Undergraduate Advisors

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
Mahwish Chishty
125 Studio Arts Building
413-545-6954
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 Tachtirus
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

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