The Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) is steered by the Dean of Social Sciences, and includes one tenured faculty member from each department within the School of Social Sciences. The FAC evaluates Seed Money, Pre-Dissertation Research and Dissertation Research Improvement grant proposals, and makes award recommendations. FAC members are appointed by the Dean of Social Sciences.

Rachel Kimbro
Dean, School of Social Sciences
Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology
rtkimbro@rice.edu

Patricia DeLucia
Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Sciences
Professor of Psychological Sciences
Pat.DeLucia@rice.edu

Mary Prendergast
Anthropology
mary@rice.edu

Richard Boylan
Economics
rboylan@rice.edu

Michel Achard
Linguistics
achard@rice.edu

Songying Fang
Political Science
sfang@rice.edu

Eden King
Psychological Sciences
eden.b.king@rice.edu