Staff
Academic Affairs
Led by Olga Papaemmanouil, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.

Lauren Buckley
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Responsible for:
- UDR program including recruitment, training, support, and evaluation
- Department enrollments
- Point of contact for academic and department administrators for academic matters

Margaret Lynch
Director of Undergraduate-Faculty Research Partnerships
Responsible for:
- Undergraduate research fellowships and grants
- Undergraduate researcher advising, training, and informational resources
- Undergraduate Research and Creative Collaborations Symposium
- Research opportunities database (ForagerOne)

Diana Filar
Department Administrator
Responsible for:
- Administrative support for academic affairs
- Undergraduate Departmental Representative (UDR) program
- Logistics of meetings and events for the School of Arts and Sciences

Melinda Hallisey
Brandeis Core Program Coordinator
Responsible for:
- Brandeis Core faculty/staff committees
- First Year Experience and Critical Conversations programming
- Small Group Discussions
Faculty Affairs
Led by Joel Christensen, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs.

Lorna Laurent
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs, Humanities and Sciences
Responsible for providing research and administrative support on various projects including:
- Faculty searches, appointments, tenure and promotion and faculty salary recommendations
- Interpretation of the Faculty Handbook, Contract Faculty Guidelines, and the SEIU collective bargaining agreement
- Policies and procedures not outlined in the Faculty Handbook and other guiding documents

Heather Young
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs, Creative Arts and Social Sciences
Responsible for providing research and administrative support on various projects including:
- Faculty searches, appointments, tenure and promotion and faculty salary recommendations
- Interpretation of the Faculty Handbook, Contract Faculty Guidelines, and the SEIU collective bargaining agreement
- Policies and procedures not outlined in the Faculty Handbook and other guiding documents

Carina Ray
Director, Faculty Mentoring Program
Responsible for:
- Faculty mentoring and professional development

Kathleen McMahan
Department Administrator
Responsible for:
- Administrative support for faculty affairs
- Undergraduate Research and Creative Collaborations support
- Website and newsletter curation

Peggy Higgins
Department Coordinator
Finance and Operations
Led by Kevin Keith, Executive Director for Finance, Administration and Operations.

Shannon Kearns
Associate Director for Operations, Administration and Budget
Responsible for:
- Facilitating weekly academic administrator meetings
- New administrator training
- Prizes and awards process for all academic commencement awards

Responsible for:
- Work orders, office moves, equipment purchases and contractors
- Procedures to increase effectiveness, efficiency and life of Science support equipment
- Glass washers, machinists and a lab techs

Responsible for:
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences budgets, student aid, wages and grants

Traci Walkup
Senior Budget Analyst
Responsible for:
- Faculty budget, salary review, merit and equity increases, compliance and benefits
- Retirements/terminations/retentions/leaves
- Fellowship funds

Brian Schutter
Budget Analyst

Judy Appel
Grants Administrator
Responsible for:
- Grants for Creative Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Faculty support throughout the entire grant lifecycle
- Grant finances and reporting
Communications

Simon Goodacre
Senior Associate Director of Communications and Marketing for Arts and Sciences
781-736-3407
sgoodacre@brandeis.edu
Responsible for:
- Strategy and implementation of communications initiatives in A&S and GSAS
- News items highlighting major A&S and GSAS announcements and accomplishments
- Communication and marketing platforms for both schools
Executive Administrator

Josette McWilliams
Executive Administrator
Responsible for:
- Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences chief administrative support
- Dean's Calendar
- Liaison to senior management across campus