Contact Us

Academic Senate Office

125 Kerr Hall
University California Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077
Email: senate@ucsc.edu
Phone: (831) 459-2086

Academic Senate Office Org Chart

Senate Leadership:

Matt McCarthy, Senate Chair
mdmccar@ucsc.edu

Melissa Caldwell, Senate Vice Chair
lissa@ucsc.edu

Senate Staff:

Matthew Mednick, Senate Executive Director
mmednick@ucsc.edu
phone: (831) 459-5209 

Analyst on:

Committee on Committees (COC)
Senate Executive Committee (SEC)
Committee on Privilege and Tenure (CPT)
Committee on Planning and Budget (CPB)

Michele Chamberlin, Executive Assistant to the Director
michambe@ucsc.edu
phone: (831) 200-8323 

Senate Staff: Committee Analysts: 

Morgan Gardea - mgardea@ucsc.edu 

Analyst on:

Committee on Career Advising (CCA)
Committee on Courses of Instruction (CCI)
Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication (COLASC)
Committee on Faculty Research Lecture (CFRL)

Rebecca Hurdis - rhurdis@ucsc.edu
Phone: 831-459-3358

Analyst on:

Committee on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (CODEI)
Committee on Educational Policy (CEP)
Committee on Teaching (COT)

Jackie Schultz
janschul@ucsc.edu

Analyst on:

Committee on International Education (CIE)
Committee on Planning and Budget (CPB)
Graduate Council (GC)

Chad Silva  - csilva67@ucsc.edu
phone: (831) 459-3810

Analyst on:

Committee on Academic Freedom (CAF)
Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid (CAFA)
Committee on Development and Fundraising (CDF)
Committee on Research (COR)
Committee on Rules, Jurisdiction and Elections (CRJE)
Committee on Privilege and Tenure (CPT)

Jaden Silva-Espinoza  - jadense@ucsc.edu
phone: (831) 459-2259

Analyst on:

Committee on Academic Personnel (CAP)
Committee on Emeriti Relations (CER)
Committee on Faculty Welfare (CFW)
Committee on Information Technology (CIT)