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SSHA Academic Advisor Assignments*
*Note: Advising assignments depicted below are for non-first year SSHA students. All first-year students are advised within the Bobcat Advising Center.
| Advisor | Advisor to student majoring/minoring in: | 
| Lauren Brackett | 
 Non first year/non transfer Critical Race and Ethnic Studies major/minor, Global Arts Studies major/minor, History major/minor, Philosophy major/minor, Writing Studies major/minor 
Temporary: Non first year/non transfer Political Science, Sociology major/minor 
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| Linda Safer | 
 All SSHA transfer students 
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| Vacant | 
 Non first year/non transfer Anthropology major/minor, Sociology major/minor, Community Research and Service minor, Geospatial Technology minor, World Heritage minor 
See below for temporary academic advisor assignment 
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| Carolyn Barranco | 
 Non first year/non transfer Engish major/minor, Environmental Humanities major/minor, Literatures in English major/minor, Public Health major/minor, Spanish major/minor, American Studies minor, Chicano/a Studies minor 
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| Faustino Aguilar | Temporary: Non first year/non transfer Economics major/minor, Management & Business Economics major/minor | 
| Vacant | 
 Non first year/non transfer Economics major/minor, Management & Business Economics major/minor 
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| Valeria Salcedo Lomeli | 
 Non first year/non transfer Psychology major/minor 
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| Elizabeth Whitmyre | 
 Non first year/non transfer Cognitive Science major/minor, Undeclared SSHA 
All Degree Completion Program Students Last Name M-Z 
Temporary: All Degree Completion Program Students Last Name A-L, Non first year/non transfer Anthropology major/minor, Community Research and Service minor, Geospatial Technology minor, World Heritage minor 
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| Vacant | 
 Non first year/non transfer Political Science major/minor 
All Degree Completion Program Students Last Name A-L 
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SSHA Academic Advisors Contact Information
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Brenda Maldonado-RosasDirector of Student ServicesE-Mail: bmaldonado-rosas@ucmerced.edu 
Phone: (209) 228-0037 | Fax: (209) 228-4007 
Location: Classroom and Office Building 204 
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Lauren BrackettE-mail: lbrackett@ucmerced.edu 
Phone: (209) 228-0042 | Fax: (209) 228-4007 
Location: Classroom and Office Building 204 
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Linda SaferE-mail: lsafer@ucmerced.edu 
Phone: (209) 228-4278 | Fax: (209) 228-4007 
Location: Classroom and Office Building 204 
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Valeria Salcedo LomeliE-Mail: vsalcedolomeli@ucmerced.edu 
Phone: (209) 228-0164 | Fax: (209) 228-4007 
Location: Classroom and Office Building 204 
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Carolyn BarrancoE-mail: cbarranco@ucmerced.edu 
Phone: (209) 228-0038 | Fax: (209) 228-4007 
Location: Classroom and Office Building 204 
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Faustino AguilarE-mail: faustinoaguilar@ucmerced.edu 
Phone: TBD | Fax: (209)228-4007 
Location: Classroom and Office Building 204 
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Elizabeth WhitmyreE-mail: ewhitmyre@ucmerced.edu 
Phone: (209) 228-0347 | Fax: (209) 228-4007 
Location: Classroom and Office Building 204 
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Assistant Dean
Megan Topete
Assistant Dean, Student and Instructional Services
Associate Dean
Anne Zanzucchi
Associate Dean, Student Services and Academics
 





