The Graduate Program Coordinator/Advisor, the Graduate Director, and Departmental Committees administer the Anthropology graduate program. If students have questions or concerns about university/program administration, policy, processes, or degree progress, the following people would be the appropriate contacts:
Lars Fehren-Schmitz (Director of Graduate Studies)
Email: lfehrens@ucsc.edu
Office: Social Sciences 1, 301
Phone: 459-3851
Kirk Lange (Graduate Program Coordinator)
Email: kmlange@ucsc.edu
Office: Social Sciences 1, 357
Phone: 459-3588
In addition to policy matters various Departmental Committees are responsible for awarding funds for presentations at scholarly meetings, funds for summer fieldwork, and nominations for fellowships.
For issues related to academic and professional development, courses, academic milestones, etc., students should contact their faculty advisor.
Graduate Student Wiki
Graduate Student Wiki
The Graduate Program Coordinator curates up-to-date administrative information pertinent to graduate students primarily on the Graduate Student Wiki. Students can access the Wiki using their cruz ID and gold password. Students are encouraged to contribute to the Wiki. The Wiki contains information on Graduate Student Resources, upcoming deadlines, teaching resources, career information and current job listings in anthropology, and other administrative information pertaining to academic milestones and funding.
Graduate Offices, Mailboxes, and Other Departmental Spaces
Graduate Offices, Mailboxes, and Other Departmental Spaces
Graduate students have assigned office space located in Social Sciences 1 (SS1). Each student is issued an office key from the Department's Facilities and Lab Manager.
Graduate mailboxes are located in the Graduate Lounge/Computer Lab in SS1, room 243. While official communications are generally sent by email to your UCSC email account, be sure to check your mailbox regularly, as important announcements are occasionally placed in mailboxes.
Any mail for you sent to campus should be addressed to:
Anthropology Department
Social Sciences 1 Faculty Services
UC Santa Cruz
1156 High St.
Santa Cruz CA 95064
In addition, students may receive messages and make local telephone calls from the Graduate Student Lounge. The. phone number is 831-459-2409
Upon joining the department, your student ID card will be programmed to provide you access to the Graduate Lounge and other common spaces secured by electronic locks in SS1 -- including the kitchen (358), Faculty Services/copier room (318), the Graduate Seminar Room (414), the Ethnographic Library (328). An individualized PIN will be issued to you to activate these locks in combination with your ID. Should you have any issues with the functionality of your card, please email help@ucsc.edu.
Graduate Web Pages
Graduate Web Pages
Grad student web pages can be found on the anthropology web site here.
Students are responsible for managing their own directory posting and we encourage you to keep your listing up-to-date. Students may link personal web pages to their pages on the department web site. For more information on personal pages: https://its.ucsc.edu/directory/how-to-update.html
Graduate Computer Facilities
Graduate Computer Facilities
The graduate student computer and printer are located in the Graduate Student Lounge, room 243. There are also a computer and copy machines in the Faculty Services Mail Room, room 318.
The department will provide each anthropology graduate student with a $30 photocopy credit (@ $.06/copy or 500 copies) for the year. Please do not take paper from the copying machine for the printer or for private use.
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