Staff

Jennifer Banawa – Graduate Student Advisor

341B Haines Hall
(310) 825-2511 | jbanawa@anthro.ucla.edu 

Jennifer advises graduate students on University and departmental requirements for the graduate program and works closely with the Vice Chair for Graduate Studies. She is your resource for help dealing with all the logistical issues that come with being a graduate student. She coordinates admissions, orientation, monitors student progress to degree, manages graduate student support allocations for the academic year, and plans the M.A. and Ph.D. celebration event in June. She also processes employment and payroll for Teaching Apprentices (academic year/quarter appointments), Readers, and Postdoctoral Scholars.

Advising is conducted over Zoom. Current Anthropology graduate students are welcome to drop in Jennifer’s Zoom room during advising hours (barring any existing meetings) if a meeting will take less than 15 minutes. Please email Jennifer if you cannot locate the room link.

Advising hours: 8:30AM – 12PM, 1PM – 4:30PM
Book an appointment: https://anthroGA.youcanbook.me

Appointments are intended for prospective and current graduate students. If you have questions about the undergraduate major or minor, please contact the Department’s Undergraduate Student Advisor.


TBA – Undergraduate Student Advisor

341A Haines Hall
anthrougrad@anthro.ucla.edu

The department of Anthropology is currently without a dedicated Undergraduate Student Advisor, so we appreciate your patience with us during this time of transition. In the interim, if you have an urgent question that cannot wait until Spring quarter, please send an email to anthrougrad@anthro.ucla.edu


Kimberly Webster – Department Manager

347 Haines Hall
kwebster@anthro.ucla.edu

Kimberly is responsible for department operations. She oversees fiscal, personnel and payroll, student, instructional and information technology services for the department. She manages departmentally controlled space, budgets and events.


Armi Ann Manas – Finance and Personnel Manager

341C Haines Hall
Hours: M-F 7AM – 4PM
(310) 825-3562 | amanas@anthro.ucla.edu

Armi Ann is responsible for managing the financial resources of the department. She creates and oversees departmental accounting, reporting and record keeping systems. She advises the Chair and Manager on departmental finances and financial policies and procedures. She serves as the department’s benefits representative and handles lecturers.


Victor Sepulveda – Front Office Coordinator

341 Haines Hall
Hours: M-F 8AM – 5PM
(310) 825-2055 | vsepulveda@anthro.ucla.edu

Victor is responsible for online textbook orders, requesting desk copies and scheduling of department-controlled instructional equipment, seminar and conference room space. He processes parking requests for visitors who come to campus for departmental events and serve as the department parking coordinator. He also assigns copy codes and enters deposits to the graduate printing accounts. Victor assists faculty and staff with fax, copy, and scanning needs. He also distributes daily mail and student payroll checks. He supervises the work-study students who are assigned to the front office. He processes reimbursements and manages department keys. He is also responsible for processing visiting graduate researchers.


Tracy Humbert – Accounting and Personnel Analyst

341D Haines Hall
Hours: M/W/F 8AM – 4:30PM; T/TH 7AM – 3PM (Telework Days: Monday & Friday)
(310) 825-1360 | thumbert@anthro.ucla.edu

Tracy supports faculty in hiring of graduate and undergraduate research assistants. She processes purchases, reimbursements, entertainment, travel reimbursements, travel vouchers. She provides faculty with current information about their account activity and balances. Tracy assists graduate students in submission of NSF dissertation proposals and other, UC funded grants required to be processed through the Office of Contracts and Grants. Tracy also hires work-study students for the department.


Drew Patterson – Academic Personnel Analyst

341E Haines Hall
Hours: M-F 8AM – 5PM (Telework days: Thursday & Friday)
(310) 825-1565 | patterson@anthro.ucla.edu

Drew Patterson is Anthropology’s Academic Personnel Analyst handles academic employment, payroll and merit/promotion actions for faculty (tenure/tenure track), leave of absences, sabbatical requests and visa/permanent resident processing for faculty and visitors.


Siva Losakul – Technology Analyst

351A Haines Hall
Social Sciences Center for Research, Education, and Technology (SSCERT)
Hours: 8AM – 4PM

(310) 825-7240 | tech@anthro.ucla.edu

The technology analyst provides computer hardware and software support and repair for Anthropology faculty, staff, and graduate students. Additionally, see them for help with email, websites, networks, and printing. The technology analyst also purchases computers, electronics, and software, and assists with UCLA-wide computing issues.

Please email for quickest response during office hours. If urgent, send a request to support@ssc.ucla.edu