Staff Directory by Subject
Have a Question but Don't Know Who to Ask?
Click on a category below and find the staff member who can assist you.
If you're still having trouble, you can always find the help you need by emailing us at gsas@brandeis.edu.
Academics
What can Alyssa help me with?
Leave of absence and health leave of absence
Withdrawals
Program reviews
Creating and revising GSAS programs
What can Abigail help me with?
Academic status, residency, and registration
Master’s thesis and dissertation formatting and submission
Admissions
What can Amy help me with?
Prospective Students
General application and admission inquiries
Recruitment Events
Faculty/Staff
Admission policies
Processing of admission offers
What can Jaclyn help me with?
Admissions policies
Admissions data
Recruitment
Admissions related communications
Marketing
Graduate School Fairs
Application Deadline Questions
What can this address help me with?
Application fee waiver requests
VIDOF/International enrollment
What can Carrie help me with?
Data inquiries (e.g., admissions, enrollment, retention, and outcomes)
Deferrals
Special (Non-Degree) Students
What can Kimberly help me with?
General admissions questions
Alums
What can Wendy help me with?
Alum Programming
Regional Events
Connecting with the Broader Brandeis Alum Community
Alum Volunteer Opportunities
Ask the Dean
What can Wendy help me with?
GSAS strategy, planning and overall budget questions
GSAS faculty, student and staff governance
GSAS student issues, complaints, concerns
GSAS student experience reports
GSAS budget as it relates to A&S budget
Gifts to the GSAS
Campus Employment
What can Alyssa help me with?
TA/CA policy questions
Union policy questions
What can Chris help me with?
Students
SEIU (TA or TF) hire letter questions
CA or Grader hire letter questions
Paycheck questions
PhD stipend pay components
Form I-9 questions
Faculty
PhD stipend pay components
GSAS SEIU contract questions
Centralized Additional TA/CA/Grader hire process questions
What can Kimberly help me with?
Students
SEIU (TA or TF) hire letter questions
CA or Grader hire letter questions
Paycheck questions
PhD stipend pay components
Form I-9 questions
Faculty
PhD stipend pay components
GSAS SEIU contract questions
Centralized Additional TA/CA/Grader hire process questions
What can Abigail help me with?
Student jobs within the GSAS offices
What can Jonathan help me with?
What do I do in each year (1, 2, 3, etc) to put myself in a position to get a job after graduation?
What can I do with a PhD in [English, History, Anthropology, etc]?
How can I find time for an internship or part-time work when my advisor expects me to focus 100% on research?
How do students connect with alums in faculty and non-faculty jobs?
How do students connect their PhD research with professional development goals?
How do students navigate advisors who are resistant to talking about anything career-related?
What can Marika help me with?
Resume, CV, cover letter reviews/application materials
Career exploration
Skill assessment
Informational interviewing and how to reach out to alums
Interviewing
Salary negotiation
Career programming
Commencement
What can Becky help me with?
General Commencement inquiries
Regalia questions
Communications
What can Becky help me with?
Social media
What can Abigail help me with?
Student and faculty newsletter submissions
Website updates
Strategic communications
Connected PhD
What can Alyssa help me with?
Funding for faculty
Program policies
What can Anna help me with?
Funding for students
Higher Education Administrative Internships program
Application procedures and support
Webpage updates
General inquiries
Financial
What can this address help me with?
Student loans
Master's or postbac financial aid
Tuition bills
What can Chris help me with?
Student paycheck questions
Connected PhD expenses and pay processing
PhD stipend pay components
PhD tuition bills
GSAS SEIU contract questions
Centralized additional TA/CA/grader hire process questions
SEIU (TA or TF) hire letter questions
CA or grader hire letter questions
PhD funding aspect of admissions
What can Kimberly help me with?
Student paycheck questions
PhD stipend pay components
PhD tuition bills
Centralized additional TA/CA/grader hire process questions
SEIU (TA or TF) hire letter questions
CA or grader hire letter questions
What can Alyssa help me with?
Internal and external fellowships and grants
Giving and Impact
What can Wendy help me with?
Making gifts/endowments
How we use gifts and endowments
Health Insurance
What can Chris help me with?
Health insurance enrollments and credits
What can Kimberly help me with?
Health insurance enrollments and credits
Professional Development
What can Jonathan help me with?
What do I do in each year (1, 2, 3, etc) to put myself in a position to get a job after graduation?
What can I do with a PhD in [English, History, Anthropology, etc]?
How can I find time for an internship or part-time work when my advisor expects me to focus 100% on research?
How do students connect with alums in faculty and non-faculty jobs?
How do students connect their PhD research with professional development goals?
How do students navigate advisors who are resistant to talking about anything career-related?
What can Marika help me with?
Resume, CV, cover letter reviews/application materials
Career exploration
Skill assessment
Informational interviewing and how to reach out to alums
Interviewing
Salary negotiation
Career programming
Scheduling
What can Abigail help me with?
Graduate Council meeting scheduling and minutes
Annual program planning meeting scheduling and minutes
Scheduling meetings with the Dean
Student Life
Dean of Students Office
The Dean of Students Office serves as an advocate for all Brandeis students, strives to ensure the quality of their overall co-curricular experience at the university and promotes opportunities for students to engage in leadership activities and to experience personal, social and emotional growth and development.
What can Monique help me with?
Student activities & programming
Student support
What can Shelby help me with?
Student support
What can Alexandra help me with?
Student academic rights and community standards
Student conduct process
Office of Graduate Affairs
OGA provides programming and support to students across all three graduate schools: the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Heller School of Public Policy, and the International Business School.
What can Jessica help me with?
General graduate student programming
Crisis management
Student Services
What can Becky help me with?
Questions about student resources (for student parents, for writing support, for tutoring, etc.)
Concerns about personal safety or well-being
Emotional and mental health support
Generalized academic / student performance support (everything from time management to conflict resolution)
Connection to on-campus offices like the counseling center, Health and Wellness, PARC, and others
Opportunities for student programming
Student governance questions
Ideas for clubs and organizations
Questions about diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism
General grievances or complaints
Crisis management