Staff by Function
We are a team of dedicated professionals with a mission to support the University's teaching, research and community service objectives. We strive to provide excellent customer service by utilizing all available resources to welcome, advise, and assist our faculty, students, and other customers. We foster a progressive work environment in which all are valued and treated with respect.
Advising and Student Affairs
- Advising (UNDERGRADUATE): Virtual Advising Center
- Advising (GRADUATE): Arturo Vazquez, asvazquez@ucsd.edu
- CAPE liaison: Christina Butler, cpbutler@ucsd.edu
- Course Enrollment Issues (Undergraduate): Virtual Advising Center
- Course scheduling: Ariane Parkes, aparkes@ucsd.edu
- Graduate admissions: Arturo Vazquez, asvazquez@ucsd.edu
- GSR assignments: Kim Nguyen, asvazquez@ucsd.edu
- Class Lists/Roster requests: Christina Butler, cpbutler@ucsd.edu
- SSB room scheduling: Christina Butler, cpbutler@ucsd.edu
- Summer session administration: Ariane Parkes, aparkes@ucsd.edu
- Student affairs website maintenance: Christina Butler, cpbutler@ucsd.edu
- TA assignments: Arturo Vazquez, asvazquez@ucsd.edu
- Textbook and desk copy ordering: Christina Butler, cpbutler@ucsd.edu
- Undergraduate policies and procedures: Ariane Parkes, aparkes@ucsd.edu
Event Coordination
- Catering arrangements: Christina Butler, cpbutler@ucsd.edu
- Departmental event coordination: Christina Butler, cpbutler@ucsd.edu
- Guest travel arrangements: Christina Butler, cpbutler@ucsd.edu
- Current quarter room reservations: Christina Butler, cpbutler@ucsd.edu
- Speaker series coordination: Speaker Series Coordinators
Faculty and Academic Affairs
- Academic personnel/faculty compensation: Collette Isachsen, cai@ucsd.edu
- Adjunct faculty appointments: Collette Isachsen, cai@ucsd.edu
- Curriculum planning and scheduling: Collette Isachsen, cai@ucsd.edu
- Faculty recruitment: Collette Isachsen, cai@ucsd.edu
- Faculty review process: Collette Isachsen, cai@ucsd.edu
- Lecturer appointments: Collette Isachsen, cai@ucsd.edu
Financial Affairs
- Audit support and compliance: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- Budgets and strategic advising: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- Contracts & grants administration (post-award): Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- Expense reimbursements: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- Financial reports: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- Internal controls: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- Pre-award/proposal preparation: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- Purchase orders and business contracts: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- State & operating fund management: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- Travel events and reimbursements: Kim Nguyen, ktn014@ucsd.edu
General Administration
- General facilities maintenance: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- ID cards: Kim Nguyen, ktn014@ucsd.edu
- Keys: Christina Butler, cpbutler@ucsd.edu
- Parking permits: Kim Nguyen, ktn014@ucsd.edu
- Room scheduling: Christina Butler, cpbutler@ucsd.edu
- Space: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- Supplies: Kim Nguyen, ktn014@ucsd.edu
Human Resources
- Employee/labor relations issues: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
- Hiring, compensation and benefits - Graduate students: Arturo Vazquez, asvazquez@ucsd.edu
- Hiring, compensation and benefits - Faculty: Collette Isachsen, cai@ucsd.edu
- Hiring, compensation, and benefits - Undergrad students: Kim Nguyen, ktn014@ucsd.edu
- Performance management and appraisals: Mary Polytaridis, mpolytaridis@ucsd.edu
Information Technology
- Business applications and database development: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Departmental security administration: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Email accounts: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Help desk support: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Information Security: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Network administration: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Website development and maintenance: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Course websites: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Message boards: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Hardware service and purchasing: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Surplus and disposal: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Active Directory: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Programming/simulations: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
- Political Science servers: Jeff Fritsch, fritsch@ucsd.edu
Contact Us
University of California, San Diego
Department of Political Science
Social Sciences Building 301
9500 Gilman Drive, #0521
La Jolla, CA 92093-0521
Main Office
Social Sciences Bldg, Room 301
Phone: (858) 534-3548
Fax: (858) 534-7130
Office Hours: M-F, 8-12:00 & 1-4:30