Graduate Advising Team

Graduate Student Services Adviser

For program inquiries, questions about the application process, and general questions related to the program, contact:

Deanna Kiser-Go
Graduate Student Services Adviser
250B Social Sciences
dkisergo@berkeley.edu
510-642-4915

Faculty Graduate Advisers 

Head Graduate Adviser 

Carol Redmount
Associate Professor of Egyptology
242 Social Sciences
redmount@berkeley.edu 

Graduate Adviser in Cuneiform Studies, Egyptology, and Middle Eastern Archaeology

Niek Veldhuis
Professor of Sumerology
280 Social Sciences Building
veldhuis@berkeley.edu

Graduate Adviser in Arabic, Hebrew, Islamic Studies, and Persian

Nora Jacobson Ben Hammed
Assistant Professor of Islamic Thought
270 Social Sciences 
norajbh@berkeley.edu


Faculty Equity Adviser

Asad Q. Ahmed
Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
272 Social Sciences Building
asad.ahmed@berkeley.edu

Faculty Adviser for GSI Affairs

Rita Lucarelli
Associate Professor of Egyptology
266 Social Sciences Building
rita.lucarelli@berkeley.edu