Who is My Academic Advisor?

BOBCAT ADVISING CENTER, KL 122

Academic advising caseload:

  • All first year (freshman) students in every major

  • All lower division undeclared transfers

  • All undeclared students in every class year
     

-Vacant-, Director of First Year & Undeclared Advising

Milton Carcamo, Academic Advisor (miltoncarcamo@ucmerced.edu)

  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in School of Engineering majors with last name: A -K
  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in Undeclared major with last name: N

Maria Ceja, Senior Academic Advisor and Coordinator of Peer Advising (mcejalopez@ucmerced.edu)

  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in School of Engineering major with last name:S -Z
  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in Undeclared major with last name: S
  • Advises non-transfer second and third year undeclared with last name A-Z

Erendira "Dida" Estrada, Senior Academic Advisor and Coordinator of Undeclared Transfer Student Support (eestrada2@ucmerced.edu)

  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in School of Engineering major with last name: L-R
  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in Undeclared major with last name: O-Q
  • Advises undeclared lower division transfers with last name A-Z
  • Advises Fall 2026 Prime Plus with last name A-Z

Nora Garcia, Academic Advisor (ngarcia68@ucmerced.edu)

  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in School of Natural Sciences major with last name: A - L​
  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in Undeclared major with last name: A - F

Anil Gnanamuthu, Academic Advisor (agnanamuthu@ucmerced.edu)

  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in School of Social Science, Humanities and Arts major with last name: R - Z
  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in Undeclared major with last name: R

L. Maichi Lor, Academic Advisor (l.maichi@ucmerced.edu) 

  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in School of Natural Sciences major with last name: M - Z
  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in Undeclared major with last name: T - Z

Maria Meza, Academic Advisor (mariamezagaytan@ucmerced.edu)

  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in School of Social Science, Humanities and Arts major with last name: I - Q
  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in Undeclared major with last name: I - M

Mark Stewart, Academic Advisor and University Honors Program Advising Coordinator (mstewart13@ucmerced.edu)

  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in School of Social Science, Humanities and Arts major with last name: G - H
  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in Undeclared major with last name: H
  • Advises all students in the University Honors Program with last name A-Z

Xiong Vang, Senior Academic Advisor and Multimedia Coordinator (xvang8@ucmerced.edu)

  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in School of Social Science, Humanities and Arts major with last name: A - F
  • Academic advisor for 2026-27 first years (Non-Honors/Non-Prime Plus) in Undeclared major with last name: G

 

 

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, SE2 315

Academic advising caseload: 

  • All declared lower division transfers in SoE

  • All declared transfer students in SoE

  • Second/Third/Fourth+ year declared students in SOE
     

Karla Gonzalez, Director of Undergraduate Student Services (kgonzalez34@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises all prospective SoE Transfer Students
  • BioE (Last Names A - N)

Pa Vang, Senior Academic Advisor, Career Support Coordinator (pvang48@ucmerced.edu)     

  • All Students in CE, EnvE, and ME (Last Names R - Z)

Christina Mayo,  Senior Academic Advisor, Publication and Digital Media Coordinator (cmayo@ucmerced.edu)

  • All students in EE, UENGR and CSE (Last Names I - PEQ)

Chi Yi Leng Yang, Academic Advisor (cyang88@ucmerced.edu) 

  • All students in MIST, DSA, ChE, MSE and CSE (Last Names PER - Z)

Phung Colvin, Senior Academic Advisor, Special Program and Communications Coordinator (pcolvin@ucmerced.edu)

  • All students Aero, and ME (Last Names A - Q)

Ashley Guiterrez, Academic Advisor (agutierrez48@ucmerced.edu)

  • CSE (Last Names A - H) and BioE (Last Names O - Z)

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES, SE1 270

Academic advising caseload:

  • All declared lower division transfers in SNS

  • All declared transfer students in SNS

  • Second/Third/Fourth+ year declared students in SNS
     

Erica Robbins, Director of Student Services, (erobbins2@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises all Natural Sciences transfer students

Chelsea Flannery, Undergraduate Academic Advisor & Career Support Coordinator, (cflannery@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises non-first year/non-transfer students last names A-G for Biological Sciences, Evolution Ecology & Conservation Biology and Environmental Systems Science (admitted since Fall 2024) 

Cynthia Granados, Undergraduate Academic Advisor & Student Transition Coordinator, (cgranados10@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises non-first year/non-transfer students last names H-O for Biological Sciences, Evolution Ecology & Conservation Biology and Environmental Systems Science (admitted since Fall 2024)

Maricela Melendrez, Undergraduate Academic Advisor, (mmelendrez2@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises non-first year/non-transfer students last names P-Z for Biological Sciences, Evolution Ecology & Conservation Biology and Environmental Systems Science (admitted since Fall 2024)

Jenn Souza, Undergraduate Academic Advisor, (jsouza5@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises non-first year/non-transfer students for Applied Mathematics, Chemistry, Data Science & Computing, Environmental Systems Science (admitted prior to Fall 2024), Physics, Undeclared NS, affiliated Minors

    SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES AND ARTS, COB-1 204

    Academic advising caseload:

    • All declared lower division transfers in SSHA

    • All declared transfer students in SSHA

    • Second/Third/Fourth+ year declared students in SSHA

    Brenda Maldonado-Rosas, Director of Student Services (bmaldonado-rosas@ucmerced.edu)

    • Temporary: Advises non-first year/non-transfer Communication and Media, Neuroscience, affiliated Minors

    Lauren Brackett, Senior Academic Advisor (lbrackett@ucmerced.edu)

    • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Global Arts Studies, History, Philosophy, Writing Studies, affiliated Minors
    • Temporary: Advises non-first year/non-transfer Political Science, Psychology last name M-Q, Sociology, affiliated Minors

    Linda Safer, Academic Advisor, Transfer Coordinator (lsafer@ucmerced.edu)

    • Advises all School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA) transfer students

    Faustino Aguikar, Academic Advisor (faustinoaguilar@ucmerced.edu)

    • Temporary: Advises non-first year/non-transfer Economics, Management and Business Economics last name M-Z, affiliated Minors, Psychology last name A-E, Public Health, BS (with and without emphasis), Public Health Minor

    Darlene Saavedra, Academic Advisor (darlenesaavedra@ucmerced.edu)

    • Degree Completion Program students last name A-L
    • Temporary: Advises non-first year/non-transfer Economics, Management and Business Economics last name A-L, affiliated Minors, Psychology last name F-L, Public Health, BA

    Elizabeth Whitmyre, Academic Advisor, Degree Completion Program (ewhitmyre@ucmerced.edu)

    • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Cognitive Science, Undeclared SSHA, affiliated Minors
    • Degree Completion Program students last name M-Z
    • Temporary: Advises non-first year/non-transfer Anthropology, English, Literatures in English, Psychology last name R-Z, Spanish, American Studies minor, Chicano/a Studies minor, Community Research and Service minor, Geospatial Technology minor, World Heritage minor, affiliated Minors