Contacts and Responsibilities

Walter Boggan, Director of Admissions, Outreach, and Diversity Initiatives walter.boggan@graddiv.ucsb.edu

• Admissions policy and publications

• Fee waiver requests and approvals

• Recommendations for policy changes

• Communication liaison with Graduate Program Advisors (GPAs)

• Web and print materials

• Prospective student outreach and recruitment

• Summer research programs director

• Outreach and recruitment funds requests

Mallarie Stevens, Associate Director, Admissions
mallarie.stevens@graddiv.ucsb.edu

• Admissions policies and procedures training and assistance for departments

• Communication liaison with Graduate Program Advisors (GPAs)

• Updates to online applications and department admissions inquiries

• Domestic and International transcripts and credentials evaluations

• Exceptions to admissions policies and exception request procedures

• Application fee payments and Perm number assignments

• ETS test score reporting (GRE, TOEFL); IELTS score reporting

• Departmental admissions decision processing

• Five-Year combined degree (bachelor’s/master’s) programs

• Education Abroad Program (EAP) inquiries

• Joint Degree Programs

• Provisional admission status clearance

Karen van Gool, Assistant Director, Outreach
karen.vangool@graddiv.ucsb.edu

• Updates to applicants’ online applications and questions regarding the application process

• UCSB UC LEADS Coordinator

• Summer research programs coordinator

• Prospective student outreach and recruitment

• Decision processing

Carlos Nash, Director, Diversity Initiatives,
cnash@ucsb.edu 

• Addresses and mediates diversity, equity, inclusion, and climate issues between graduate students and departments

• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and climate programming for faculty, staff, and students, as it relates to graduate education

• Annual department survey for diversity block grant augmentation

• Engages with Student Affairs and Divisional Deans on graduate student DEI and climate issues

NSF-AGEP Alliance

• Co-PI of grant

• Includes research, reporting, and decision-making responsibilities

• UCSB coordinator

• Alliance (UCSB, UC Merced, CSU Channel Islands, CSU Fresno) lead coordinator

• Self-study and Leadership team

• Advisory board member for other NSF-AGEP program

GSA Faculty/Administrator Advisor

• Advise GSA Executive Board on programming, policies, and graduate student issues

• Signator of GSA expenditures

Michele Johnson, Assistant Director, Diversity Initiative, State-wide Director, UC LEADS

michele.johnson@graddiv.ucsb.edu 

• Graduate Scholars Program (GSP) manager

• GSP scholar recruitment, matching, communication and surveying

• GSP mentor recruitment, selection, matching, training, communication and surveying

• Annual survey and program analysis

• Website and promotional materials

• Supervision of Diversity and Outreach Peer

• Tracks spending for GSP budget