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Meet Our Team

Megan Topete
Assistant Dean, Student and Instructional Services
Email: mtopete@ucmerced.edu
Phone: 209-228-4594

 

Monica Garcia
Lead Graduate Services Coordinator
Supporting: Interdisciplinary Humanities
Email: mgarcia379@ucmerced.edu
Cell Phone: 209-382-4145
Office Hours: Wednesdays 10am-11am via zoom

 

  • Graduate Student Funding
  • Graduate Student Advising
  • Graduate Program Academic Support
  • University-Wide Collaboration
  • Graduate Student Admissions

Pakou Thao
Graduate Services Coordinator
Supporting Political Science, Public Health and Sociology
Email: pthao29@ucmerced.edu
Cell Phone: 209-355-8507
Office Hours: via zoom

  • POLS - Wednesdays; 11am-12pm 
  • SOCI - Thursdays, 11am-12pm 
  • PH - Thursdays, 3pm-4pm
  • Graduate Student Funding
  • Graduate Student Advising
  • Graduate Program Academic Support
  • University-Wide Collaboration
  • Graduate Student Admissions

Mitch Ylarregui
Graduate Services Coordinator
Supporting: Cognitive & Information Sciences, Economics, and Psychology
Email: mylarregui@ucmerced.edu
Cell Phone: 209-233-1146

Office Hours: via zoom

  • CIS - Mondays, 11am-12pm 
  • ECON - Wednesdays, 1:00pm-2:00pm 
  • PSYS - Thursdays, 2:00pm-3:00pm 
  • Graduate Student Funding
  • Graduate Student Advising
  • Graduate Program Academic Support
  • University-Wide Collaboration
  • Graduate Student Admissions

 

Last Updated: February 2021

Graduate Services Questions: Please contact ssha.grad@ucmerced.edu.