Public Affairs beats and contacts

Media relations and university communications

Campus news

Claudia Morain, public affairs and media relations director

  • office: (530) 752-8248 … cell: (530) 219-4545
  • Beat areas…
    • Campus planning
    • Campus economic impacts
    • Environmental Health and Safety
    • Facilities
    • Labor issues
    • Local/state government collaborations

Campus policies and issues

Luanne Lawrence, associate chancellor for strategic communications

  • Beat areas…
    • Administration appointments
    • Campus-wide issues
    • Campus planning
    • Policies

Campus operations and student affairs

Julia Ann Easley, senior public information representative

 

  • office: (530) 752-8248 … cell: (530) 219-4545
  • Beat areas…
    • Campus operations
      • Emergency planning and response
      • Environmental Health and Safety
    • Events
      • Commencement
      • Convocation
      • Picnic Day
    • External Relations: alumni, fundraising, government and parents
    • Graduate Studies
    • Statistics and records
    • Student Affairs and student life
      • Academic advising and orientation
      • Activities, organizations and community
        • Associated Students of UC Davis
        • Cross-Cultural Center
        • Graduate Student Association
        • Greek Life
        • Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center
        • Protests
        • Student-run cultural celebrations
        • Student organizations
      • Admissions and enrollment
      • College preparation programs for K-12
      • Education Abroad
      • Fees, financial aid and scholarships
      • Intercollegiate athletics
      • International students
      • Internship and Career Center
      • Student discipline
      • Student Health and Counseling Services
      • Student Housing and Dining Services
      • University Registrar
      • Vice Chancelor of Student Affairs
    • UC Davis Extension
    • Undergraduate Education
      • Honors programs
      • Summer Sessions
      • Undergraduate research
      • Women’s Resources and Research Center
      • University Library
      • University Outreach and International Programs
        • Study abroad
    • Agricultural and nutritional sciences and veterinary medicine

Patricia Bailey, senior public information representative

  • office: (530) 752-9843 … cell: (530) 902-3349
  • Beat areas…
    • Agricultural crops and animal products
      • Animal Science
      • Plant Science
      • Textiles and Clothing
      • Viticulture, Enology and industry-related work at GSM
      • Olive Center
    • Agricultural pests
      • Entomology
      • Nematology
      • Plant Pathology
      • Foundation Plant Services
    • Agricultural practices
      • Agricultural Issues Center
      • Agricultural Sustainability Insitute
    • Agricultural safety and health issues
      • Center for Produce Safety
      • FoodSafe Program
      • Food Science and Technology
      • Foods for Health Institute
      • Nutrition
      • Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science
      • Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
      • Western Institute for Food Safety and Security
    • Biotechnology
      • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
      • Seed Biotechnology Center
    • Veterinary Medicine
      • California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory
      • Center for Comparative Medicine
      • Center for Companion Animal Health
      • Center for Equine Health
      • School of Veterinary Medicine
      • Veterinary Genetics Laboratory
      • Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital
      • Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center (Tulare)

Humanities, arts, social sciences, business, education and law

Karen Nikos, senior public information representative

  • office: (530) 752-6101 … cell: (530) 219-5472
  • Beat areas…
    • Business
      • Graduate School of Management
    • Economics, Politics and Government
      • Agricultural and Resource Economics and Managerial Economics
      • Economics (College of Letters and Sciences)
      • Political Science
      • International Relations
    • School of Education
    • School of Law
    • Arts and Humanities
      • Art and Art History
      • Design
      • English
      • Environmental Design
      • Film Studies
      • Galleries and museums
      • Humanities Institute
      • Languages and literature
      • Music
      • Religious Studies
      • Technocultural Studies
      • Theatre and Dance
    • Ethnic and Cultural Studies
      • African and African American Studies
      • American Studies
      • Asian American Studies
      • Chicana/o Studies
      • Native American Studies
      • Women and Gender Studies
    • Social Sciences
      • Anthropology
      • Communication
      • East Asian Studies
      • History
      • Human and Community Development
      • MESA (Middle East and South Asian) Studies
      • Sociology

Biological and physical sciences and engineering

Andy Fell, senior public information representative

  • office: (530) 752-4533 … cell: (530) 304-8888
  • Beat areas…
    • Biological Sciences
      • Bioinformatics
      • Center for Animal Behavior
      • Center for Neuroscience
      • Center for Population Biology
      • Genome Center
      • Genomics
      • Microbiology
      • Molecular and Cellular Biology
      • Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
      • Plant Biology
    • Computer and Quantitative Sciences
      • Center for Statistics in Science and Technology
      • Electrical and Computer Engineering
      • Mathematics
      • Statistics
      • Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
    • Engineering
      • Biomedical Engineering
      • Center for Geotechnical Modeling
      • Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
      • Civil Engineering
      • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    • Office of Research
      • Biotechnology Program
      • Corporate Relations
      • Industry Research Alliances
      • McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center
      • UC Davis InnovationAccess
    • Physical Sciences
      • Chemistry
      • Nanophases
      • Physics
    • Social Sciences
      • Center for Mind and Brain and Psychology
    • Veterinary Medicine
      • California National Primate Research Center

Environmental sciences

Kat Kerlin, senior public information representative

  • office: (530) 752-7704 … cell: (530) 750-9195
  • Beat areas…
    • Air quality
    • Water quality and supply
    • Geology
    • Land conservation and land-loss mitigation
    • Environmental issues in agriculture
    • Marine ecosystem health
    • Fish and seafood farming
    • Wildlife health, conservation and management
    • Threatened and endangered species
    • Invasive species
    • Climate change
    • Energy policy
    • Transportation, especially alternative fuels (hydrogen, biofuels, etc.), fuel cells and hybrids
    • Zero net energyUC Davis West Village
    • Urban planning
    • Landscape architecture
    • Organized research units
      • Air Quality Research Center
      • Bodega Marine Laboratory
      • California Lighting Technology Center
      • Center for Watershed Sciences
      • Energy Efficiency Center
      • John Muir Institute of the Environment
      • Institute of Transportation Studies
      • John Muir Institute of the Environment
      • Road Ecology Center
      • Tahoe Environmental Research Center
      • UC Davis Natural Reserve System
      • Western Cooling Efficiency Center
      • Wildlife Health Center