Key Contacts

The Office of International Students & Scholars has the privilege of working with many different groups of international visitors and students. In an effort to assist Rice departments and our off-campus colleagues, please refer to the guide below for the first point of contact for different matters:

• Athletes - Sandra Bloem-Curtis (sandra@rice.edu)
• Visiting Post Baccalaureates (VPB) - Andy Meretoja (thm1@rice.edu)
• Exchange Students and Visiting Students - Jenny Brydon (jbrydon@rice.edu)
• Graduate Students and Transferring IN Graduate Students - Elmira Ganiyeva (eg18@rice.edu)
• Undergraduate Students and Transferring IN Undergraduate Students - Jenny Brydon (jbrydon@rice.edu)
• Transferring OUT of Rice - Scott Pett (sap9@rice.edu)
• One-Time Visitors - Irene Mendez (ism1@rice.edu)
• Postdoc H-1Bs - Adria Baker (abaker@rice.edu) and Andy Meretoja (thm1@rice.edu)
• Scholars on J (Exchange Visitor) Visas - Jenny Brydon (jbrydon@rice.edu)
• Scholars on Visas Other Than J - Adria Baker (abaker@rice.edu) and Andy Meretoja (thm1@rice.edu)

For questions not otherwise addressed here, please contact OISS at oiss@rice.edu or 713-348-6095.