• Contacts for Students
• Contacts for Programs
• Graduate Student Resources
• How to Meet with a Dean

Andrew G. Campbell
Dean of the Graduate School
Professor of Medical Science
Biography

Winter/Spring 2021 Office Hours: Mondays from 2-3 pm, unless noted below.
Email [email protected] to request a meeting via Zoom.

Thomas A. Lewis
Co-Deputy Dean
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Professor of Religious Studies

• Academic issues
• Exchange programs
• Leaves of absence

Meetings by appointment.

Vanessa Ryan
Co-Deputy Dean
Associate Dean of Student Development

• Student development programming and policy
• Distinctive Opportunities
• Professional development and liaison to CareerLAB and Sheridan Center
• Liaison to the Office of the Dean of the College

Office hours appointments, Tuesdays 2-4 pm, and appointments at other times are available through online self-scheduling.

OPEN POSITION
Associate Dean of Diversity Initiatives

• Develops initiatives to foster positive and supportive climate and community
  
• Liaison to programs and offices to support positive student experience and retention
• Liaison to programs on recruitment planning and outreach

Meetings by appointment.

Shayna Kessel
Associate Dean of Master's and Professional Programs, School of Professional Studies

Maria Suarez

Maria E. Suarez
Associate Dean of Student Support
Deputy Title IX Coordinator  

• Support practices and policies
• Support for individual students
• Medical and personal leave
• Coordinates with Office of Institutional Diversity
• Liaison to the Office of Campus Life and Student Services, including Student and Employee Accessibility Services, as well as to Counseling and Psychological Services

Meetings times available through online self-scheduling, and by appointment. 

Ethan Bernstein
Director of Administration and Operations

• Administration management
• Admission
• Day-to-day operations 

Peter Baron
Assistant Director of Financial Aid
Office of Financial Aid | Page-Robinson Hall, 2nd Floor, 69 Brown Street

• Student-loan eligibility
• Need-based grants and fellowships (GAANN, Javits, Gates, etc.)
• Financial workshops for graduate students

Counselor On-Call Hours (to reach Peter or other financial aid staff): 
10 am-4:30 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
11 am-4:30 pm Wednesday
Phone: 401-863-2721 

Barbara Bennett
Academic Affairs Manager

• Liaison to Registrar and Bursar
• Processing of Master's theses and PhD dissertations
• Processing of leaves, withdrawals, and exchanges

Susan Ely
Communications and Special Events Manager

• Graduate School website manager
• Social media 
• Graduate School communications and special events

Maria Faria
Admission Coordinator

• Program liaison for Africana Studies, American Studies (doctoral), Anthropology, Archaeology and the Ancient World, Chemistry (doctoral), Classics, Comparative Literature, Computer Science (doctoral), Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Economics, Egyptology and Assyriology, Engineering , English, French Studies, German Studies, Hispanic Studies, Italian Studies, Literary Arts, Mathematics, Modern Culture & Media, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Portuguese & Brazilian Studies, Public Affairs, Public Policy, Religious Studies, and Slavic Studies

Maija Hallsmith
Diversity Initiatives Program Assistant

• Diversity recruitment and retention programming support
  

Kara Kelley
Senior Project Manager

• Liaison between Graduate School operations and CIS
• Business Process Analyst
• Facilitator of the adoption of new IT tools and processes

Available: Tuesdays and Thursdays: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm

Jen Kim
English Language Support Specialist
Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning | Sciences Library | 201 Thayer Street, 7th Floor

• English language learning support for graduate students
• Language and culture programs and workshops

Julie Kindschy
Manager, Admission & Reporting

• Managing admission operations
• Program liaison for master's programs in American Studies, Computer Science, Data Science, Education, Public Humanities

Brittany Leclerc
Operations and Student Affairs Specialist

• Student insurance processing 
• Emergency Funding processing support
• CollegeNET prospective student messaging support

Gail Lee
Payroll Specialist
Financial & Administrative Networked Services, Office of the Provost 

• Graduate student payroll administration

Kelly Nason
Senior Financial Analyst

• Graduate School budget input and financial reporting
• Operations management (stewardship, grant funds, travel funds, and payroll)
• Graduate program financial plan set-up and analysis

Kirk Robinson
Manager of Student Development 

• Student development programming
• Distinctive Opportunities
• Community Fellows
• Open Graduate Education program manager

Michelle Rose
Financial Coordinator

• Processing and review of graduate student appointments
• External funding incentive plan and stipend top-ups
• Conference and Research Travel

Terry Snook
Senior Data Analyst

• Graduate School data and reporting
• Data visualization and analysis
• Report applications (Cognos and Tableau)

Data Request Form

Lisa Tillson
Admission Coordinator

• Program liaison for Applied Math, Biology and Medicine, Brown-Trinity Acting & Directing, Computational Biology, Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, History, History of Art, Neuroscience, Political Science, Public Health, Sociology, and Theatre Studies

Ray Windsor
Executive Assistant to the Dean and Graduate School Office Manager

• Executive administrator for the dean
• Programming support
• Special events planning and logistics

William Wittels
Assistant Director of Academic Affairs

• Graduate Digital CV
• Program review support
• Updating of academic policies
• Fellowship application support