• 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

Fall 2021 & Winter 2022 Office Hours: Mondays from 2-3 pm, unless noted below.
Email [email protected] to request an in person or Zoom meeting.

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 1-3 pm, and appointments at other times are available through online self-scheduling.

Alycia Mosley Austin
Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion

• 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 | 225 Dyer Street

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
Associate Dean for Administration & 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 the PhD programs in Africana Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology/Ancient World, Chemistry, Classics, Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Earth, Envir. & Planetary Sciences, Economics, Egyptology and Assyriology, Engineering, English, French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, Hispanic Studies, Italian Studies, Literary Arts, Mathematics, Modern Culture & Media, Music: Multimedia Composition, Music: Musicology & Ethnomusicology, Physics, Portuguese & Brazilian Studies, Religious Studies, Slavic Studies

Maija Hallsmith
Diversity Initiatives Program Assistant

• Diversity recruitment and retention programming support
  

Kara Kelley
Senior Project Manager
Office of Information Technology

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

Available: Tuesdays, Wednesday 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

Gail Lee
Human Resources Coordinator
University Human Resources | South Street Landing

• Graduate student payroll administration

Kelly Nason
Assistant Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
Budget, Planning, and Analysis | South Street Landing

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

Jessica Porter
Operations and Student Affairs Specialist

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

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 (all programs), Center for Computational Molecular Biology (CCMB), Cognitive/Linguistics/Psychology, History, History of Art, Neuroscience, Political Science, Public Health (Doctoral), Sociology, Theatre and Performance Studies (all programs)

Open Position
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