Our Team
The School of Social Sciences Undergraduate Student Affairs Office (SSUSA) provides a full range of academic advising services to our undergraduate students. Our staff and peer academic advisors are an essential part of the School of Social Sciences. They provide assistance to help undergraduate students meet their administrative and academic goals. Our friendly team is always ready to assist you with any questions regarding your academic career at UC Irvine. Students are not assigned to specific academic advisors, so you are free to reach out to any advisor in SSUSA!
FUN FACT: All of the academic advisors are UCI alumni! Zot Zot Zot!
Undergraduate Student Affairs Academic Advisors
Helen Morgan
Director
Chika Kono
Associate Director
Estela Magaña
Academic Advisor
Kurt Hessinger
Academic Advisor
Sarah McDougall
Academic Advisor
Lisha Lei
Academic Advisor
Jasmine Pickering
Academic Advisor
Nayeli Lopez
Academic Advisor
Samantha Cheng
Academic Advisor
2025-26 Peer Academic Advisors
Aiden Hai
Cognitive Sciences and Informatics
Grace Swanberg
Economics and Business Administration
Sydney Nickels
Business Economics
Lisa Hao
Economics and Dance
Brooke Shibata
Economics and International Studies
Layla Vahedi
Political Science
Andrew Vizcaya
Political Science and Education Sciences
Janet Ikram
Political Science and BS Psychology
Jalin Fan
BS Psychology
Natalie Fu
BS Psychology
Kiara Kuriakose
BS Psychology
Yajaira Soto
BS Psychology
Elaine Nguyen
BS Psychology and Sociology
Keith Tang
Sociology
Email a Peer Academic Advisor at SocSciPAA@uci.edu