Division Contacts

Contact Links

Central Division Staff contact information available here.
Department Staff, College Nine and John R. Lewis College Staff contact information available here.
Institute for Social Transformation Staff contact information available here.
Division Organizational Chart available here .

Title
- Assistant Dean
- Academic Planning and Research
Division Social Sciences Division
Department
- Social Sciences Division
- Sociology Department
Affiliations South Asia Studies
Phone
831-459-4999
Email
- keischen@ucsc.edu
Fax
831-459-3661
Office Location
- Humanities & Social Sciences Building, 460J Humanities & Social Sciences Bldg.
Mail Stop Division Of Social Sciences
Mailing Address
- 1156 High Street
- Santa Cruz CA 95064

Summary of Expertise

* Responsible for academic planning: temporary academic staffing (TAS) and curriculum leave planning (CLP)
* Academic research
* Program and curriculum evaluation and planning
* Course development, approvals, and modifications
* Responsible for allocations regarding teaching assistant planning, including training, method, and lab instruction
* Resource for academic data and processes, as well as clarifications on enrollments and academic planning processes
* Divisional contact for CLP account approvals
* Help with individual, departmental, or research center issues
* Academic Human Resources (as impacting on academic or research issues) including, for example, the Enhanced Emeriti Program, research fellowships or GSR questions linked to grants, or questions regarding lecturers
* Address questions surrounding funding opportunities, strategies, and the grants process for both government and private sources. Divisional liaison to the Student Success/EAB Advisory Committee, the Classroom Subcommittee (along with Jill Esterás), and the Chancellor's Diversity Advisory Council.
* Identifies government and private funding opportunities and strategies