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

Ilana Gershon
Anthropology
igershon@rice.edu

Bryan Denny
Psychological Sciences
bryan.denny@rice.edu

Connor Huff
Political Science
connor.huff@rice.edu

Nancy Niedzielski
Linguistics
niedz@rice.edu

TBD
Sociology