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John Harada is a Professor of Plant Biology at UC Davis and Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Biological Sciences. Harada's research program focuses on plant developmental biology. Specifically, his lab uses genomic, molecular, genetic, and biochemical approaches to define the mechanisms that underlie and control embryo and seed development in higher plants. In 2006, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and in 2013 he was electe

John Harada

GROWING UP IN EAST LA, John Harada attended Garfield High School -- made famous in the film Stand and Deliver.   In that film, math teacher Jaime Escalante’s dedicated and unorthodox teaching approach results in his entire class passing the AP Calculus test only to be accused by the Educational Testing Service of cheating.
Anita Oberbauer is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Animal Science. Her research program has two areas of emphasis: growth and development focusing on the skeleton in driving the relationship between skeletal size and body composition; and the genetic basis for health disorders and other traits in dogs.

Anita Oberbauer

I grew up in Southern California and became involved in livestock based upon my father’s upbringing. It was that involvement that spurred my interest in schools that offered an agricultural educational program and led me to UC Davis. In my family, it was expected that my siblings and I go to college, however the path we chose was completely up to us.

Jeanette Ruiz specializes in strategic communication with a specific interest in emerging practices and concepts in digital and social media. In addition to her appointment in the Department of Communication, she has served as a human resources and public relations consultant for various nonprofit, managed health care and finance organizations. She earned her PhD in Communication at UC Davis in 2015. Photo: Elena Zhukova for UC Office of the President

"UC Davis Opened the World To Me" - Jeanette Ruiz

 

I GREW UP in a small farming community near UC Davis. As the first-born of two immigrant farm workers from Mexico, navigating the K-12 school system was challenging, at best. There were a few teachers who were supportive but had it not been for the EOP (Educational Opportunity Program] from UC Davis, I may not have made it to college (B.A., Rhetoric and Communication, UC Davis ’97; Ph.D., Communication, UC Davis ’15).

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