About Us

Learn how academic integrity and misconduct issues are handled at UC San Diego, and make contact with the Academic Integrity Office staff.

What we do

The Academic Integrity Office works closely with the Academic Senate, the six undergraduate colleges, the Office of Graduate Studies, academic departments, and central administration to:

• Create a culture of academic integrity on campus
• Reduce student cheating
• Process allegations of Policy on Integrity of Scholarship violations

Our staff

• Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant, Academic Integrity Coordinator, joined UC San Diego in August 2006. Dr. Bertram Gallant is available to consult with faculty, teaching assistants, and staff on academic integrity issues, including:

  • Preventing cheating
  • Enhancing academic integrity in the classroom
  • Talking about academic integrity in your syllabi
  • Handling academic misconduct

  Dr. Bertram Gallant has published in The Journal of Higher Education, The Review of Higher Education, and the NASPA Journal, and is the author of "Academic Integrity in the Twenty-First Century: A Teaching and Learning Imperative" (April 2008, Jossey-Bass) and co-author of "Cheating in School: What We Know and What We Can Do" (2009, Blackwell).

  Review Dr. Bertram Gallant's CV (PDF).

• Susan Loi Chut, Program Assistant, joined UCSD in April 2008. Ms. Chut is a social worker with extensive experience working with students and faculty in higher education. Ms. Chut provides administrative assistance to the academic integrity initiative, including processing academic misconduct allegations and coordinating academic integrity reviews.

UC San Diego's Academic Integrity Initiative

UC San Diego faculty and administration have declared academic integrity to be a critical initiative for our institution. 

Through the Academic Senate's Committee on Educational Policies (CEP), UCSD created an Academic Integrity Coordinator (AIC) position in 2005. In 2007, the Senior Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs assumed oversight of the Academic Integrity Office.

Since the beginning of the initiative, the 2003-2006 backlog in academic misconduct cases has been eliminated, and most academic misconduct allegations are resolved within weeks of initial report.

Contact us

For assistance, information, or to volunteer to work with the Academic Integrity Office:

• Visit: Room 508A, Student Services Center (map)
• Phone: (858) 822-2163
• Fax: (858) 534-7925
• E-mail: aic@ucsd.edu
• Campus mail: Mail Code 0069