Who We Are

The Academic Resource Center (ARC) provides administrative support services for faculty, academics, scholars, and department liaisons in the areas of recruitment, appointment, academic reviews, personnel administration, and compensation.

ARC’s mission is to provide expert, timely service and objective advice for faculty, academics, and scholars as they work to fulfill the UCSD mission of groundbreaking research, inspired teaching, and clinical service.

Contact Information

Telephone: (619) 543-2222
Email:arcrequest@ucsd.edu
Hours of Operation: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday

The information contained below provides details about the five  ARC units and contact information for the unit managers.

Recruitments

The Recruitments team specializes in the recruitment of Health Sciences faculty.


Kim James
Manager



Jacqueline Daniel
Unit Supervisor
                 
Leslie Dyson                       Jessica Holomuzki
Assistant Analyst                 Assistant Analyst


Scholar Appointments

The Scholar Appointments team specializes in the appointment, reappointment and visas for Postdoctoral Scholars, Visiting Scholars and Visiting Graduate Students.



Glenn Le
Assistant Analyst



Tamara Covarrubias Berjas
Analyst


Karla Macias
Unit Supervisor



Lluvia Pena
Assistant Analyst

Leslie Maldonado
Analyst

Tony Phakasoum
Senior Analyst


Personnel Administration

The Personnel Administration team specializes in onboarding, off-boarding, leaves of absence, MPS staff physician contracts, layoffs and reductions in time, and Clinical Non-Salaried and Voluntary faculty appointment file preparation.



Angela Lee
Senior Analyst

Sheila Mosley 
Analyst

Daniela Figurea
Analyst





Kelley Rivers
Analyst

Jacob Taylor
Analyst

Hillary Winn
Senior Analyst



La Quesha Todd
Analyst

Reviews

The Reviews team specializes in academic reviews (merits, promotions, and accelerations above-scale, off cycle).


Kim James
Manager


Cedro Arc
Analyst

Cody Beard
Analyst

Hillary Dakin
Analyst


Nicole Hendricks
Analyst

Holly Prag
Analyst

Shannon Sloan
Unit Supervisor

New Appointments

The New Appointments team specializes in administration of new appointments for faculty and academics (project scientists, research scientists, and visiting faculty), and returning retirees (RTAD).


Kim James
Manager


Jennifer Cahalan
Analyst

Julie Garrie
Unit Supervisor 

My Hanh Vo
Analyst

Roberta Volpe
Assistant Analyst

Compensation and Timekeeping

Compensation and Timekeeping specializes in fiscal year salary implementations, fund changes, PPS updates, salary analyses and timekeeping.


Han Ho
Manager


Kathy Huynh
Analyst

Eric Pelayo
Assistant Analyst

Vanessa Shamshoum
Assistant Analyst


Shirley Tam
Analyst

Russ Tkebuchava
Analyst

Infrastructure

Infrastructure specializes in the development and maintenance of ARC systems (Service Now, Online Personnel Information System, iShare) as well as process optimization and client engagement.


Monica Gudea
Manager


Joy Hu
Senior Developer

Troy Buchanan
Systems Analyst