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block-layout-builder block-inline-blocksf-basic panel"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div><div><h3><strong>Estella Atekwana, </strong><em><strong>Dean</strong></em></h3><p><a href="mailto:%20lsdean@ucdavis.edu">lsdean@ucdavis.edu</a></p><div class="align-left media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-sf-thumbnail"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/dgvnsk15706/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Dean%20Estella%20Atekwana_profile-bio_520x580.jpg?h=4cfe12c7&itok=05sLj7dq" width="135" height="135" alt="Dean Estella Atekwana in dark blue top with white pearl necklace" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail"> </div> <p>Dean Estella Atekwana is a visionary leader and ardent champion for diversity, firmly believing that diversity defines our greatest strengths. As Dean of the College of Letters and Science — the largest and most comprehensive college at UC Davis — she provides academic and administrative leadership to 37 departments and programs across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and the mathematical and physical sciences, supporting more than 900 faculty members, 300 staff, 14,000 undergraduates and 1,500 graduate students. Her priorities include enhancing student success, fostering equitable outcomes across all student demographics, and amplifying the transformative impact of faculty and alumni.</p><p>Since <a href="https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-appoints-new-dean-letters-and-science">beginning her tenure in August 2021</a>, Dean Atekwana has drawn on her experience from prior roles as Dean of the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment at the University of Delaware and Head of the Boone Pickens School of Geology at Oklahoma State University. An internationally renowned geophysicist, her research focuses on biogeophysics, near-surface geophysics, tectonics, geodynamics and continental rifting.</p><p>Dean Atekwana’s contributions to education and science have earned her numerous prestigious accolades, including:</p><ul class="list--arrow"><li>Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Dalhousie University, 2024</li><li>Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2024</li><li>Honorary School of Geology Alumnus Award, Oklahoma State University, 2024</li><li>Elected Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2022</li><li>Society of Exploration Geophysicists: 2021 Reginald Fessenden Award</li><li>Society of Exploration Geophysicists: 2020 Virtual Near Surface Global Lecturer</li><li>Association of Women Geoscientists: 2019 Outstanding Educator</li><li>Society of Exploration Geophysicists: 2016 Outstanding Educator Award</li><li>Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America, 2016</li><li>Eminent Faculty, Oklahoma State University, 2015</li><li>Regents Distinguished Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2011</li></ul><p>Dean Atekwana is also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, American Geophysical Union, the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, the Geochemical Society, and the National Association of Black Geoscientists, and Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in geology from Howard University and a Ph.D. in geophysics from Dalhousie University. Her leadership is rooted in inclusive excellence, propelling the College of Letters and Science toward new heights in advancing knowledge, fostering collaboration and creating a lasting societal impact.</p><p><a href="https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk10716/files/inline-files/Atekwana-Full%20CV_2021-6-30.pdf" data-entity-uuid="6b154456-6e5d-4aa2-8012-ee27936dc997" data-entity-type="file"><span>Dean Atekwana’s CV</span></a><span>.</span></p><h3> </h3><h3><strong>John Scott, </strong><em><strong>Executive Associate Dean</strong></em></h3><p><a href="mailto:jtscott@ucdavis.edu">jtscott@ucdavis.edu</a></p><div class="align-left media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-sf-thumbnail"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/dgvnsk15706/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/images/person/John-Scott-photo.jpg?h=d94c4b90&itok=ADzUcF8_" width="135" height="135" alt="John Scott headshot" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail"> </div> <p>The College’s Executive Associate Dean focuses on both inward-facing operations and college-wide projects, including developing chair and faculty mentoring programs, nurturing stronger faculty/department collaborations, expanding our interdisciplinary efforts, and other initiatives.</p><p>With a doctorate in political science from the University of Chicago, and having previously held faculty positions at the University of Houston, Loyola University of Chicago and Dartmouth College, Professor John Scott joined the UC Davis faculty in 2000. With a primary area of expertise in 18th-century political philosophy, he is the author, editor and translator of nine books and editions. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching and Mentorship (2011) and of the Davis Graduate Student Research Mentorship Award (2011-12). Professor Scott served as associate dean of the faculty in the social sciences for the College of Letters and Science (2019-23), chair of the Department of Political Science (2010-17), and was a member of the provost’s Faculty Salary Task Force (2010-11). </p><p><a href="https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk10716/files/media/documents/John-T-Scott-CV.pdf">Executive Associate Dean Scott’s CV.</a></p><h3> </h3><h3><strong>Annaliese Franz, </strong><em><strong>Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Success</strong></em></h3><p><a href="mailto:ls-ad-academics@ucdavis.edu"><em>ls-ad-academics@ucdavis.edu</em></a></p><div class="align-left media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-sf-thumbnail"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/dgvnsk15706/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Annaliese%20Franz_2.jpg?h=0464eeab&itok=LLn01TBw" width="135" height="135" alt="Portrait of woman with light blue eyes and dark curly hair cut chin-length, wearing heathered blue sleeveless top and green trees behind her" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail"> </div> <div>The College’s Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Success has primary responsibility for providing leadership for sustaining and enhancing the quality and caliber of academic programs and experiences across the College of Letters and Science, including experiential learning, undergraduate mentorship and student success pathways.</div><p>Professor Annaliese Franz has been a member of the faculty at UC Davis since 2007 and is currently a full professor in the Department of Chemistry. She has served as a vice chair of undergraduate affairs in the Department of Chemistry, a member of the Academic Senate Undergraduate Council and as the faculty director of the campuswide Undergraduate Research Center. She is a world-renowned researcher focusing on organic synthesis, catalysis and sustainable production of biofuels and materials from microalgae, with over 60 refereed articles in premier chemistry and biotechnology journals. Professor Franz has served as a research advisor/mentor for over 30 doctoral students and over 60 undergraduate researchers in her lab. Her research and programs have received substantial funding from the National Science Foundation, California Energy Commission, Department of Education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and National Institutes of Health. She is currently Director/PI for the UC Davis NSF Louis Stokes California Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP/CAMP) Scholars Program, the Mentorship for Undergraduate Research Participants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MURPPS) Scholars Program and the HHMI Driving Change Initiative at UC Davis.<em> </em></p><p><a href="https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk10716/files/media/documents/Annaliese-Franz-CV.pdf">Associate Dean Franz's CV.</a></p><h3> </h3><h3><strong>Noah Guynn, </strong><em><strong>Associate Dean of the Faculty in the Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies</strong></em></h3><p><a href="mailto:ndguynn@ucdavis.edu">ndguynn@ucdavis.edu</a></p><div class="align-left media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-sf-thumbnail"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/dgvnsk15706/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/NoahGuynn.png?h=3a8ccb81&itok=8SioZFAf" width="135" height="135" alt="Noah Guynn" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail"> </div> <p>The College’s Associate Dean of the Faculty in the Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies has primary responsibility for the oversight of academic personnel and faculty affairs for faculty working within the humanities, arts and cultural studies.</p><p>Professor Noah Guynn, who joined the UC Davis faculty in 1998, is a specialist in medieval and early modern literature, theater and culture. His recent book <em>Pure Filth: Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Early French Farce, </em>appeared in 2020 in The Middle Ages Series at the University of Pennsylvania Press. He is also coeditor, with Marilynn Desmond (Binghamton University), of a special issue of Romanic Review entitled <em>Category Crossings: Bruno Latour and the Middle Ages,</em> and with Zrinka Stahuljak (UCLA), of an edited volume entitled <em>Violence and the Writing of History in the Medieval Francophone World.</em> He has just completed a coauthored book entitled <em>Verginia and Lucretia: An Edition and Translation of Episodes from Bersuire’s “Tite-Live” and Jean de Meun’s “Roman de la rose” </em>(forthcoming in the Gallica Series at Boydell & Brewer), and he is working on a new monograph entitled “Against Protoforms: Untimely Feminism, Dialectical Shock, and the Anachronic Middle Ages.” </p><p><a href="https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk10716/files/media/documents/Noah-Guynn-CV.pdf">Associate Dean Guynn's CV.</a></p><h3><strong>Thomas Lee, </strong><em><strong>Associate Dean of the Faculty in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences</strong></em></h3><p><a href="mailto:tcmlee@ucdavis.edu">tcmlee@ucdavis.edu</a></p><div class="align-left media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-sf-thumbnail"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/dgvnsk15706/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/images/person/Thomas-Lee-photo.jpg?h=d94c4b90&itok=jahacyuE" width="135" height="135" alt="Thomas Lee headshot" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail"> </div> <p>The College’s Associate Dean of the Faculty in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences has primary responsibility for the oversight of academic personnel and faculty affairs for faculty working within the mathematical and physical sciences.</p><p>With a doctorate in statistics from Macquarie University, and having previously held faculty positions at the University of Chicago, Colorado State University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Thomas Lee joined the UC Davis faculty in 2010. With expertise in nonparametic and semiparametric modeling and statistical learning, he was elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2009 and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 2014. He is the past editor of the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, among other professional contributions, and he previously served as chair of the Department of Statistics. </p><p><a href="https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk4021/files/files/page/Thomas-Lee-CV.pdf">Associate Dean Lee’s CV</a>.</p><h3> </h3><h3><strong>Lori Lubin, </strong><em><strong>Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies</strong></em></h3><p><a href="mailto:lsresearchad@ucdavis.edu">lsresearchad@ucdavis.edu</a></p><div> </div><div class="align-left media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-sf-thumbnail"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/dgvnsk15706/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Lori-Lubin-photo2-for-web.jpg?h=a955e777&itok=UACPoFF2" width="135" height="135" alt="Lori Lubin smiles outside in front of a green tree with brown hair and wearing glasses." class="image-style-sf-thumbnail"> </div> <p>The Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies has primary responsibility for supporting and enhancing research and graduate degree programs across the College. This includes facilitating and supporting cross-departmental and cross-college research initiatives, overseeing contracts and grants, and developing mentorship programs to cultivate research expertise and collaboration among faculty.</p><p>Professor Lori Lubin has been a member of the faculty at UC Davis since 2002 and is currently serving as Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of Physics and Astronomy. She is world-renowned as an observational astronomer whose research focuses on galaxy clusters, which are among the most massive objects in the universe. She received a prestigious Carnegie Fellowship at the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, followed by a Hubble Fellowship, often viewed as the top fellowship in astronomy, which she took at the California Institute of Technology. She has over 100 refereed articles in premier astronomy and astrophysics journals in addition to substantial funding from NASA and the National Science Foundation. </p><p><a href="https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk10716/files/media/documents/Lori-Lubin-CV_0.pdf">Associate Dean Lubin’s CV.</a></p><h3> </h3><h3><strong>Kathryn Olmsted, Associate Dean of the Faculty in the Social Sciences</strong></h3><p><a href="mailto:ksolmsted@ucdavis.edu">ksolmsted@ucdavis.edu</a></p><div> </div><div class="align-left media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-sf-thumbnail"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/dgvnsk15706/files/styles/sf_thumbnail/public/media/images/Kathyn%20Olmsted%20headshot%20520x580.jpg?h=345be249&itok=1LIW7j2U" width="135" height="135" alt="Smiling woman with brown feathered hair and bangs, brown eyes, and cobalt blue top with collar, with greenery and white and red flowers in background" class="image-style-sf-thumbnail"> </div> <p>The College’s Associate Dean of the Faculty in the Social Sciences has primary responsibility for the oversight of academic personnel and faculty affairs for faculty working within the social sciences.</p><p>A professor of history, Kathryn Olmsted has written five books and many articles and book chapters on the history of the United States from World War I to the present. Her most recent books include <em>Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy; Right Out of California: The 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism;</em> and <em>The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler. </em>She has served as chair of the Department of History and of the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. </p><p><a href="https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk10716/files/media/documents/Kathryn-Olmsted-CV.pdf">Associate Dean Olmsted's CV.</a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-container layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="l-container"> </div> </main> <footer class="l-footer footer dark-background"> <div class="l-container"> <div class="region region-footer flex-footer"> <div class="flex-footer__item"> <nav aria-labelledby="block-students-menu" 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