Advisory Board & Faculty
Advisory Board
Dr. Rudy Ortiz
Professor
Affiliation: UC Merced
Email: rortiz@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Jorge Arroyo
UROC Director
Affiliation: UC Merced
Email: jarroyo22@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Brian Bennett
Affiliation: USDA Agriculture Research Service
Email: brian.bennett@ars.usda.gov
Dr. JoAnn Canales
Affiliation: Texas A & M Corpus Cristi
Email: JoAnn.Canales@tamucc.edu
Dr. Jamie Chahin
Affiliation: Texas State University
Email: tc03@txstate.edu
Dr. Oluwarotimi Odeh
Affiliation: Cal State Stanislaus
Email: Oodeh1@csustan.edu
Dr. Yulianna A. Ortega
Affiliation: UC Santa Cruz
Email: yuli@ucsc.edu
Participating Faculty
Roger C. Bales
Professor
Email: rbales@ucmerced.edu
Asmeret A. Berhe
Associate Professor
Email: aaberhe@ucmerced.edu
Marc Beutel
Professor
Email: mbeutel@ucmerced.edu
Ricardo Cisneros
Assistant Professor
Email: rcisneros@ucmerced.edu
Martha H. Conklin
Professor
Email: mconklin@ucmerced.edu
Gerardo C. Diaz
Associate Professor
Email: gdiaz@ucmerced.edu
Teamrat A. Ghezzehei
Professor
Email: taghezzehei@ucmerced.edu
Thomas Harmon
Professor & Chair of CEE
Email: tharmon@ucmerced.edu
Denise Payan
Assistant Professor
Email: dpayan@ucmerced.edu
Karina Dias Rios
Cooperative Extension Specialist in Nutrition
Email: kdiazrios@ucmerced.edu
Colleen Naughton
Assistant Professor
Email: cnaughton2@ucmerced.edu
James A. Zimmerman
Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning
Email: jzimmerman6@ucmerced.edu
Christopher T. Kello
Interim Vice Provost and Graduate Dean, and Professor
Email: ckello@ucmerced.edu
Erin Hestir
Associate Professor
Email: ehestir@ucmerced.edu
Marjorie S. Zatz
Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, and Professor
Email: mzatz@ucmerced.edu
Ashlie Martini
Professor and Dept Chair (ME)
Email: amartini@ucmerced.edu
Po- Ya Abel Chuang
Associate Professor
Email: abel.chuang@ucmerced.edu
Stergios Roussos
Interim Executive Director
Email: sroussos@ucmerced.edu
Joshua Viers
Professor
Email: jviers@ucmerced.edu
Rebecca Ryals
Assistant Professor
Email: rryals@ucmerced.edu
Robin Maria DeLugan
Associate Profesor
Email: rdelugan@ucmerced.edu
Catherine Keske
Professor
Email: ckeske@ucmerced.edu
Miriam Barlow
Associate Professor
Email: mbarlow@ucmerced.edu
Nester Oviedo
Associate Professor
Email: noviedo2@ucmerced.edu