Directors of Undergraduate Study / Program Advisors
What is a Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)?
aka “major advisors” / “minor advisors” / “transfer credit advisors” / “program advisors”
Directors of Undergraduate Studies are faculty who serve as chief academic advisors for undergraduates interested in majoring or minoring in their respective departments or programs. They can speak best to the degree requirements and have the most up-to-date information regarding an area of study, including information on course offerings, four-year planning, independent study projects, research opportunities and internships, graduate school and careers in the field. The DUS is the person to talk to about declaring your major or minor. Even if you receive advising from another faculty member, which you are welcome to seek out, the DUS will be the one to sign off on your declaration form and approve any transfer credit requests. Note that each department/program has one primary DUS but that this person may switch to a different faculty member from year to year.
Melissa Bailar
Executive Director, Medical Humanities Research Institute
Associate Director and Program Advisor, Program in Medical Humanities
Joshua Bernstein
Associate Teaching Professor of Art
DUS, Department of Art
Peter C. Caldwell
Samuel G. McCann Professor of History
DUS Program in Politics, Law and Social Thought
Luis Campos
Baker College Chair for the History of Science, Technology and Innovation
Associate Professor of History
Co-Director and Program Advisor, Program in Science and Technology Studies
David Cook
Professor of Religion
DUS, Department of Religion
Leo Costello
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Art History
Co-Director and DUS, Program in Museums and Cultural Heritage
Sophie Crawford-Brown
Assistant Professor of Art History
DUS and Director, Program in Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations
Michael Dango
Associate Professor of English
Director and DUS, Media Studies
Daniel Domingues da Silva
Associate Professor of History
DUS, Center for African and African American Studies
Claire Fanger
Associate Professor of Religion
Director and DUS, Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Randal L. Hall
William P. Hobby Professor of American History
Editor, Journal of Southern History
Director, Center for Environmental Studies
Co-Director and Program Advisor, Environmental Studies Minor
Matthias Henze
Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies, Department of Religion
Director and DUS, Program in Jewish Studies
Emily Houlik-Ritchey
Associate Professor of English
DUS, Department of English and Creative Writing
Lacy M. Johnson
Associate Professor of Creative Writing, Department of English and Creative Writing
DUSC, Program in Creative Writing
Richard Johnson
Executive Director for Sustainability
Professor in the Practice of Environmental Studies
Co-Director and Program Advisor, Environmental Studies Minor
Christina Keefe
Professor in the Practice, Programin Theatre
Director and DUS, Program in Theatre
Sidney Lu
Annette and Hugh Gragg Associate Professor of Transnational Asian Studies
DUS, Department of Transnational Asian Studies
Hilary Mackie
Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Program Advisor, Program in Classical Studies and Minors in Latin Language and Literature, Classical Civilizations, and Greek Language and Literature
Joseph Manca
Nina J. Cullinan Professor of Art and Art History
DUS, Department of Art History
Molly Morgan
Senior Lecturer, Anthropology
Co-Director and DUS, Program in Museums and Cultural Heritage
Astrid Oesmann
Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Program Advisor, Program in German Studies
Kirsten Ostherr
Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English
Director, Medical Humanities Research Institute
Director and Program Advisor, Program in Medical Humanities
Paula Park
Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures
Program Advisor, Program in Latin American and Latinx Studies
Aysha Pollnitz
Associate Professor of History
Director, Program in Politics, Law and Social Thought
Linsey Sainte-Claire
Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures
Program Advisor, Program in French Studies
M. Rafael Salaberry
Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures
Program Advisor, Program in Spanish and Portuguese
Charles Siewert
Robert & Kathryn Hayes Chair in Humanities and Professor of Philosophy
DUS, Department of Philosophy
Humanities Divisional Advisors
What is a Divisional Advisor?
Divisional Advisors are faculty associates of a residential college who are selected and engaged by College
Magisters and the OAA to provide academic advising to you prior to your declaring a major. Each Divisional
Advisor:
- Serves their residential college by representing one of the four major undergraduate academic divisions –Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Engineering
- Is trained by and works closely with the Office of Academic Advising (OAA) to keep up to date on academic rules and regulations, graduation requirements, educational opportunities, academic resources, and other important or time-sensitive information.
- Can advise you on a wide range of topics including personal interests, course choices, short- and long-term plans, and co-curricular opportunities, to name a few.
- Has tremendous knowledge, insights, and experiences to share, but does not have expertise in all majors, so they will often also refer students to Major Advisors in academic departments or advisors in collaborative offices across campus.
Baker
Maria Stasevicius
Lecturer, Center for Language and Intercultural Communication
Brown
Laura Correa Ochoa
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Duncan
Ian Schimmel
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of English and Creative Writing
Hanszen
Denva Gallant
Assistant Professor, Department of Art History
Jones
Fay Yarbrough
William Gaines Twyman Professor, Department of History
Associate Dean of Humanities, Faculty and Graduate Programs
Lovett
Anne Chao
School of Humanities Advisory Board Member
Lecturer, Department of History
Martel
Leo Costello
Chair, Department of Art History
Associate Professor, Department of Art History
McMurtry
Tim Schroeder
Professor, Department of Philosophy
Sid Rich
David Messmer
Associate Teaching Professor, Program for Writing and Communication (FWIS)
Director, FWIS Program
Wiess
Hélade Scutti Santos
Director, Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication
Lecturer in Portuguese
Will Rice
Lora Wildenthal
John Antony Weir Professor, Department of History
Director, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality