Academic Mentors

Academic Mentors are upperclassmen who were selected based on proven academic achievement and demonstrated willingness to help fellow students. As part of their charge, Fellows and Mentors provide free academic assistance on a regular basis through advertised review sessions, “office hours” in the college commons, and individual tutoring by request. 

 

Head Academic Mentors

  • Marissa Giangiorgi ‘24 (mg103@rice.edu): ECON 100

    • Major: Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology & Business (Finance); Pre-Med

  • Ashley Weeks (adw11@rice.edu): BIOS 334

    • Major: Biosciences (Cell Biology & Genetics); Pre-Med

  • Jocelyn Lee (jocelyn.m.lee@rice.edu): BIOS 201/202

    • Major: Biosciences (Cell Biology & Genetics)

 

Academic Mentors

  • Austin Cox ‘24 (awc4@rice.edu): BUSI 305/343

    • Majors: Business (Finance concentration); Pre-Business

  • Joyce Li ‘24 (jyl6@rice.edu): PSYC 203, LING 200

    • Majors: Cognitive Sciences, MS Environmental Analysis; Pre-Grad

  • Josie Feeney ‘25 (jmf11@rice.edu): CHEM 211

    • Majors: Chemistry, Spanish and Portuguese; Minor: Biochemistry; Pre-Med

  • Anya Hansen ‘24 (avh3@rice.edu): MATH 211

    • Majors: Mathematics, Statistics; Minor: Data Science; Spanish Certificate

  • Paige LaRock ‘25 (pel3@rice.edu): ENST 100, Intro EEPS

    • Majors: Business (Finance concentration), Environmental Engineering

  • Lynn-Chi Nguyen ‘25 (lhn3@rice.edu): BIOS 201/202

    • Major: Health Sciences; Minor: Medical Humanities; Pre-Med

  • Nikita Singh ‘24 (nvs4@rice.edu): CHEM 121/122

    • Major: Biosciences (Cell Biology and Genetics concentration); Minor: Medical Humanities; Pre-Med

  • Sarah Benjamin ‘24 (smb25@rice.edu): MDHM 101

    • Major: Sports Medicine & Exercise Physiology; Minor: Biochemistry and Cell Biology; Pre-Med

  • Rishab Kolachina ‘24 (rvk1@rice.edu): PHYS 125/126

    • Major: Biosciences (Cell Biology and Genetics concentration); Pre-Med

  • Bowen Yao ‘25 (by18@rice.edu): COMP 182

    • Majors: Computer Science, Chemistry

  • Micah Kepe ‘26 (mik3@rice.edu): COMP 140

    • Major: Computer Science; Minor: Neuroscience

  • Lavinia Barker ‘26 (lb57@rice.edu): MATH 102

    • Major: Electrical Engineering

  • Malcolm Widger ‘26 (mbw7@rice.edu): PHYS 101/102/111/112

    • Majors: Physics, Electrical Engineering; Minor: Astronomy; Pre-Business, Pre-Grad

  • Nafiza Meher ‘24 (nm51@rice.edu): BIOS 301, Natural Science Writing and Presentations

    • Major: Biosciences (Cell Biology and Genetics concentration); Minors: Neuroscience, Medical Humanities; Spanish Certificate; Pre-Med

  • Diego Hinojosa ‘25 (dah9@rice.edu): FWIS

    • Majors: Political Science, Philosophy; Minor: Politics, Law, and Social Thought; Pre-Law

  • Michael Garcia ‘26 (mdg16@rice.edu): Humanities Writing and Presentations

    • Majors: History, Business (Management concentration); Minor: Politics, Law, and Social Thought; Pre-Law

  • Aidan Allen-Lyons ‘26 (ama30@rice.edu): POLI 210/211

    • Major: Political Science; Minors: Politics, Law, and Social Thought, Environmental Studies; CLIC Certificate; Pre-Law

  • Olivia Robson ‘25 (owr1@rice.edu): Social Sciences Writing and Presentations

    • Majors: Sociology, VADA (Studio Art concentration); Minors: Medical Humanities, Anthropology

  • Matthew Ye ‘25 (mty2@rice.edu): CHEM 212

    • Major: Biosciences (Biochemistry concentration); Minors: Data Science, Medical Humanities; Spanish Certificate; Pre-Med

  • Kyle Zhao ‘25 (kz31@rice.edu): KINE 300

    • Major: Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology; Pre-Med

  • Erika Alvarez ‘25 (eva1@rice.edu): ECON 203

    • Majors: Political Science, Business; Minor: Politics, Law, and Social Thought; CLIC Certificate; Pre-Business, Pre-Grad, Pre-Law

  • Stella Son ‘26 (sys1002@rice.edu): MATH 101

    • Major: Biosciences (Biochemistry concentration); Pre-Med

  • Arunima Jaiswal ‘26 (asj5@rice.edu): CAAM 210

    • Major: Neuroscience; Minor: Creative Writing; Pre-Grad, Pre-Med

  • Vivian Ha ‘26 (vvh1@rice.edu): BIOS 300

    • Majors: Biochemistry, English; Minor: Neuroscience; Pre-Med

  • Nehal Patel ‘26 (nap@rice.edu): PSYC 101

    • Major: Biosciences (Cell Biology and Genetics concentration); Minor: Neuroscience; Pre-Med

  • Jay Collura ‘25 (jac30@rice.edu): POLI 212/BUSI 296

    • Major: Political Science; Minors: Business, Politics, Law, and Social Thought; Pre-Law

  • Vivian Zheng ‘24 (vkz1@rice.edu): SOSC 302/POLI 395/Political Science Research and Presentations

    • Major: Political Science; Minor: Politics, Law, and Social Thought; Pre-Law