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Undergraduate Advisors

Below, you'll find a list of the College of Humanities & Fine Arts undergraduate advisors who provide information and guidance regarding majors, minors, certificates, and more.

For current students

For information on Graduate Advising, please contact your graduate program director or the Graduate School.

Afro-American Studies
Britt Rusert
325 New Africa House
413-545-6780
brusert@afroam.umass.edu

Architecture
Erika Zekos
234 Design Building
413-545-0947
ezekos@art.umass.edu

Art
Cathryn Brubaker
222 Studio Arts Building
artadvisor@umass.edu

History of Art & Architecture
Margaret Vickery
W375 South College
413-545-3595
mvickery@arthist.umass.edu

Classics
Brian Breed
529 Herter Hall
413-577-3479
bbreed@classics.umass.edu

English
Janis Greve
E345B South College
413-545-1612
jgreve@english.umass.edu

Celeste Stoddard
E345 South College
413-545-0388
cstoddard@english.umass.edu

History
Heidi Scott
Herter Hall
413-588-6299
hvscott@history.umass.edu

Judaic and Near Eastern Studies: Judaic Studies
Rachel Diana
744 Herter Hall
413-545-2550
jne@judnea.umass.edu

Judaic & Near Eastern Studies: Middle Eastern Studies
David Mednicoff
135 Herter Hall
413-545-5849
mednic@umass.edu

Languages, Literatures & Cultures: Chinese Studies
Elena Chiu
333 Herter Hall 
chiu@llc.umass.edu

Languages, Literatures & Cultures: Comparative Literature
Corine Tachtiris
432 Herter Hall 
ctachtiris@umass.edu

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: French & Francophone Studies
Eva Valenta
319 Herter Hall
413-545-6703
evalenta@frital.umass.edu

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: German & Scandinavian Studies
Kerstin Müller Dembling
519 Herter Hall 
muellerdembling@german.umass.edu

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: Italian Studies
Cara Takakjian
315 Herter Hall
413-545-6707
ctakakjian@umass.edu

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: Japanese Studies
Stephen Forrest
441 Herter Hall
413-545-4950
sforrest@asianlan.umass.edu

Reiko Sono
331 Herter Hall
413-545-4947
rsono@asianlan.umass.edu

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: Portuguese
Luiz Amaral
404 Herter Hall
413-545-4790
amaral@umass.edu

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: Russian, Eurasian and Polish Studies
Régine Spector
416 Thompson Hall 
rspector@polsci.umass.edu

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: Spanish
Patricia Gubitosi
422 Herter Hall 
gubitosi@hfa.umass.edu

Linguistics
Kristine Yu
422 Integrated Learning Center 
krisyu@linguist.umass.edu

Music & Dance: Dance Program
Thomas Vacanti
Bartlett Hall
413-545-4078
tvacanti@dance.umass.edu

Music & Dance: Music Program
Erica Drake
353 Fine Arts Center
413-545-9901
edrake@umass.edu

Philosophy
Gary Hardegree
E317 South College
(413) 545-2330
gmh@philos.umass.edu

Theater
Amy Altadonna
027A Fine Arts Center 
altadonna@theater.umass.edu

Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies
Kirsten Leng
W417 South College 
wgss-advisor@umass.edu

For future students

Afro-American Studies
Brit Rusert
brusert@afroam.umass.edu

Architecture
Ann Marshall
awmarshall@umass.edu

Art
Jeff Kasper
jeffkasper@umass.edu

Chinese
Enhua Zhang
ezhang@llc.umass.edu

Classics
Brian Breed
bbreed@classics.umass.edu

Comparative Literature
Corine Tachtiris
ctachtiris@umass.edu

Dance
Cathy Maclutsky
cmaclutsky@dance.umass.edu

English
Celeste Stoddard
cstoddard@english.umass.edu

Janis Greve
jgreve@english.umass.edu

David Fleming
dfleming@english.umass.edu

French
Eva Valenta
evalenta@frital.umass.edu

German
Kerstin Mueller Dembling
muellerdembling@german.umass.edu

History
Sarah Cornell
secornell@history.umass.edu

Meredith Pustell
undergrad@history.umass.edu

History of Art and Architecture
Magaret Vickery
mvickery@arthist.umass.edu

Italian
Melina Masterson
mamasterson@umass.edu

Japanese
Stephen Forrest
sforrest@asianlan.umass.edu

Reiko Sono
rsono@asianlan.umass.edu

Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies
Rachel Diana
jne@judnea.umass.edu

Anne Broadbridge
broadbridge@history.umass.edu

Linguistics
Kristine Yu
krisyu@linguist.umass.edu

Music
Nate Gowen
musicadmissions@umass.edu

Philosophy
Vanessa de Harven
vdeharven@philos.umass.edu

Gary Hardegree
gmh@philos.umass.edu

Polish
Jeremi Szaniawski
jszaniawski@umass.edu

Portuguese
Luiz Amaral
amaral@umass.edu

Russian
Régine Spector
rspector@polisci.umass.edu

Spanish
Patricia Gubitosi
gubitosi@hfa.umass.edu

Theater
Amy Altadonna
altadonna@theater.umass.edu

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Kirsten Leng
wgss-advisor@umass.edu

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