Graduate Interdisciplinary Program Contacts
Administration Office
1401 E University Blvd.
Administration Building, 322
P. O. Box 210066
Tucson, AZ 85721-0066
Phone: 520-626-5430
Email: gidp@arizona.edu
Elena Chabolla
Associate Director, GIDP Admin.
ecstauff@arizona.edu
American Indian Studies (AIS)
James Hopkins, Chair | hopkinsj@arizona.edu
Jennifer Decker, Program Coordinator | jldecker@arizona.edu
Applied Biosciences (ABS)
Sadhana Ravishankar, Chair | sadhravi@arizona.edu
Jennifer Shim, Program Coordinator | jennifershim@arizona.edu
Applied Intercultural Arts Research (AIAR)
Jennie Gubner, Chair | jgubner@arizona.edu
Mary Brost, Program Coordinator | marybrost@arizona.edu
Applied Mathematics (APPL)
Patrick Shipman, Acting Chair | patrickshipman@arizona.edu
Stacey LaBorde, Program Coordinator Sr. | wileys@math.arizona.edu
Arid Lands Resource Sciences (ARL)
David Quanrud, Chair | quanrud@arizona.edu
Jennifer Shim, Program Coordinator | jennifershim@arizona.edu
Cancer Biology (CBIO)
Cynthia Miranti, Chair | cmiranti@arizona.edu
Koenraad Van Doorslaer, Vice-Chair | vandoorslaer@arizona.edu
Melissa Dalton, Program Coordinator | mdalton2@arizona.edu
Cognitive Sciences, minor (COGS)
Jonathan Tullis, Chair | tullis@arizona.edu
Kirsten Cloutier Grabo, Program Coordinator Sr. | kirstencg@arizona.edu
College Teaching (CLT)
Mascha Gemein, Chair | mngemein@arizona.edu
Erin Galyen, Program Coordinator | egalyen@arizona.edu
Spencer Willis, Program Coordinator | slwillis@arizona.edu
Ecosystem Genomics (ECGN)
Betsy Arnold, Chair | arnold@ag.arizona.edu
GIDP Admin, Interim Program Coordination | gidp@arizona.edu
Entomology & Insect Science (EIS)
Michael Riehle, Chair | mriehle@arizona.edu
Paula Nielsen, Program Coordinator | pnielsen322@arizona.edu
Genetics (GENE)
Nathan Ellis, Chair | naellis@arizona.edu
Keith Maggert, Vice-Chair | kmaggert@arizona.edu
Ioana Squires, Program Coordinator | ioana8@arizona.edu
Global Change, minor (GC)
Bryan Black, Chair | bryanblack@arizona.edu
GIDP Admin, Program Coordination | gidp@arizona.edu
Indigenous Food, Energy, & Water Systems, minor (I-FEWS)
Karletta Chief, Chair | kchief@arizona.edu
Bernice Rodriguez, Program Coordinator | bernicer@arizona.edu
Innovations in Aging (IIA)
Linda Phillips, Chair | innovationsinaging@arizona.edu
Margaret Proffitt, Program Coordinator, | margaretproffitt@arizona.edu
Neuroscience (NRSC)
Patrick Ronaldson, Chair | pronald@arizona.edu
Arthur Riegel, Vice Chair | ariegel@arizona.edu
Kirsten Cloutier Grabo, Program Coordinator Sr. | kirstencg@arizona.edu
Physiological Sciences (PS)
Ben Renquist, Chair | bjrenquist@arizona.edu
Holly Lopez, Graduate Coordinator | hollyl@arizona.edu
Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis, minor (REM)
William K. Smith, Chair | wksmith@arizona.edu
Jennifer Shim, Program Coordinator | jennifershim@arizona.edu
Roshan GIDP in Persian & Iranian Studies (ROSHAN)
Kamran Talattof, Chair | talattof@arizona.edu
Olivia Riley Conklin | oconklin@arizona.edu
Second Language Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT)
Ana Maria Carvalho, Chair | anac@arizona.edu
Debbie Shon Buhler, Program Coordinator | dshon@arizona.edu
Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory (SCCT)
John Melillo, Acting Chair (FY 2026) | johnmelillo@arizona.edu
Marcos Serafim, Vice-Chair (July-Dee. 2025) | serafim@arizona.edu
Stephanie Brown, Vice-Chair (sabbatical July-Dec. 2025) | stephbrown@arizona.edu
Stephanie Mao, Program Coordinator | smao@arizona.edu
Statistics & Data Science (STAT)
Helen Zhang, Chair | haozhang@arizona.edu
Brooke Valmont, Program Coordinator | bvalmont@arizona.edu