Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Directors of Graduate Studies and Academic Administrators

Division of Creative Arts

Program Director of Graduate Studies Academic Administrator
Music (MA in Music Composition and Theory or Musicology, MFA in Music Composition and Theory, PhD in Music Composition and Theory or Musicology)

Bradford Garvey 
bradfordgarvey@brandeis.edu

 Julie Seeger
jseeger@brandeis.edu 
Studio Art (Postbaccalaureate)

Ariel Freiberg
afreiberg@brandeis.edu 

 Lisa Pannella
pannella@brandeis.edu 

Division of Humanities

Program Director of Graduate Studies Academic Administrator
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies (Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies) (MA) Caitlin Gillepsie cgillepsie@brandeis.edu Jodie Parmer jparmer@brandeis.edu 
English (MA, PhD) John Plotz plotz@brandeis.edu Lisa Pannella pannella@brandeis.edu
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (MA, PhD) Jonathan Decter decter@brandeis.edu  Jodie Parmer jparmer@brandeis.edu
Philosophy (MA) Peter Epstein pepstein@brandeis.edu  Julie Seeger jseeger@brandeis.edu
Teaching Chinese (MA)

Xiwen Lu xiwenlu@brandeis.edu

Pu Wang pwang@brandeis.edu 

 Gene Carbonell genecarbonell@brandeis.edu 

Division of Science

Program Director of Graduate Studies Academic Administrator
Biochemistry and Biophysics (MS, PhD) Jeff Gelles
gelles@brandeis.edu		 Natasha Baker natashabaker@brandeis.edu, Anna Esposito aesposito@brandeis.edu
Biotechnology (MS, Dual MS/MBA in Biotechnology) Neil Simister simister@brandeis.edu Erin Bailey erinbailey@brandeis.edu, Jane Theriault jtheriault@brandeis.edu
Chemistry (MA, MS, PhD) Klaus Schmidt-Rohr srohr@brandeis.edu Anne Lazerson lazerson@brandeis.edu, Courtney Maurer cmaurer16@brandeis.edu
Computational Linguistics (MS) Sophia Malamud smalamud@brandeis.edu  Maryanna Aldrich maldrich@brandeis.edu
Computer Science (MS) Liuba Shrira
liuba@brandeis.edu		 Anne Gudaitis gudaitis@brandeis.edu
Computer Science (PhD) Jordan Pollack
pollack@brandeis.edu 		 Maryanna Aldrich maldrich@brandeis.edu, Michael Golitsyn golitsyn@brandeis.edu 
Mathematics (MA, MS, PhD, Postbaccalaureate) Thomas Fai
tfai@brandeis.edu		 Anna Esposito aesposito@brandeis.edu, Martha Lagace mathdepartment@brandeis.edu 
Molecular and Cell Biology (PhD)

Michael Marr
mmarr@brandeis.edu

 Erin Bailey erinbailey@brandeis.edu, Jane Theriault jtheriault@brandeis.edu
Molecular and Cell Biology (MS)

Maria Miara
mmiara@brandeis.edu 

 Anne Lazerson lazerson@brandeis.edu, Erin Bailey erinbailey@brandeis.edu
Neuroscience (PhD) Gina Turrigiano
turrigiano@brandeis.edu		 Jane Theriault jtheriault@brandeis.edu, Erin Bailey erinbailey@brandeis.edu
Neuroscience (MS) Maria Miara
mmiara@brandeis.edu 		 Anne Lazerson lazerson@brandeis.edu, Erin Bailey erinbailey@brandeis.edu
Physics (MS, PhD)

 

Matthew Headrick mph@brandeis.edu

 Anne Lazerson lazerson@brandeis.edu, Wendy Xin yiqingxin@brandeis.edu 
Psychology (PhD, MA)

Jennifer Gutsell jgutsell@brandeis.edu

Maryanna Aldrich maldrich@brandeis.edu, Phil Gnatowski gnat@brandeis.edu

Division of Social Science

Program Director of Graduate Studies Academic Administrator
Anthropology (MA, PhD)

Jonathan Anjaria janjaria@brandeis.edu

 Lauren Jordahl
ljordahl@brandeis.edu 

Education: Teacher Leadership (AGS, EdM)

Margery Sokoloff msokoloff@brandeis.edu

 

 Eileen Kell
ekell@brandeis.edu 
History (MA, PhD) Amy Singer amysinger@brandeis.edu Lauren Jordahl
ljordahl@brandeis.edu 
Hornstein: Jewish Professional Leadership (MA) Fern Chertok fchertok@brandeis.edu

Marla Olsberg marlaolsberg@brandeis.edu
Politics (MA, PhD)

Kerry Chase
chase@brandeis.edu

 Lauren Jordahl
ljordahl@brandeis.edu 
Sociology (PhD, joint MA with Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) Gowri Vijayakumar gowri@brandeis.edu 

Lauren Jordahl
ljordahl@brandeis.edu 
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (MA) Sabine Von Mering
vonmerin@brandeis.edu		 Eileen Kell
ekell@brandeis.edu