Undergraduate Committee

In order to maintain the safest and most comfortable meeting for both student and advisor, please email the advisor you wish to meet with to schedule an appointment. Some meetings will be via Zoom while others will be in person depending on what you schedule with the advisor.

2023 – 2024 Undergraduate Advisors

Louretha Adams, Ph.D.
Declaration of Major
Major Advisor

Sewall Hall 476
louretha.adams@rice.edu
Fall 2023 Office Hours: By appointment only

Bryan Denny, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Research Liaison to Medical Center
Psi Chi

BRC 761, x8257
bryan.denny@rice.edu
Fall 2023 Office Hours: Thursdays, 5PM - 6PM, but please email in advance to set an appointment.

Eden King, Ph.D.
Honors Thesis
Sewall Hall 429D, x3910
eden.b.king@rice.edu
Fall 2023 Office Hours: Mondays, 1PM - 2PM, or by appointment

Phil Kortum, Ph.D.
Transfer of Credit
Sewall Hall 488, x4813
pkortum@rice.edu
Fall 2023 Office Hours: Mondays, 3PM - 4PM, or by appointment

Colette Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Declaration of Major
Major Advisor

Sewall Hall 491
colette.nicolaou@rice.edu
Fall 2023 Office Hours: By appointment only

Sandy Parsons, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Committee Chair
Sewall Hall 452
svp2@rice.edu
Fall 2023 Office Hours: No set hours. Use THIS LINK to schedule an appointment for any reason; just select "major advising."

Students should contact the appropriate advisor for the special topic s/he is responsible for.

Students can also meet with any of the above advisors to discuss:

  1. the courses before s/he issues you a PIN Release form,
  2. the procedures for an independent project/thesis, or
  3. any general topic about the program.

Advisors’ office hours will be updated at the beginning of each semester.