Academic Contacts and Responsibilities

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Sept 08, 2021
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Rickie Smith, Director, Academic Services
rickie.smith@graddiv.ucsb.edu

  • Academic Progress Monitoring, Probation, Dismissal

  • Best Practices for graduate student progress

  • Retroactive Schedule Adjustment Petition Exceptions

  • Academic Policy and Graduate Division petitions policy

  • DSP accommodations that alter time-to-degree

  • Dissertation and thesis filing

  • Commencement

 

Ryan Sims, Associate Director and Academic Counselor

ryan.sims@graddiv.ucsb.edu

  • Academic Counseling

  • Academic goal setting and planning

  • Communication and conflict resolution skills

  • Time management skills

  • Balancing personal difficulties with academics

  • Campus mental health and other resource referrals

  • Confidence building strategies

 

Ashley Bradbury, Academic Advisor
ashley.bradbury@graddiv.ucsb.edu

  • Petition processing: Leave of Absence, in Absentia, Change of Degree Status, Reinstatement, General, Retroactive Schedule Adjustment, Part-Time, Time-to-degree extension for parenting demands

  • Doctoral and Masters Committee and Conflict of Interest Forms (including exception requests)

  • Awarding of and finalizing degrees

  • Dissertation and thesis filing

  • Academic policy and Graduate Division petitions policy

  • Joint Doctoral student status (continuing joint doctoral students)

 

Janice Gore, Academic Advisor
janice.gore@graddiv.ucsb.edu

  • Petition processing: Leave of Absence, in Absentia, Change of Degree Status, Reinstatement, General, Retroactive Schedule Adjustment, Part-Time, Time-to-degree extension for parenting demands

  • Doctoral and Masters Committee and Conflict of Interest Forms (including exception requests)

  • Awarding of degrees

  • Dissertation and thesis filing

  • Academic policy and Graduate Division petitions policy

  

Ruby Gutierrez, Academic Advisor
ruby.gutierrez@graddiv.ucsb.edu

  • Petition processing: Leave of Absence, in Absentia, Change of Degree Status, Reinstatement, General, Retroactive Schedule Adjustment, Part-Time, Time-to-degree extension for parenting demands

  • Doctoral and Masters Committee and Conflict of Interest Forms (including exception requests)

  • Awarding of degrees

  • Dissertation and thesis filing

  • Intercampus Exchange Applications - policy and processing

  • Academic policy and Graduate Division petitions policy