Roosevelt Fellow Peer Advisors

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The Roosevelt Fellows are a trained group of junior and senior peer academic advisors who provide an informed and accessible peer perspective on navigating academics at Brandeis. They work closely with staff in Academic Services. All first year, midyear and transfer students at Brandeis are assigned a Roosevelt Fellow peer advisor to support theim in their academic transition. Their name stems from the late Eleanor Roosevelt, an early trustee of Brandeis known for her care for others and service to the community.
All undergraduates can utilize Roosevelt Fellows! Roosevelt Fellows proactively outreach to their caseload of new student advisees but are a resource for the entire undergraduate community.
Roosevelt Fellows are holding scheduled office hours April 4-8, April 11-14 and April 25-29. Students can sign up via our
google calendar. Students can also
email Roosevelt Fellows directly to make an appointment outside of scheduled hours. Roosevelt Fellows will not hold scheduled hours during the week of April break and email response may be delayed during this time.
People often think of the Roosevelt Fellows as a resource for course registration, but they can provide so much more! You can talk to the Roosevelt Fellows about a variety of different topics including:
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academic planning and decision making
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understanding the Brandeis core curriculum, major/minor and pre-health requirements
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understanding academic policies
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exploring departments
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balancing academics and extracurriculars
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difficulty in a class
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building relationships with professors and getting involved in research
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transitioning to college
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accessing campus resources
- You can usually meet with a Roosevelt Fellow more quickly than an academic advisor, advisors can book out a few weeks in advance.
- Some students prefer to meet with a peer, it can be a more informal conversation.
- Roosevelt Fellows are Brandeis students who have experienced many of the same challenges and successes as the peers they advise, they can provide insight in a way a staff advisor cannot.
- Roosevelt Fellows are trained on when to refer to academic advisors, but they can confidently answer many of the same questions asked of staff advisors. Even in cases where they don't know the exact answer, they can usually point you to the right online or office resource!
Please refer to your Brandeis email where you should have receved welcome and outreach messages from your Roosevelt Fellow. You can also contact Katie Dunn to clarify who you were assigned to.
All Roosevelt Fellows have extensive training on the Brandeis curriculum and academic policies, regardless of their major or academic interest, so often you will find any Roosevelt Fellow can answer your questions! If you are a new student and would like to speak with a Roosevelt Fellow outside of the one you were assigned, please feel free to review the bios and schedule and contact anyone in the group. If you have very specific departmental questions, Undergraduate Departmental Representatives (UDRs) are another peer resource you can reach out to. The UDR web site has an explanation of the differences between Roosevelt Fellows and UDRs.
Our application process is currently closed. Check back for more information in Spring 2023!
Name
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Majors and Minors |
Other Information |
Aneesh Avancha |
Neuroscience, Biology, minor in Chemistry |
Pre-Health Student, Student-Athlete, Student of Color |
Rebecca Brandon |
History and European Cultural Studies, minor in Anthropology |
Humanities Fellow |
Haley Brown |
American Studies and Film Television and Interactive Media, minors in English, Legal Studies and Creative Writing |
Pre-Law Student |
Emma Canter |
Psychology and Women and Gender Studies, minor in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies |
Midyear Student, LGBTQ+ |
Topaz Fernandez Fragoso |
Politics, minors in Arabic and Legal Studies |
First-Generation College Student, Student of Color, Student Support Services Program (SSSP) |
Tianyi Gao |
Economics and Business, intended minor in East Asian Studies |
International Student, Gateway Scholar, Student of Color |
Beck Gold |
Neuroscience |
Student-Athlete, Pre-Health Student, LGBTQ+ |
Ryan Partlan |
Linguistics, Mathematics, minor in Computer Science |
Midyear Student, LGBTQ+ |
Sasha Sha |
Biology, minor in Health Science Society and Policy |
International Student, Pre-Health Student, Student of Color |
Luca Swinford |
Health Science Society and Policy (BA) and Education Studies |
Pre-Law Student, Student with a Disability |
Jessica Tai
|
Psychology and Health Science Society and Policy (BS) |
First-Generation College Student, Student of Color |
Marissa Torelli
|
Politics, International and Global Studies, minors in African and African-American Studies and Legal Studies |
Pre-Law student, Student of Color |
Nathalie Vieux-Gresham
|
Neuroscience (BS/MS) |
Posse Scholar, Student of Color |
Shania Thomas
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MPP Candidate, Health Policy |
Graduate Assistant |