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Students gain advanced knowledge of the study of culture and society that highlights how sexuality, race, ability, citizenship, gender, nationality, class and language organize embodied identities, social relations and cultural objects, and emphasizes the linked analyses of these factors in relation to local community formations, transnationalism, (post)(neo)colonialism, and globalization. Students graduate with the interdisciplinary research skills necessary to carry out research and teaching within an individualized specialization.
Ph.D. Plan B
College of Letters and Science
Admissions and Fellowship Information
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026
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Program Contact Information
Primary Program Contacts
    Program Coordinator
 Kaitlin Dabdoub
    
kndabdoub@ucdavis.edu
  
    Graduate Group Chair
 Rana Jaleel
    
rmjaleel@ucdavis.edu
  
Additional Contacts
    Advisor: General
 Kristopher Fallon
    
Cultural Studies 
(530) 754-2599 | kfallon@ucdavis.edu
  
    Advisor: Admissions and Primary Contact
 Rana Jaleel
    
Cultural Studies 
rmjaleel@ucdavis.edu
  
    Advisor: General
 Richard Kim
    
Cultural Studies 
(530) 752-2069 | rskim@ucdavis.edu
  
    Advisor: General
 Susy Zepeda
    
Cultural Studies 
sjzepeda@ucdavis.edu
  
    Internal Fellowship Analyst
 Heidi West
    
(530) 754-9473 | hewest@ucdavis.edu
  
    Senior Academic Advisor
 Brittney Solar
    
bsolar@ucdavis.edu
  
