Contact Us

Email

Dora Lopes, Personnel Director
dlopes@ucmerced.edu | (209) 228-4577
Science and Engineering 1 Building, Room 370

Management of Academic Personnel and Staff Personnel matters, including personnel policy review and compliance
Sabbaticals, Active Service Modified Duties (ASMD), and leave-related requests
Protected Research Requests
APM-025 Compliance
Digital Measures- School Interface

Josephine Vang, Senior Personnel Analyst
jvang43@ucmerced.edu | (209) 228-4146
Science and Engineering 1 Building, Room 370

Staff Personnel
- Professional and Temporary Staff recruitment, appointment and review
- Onboarding processes
Research & Visitor Program
- Visiting Appointments and Other Academic appointments
  - Recruitment, appointment and review
- Visa and Permanent Residency Applications
Senate Faculty Advancement cases
- Merit, Promotion and Mid-Career Appraisal packet preparation and review.
- Academic Case Review System- School Interface

Stephanie Lopez, Academic Personnel Analyst
sgarcia262@ucmerced.edu | (209) 228-2286
Science and Engineering 1 Building, Room 370

Senate Faculty Recruitment
- Advertising, house-hunting, relocation, and policy compliance
- Visa and Permanent Residency applications
- Onboarding Processes
Senate Faculty Advancement Cases
- Merit, Promotion, and Mid-Career Appraisal packet preparation and review.
Research Program
- Visiting Appointments and Other Academic appointments
  - Recruitment, appointment and review
- Visa and Permanent Residency Applications
Postdoctoral Scholar Program
- Recruitment, appointment, and review
- Onboarding Processes
- Visa applications

Melissa Cutter, Academic and Staff Personnel Analyst
mcutter@ucmerced.edu | (209) 228-4509
Science and Engineering 1 Building, Room 370

Unit-18 recruitment
Undergraduate student employment
Senate Faculty Advancement Cases
- Merit, Promotion, and Mid-Career Appraisal packet preparation and review.