GSAS Prepares for 2018-19 with New Staff Structure
Peggy Higgins, outgoing Associate Dean of GSAS
Photo Credit: Simon Goodacre
May 7, 2018
Simon Goodacre | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Eric Chasalow, the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, wishes to announce a new staffing structure for the school, designed to better serve our community. This initiative has involved hiring new staff members and changing the reporting model of the office.
Peggy Higgins, the Associate Dean of Student, Academic, and Financial Services, is retiring from GSAS after twenty-five years at the school. “Peggy has been a lynchpin in our office for more than two decades,” says Chasalow. “It is not possible to simply replace someone who has impacted the school so deeply. Peggy has done more than anyone to professionalize our operation, hire talented staff members and implement a long-term development plan for the office. She has also been the most consistent and welcome contact for our students, staff, and faculty. She will be sorely missed.”
The new staffing structure will feature three Assistant Deans: Erin Bishop, PhD ’14, who will lead Finance and Administration, Alyssa Canelli, PhD ’16 (Emory), who will lead Academic Services and Jaclyn Farina, ’03, JD ’08 (Suffolk), who will lead Admissions. “Finance, Academic Services and Admissions are the core functions at GSAS,” says Higgins. “With my departure, we are very fortunate to have strong leaders in each area. I am sure they will be very successful in their roles.”
The new structure of GSAS:
Eric Chasalow, Dean
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Erin Bishop, Assistant Dean of Finance and Administration
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Emily Goldberg, Department Coordinator
- Elizabeth Kurian, Budget Coordinator
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Alyssa Canelli, Assistant Dean of Academic Services
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Sue Levine, Associate Director of Career Development
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Marika McCann, Assistant Director of Career Development
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Jaclyn Farina, Assistant Dean of Admissions
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Amy Reardon, Associate Director of Financial Aid and Admissions
- Carrie Robertson, Admissions Data Analyst
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Monique Howell, Assistant Director of Financial Aid and Admissions
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Simon Goodacre, Assistant Director of Communication and Marketing
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Learn more about Alyssa Canelli and Monique Howell, the new Assistant Dean of Academic Services and Assistant Director of Financial Aid and Admissions. Alyssa will help to shape academic policy, provide guidance on thesis and dissertation work, develop pedagogy programming to support graduate student TFs and CAs, create and assist students with other academic affairs. Monique will provide guidance to students regarding their financial aid packages from Brandeis, their federal and private loans, and other matters related to financing their education.