diff --git a/dandiapi/api/views/__init__.py b/dandiapi/api/views/__init__.py
index b5cb96010..d2eadef6c 100644
--- a/dandiapi/api/views/__init__.py
+++ b/dandiapi/api/views/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     upload_initialize_view,
     upload_validate_view,
 )
-from .users import users_me_view, users_search_view
+from .users import user_email_view, users_me_view, users_search_view
 from .version import VersionViewSet
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     'upload_complete_view',
     'upload_validate_view',
     'user_approval_view',
+    'user_email_view',
     'users_me_view',
     'user_questionnaire_form_view',
     'users_search_view',
diff --git a/dandiapi/api/views/serializers.py b/dandiapi/api/views/serializers.py
index c0645ae6b..ee2bc0c29 100644
--- a/dandiapi/api/views/serializers.py
+++ b/dandiapi/api/views/serializers.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.auth.validators import UnicodeUsernameValidator
 from django.db.models.query_utils import Q
 from drf_yasg.utils import swagger_serializer_method
@@ -40,6 +41,17 @@ class UserDetailSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     status = serializers.CharField()
 
 
+class UserEmailSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    subject = serializers.CharField()
+    message = serializers.CharField()
+    username = serializers.CharField()
+
+    def validate_username(self, value):
+        if not User.objects.filter(username=value).exists():
+            raise serializers.ValidationError("No user found with that username.")
+        return value
+
+
 class DandisetSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     contact_person = serializers.SerializerMethodField(method_name='get_contact_person')
     star_count = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
diff --git a/dandiapi/api/views/users.py b/dandiapi/api/views/users.py
index 27362b8c1..88862d94b 100644
--- a/dandiapi/api/views/users.py
+++ b/dandiapi/api/views/users.py
@@ -1,21 +1,26 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 import logging
 import re
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from allauth.socialaccount.models import SocialAccount
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.core import mail
+from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.db.models import OuterRef, Q, Subquery
 from drf_yasg.utils import swagger_auto_schema
+from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework.decorators import api_view, parser_classes, permission_classes
 from rest_framework.parsers import JSONParser
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 
+from dandiapi.api.mail import build_message
 from dandiapi.api.models import UserMetadata
 from dandiapi.api.permissions import IsApproved
-from dandiapi.api.views.serializers import UserDetailSerializer, UserSerializer
+from dandiapi.api.views.serializers import UserDetailSerializer, UserEmailSerializer, UserSerializer
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from django.http.response import HttpResponseBase
@@ -144,3 +149,31 @@ def users_search_view(request: Request) -> HttpResponseBase:
     users = [serialize_user(user) for user in qs]
     response_serializer = UserDetailSerializer(users, many=True)
     return Response(response_serializer.data)
+
+@swagger_auto_schema(
+    method='POST',
+    operation_summary='Send an email to the specified user (Superuser only)',
+    request_body=UserEmailSerializer,
+    responses={
+        200: UserEmailSerializer,
+        403: 'Permission Denied: Only superusers can access this endpoint.'
+    },
+)
+@parser_classes([JSONParser])
+@api_view(['POST'])
+def user_email_view(request: Request) -> HttpResponseBase:
+    # If they are authenticated but are not a superuser, deny access
+    if not request.user.is_superuser:
+        raise PermissionDenied
+
+    request_serializer = UserEmailSerializer(data=request.data)
+    request_serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+    message = build_message(
+        subject=request_serializer.validated_data["subject"],
+        message=request_serializer.validated_data["message"],
+        to=[request_serializer.validated_data["username"]],
+    )
+    # TODO enable
+    # with mail.get_connection() as connection:
+    #     connection.send_messages([message])
+    return Response(request_serializer.data)
diff --git a/dandiapi/urls.py b/dandiapi/urls.py
index 0d94c3ebd..e453381fb 100644
--- a/dandiapi/urls.py
+++ b/dandiapi/urls.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     upload_initialize_view,
     upload_validate_view,
     user_approval_view,
+    user_email_view,
     user_questionnaire_form_view,
     users_me_view,
     users_search_view,
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@
         name='upload-validate',
     ),
     path('api/users/me/', users_me_view),
+    path('api/users/mail/', user_email_view),
     path('api/users/search/', users_search_view),
     re_path(
         r'^api/users/questionnaire-form/$', user_questionnaire_form_view, name='user-questionnaire'