Peer Academic Advisors (PAAs)
Peer Academic Advisors (PAAs) are an integral part of the advising community at Rice, they live right alongside you in your residential college! Your PAAs serve as familiar and approachable contacts who can answer questions and point you in the right direction if they cannot answer a detailed question.
More information can be found at: oaa.rice.edu
Head PAAs
Wiley Liou ‘26
wl76@rice.edu
Major: Biosciences; Pre-Dental (Pre-Health)
Minor: Data Science
sehyun Jung ‘27
jj118@rice.edu
Major: Neuroscience; Pre-Med
Minor: Medical Humanities
O-Week PAAs
wiley liou ‘26
wl76@rice.edu
Major: Biosciences; Pre-Dental (Pre-Health)
Minors: Data Science
Molina sun ‘28
ms331@rice.edu
Majors: Anthropology, Cognitive Science; Pre-Grad
Minor: Data Science
kate files ‘28
kf56@rice.edu
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Certificate: Spanish
naomi daniels ‘27
nd57@rice.edu
Majors: Biosciences, Classical Studies; Pre-Med
Year-Long PAAs
Sydney chang ‘28
sc316@rice.edu
Major: Architecture
Minor: Energy and Water Sustainability
temi adepoju ‘28
ta81@rice.edu
Major: Health Sciences; Pre-Med
Certificate: Spanish
ethan ma ‘28
em106@rice.edu
Majors: Operations Research, Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics
Riya Patmidi ‘26
rrp12@rice.edu
Majors: Business; Neuroscience
Ainsley Ganti ‘26
asg15@rice.edu
Major: Earth, Environment and Planetary Sciences; Pre-Grad
Minor: French Studies
Fiona Wong ‘28
fw32@rice.edu
Major: Biosciences
Minor: Asian Studies
Madison James ‘27
mvj3@rice.edu
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Minor: Engineering Design
Ashley Niu ‘28
an110@rice.edu
Majors: Computer Science, Cognitive Sciences
Minor: Data Science
Elise Cho ‘28
ec108@rice.edu
Major: Neuroscience
Minor: Medical Humanities
Certificate: Spanish
arunima jaiswal ‘26
asj5@rice.edu
Major: Neuroscience
Minors: Creative Writing, Data Science
Stella Chen ‘28
sc300@rice.edu
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Computational and Applied Math, Entrepreneurship
Certificate: Engineering Leadership
Lavinia Barker ‘26
lb57@rice.edu
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Michael Garcia ‘26
mdg16@rice.edu
Majors: History, Business; Pre-Law
Minor: PLST