Colleagues, I take this opportunity to announce the appointments, reappointments, and extensions of several CHASS department chairs and directors. I also offer heartfelt thanks to our outgoing unit heads for their dedication to our academic mission, teaching, research, and service. The leadership appointments below have been reviewed and approved by UCR’s Academic Personnel Office and...

We take this opportunity to celebrate our milestones and look to the future of CHASS. The 2024 State of the College was in person and recorded on Wednesday, October 23, at The Barn. The presentation featured live music by The Octave Collectors, Shannon Brady’s award-winning 2024 Grad Slam presentation, and words by CHASS Dean Daryle...

Dear Colleagues, The start of the academic year 2024-25 coincides with the kick-off to our campus reaccreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Accreditation is a process aimed at ensuring educational institutions meet basic standards of quality and engage with issues of educational effectiveness. Accreditation by one of the regional accreditation commissions...

Dear CHASS faculty, staff, students, and friends: As the new academic year approaches, I write with important updates on the financial state of the College. As the fourth largest academic unit across the entire UC, as measured by undergraduate enrollments, our ambitious research, instructional, and service missions are resource-intensive. Every year, but especially the current...

Colleagues, It’s been an active time for recruiting, retaining, and developing our dedicated staff in the mighty College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Take a look below! Recruitments In the last 12 months, CHASS has successfully completed 47 staff recruitments across more than 19 academic and administrative units. Please welcome to the College new...

Dear Colleagues, With great pleasure, we commemorate another active season for Senate recruitments in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Please join me on Wednesday, October 2, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., in INTS 1109 at the CHASS Fall Welcome to help celebrate all of our staff and faculty hires. Open to all...

At UC Riverside, creative opportunities and student success are at the heart of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS). VAIN, a student-led fashion editorial club at UCR, held its spring 2024 runway fashion show at UCR ARTS which was co-sponsored by the Office of the Dean. Held on April 5, VAIN’s spring...

Colleagues, As I expand my role in graduate studies, I am also building a team. Today, I’m delighted to announce that Ale sha Jaennette has accepted a position as the Graduate Student Services Lead for CHASS, effective July 15, 2024. In her new role, Alesha will work closely with me to establish long-term organizational goals...

Colleagues, With great pleasure, I announce that Covadonga “Cova” Lamar Prieto, Professor in the Department of Hispanic Studies, has been appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Her five-year term began on July 1, 2024. Cova takes on a leadership position familiar to many colleges across the University of California that have been reimagined to meet...

At UC Riverside, the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, also known as CHASS, embarked on a six-month bilingual marketing campaign to better serve its prospective and current Hispanic and Latino student population, spearheaded by the CHASS Office of the Dean. The first-of-its-kind initiative, launched in January 2024, aims to reach current, incoming, and...