Each student in the program works with a graduate advisor, a faculty advisor, and a major professor.

Faculty Advisor

The admissions committee identifies a primary and secondary advisor for each student. These faculty advisors agree, prior to admission, to take on the responsibility of assisting the student in meeting academic goals. Faculty advisors are Graduate Group members who have research interests compatible with those expressed by the student and whose primary responsibility it is to help students plan a program in the field of emphasis. Often the faculty advisor will become the dissertation advisor. At this point the dissertation advisor becomes the student’s mentor and assumes the primary advising role.

For more information on applying to the program or to connect with a faculty advisor, send a message to phdeduadvising@ucdavis.edu.