Gloria Navarro

Assistant Director of MBA and MM Admissions

B.S. Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Science & Engineering, University of California, Davis

Gloria Navarro joined UC Davis Graduate School of Management as Enrollment Counselor in 2022 and now serves as the admissions director for our MBA and MM programs. 

Navarro earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Engineering at the University of California, Davis in 2021 with a double major in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Science & Engineering.

Jayce Smalley Named to Poets&Quants' 2022 MBAs to Watch

After playing Division I football for UCLA, recent Full-Time MBA alum Jayce Smalley transferred to UC Davis to compete on the field and earn his MBA. Smalley was recently recognized among Poets&Quants' MBAs to Watch: Class of 2022.

What is Proximity Bias?

Professor Emerita Kimberly Elsbach discusses the workplace effects of proximity bias, the unconscious tendency to favor the people we’re physically closer to, ultimately heightening the risk that in-office workers will receive preferential treatment.

Laksh Suryanarayanan MSBA 23

"After spending many years in the industry before returning to school, I had almost forgotten what it was like to be around like-minded enthusiastic peers, all working towards the common goal of becoming skilled business analytics professionals. I have been a huge proponent of grad school for many years for this very reason but somehow didn’t end up pursuing it until now."