BDIC Team Members

Welcome to BDIC!  We're a group of Faculty, Staff, and Students that support students in their pursuit of individualized studies at UMass Amherst.  Come visit us in 230 Commonwealth Honors College between 9 and 5!

Linda Roney, Assistant Director & Chief Academic Advisor
lroney@bdic.umass.edu
230 Commonwealth Honors College
413-545-2504
BDIC Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm
Summer Cable, Office Manager
sscable@umass.edu
230 Commonwealth Honors College
(413) 545-7338
BDIC Hours: 9:00-3:00
Thomas Brashear-Alejandro, Interim BDIC Department Head and Faculty Supervisor
Isenberg School of Management
brashear@isenberg.umass.edu
BDIC Hours: Fall 2018- Wednesday 2:30-5pm
Supervisor in Business and Entrepreneurship
Skye Long, BDIC Faculty Supervisor
Biology Department
smlong@umass.edu
230 Commonwealth Honors College
BDIC Hours: Fall 2018- Monday 2:30-5pm
Supervisor in the Natural and Biological Sciences
Marty Norden, BDIC Faculty Supervisor
Department of Communication
norden@comm.umass.edu
BDIC Hours: Fall 2018- Friday 10-12:30
Supervisor in Social Sciences
M.J. Alhabeeb, BDIC Faculty Supervisor
Resource Economics Department
mja@resecon.umass.edu
BDIC Hours: Fall 2018- Wednesday 10-12:30pm
Supervisor in Business and Law
Mark Hamin, BDIC Faculty Supervisor
Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
mhamin@larp.umass.edu
BDIC Hours: Fall 2018- Friday 1-4pm
Supervisor in Sustainability and Physical Science
Jean Forward, BDIC Faculty Supervisor
Department of Anthropology
jforward@anthro.umass.edu
BDIC Hours: Fall 2018- Tuesday/Thursday, 12-1:30pm
Supervisor in Education and Human Services
Deepika Marya, BDIC Instructor
deepikamarya@umass.edu
Instructor: BDIC 350
Effie Shilhan, Peer Advisor
230 Commonwealth Honors College
BDIC- Children's Health and Development
Faith Bertrand, Peer Advisor
230 Commonwealth Honors College
BDIC- Human Biology and Health Promotion
Stephanie Smith, Peer Advisor
230 Commonwealth Honors College
BDIC- Primatology and Conservation
Carly Longman, Peer Advisor
230 Commonwealth Honors College
BDIC- Romance Language and Interpretation
Sam Tarplin, Peer Advisor
starplin@umass.edu
230 Commonwealth Honors College
BDIC-Addictions Studies
Daisy Magnusson , Peer Advisor
230 Commonwealth Honors College
Social Justice Education and Youth Empowerment