Slande Erole
Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science

Slande Erole is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at UC Davis, whose research focuses on gender and politics. Prior to her role as GSADC, Slande served as President for the Graduate Association of Political Students, an organization geared toward the advancement of graduate student interests in the Department of Political Science at UC Davis. Slande has also served in various programs around campus. First as a mentor at the UC Davis Undergraduate Research Center, a program designed to provide undergraduate students with hands on research experience, and then as a mentor in the First Friends Program, helping international, domestic, and undocumented graduate students integrate into the UC Davis campus community. Slande is also a Teaching Assistant Consultant Fellow for the Center of Educational Effectiveness, where she conducts experiential workshops and teaching consultations for graduate and postdoctoral students using evidence-based teaching practices. In addition, Slande has served as a Teaching Assistant as well as an Associate Instructor for the Department of Political Science. 

As GSADC, Slande continues to serve the UC Davis community by advocating for students from underrepresented backgrounds and graduate groups, highlighting the need for mentorship programs geared towards first generation graduate students, as well as partnering with existing programs to ensure that graduate students have opportunities to explore the many diverse career paths available to Ph.D. graduates.