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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
[email protected]

Architecture
Erika Zekos
234 Design Building
413-545-0947
[email protected]

Art
Cathryn Brubaker
222 Studio Arts Building
[email protected]

History of Art & Architecture
Margaret Vickery
W375 South College
413-545-3595
[email protected]

Classics
Brian Breed
529 Herter Hall
413-577-3479
[email protected]

English
Janis Greve
E345B South College
413-545-1612
[email protected]

Celeste Stoddard
E345 South College
413-545-0388
[email protected]

History
Heidi Scott
Herter Hall
413-588-6299
[email protected]

Judaic and Near Eastern Studies: Judaic Studies
Rachel Diana
744 Herter Hall
413-545-2550
[email protected]

Judaic & Near Eastern Studies: Middle Eastern Studies
David Mednicoff
135 Herter Hall
413-545-5849
[email protected]

Languages, Literatures & Cultures: Chinese Studies
Elena Chiu
333 Herter Hall 
[email protected]

Languages, Literatures & Cultures: Comparative Literature
Corine Tachtiris
432 Herter Hall 
[email protected]

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: French & Francophone Studies
Eva Valenta
319 Herter Hall
413-545-6703
[email protected]

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: German & Scandinavian Studies
Kerstin Müller Dembling
519 Herter Hall 
[email protected]

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: Italian Studies
Cara Takakjian
315 Herter Hall
413-545-6707
[email protected]

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: Japanese Studies
Stephen Forrest
441 Herter Hall
413-545-4950
[email protected]

Reiko Sono
331 Herter Hall
413-545-4947
[email protected]

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: Portuguese
Luiz Amaral
404 Herter Hall
413-545-4790
[email protected]

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: Russian, Eurasian and Polish Studies
Régine Spector
416 Thompson Hall 
[email protected]

Languages, Literatures, & Cultures: Spanish
Patricia Gubitosi
422 Herter Hall 
[email protected]

Linguistics
Kristine Yu
422 Integrated Learning Center 
[email protected]

Music & Dance: Dance Program
Thomas Vacanti
Bartlett Hall
413-545-4078
[email protected]

Music & Dance: Music Program
Erica Drake
353 Fine Arts Center
413-545-9901
[email protected]

Philosophy
Gary Hardegree
E317 South College
(413) 545-2330
[email protected]

Theater
Amy Altadonna
027A Fine Arts Center 
[email protected]

Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies
Kirsten Leng
W417 South College 
[email protected]

For future students

Afro-American Studies
Brit Rusert
[email protected]

Architecture
Ann Marshall
[email protected]

Art
Jeff Kasper
[email protected]

Chinese
Enhua Zhang
[email protected]

Classics
Brian Breed
[email protected]

Comparative Literature
Corine Tachtiris
[email protected]

Dance
Cathy Maclutsky
[email protected]

English
Celeste Stoddard
[email protected]

Janis Greve
[email protected]

David Fleming
[email protected]

French
Eva Valenta
[email protected]

German
Kerstin Mueller Dembling
[email protected]

History
Sarah Cornell
[email protected]

Meredith Pustell
[email protected]

History of Art and Architecture
Magaret Vickery
[email protected]

Italian
Melina Masterson
[email protected]

Japanese
Stephen Forrest
[email protected]

Reiko Sono
[email protected]

Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies
Rachel Diana
[email protected]

Anne Broadbridge
[email protected]

Linguistics
Kristine Yu
[email protected]

Music
Nate Gowen
[email protected]

Philosophy
Vanessa de Harven
[email protected]

Gary Hardegree
[email protected]

Polish
Jeremi Szaniawski
[email protected]

Portuguese
Luiz Amaral
[email protected]

Russian
Régine Spector
[email protected]

Spanish
Patricia Gubitosi
[email protected]

Theater
Amy Altadonna
[email protected]

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Kirsten Leng
[email protected]

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