Global Centers Faculty Advisory Committee

In December of 2015, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter and Vice Provost and Associate Chancellor of Global Affairs Joanna Regulska appointed a Working Group on Global Centers, which selected the following strategic locations where centers could be established and appointed five Faculty Advisory Committees: Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Each Faculty Advisory Committees produced a report to:

• identify goals for a Center with specific relevance to the region;
• define a possible set of functions and programs that such a Global Center can offer;
• suggest possible locations and provide the rationale justifying the proposed selection;
• summarize expected outcomes and benefits that UC Davis, partners, and the country/region will derive from such a presence;
• outline staffing and resources necessary to launch the proposed Global Center; and
• identify potential challenges and obstacles that might be encountered in the region that may impede the center’s success.

Asia and the Pacific

• Committee Chair: Xiaoling Shu, College of Letters and Sciences 
• Afra Afsharipour, School of Law 
• Rob Atwill, School of Veterinary Medicine 
• Katharine Burnett, College of Letters and Science 
• Xiaomei Chen, College of Letters and Science 
• Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague, College of Letters and Science 
• Beth Greenwood, School of Law
• Jim Hill, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Ladson Hinton, School of Medicine 
• Sashi Kunnath, College of Engineering 
• William Lacy, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Bo Liu, College of Biological Sciences
• Ethan Scheiner, College of Letters and Science 
• Sharon Shoemaker, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Joseph Sorensen, College of Letters and Science 
• Daniel Sperling, College of Engineering 
• Smriti Srinivas, College of Letters and Science 
• Cary Trexler, School of Education 
• Archana Venkatesan, College of Letters and Science 
• Yunshi Wang, College of Engineering 
• Susan Williams, College of Biological Sciences 
• Felix Wu, College of Engineering 
• Yinghui (Catherine) Yang, Graduate School of Management 
• Glenn Young, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Li Zhang, College of Letters and Science
• Minghua Zhang, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Ruihong Zhang, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Europe

• Committee Chair: Jan Hopmans, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Ashwin Aravindakshan, Graduate School of Management 
• Lars Berglund, School of Medicine 
• Jean-Pierre (JP) Delplanque, College of Engineering 
• Paul Dodd, Office of Research 
• Floyd Feeney, School of Law 
• David Furlow, College of Biological Sciences 
• Jean-Xavier Guinard, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Charles Lesher, College of Letters and Science 
• Barbara Linke, College of Engineering 
• Jeff Loux, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Paul McNeil, UC Davis Extension 
• Jeannette Money, College of Letters and Science 
• Bruno Nachtergaele, College of Letters and Science 
• Andrés Resendez, College of Letters and Science
• Olivier Rubel, Graduate School of Management 
• Paulina Zielinska, School of Veterinary Medicine

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Committee Chair: Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, School of Medicine
• Alan Bennett, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Stephen Boucher, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Charles “Chuck” Walker, College of Letters and Science 
• Liza Grandia, College of Letters and Science 
• Efrain Talamantes, School of Medicine 
• Fatima Malik, UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center
• Irwin Ronaldo Donis-Gonzalez, College of Engineering 
• Jacob Hosier, UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education 
• Jonna Mazet, School of Veterinary Medicine 
• Lisa Tell, School of Veterinary Medicine 
• Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Leopoldo M. Bernucci, College of Letters and Science 
• Lovell “Tu” Jarvis, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Marc Schenker, School of Medicine 
• Manuel Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, College of Letters and Science 
• Marita Cantwell, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Mark Bell, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Rodrigo A. Gallardo, School of Veterinary Medicine 
• Richard Plant, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Martha Soledad Vela Acosta, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing 
• Esteban Soto Martinez, School of Veterinary Medicine 
• Walter S. Leal, College of Biological Sciences

Middle East and North Africa

• Committee Chair: Fadi Fathallah, College of Engineering 
• Mohamed Ali, School of Medicine 
• Sharif Aly, School of Veterinary Medicine 
• Omnia El Shakry, College of Letters and Science 
• Amy Myers Jaffe, Graduate School of Management 
• Suad Joseph, College of Letters and Science 
• Zeev Maoz, College of Letters and Science 
• Susan Miller, College of Letters and Science 
• Jocelyn Sharlet, College of Letters and Science 
• Baki Tezcan, College of Letters and Science 
• Jean VanderGheynst, College of Engineering 
• Keith Watenpaugh, College of Letters and Science
• Heghnar Watenpaugh, College of Letters and Science

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Committee Chair: Patricia Conrad, School of Veterinary Medicine 
• Moradewun Adejunmobi, College of Letters and Science 
• Karen Beardsley, Global Affairs 
• Kathryn Dewey, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar, College of Biological Sciences 
• Paul Gepts, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Douglas Gross, School of Medicine 
• Julie Herlihy, School of Medicine 
• Rachel Jean-Baptiste, College of Letters and Science 
• Ermias Kebreab, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Gail Kennedy, School of Medicine 
• Kurt Kornbluth, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Travis Lybbert, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Amina Mama, College of Letters and Science 
• Elizabeth Mitcham, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, College of Letters and Science 
• Reina Engle-Stone, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Raymond Rodriguez, College of Biological Sciences 
• Kate Scow, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 
• Neelima Sinha, College of Biological Sciences 
• Woutrina Smith, School of Veterinary Medicine
• Michael Wilkes, School of Medicine

More Information

• Learn more about the Global Centers initiative
• See the Latin America and the Caribbean Faculty Advisory Committee

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