URC-HASS Staff and Faculty Advisory Board
Staff
Jacquelyn Ardam
Director
Jacquelyn Ardam joined URC-HASS in 2019 as Assistant Director and became the Director in 2022. She runs URC-HASS’s research scholarship programs, including the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program (with Dr. Muriel McClendon) and the summer Writing and Research Training Program for visiting Mellon Mays students from across the country. She founded the Summer Research Incubator, which has grown into a collaboration with Morgan State University as part of the UC-HBCU Initiative. She is particularly interested in increasing the accessibility of research experiences in the humanities, arts, and social sciences for undergraduate students.
Jacquelyn holds a BA in English from Tufts University and an MA and PhD in English from UCLA. She is a specialist in modern and contemporary literature, especially poetry, and her book Avidly Reads Poetry was published in 2022 by NYU Press. She has written about literature, art, culture, and higher education in academic journals and the popular press. You can reach Jacquelyn at jardam@college.ucla.edu.
Silveria Alvarado Luna
Student Services Advisor
Silveria Alvarado Luna grew up in Southern California and received their BA in History & Chicana/x/o Studies from UCLA. Silveria can be contacted at salvarado@college.ucla.edu.
Jon Bassinger-Flores
Administrative & Program Coordinator
Jon Bassinger-Flores is a committed higher education professional with over two decades of student service and office management experience. He was born and raised in Texas and received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree from Texas A&M University. He later completed a Master of Divinity degree at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago and began his higher ed career in the McCormick Student Affairs Office. Prior to joining the URC-HASS staff, Jon worked for Ithaca College’s Los Angeles Program and at the Arizona State University California Center. He can be reached at jbflores@college.ucla.edu.
Faculty Advisory Board
Muriel McClendon, Chair
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Graduate Affairs, Department of History
Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Division of Social Sciences
Leisy Abrego
Professor and Chair Core Faculty
César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies
Aomar Boum
Professor and Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies
Departments of Anthropology, History, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Adam Bradley
Professor
Department of English
Tama Hasson
Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Research
Director, Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences
Jamie Hazlitt
Director of Arts, Music and Powell Libraries
Library
Alice Ho
Director of Research, Assessment & Evaluation
Director, McNair Research Scholars Program
Academic Advancement Program
Scott James
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Sean Metzger
Professor
Department of Theater, Film & Television
Catherine Sandhofer
Professor
Department of Psychology
