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 Composition and Theory (MA, MFA, PhD) Yu-Hui Chang ychang@brandeis.edu

Katie Ball kathrynball@brandeis.edu
Musicology (MA, PhD)

Bradford Garvey 
bradfordgarvey@brandeis.edu

Katie Ball kathrynball@brandeis.edu
Studio Art (Postbaccalaureate)

Ariel Freiberg
afreiberg@brandeis.edu 

 Christine Dunant Kahn cekahn@brandeis.edu

Division of Humanities

Program Director of Graduate Studies Academic Administrator
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies (Classical Studies) (MA) Caitlin Gillepsie cgillepsie@brandeis.edu David Devore daviddevore@brandeis.edu
English (MA, PhD) John Plotz plotz@brandeis.edu Lisa Pannella pannella@brandeis.edu
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (MA, PhD) Laura Jockusch jockusch@brandeis.edu Angelina Lynn angelinalynn@brandeis.edu, Jodie Parmer jparmer@brandeis.edu
Philosophy (MA) Umrao Sethi sethi@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		 Maryanna Aldrich maldrich@brandeis.edu, Natasha Baker natashabaker@brandeis.edu, Anna Esposito aesposito@brandeis.edu
Biotechnology (MS, Dual MS/MBA in Biotechnology) Neil Simister simister@brandeis.edu Maryanna Aldrich maldrich@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, Courtner Maurer cmaurer16@brandeis.edu, Maryanna Aldrich maldrich@brandeis.edu
Computational Linguistics (MS) Sophia Malamud smalamud@brandeis.edu  Maryanna Aldrich maldrich@brandeis.edu, Amy Smack amysmack@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, Amy Smack amysmack@brandeis.edu
Mathematics (MA, MS, PhD, Postbaccalaureate) Thomas Fai
tfai@brandeis.edu		 Maryanna Aldrich maldrich@brandeis.edu,  Anna Esposito aesposito@brandeis.edu, Martha Lagace mathdepartment@brandeis.edu 
Molecular and Cell Biology (PhD)

Michael Marr
mmarr@brandeis.edu

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

Maria Miara
mmiara@brandeis.edu 

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

Jennifer Gutsell jgutsell@brandeis.edu

Maryanna Aldrich maldrich@brandeis.edu, Amy Smack amysmack@brandeis.edu
Physics (MS, PhD) Matthew Headrick mph@brandeis.edu Maryanna Aldrich maldrich@brandeis.edu, Anne Lazerson lazerson@brandeis.edu, Laura Woolf lwoolf@brandeis.edu

Division of Social Science

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

Jonathan Anjaria janjaria@brandeis.edu

 Laurel Carpenter lcarpent@brandeis.edu

Education: Elementary; Secondary; Jewish Day Schools (MAT)

Margery Sokoloff msokoloff@brandeis.edu

 

 Tyson Bailey tysonbailey@brandeis.edu
History (MA, PhD) Amy Singer amysinger@brandeis.edu Martha Cronin mcronin@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 		 Rosanne Colocouris colocour@brandeis.edu
Sociology (PhD) Gowri Vijayakumar gowri@brandeis.edu 

Lauren Jordahl
ljordahl@brandeis.edu 
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (MA) Sabine Von Mering
vonmerin@brandeis.edu		 Alexandra Brandon abrandon@brandeis.edu