Please see below for a list of Graduate Department Representatives. Visit our GDR Job Description page for an explanation of this role.

Please visit the School of Arts and Sciences website and the DGS and Administrators page to see a list of Department Chairs, Directors of Graduate Study and Department Administrators. 

Division of Creative Arts

Jingmian Gong
Jingmian Gong
Music Composition and Theory
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Inbar Shifrin
Inbar Shifrin
Musicology
Pronouns: She/Her

Inbar is a PhD student in Musicology, a Schusterman fellow, and has an affiliation (and a lot of love) for NEJS. She enjoys discussing music of almost every genre and thinking about what to cook (and eat) for dinner.

Division of Humanities

Sreemoyee Bhattacharyya
Rachel Dale
Rachel Dale
English
Pronouns: She/Her
Sarina Schwartz
Sarina Schwartz
English
Pronouns: She/Her

Sarina is a Romanticist with a particular interest in Romantic politics and ecology. She is also a musician, so you may find her in the Music Department. Sarina welcomes emails with any questions and is always happy to talk to prospective students.

Yujuan Zhang
Yujuan (Olivia) Zhang
Philosophy
Pronouns: She/Her

Olivia enjoys skiing and walking in nature.

Wenjing Yan

Wenjing is a first-year graduate student in the Chinese Language and Culture program. She is doing teaching practice in the Beginning Chinese class. She loves reading and hiking, and her favorite food is Hot Pot. She really enjoys having Hot Pot with family and friends.

Division of Science

Trent Quist

Trent enjoys cooking, exercise, reading, and watching movies. He is a 5th year PhD student researching viral proteins and how they utilize metal ions (iron and zinc) to carry out their biological functions. 

Henry Thanh Nguyen
Anant Bhasin
Anant Bhasin
Chemistry
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Anant is passionate about sports like basketball, volleyball, and table tennis, and is always up for a good board game. When not organizing events for friends or the whole department as a GDR, Anant dives deep into research at the intersection of machine learning, quantum chemistry, and materials science.

Lindsay Dial
Lindsay Dial
Computational Linguistics
Pronouns: She/Her

Lindsay is a first-year student in the CLMS program with a B.A. in German and Linguistics and a passion for all things language. When she's not doing work, you can find her (re-)reading a book or social dancing in the Greater Boston area!

Kasey La
Kasey La
Computational Linguistics
Pronouns: She/Her
Chester Palen-Michel
Chester Palen-Michel
Computer Science
Pronouns: He/Him
Sarah Dennis
Sarah Dennis
Mathematics
Pronouns: She/they

Sarah is in their 5th year at Brandeis and is researching numerical methods for fluid dynamics. They are an international student from Australia who has been living in the United States for 10+ years now. Outside of math, they enjoy playing video games and hanging out with their cats.

Josh Perlmutter
Josh Perlmutter
Mathematics
Pronouns: He/Him

Josh is a 4th-year PhD student and a 2nd-year GDR specializing in geometric group theory, which combines algebra and geometry. Outside of math, Josh is passionate about film, enjoys watching movies, and has explored filmmaking and screenwriting. Additionally, Josh enjoys playing video games and Ultimate Frisbee.

Tudor Popescu
Tudor Popescu
Mathematics
Pronouns: He/Him

Tudor is a fourth-year mathematics student working on the Langlands program. In his free time, he enjoys watching movies, fencing, and playing basketball.

Emily Calobrisi
Emily Calobrisi
Psychology
Pronouns: She/Her
Hailey Fuchs
Hailey Fuchs
Psychology
Pronouns: She/Her

Hailey hopes her contributions as a GDR will help students and faculty feel heard, respected, and supported.

Ian Murphy
Ian Murphy
Physics
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Division of Social Sciences

Sargam Sharma
Sargam Sharma
Anthropology
Pronouns: She/Her
Lianne Gallant
Lianne Gallant
History
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Lianne is a second-year doctoral student studying transracial adoption from China to the United States during the One Child Policy. In addition to working in the Writing Center, she enjoys reading poetry, playing ukulele, and spending time with her cat, Oliver.

Cat Rosch
Cat Rosch
History
Pronouns: She/they

Cat is a 3rd-year History PhD student at Brandeis, where she also earned her BA in 2016. She specializes in 20th-century political and social history, with a research focus on the relationship between social movements, college students, political identity, and gender. Her work particularly examines how social reform, birth control, and abortion movements helped college women in Massachusetts develop political and activist identities.

Sheindl Spitzer-Tilchin
Sheindl Spitzer-Tilchin

Sheindl is a current second year BA/MA Hornstein student receiving her masters in Jewish Professional Leadership. Sheindl completed her undergraduate studies at Brandeis University, receiving her bachelors in Near Eastern Judaic Studies and Psychology. Sheindl is passionate about building and leading the greater Jewish community and has involved herself in different programs and organizations with missions of serving different Jewish demographics in the hopes of improving American Jewish organizational life. Sheindl is a Graduate Intern for Institutional Advancement at Brandeis, and a lab leader for Brandeis SCROLL Lab researching different aspects of Jewish Education. Sheindl is thrilled to be a part of the GDR community.

Nathanial Walker
Nathanial Walker
Politics
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Nathanial is a dissertating PhD student focused on the creation of international law to govern the global commons, such as the oceans, Antarctica, outer space, and airspace. Nathanial also serves on the University Special Task Force on Free Expression and is available to represent and support students from any program. Feel free to reach out at nathanialwalker@brandeis.edu.

Stephanie Garlow
Stephanie Garlow
Sociology
Pronouns: She/Her
Danielle Jacques