Your PAAs!
Peer Academic Advisors (PAAs) work within the advising community at Rice to support peers with a wide range of academically-related topics. With personal experience as a Rice student and training from the Office of Academic Advising, PAAs offer advice regarding:
specific courses
co-curricular opportunities
graduation requirements
studying abroad
research
professional school requirements
time management
Your Brown PAAs want to help you pursue academics and learning that fit your personal life and goals. Please reach out to us at any time, with any question!
You can email one of us, find one of us in person, or fill out this form to request assistance. Please find a list of all of our names, majors, email addresses, etc. below!
Head PAAS
Maya Adhikari | Class of 2025 | ma117@rice.edu
Political Science, English, PLST, Pre-Law
Megan Liu | Class of 2025 | ml117@rice.edu
CHBE, CAAM
Cecile Nguyen | Class of 2025 | cqn1@rice.edu
Health Science, Ecology, Pre-Health (Dental)
O-week PAAs
Matthew Cihlar | Class of 2026 | mfc8@rice.edu
COMP, Operations Research, Data Science, FCAM
Emilia Cichoki | Class of 2027 | ejc15@rice.edu
Neuroscience, Linguistics, LALX, PHIL, Chinese Certificate
Elise Wang | Class of 2027 | ew65@rice.edu
Biosciences, Data Science, Pre-Med
Emma McLean | Class of 2025 | em82@rice.edu
Business, FCAM, Pre-Grad
Year-Long PAAs
Risha Parmar | Class of 2025 | rrp11@rice.edu
Biosciences (Biochemistry Concentration), Religion, Pre-Med
Sumin Jeong | Class of 2025 | sj71@rice.edu
Bioengineering, Pre-Grad
Andrew Kim | Class of 2025 | ask14@rice.edu
Biosciences, Religion, Pre-Med
Sara Davidson | Class of 2025 | sld9@rice.edu
Political Science, German Studies, PLST, History
Tanya Richards | Class of 2026 | trr5@rice.edu
English, Medical Humanities, Pre-Med
Emily London | Class of 2025 | eml12@rice.edu
SOPA, Linguistics, Certificate in Civic Leadership, Pre-Grad
Alice Tian | Class of 2025 | ayt2@rice.edu
Bioengineering, Pre-Med
Mysha Hasan (SD) | Class of 2026 | mh120@rice.edu
Bioengineering, Pre-Med
Anjali Acharya | Class of 2026 | as286@rice.edu
Biosciences (Integrative Bio Concentration), Pre-Med
Jasmine Klinkao | Class of 2027 | jk120@rice.edu
Mechanical Engineering
Abhishek Tripathi | Class of 2027 | at116@rice.edu
Neuroscience, Statistics, Pre-Med
Parnikaa Gurumurthy | Class of 2027 | pg57@rice.edu
Business (Finance), Entrepreneurship