Graduate Student Assistants to the Dean of Graduate Studies and the Chancellor
1991-2020
2019-2020: Slande Erole
Ph.D.: Political Science
Project: First-Gen Initiative Pilot Program
2017-2018: Jeanelle Hope
Ph.D.: Cultural Studies
Project: Graduate Student Retention Assessment
2016-2017: Sarah Messbauer
Ph.D.: Ethnomusicology
Project: Full-Scale Review of Graduate and Professional Student Experience (aka, “The Great Big Graduate Review”)
2015-2016: Erica Vonasek-Eco
Ph.D.: Biological Systems Engineering
Project: Reimagining the Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean and Chancellor (GSADC) Role and the Student Assistants to the Chancellor (SAC)
2014-2015: Angel Hinzo
Ph.D.: Native American Studies
Project: Developing the First Friends Program with the SISS Graduate Student Researcher
2013-2014: Amandeep Kaur
Ph.D.: Physics
Project: Emerging Leaders in Policy & Public Service (ELIPPS) and Diversity Dialogues on Graduate Education
2012-2013: Rosalyn Earl
Ph.D.: Education
Project: Graduate Student Retention & Mental Health Workshops: Managing & Preventing Stress, Anxiety and Suicide
2011-2012: Lisceth Cruz
Ph.D.: Education
Project: Leadership Development Series for Graduate Student Organizations
2010-2011: Cassandra Paul
Ph.D.: Physics
Project: Graduate Teaching Community
2009-2010: Abigail Boggs
Ph.D.: Cultural Studies
Project: Graduate Ally Coalition (GAC) – Developing a Sustainable Organizational Structure
2008-2009: Cynthia Degnan
Ph.D.: English
Project: Getting the Most Out of Mentoring Workshops: A Conversation Among Graduate Students
2007-2008: Toby Beauchamp
Ph.D.: Cultural Studies
Project: Graduate Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
2006-2007: Kara Thompson
Ph.D.: English
Project: The Grad ComPost
2005-2006: Alison Sheets
Ph.D.: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering
Project: Graduate Student Mental and Physical Wellness Survey
2004-2005: Heather Wylie
Ph.D.: Sociology
Project: Mentors Mentoring Mentors: Tips from Faculty for Faculty on Becoming a Better Mentor
2003-2004: Sheri Tatsch
Ph.D.: Native American Studies
Project: Creating a Successful Graduate Student and Faculty Relationship: A Faculty Response
2002-2003: Joaquin Feliciano
Ph.D.: Ecology
Project: A Review of Student Affairs Services to Graduate and Professional Students
2001-2002: Nicole Rabaud
Ph.D.: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry
Project: The Nature and Causes of Graduate Student Attrition at UC Davis
2000-2001: David Quijada
Ph.D.: Education
Project: "What's Identity got to do with it?" roundtable discussions
1999-2000: Amy Lyn (Gerbrandt) Wiley
Ph.D.: Comparative Literature
Project: Facilitating Institutional Memory: Week of Orientation and Welcome
1998-1999: Jennifer Cross
Ph.D.: Sociology
Project: Graduate Student Financial Support Survey
1997-1998: Alessia Ortolani
Ph.D.: Animal Behavior
Project: Mentoring Graduate Students
1996-1997: Arlene Alvarado
Ph.D.: Animal Behavior
Project: Communication Through Computers
1995-1996: William K. Johnson
Ph.D.: Genetics
Project: Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Symposium
1994-1995: Tami Winternitz
Ph.D.: Human Development
Project: Co-organization of a Mentoring Forum for Graduate Students, Editing and Distribution of Graduate Student Grievance Handbook
1993-1994: Dorothy Ginnett
Ph.D.: Ecology
Project: Coordination of Scientific Integrity and Professionalism Course, AWIS/GWIS Spring Conference and Graduate Student Grievance Handbook
1992-1993: Tony Waters
Ph.D.: Sociology