight of all aspects of Undergraduate and Graduate programs
- Responsible for quarterly scheduling, enrollment management, course and program planning, student advising
- Responsible for undergraduate student employment
Diana Platero-Lopez — Student Affairs Manager
- Manages the operations and personnel for undergraduate and graduate advising
- Manages the coordination of student engagement, student career development and alumni relations activities
Holly Proudfoot — Instructional Support Manager
- Responsible for non-major advising, textbooks, room scheduling, and ad hoc reporting
- Oversee all exam accommodations
- Responsible for undergraduate payroll
Brenda Canseco — Undergraduate Advisor
- Academic planning/advising for undergraduate mathematics students
- Manage all required forms for student progress
- Responsible for student outreach and communications
Kelly Simmons — Undergraduate Advisor
- Academic planning/advising for undergraduate mathematics students
- Manage all required forms for student progress
- Responsible for student outreach and communications
TBA — Graduate Advisor
- Academic planning/advising for graduate mathematics students
- Manage all required forms for student progress
- Responsible for student outreach and communications
- Assist with graduate student employment
TBA — Student Affairs Assistant
- Intake advising
- Process student petitions and requests
- Responsible for undergraduate student timekeeping
Shirley Lam — Instructional Support Specialist
- Maintain weekly seminars and colloquia announcements
- Manage office supplies, duplication requests and coordination with Imprints
Mark Whelan — Graduate Support Specialist
- Oversight of all graduate fiscal processes and procedures
- Responsible for graduate student employment
- Manage Ph.D. admissions financial support
Fiscal / Contracts & Grants Administration
Josie Medina — Fiscal Manager
- Lead Fiscal team member for Mathematics Fiscal unit providing oversight of all Fiscal matters within the Mathematics Department.
- Serve as contact for PIs regarding proposal, award, reporting and audit requirements for complex programs.
- Provide policy and procedural review, analysis and direction to ensure compliance with campus and external agency requirements.
- Coordinate all post award administration of contracts, grants, state funds, private gifts, and donations.
Sofia Azizan — Fiscal Analyst
- Responsible for all pre- and post- fund management functions for assigned PIs.
- Reviews and authorizes appropriateness of expenditure, availability of funds and duplicate funding restrictions.
- Coordinate assigned PIs research visitors funding and appointments.
Elizabeth Santillanez — Fiscal Analyst
- Responsible for all pre- and post- fund management functions for assigned PIs.
- Reviews and authorizes appropriateness of expenditure, availability of funds and duplicate funding restrictions.
- Coordinate assigned PIs research visitors funding and appointments.
Linda Higgins — Fiscal Analyst
- Responsible for all pre- and post- fund management functions for assigned PIs.
- Reviews and authorizes appropriateness of expenditure, availability of funds and duplicate funding restrictions.
- Coordinate assigned PIs research visitors funding and appointments.
- Responsible for Teaching Visitor appointment processes.
Information Technology / Computing Support
Wilson Cheung — IT / Computing Support Manager
- Lead technical team member for the Mathematics computing unit.
- Provides advanced technical support to the department via a variety of administrative, instructional and research computing systems.
- Evaluates, deploys and maintains cross-platform software and hardware solutions, integrating them into the complex departmental infrastructure.
- Monitors projects during implementation and provides team leadership and work flow direction.
- Monitors software, system hardware and security at all device levels.
- Provides technical consultation for software and hardware systems, security auditing and system patching, adherence to campus computer and network standards.