Undergraduate Departmental Representatives
Undergraduate departmental representatives serve as a resource and representative for fellow majors and minors and potential majors and minors, and brings student concerns and/or ideas to the program faculty. They also provide feedback to the program chair, undergraduate advising head, and faculty regarding scheduling problems, course offerings, etc. and help organize events for majors, minors and other interested students.
2025-2026 UDRs
Fourth year, Casey Shea Dinkin hails from Oakland, California, across the bay from San Francisco. At Brandeis, he studies History and European Cultural Studies with minors in History of Ideas, Politics, and German. In his spare time, Casey Captains the Triathlon Team, runs a team of editors for the Law Journal, plays rock music, reads novels, plays too much chess, and surfs. Fun fact, Casey has lived abroad in four Countries: Germany, France, Israel, and New Zealand.
Ellen Richards is a junior from Reading, Massachusetts who is majoring in
History and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and minoring in French and
Francophone Studies and History of Ideas. Her areas of interest include feminist
history, post-colonialism, constructions of gender throughout time, and much
more. She is a Humanities Fellow and a member of the theatrical group Hold Thy
Peace. In her downtime, she enjoys a variety of activities from fiber arts and
reading to watching stand-up comedy and queuing for rock concerts. Please
reach out anytime, all questions are welcome.