List of University of California, Irvine people Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_University_of_California,_Irvine_people
This article lists noted individuals associated with the University of California, Irvine .
Students and alumni [ edit ]
The following are noted alumni and students of the University of California, Irvine , listed by the field(s) they have been noted for. When the information is known and available, degree and year are listed in parentheses.
Film, television, and entertainment [ edit ]
Colet Abedi (B.A. English literature) – writer and television producer
Aras Baskauskas (B.A. 2002, philosophy, MBA 2004) – winner on TV reality show Survivor ; CEO of TundraWear.com
Jim Berney (B.S. 1989, computer science) – Academy award-nominated technical director, The Lord of the Rings , The Matrix [1]
Nazanin Boniadi (B.S. 2003, biological sciences) – actress, official spokeswoman for Amnesty International
Crista Flanagan (M.F.A. 2001) – actress, Mad Men
Steve Franks (B.A. 1991) – writer and television producer
Leslie Fu (B.S. 2014, biological sciences) - Twitch streamer
Bob Gunton (B.A. 1968) – actor, The Shawshank Redemption , 24 , Desperate Housewives ; Tony -nominated for Broadway roles in Evita and Sweeney Todd
Tyler Hoechlin (student athlete – baseball) – actor, star of Teen Wolf
Xanthe Huynh (attended)- voice actress, known for her work on The Familiar of Zero, Magical Girl Lyrical, K-On!, Love Live, Persona, and Fire Emblem
Carrie Ann Inaba (attended) – actress/dancer, a judge on ABC's Dancing with the Stars
Chris Kelly (B.A. 2005) – comedy writer (Saturday Night Live ) and filmmaker (Other People ); co-creator of The Other Two
Kelly Lin (attended, Economics and English & Comparative Literature) – Taiwanese actress, nominated for best actress for role in Mad Detective at 2007 Venice Film Festival
Jon Lovitz (B.A. 1979, Theater) – actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live
Andrea Lowell (attended, Biology) – model, Playboy , VH1's The Surreal Life #6
Beth Malone (B.A. 2000, Theater) - Tony award nominee for Best Actress in a musical
Tom Martin (B.A. 1987, Economics & Political Science) – TV writer whose credits include The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live
Joseph McGinty Nichol a.k.a. McG (B.S. 1990, Psychology) – film director (Charlie's Angels , Terminator Salvation ), co-creator of TV series The O.C.
Joseph Andrew Mclean (English Literature, Politics, Screenwriting) – Scottish filmmaker, studied at UCI as an exchange student from the University of Glasgow
Jeff Meek (B.A. 1983, Drama) – TV actor, Raven , As the World Turns and Mortal Kombat: Conquest
Windell Middlebrooks (M.F.A. 2004, Drama) – actor, star of Body of Proof
Crystal Kung-Minkoff (B.A., Biology) — American television personality.
Grant Nieporte (B.A. 1995, Social Sciences) – film writer, credits include 2008 Will Smith film Seven Pounds
Sophie Oda (B.F.A. 2012, Musical Theater) – guest actress on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Kelly Perine (M.F.A. Acting, 1994), television actor (Between Brothers , The Parent 'Hood , One on One )
Aurora Snow (attended, Theater Arts, Business) – pornographic actress
Phil Tippett (B.A., Fine Arts) – filmmaker, Star Wars , RoboCop and Jurassic Park
Brian Thompson (M.F.A. Acting, 1984) – actor
Thuy Trang (attended, Civil Engineering) – actress, Trini from Power Rangers
Byron Velvick (B.A. 1987, English) – star of The Bachelor , Season 6
Literature [ edit ]
Nevada Barr (M.F.A. 1978) – author of Anna Pigeon Mysteries
Michael A. Bellesiles (PhD 1986) – controversial historian and author of Arming America, The Origins of a National Gun Culture
Aimee Bender (M.F.A. 1998) – author of The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
David Benioff (M.F.A. 1999) – author of The 25th Hour , husband of actress Amanda Peet , co-creator of HBO 's hit television series Game of Thrones
Chelsea Cain (B.A. 1994, Political Science) – fiction writer
Michael Chabon (M.F.A. 1987) – 2001 Pulitzer Prize -winning author for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Leonard Chang (M.F.A) – Korean-American writer of short stories and novels
Joshua Ferris (M.F.A.) – author of Then We Came to the End which was nominated for the National Book Award and won the PEN/Hemingway Award
Brian Flemming (B.A. 1998, English) – director and playwright
Richard Ford (M.F.A. 1970) – Pulitzer Prize -winning author in Fiction for Independence Day
Glen David Gold (M.F.A . 1998) – author of Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside
Yusef Komunyakaa (M.F.A. 1980) – Pulitzer Prize -winning poet for Neon Vernacular
T. Jefferson Parker (M.F.A. 1976) – fiction writer and author of Laguna Heat , Little Saigon , and Pacific Heat
Alice Sebold (M.F.A. 1998) – bestselling novelist, author of The Lovely Bones
Danzy Senna (M.F.A. 1996) – writer
Maria Helena Viramontes (M.F.A. 1994) – Chicana fiction writer
Peter Wild (M.F.A. 1969) – poet, historian, and Professor of English at the University of Arizona
Joey Burns – frontman of Calexico
Clara Chung (B.A. 2009, Psychology) – guitarist and singer
Gregory Coleman (M.A. 2005, Fine Arts) – classical guitarist, recording artist, composer, arranger, educator
Coco Lee (attended) – Chinese pop star
Till Kahrs (B.A. 1979, Social Science) - recording artist, singer-songwriter, communication skills expert
Kevin Kwan Loucks (B.M. 2004, Piano Performance) – International Concert Pianist; President and Co-Founder of Chamber Music OC ; Member of Classical Music Ensemble Trio Céleste
Jeffrey Mumford (B.A. 1977) – classical music composer
Aubrey O'Day (B.A. 2005, Political Science) – member of Danity Kane (Making the Band 3 contestant)[2]
Savitree Suttichanond (B.A. 2007, International Studies) – Thai singer and actress, Academy Fantasia Season 5
Kaba Modern – Asian-American dance group established in 1992; 6 alumni dancers appeared on America's Best Dance Crew
Teal Wicks (B.A. 2005, Drama) – American singer and stage actress, best known for playing the role of Elphaba in the Broadway production of the musical Wicked
Vanness Wu – Taiwanese singer, actor, director, producer, member of F4 (band)
Members of Farside – hardcore punk band
Members of Thrice – hardcore/rock Band
Kei Akagi – toured as pianist for famous jazz musician and composer Miles Davis
Joseph Vincent – YouTube singer/songwriter
Members of Milo Greene – indie/pop band
Members of SLANDER – trap DJ duo[3] [4]
Baseball [ edit ]
Basketball [ edit ]
Olympians [ edit ]
Other athletics [ edit ]
Business [ edit ]
Military [ edit ]
John P. Condon (Ph.D. 1976) - U.S. Marine Corps Major General and Aviator
Leon J. LaPorte (M.B.A. 1977) – retired United States Army General who served as Commander, United States Forces Korea until 2006
Laura Yeager , U.S. Army general, first woman to command an Army infantry division
Miscellaneous [ edit ]
Politics and government [ edit ]
Ami Bera (B.S. 1987, Biological Sciences & M.D. 1991) – United States Congressman representing California's 7th Congressional District
Tim Donnelly (B.A. 1989) – California State Assemblyman representing the 59th assembly district[17]
Jeremy Harris (M.S. Environmental Biology) – former mayor of Honolulu
Mark Keam (B.A. 1988, Political Science) – member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 35th district
Bill Leonard (B.A. 1969, History) – former California State Senator
Linda Newell (B.A.) – Colorado State Senator representing the 26th District
Janet Nguyen (B.A. 1998, Political Science) – member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors , first Vietnamese-American to hold county office in the United States
Geoffrey R. Pyatt (B.A. 1985) - U.S. Ambassador to Greece
Michael A. Rice (PhD 1987, Comparative Psychology) – Rhode Island State Representative representing the 35th District
Jose Solorio (B.S. 1992, Social Ecology) – California State Assemblyman , prior Councilmember of Ward 1 – City of Santa Ana
Audra Strickland (B.A. 1996, Political Science) – California State Assemblywoman representing the 37th assembly district
Van Tran (B.A. 1990, Political Science) – California State Assemblyman , first Vietnamese-American state legislator in the United States
Science and technology [ edit ]
Social Scientists [ edit ]
Faculty [ edit ]
Vartkess Ara Apkarian – Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Director of Center for Chemistry at the Space-Time Limit
Francisco J. Ayala – 2001 National Medal of Science , 2010 Templeton Prize , Founding Director of the Bren Fellows Program, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and of Philosophy
Ricardo Asch – fertility doctor and fugitive , accused of stealing ova from women while a UC Irvine employee
Pierre Baldi – Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science and director of the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Lindon W. Barrett – Director of African Studies, professor and cultural theorist
Gregory Benford – physicist, science fiction author of the Galactic Center Saga
George W. Brown – Information scientist and dean of the business school
Jan Brueckner - Distinguished Professor of Economics
Ron Carlson – Professor of English, MFA Programs in Writing
Leo Chavez – anthropologist and author
Erwin Chemerinsky – founding dean of the UCI School of Law , lawyer , law professor , and United States constitutional law and civil procedure scholar
Robert Cohen – acting teacher and author
Rui de Figueiredo – Research Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Mathematics
Jacques Derrida (1986 – 2004 [his death]) – philosopher
Paul Dourish – Professor of Informatics
Nikil Dutt – Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science
David Eppstein – Professor of Computer Science
Walter M. Fitch – Professor of Molecular Evolution
Victor Fleischer – Professor of Law
Michael Franz – Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science
Matthew Foreman – Professor of Mathematics[18]
Robert Garfias – musicologist, awarded the Order of the Rising Sun
Jean-Luc Gaudiot — professor at the Henry Samuel School of Engineering[19]
Amy Gerstler – poet, Professor of English, winner of National Book Critics Circle Award
Michael T. Goodrich – Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science
Louis A. Gottschalk – neuroscientist , Professor Emeritus
Jutta Heckhausen – Professor of Psychological Science[20]
Payam Heydari – Chancellor's Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
James D. Herbert – professor and chair of the Art History department
Dan Hirschberg – Professor of Computer Science
Hamid Jafarkhani – Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Ramesh Jain – Bren Professor of Computer Science
Valerie Jenness – Professor of Criminology, Law & Society, Sociology, and Nursing Science
Wilson Ho – Donald Bren Professor of Physics and Chemistry and discoverer of scanning tunneling microscopy based inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy
Murray Krieger – literary critic and theorist
Michelle Latiolais – Professor of English, MFA Programs in Writing
Elizabeth Loftus – psychologist , Distinguished Professor in the School of Social Ecology
R. Duncan Luce – cognitive psychologist , 2003 National Medal of Science , Distinguished Research Professor of Cognitive Science
George Marcus – Chancellor's Professor of Anthropology
Athina Markopoulou – Chancellor's Professor of Engineering
James McGaugh – Research Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, founding Director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Donald McKayle – choreographer
Penelope Maddy – Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and Mathematics, famous for her work in philosophy of mathematics
David B. Malament – Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science, best known for his work in the philosophy of physics .
J. Hillis Miller – literary critic
Peter Navarro -Professor of business, incumbent director of the White House National Trade Council
Bonnie Nardi – Professor of Informatics
David Neumark – Professor of Economics, expert on labor economics
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o – author of A Grain of Wheat , Distinguished Professor in the School of Humanities and director of the International Center for Writing and Translation
James Nowick – Professor of Chemistry
William H. Parker , Professor of Physics
Richard E. Pattis – author of the Karel programming language
Lyman W. Porter - dean of UC Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business from 1972 to 1983[21]
Curt Pringle – mayor of Anaheim , former speaker of the California State Assembly
R. Radhakrishnan – Chancellor's Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Nasrin Rahimieh – Howard Baskerville Professor of Humanities in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Director of the Humanities Core program.[22]
Frederick Reines (deceased) – Nobel laureate, Physics 1995; faculty from 1966 to 1998.
Irwin Rose – Nobel laureate (Chemistry 2004)
Eric Rignot – Professor of Earth System Science
F. Sherwood Rowland – Nobel laureate (Chemistry 1995), Research Professor in Chemistry and Earth System Science
Donald G. Saari – Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Economics
Dr. William Sears – Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, author of the Sears Parenting Library
Patricia Seed – Professor of History
Barry Siegel – Pulitzer Prize winner
Brian Skyrms – philosophy of science expert, Distinguished Professor of social science
David A. Snow – Distinguished Professor of Sociology
Etel L. Solingen – Tierney Chair, Professor of Political Science, former President of the International Studies Association, 2012–2013, author of award-winning Nuclear Logics [23]
George Sperling – cognitive psychologist , Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science
Grover C. Stephens (faculty 1964–2003, deceased) – Professor and dean of Biological Sciences
Lee Swindlehurst – Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Rein Taagepera (until 1991) – Estonian politician and political scientist
Timothy M. P. Tait - Chancellor's Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Edward O. Thorp – author (Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One ), professor of mathematics
Deborah Vandell , Founding Dean of the School of Education, expert on child care and after-school programs
Martin Wattenberg – political scientist
Douglas R. White – social anthropologist and network sociologist , author of Network Analysis and Ethnographic Problems
Kumar Wickramasinghe – Henry Samueli Endowed Chair and inventor of Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy and other microscopy techniques
Jon Wiener - historian
Geoffrey Wolff – co-director of a writing program
Jenny Y Yang – chemist
Staff and administrators [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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