Our Faculty
All faculty appointed in undergraduate departments at UC San Diego are affiliated with one of the eight undergraduate colleges. The Eighth College faculty members represent a wide range of the academic disciplines.
Arts & Humanities
Gabriel Bamgbose, Assistant Professor, Literature
Robert Brill, Professor, Theatre + Dance
Julie Sara Burelle, Associate Professor, Theatre + Dance
Mariah Garnett, Assistant Professor, Visual Arts
Mara Harrell, Teaching Professor, Philosophy
Naomi Hisako Iizuka, Professor, Theatre + Dance
Julia Lewandoski, Assistant Professor, History
Michelle Lou, Assistant Professor, Music
Silpa Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, Literature
Lisa Porter, Professor, Theatre + Dance
Stephanie Richards, Associate Professor, Music
Christopher John Shields, Profesor, Philosophy
Vanessa Stalling, Associate Professor, Theatre + Dance
Hentyle Yapp, Associate Professor, Theatre + Dance
Biological Science
Alex Chaim, Assistant Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Ryan Hibbs, Professor, Neurobiology
Vu Nguyen, Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology
Shermin Rozani de Silva, Assistant Professor, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Monique Smith, Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
David Joseph Danks, Professor, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
Biwei Huang, Assistant Professor, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
Hao Zhang, Assistant Professor, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health
Wael Al-Delaimy, Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science
Jacobs School of Engineering
Pedro Josue Cabrales Arevalo, Professor, Bioengineering
Earlence Fernandes, Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Mia Minnes, Associate Teaching Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Jorge Poveda, Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Reem Khojah, Assistant Teaching Professor, Bioengineering
Behrouz Touri, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Physical Sciences
Jessica Lynn Arlett, Assistant Teaching Professor, Physics
Joshua Frisch, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Julia Ortony, Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
John Sous, Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Haiwang Yong, Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Bradley Werner, Professor, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Social Sciences
Claire Adida, Professor, Political Science
Patricia Ahn, Associate Teaching Professor, Communication
Patrick Anderson, Professor, Communication
Abigail Andrews, Associate Professor, Urban Studies & Planning
John Arroyo, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies & Planning
Boatema Boateng, Associate Professor, Communication
Shana Cohen, Associate Professor, Education Studies
Jade D'alpoim Guedes, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Andrew deWaard, Assistant Professor, Communication
Emma Geller, Associate Teaching Professor, Psychology
Monika Gosin, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies
Clemence Idoux, Assistant Professor, Economics
Lilly Irani, Associate Professor, Communication
Bonnie Kaiser, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Chujun Lin, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Agustina Paglayan, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Celeste Cristine Pilegard, Assistant Teaching Professor, Psychology
Mirle Rabinowitz Bussell, Teaching Professor, Urban Studies & Planning
Sean Thomas Trott, Assistant Teaching Professor, Cognitive Science
Lillian Walkover, Assistant Teaching Professor, Communication
Alison Wishard Guerra, Associate Professor, Education Studies
Elana Zilberg, Associate Professor, Communication