Staff & Committee Directory

Gail Fleischaker and Wendy Wilde, winners of the 2016 Outstanding Staff Award

Keeping all the systems running at the UMass College of Social & Behavioral Sciences is our dedicated staff. These unsung heroes manage the multitude of administrative and organizational tasks that keep all of the departments in the College running smoothly and efficiently.

Faculty and Staff by Department/Program

Anthropology	Faculty \| Staff
Communication	Faculty \| Staff
Economics	Faculty \| Staff
Journalism	Faculty & Staff
Labor Studies:	Faculty & Staff
Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning	Faculty \| Staff
Legal Studies	Faculty & Staff
Political Science	Faculty & Staff
Public Policy & Administration	Faculty \| Staff
Resource Economics	Faculty & Staff
Social Thought & Political Economy	Faculty & Staff
Sociology	Faculty & Staff

Staff by Function

Finance

Grace Rock	Anthropology
Goldie McCarty	Anthropology/Archeological Serv.
Stephanie Covelli	Center for Research on the Family
Donna Berg	Communication
Nancy Lattinville and Sheila Gilroy	Economics
Karen Mason	ISSR
Maryann Cinelli	Journalism
Denise Moreno	Latin American Studies
Terry Trudeau	LARP
Judy Fogg	PERI
Trish Bachand	Political Science/Legal Studies
Jackie Bishop	Public Policy
Gail Fleischaker	Resource Economics
Cindy Patten	Sociology/Labor Center
Leticia Garcia	Sociology/Labor Center
Donna Vanasse	STPEC

Personnel

Debbie Averill	Anthropology
Goldie McCarty	Anthropology/Archeological Serv.
Deb Averill	Anthropology/Tenure & Promotion
Stephanie Covelli	Center for Research on Families
Deb Madigan	Communication
Nancy Lattinville and Sheila Gilroy	Economics
Karen Mason	ISSR
Terry Trudeau	LARP
Judy Fogg	PERI
Jackie Bishop	Public Policy/Grants
Kathy Colon	Public Policy
Stephen Marvell	Political Science/Legal Studies
Gail Fleischaker	Resource Economics
Maureen Warner	Sociology/Labor Center
Donna Vanasse	STPEC

Undergraduate Advising/Registration

Shelley Silva	Anthropology
Allison Butler	Communication
Lori Sadler	Economics
Razvan Sibii	Journalism
Gloria Bernabe-Ramos	Latin American Studies
Kellie Nicholas	LARP
Barb Ciesluk	Political Science/Legal Studies
Satu Zoller	Public Policy
Lianne Hansen	Resource Economics
Barbara Talenda	Resource Economics
Alyssa Cote	Sociology
Kat Fabel	Sociology/Labor Center
Monica Garcia	STPEC

Graduate Programs

Shelley Silva	Anthropology
Kathy Ready	Communication
Joseph Pickul	Economics
Clare Hammonds	Labor Center
Tessa Stuart	Labor Center
Kellie Nicholas	LARP
Jennie Southgate	Political Science/Legal Studies
Kathy Colon	Public Policy
Satu Zoller	Public Policy
Barbara Talenda	Resource Economics
Beth Berry	Sociology

Scheduling

Shelley Silva	Anthropology
Nancy Nash	Economics
Sheilagh Hanley	Journalism
Tessa Stuart	Labor Center
Gloria Bernabe-Ramos	Latin American Studies
Kellie Nicholas	LARP
Stephen Marvell	Political Science/Legal Studies
Kathy Colon	Public Policy
Barbara Talenda	Resource Economics
Wesley Dunham	Sociology
Donna Vanasse	STPEC

Travel Processing

Grace Rock	Anthropology
Goldie McCarty	Anthropology/Archaeological Serv.
Stephanie Covelli	Center for Research on Families
Donna Berg	Communication
Nancy Lattinville	Economics
TBA	Journalism
Stacy Richardson	LARP
Denise Moreno	Latin American Studies
Judy Fogg	PERI
Trish Bachand	Political Science/Legal Studies
Jackie Bishop	Public Policy
Gail Fleischaker	Resource Economics
Barbara Talenda	Resource Economics
Cindy Patten	Sociology/Labor Center
Donna Vanasse	STPEC

IT Support

Carla Williamson	Center for Research on Families
Bruce O'Leary	Communication
Eileen Atallah	Economics
Viacheslav Yurchenkov	ISSR
Bruce O'Leary	Journalism
Evonne Gong	LARP
Jackie Bishop	Public Policy
Jeannette Wicks-Lim	PERI
Eileen Keegan	Resource Economics
Heather Ockington	Sociology/Labor Center

Web/Communication/Events

Shelley Silva	Anthropology
Carla Williamson	Center for Research on Families
Angela Bowser	Communication
Sheila Gilroy	Economics
Elisa Martinez	ISSR
Beth Wallace	Journalism
Tessa Stuart	Labor Center
Evonne Gong	LARP
Denise Moreno	Latin American Studies
Emily Bloch	PERI
Crystal Paul	Political Science/Legal Studies/Grant Support
Susan Newton & Jackie Bishop	Public Policy
Eileen Keegan	Resource Economics
Wesley Dunham	Sociology
Donna Vanasse	STPEC

Stewardship

Grace Rock	Anthropology
Wendy Varner	Center for Research on Families
Deb Madigan	Communication
Sheila Gilroy	Economics
Beth Wallace	Journalism
Tessa Stuart	Labor Center
Terry Trudeau	LARP
Crystal Paul	Political Science/Legal Studies
Gail Fleischaker	Resource Economics
Wesley Dunham	Sociology
Beth Berry	Sociology/Labor Center
Donna Vanasse	STPEC

Grants

Grace Rock	Anthropology
Donna Berg	Communication
Melissa Walsh	Dean's Office Staff
Nancy Lattinville	Economics
Sarah Vega-Liros	ISSR
Terry Trudeau	LARP
Gloria Bernabe-Ramos	Latin American Studies
Judy Fogg	PERI
Cheryl Kehoe	Political Science
Crystal Paul	Political Science
Trish Bachand	Political Science
Stephanie Covelli	Psychology
Dorothy Morua-Fernandes	Psychology
Jackie Bishop	Public Policy
Kathy Colon	Public Policy
Susan Newton	Public Policy
Gail Fleischaker	Resource Economics
Leticia Garcia	Sociology
Donna Vanasse	STPEC

Committees

College Personnel Committee

The SBS Personnel Committee has many annual duties as well as some case-by-case responsibilities. Each year, the committee is tasked with reviewing: exceptional merit awards (September); faculty tenure (November); promotion cases (January); and mini tenure cases (March). A sub-committee of the Personnel Committee meets in April to handle Periodic Multi-Year Review cases. Additionally, the committee reviews tenure with hire cases based on the hire date throughout the year and it reviews distinguished professorship cases based on when the individual cases are received throughout the year. After the Personnel Committee review level, the cases are then reviewed separately by the Dean and the Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development.

Name	Title & Department	Phone
Brigitte Holt	Associate Professor - Anthropology	(413) 545-0697
Anne Ciecko	Associate Professor - Communication	(413) 545-2895
Gerald Friedman	Professor - Economics	(413) 545-2590
Elizabeth Brabec	Professor - LARP	(413) 545-2255
Maryann Barakso (fall 2016) and Amel Ahmed (spring 2017)	Associate Professors - Political Science	(413) 545-2438
Amy Schalet	Associate Professor - Sociology	(413) 545-5008
Christian Rojas	Associate Professor - Resource Economics	(413) 545-2496

Graduate Directors Council

The Graduate Directors Council coordinates Methods course offerings and works together to support the SBS graduate student experience.

Name	Department/Program	Phone
Betsy Krause	Anthropology	(413) 577-1205
Leda Cooks	Communication	(413) 545-2895
Mwangi wa Githinji	Economics	(413) 545-0739
Ethan Carr	Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA)	(413) 545-0153
Henry Renski	PhD Regional Planning	(413) 545-6638
Mark Hamin	Master of Regional Planning (MRP)	(413) 545-6608
Ellen Pader	MRP/law dual degree	(413) 545-6620
Robert Ryan	MRP/MLA dual degree program	(413) 545-6633
Tatishe Nteta	Political Science	(413) 545-3546
Lee Badgett Satu Zoller	School of Public Policy and Administration	(413) 545-3162 (413) 545-2714
John Spraggon	Resource Economics	(413) 545-6651
Joya Misra	Sociology	(413) 545-3577
Clare Hammonds	Labor Studies	(413) 545-0577
Jen Lundquist, Chair	Associate Dean for Faculty Development	(413) 545-5977

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee is charged with enhancing and improving instruction and student learning in SBS.

Name	Title & Department	Phone
Sonya Atalay	Anthropology	(413) 545-2652
Benjamin Bailey	Communication	(413) 545-2522
Gerald Friedman	Economics	(413) 545-2590
Razvan Sibii	Journalism	(413) 545-5926
Patricia McGirr	LARP & Sustainable Community Development	(413) 545-6621
Paul Collins	Political Science - Legal Studies	(413) 545-4079
Jesse Rhodes	Political Science	(413) 545-6185
Bernie Morzuch	Resource Economics	(413) 545-5718
Carolyn Bassett	SBS Exploratory Track	(413) 577-1057
Satu Zoller Brenda Bushouse	School of Public Policy	(413) 545-2714 (413) 545-1453
Jonathan Wynn	Sociology	(413) 545-4073
Hoang Gia Phan	STPEC	(413) 545-3694
Julie Caswell	Associate Dean for Education and Student Development	(413) 577-1203

Dean's Research Council

The Dean's Research Council organizes the Social Science Matters speaker series annually. The Council also offers two categories of grants to support research each year. A strong preference is given to generating a new research project or a new direction within an existing project. Priority in most cases is given to those projects that are likely to lead to external foundation or government funding; however, SBS also supports high-quality, meritorious research for which opportunities for extramural funding are limited. All ranks of tenure track faculty and lecturers whose major responsibilities include research are eligible to apply to both categories.

Name	Title & Department
Laurel Smith-Doerr, Co-chair	Director of ISSR
Jennifer Lundquist, Co-chair	Associate Dean for Research
Amanda Walker	Associate Professor - Anthropology
Emily West	Associate Professor - Communication
Marta Vicarelli	Assistant Professor - School of Public Policy and Administration
Fidan Kurtulus	Associate Professor - Economics
Sanjiv Gupta	Associate Professor - Sociology
Theo Eisenman	Assistant Professor - LARP
Lauren McCarthy	Assistant Professor - Political Science
Nathalie Lavoie	Associate Professor - Resource Economics
Rodrigo Zamith	Assistant Professor - Journalism

Task Force on Student Success and Advising

Associate Dean for Education and Student Development Julie Caswell is leading a group of faculty and staff to review and recommend changes to student success and advising programs college-wide. This includes development of the SBS Academic Advisor/Faculty Mentor advising model, the SBS Advising Resource Center, and the SBS Pathways approach to promoting student success.

Name	Title & Department	Phone
Julie Caswell, chair	Associate Dean for Education and Student Development	(413) 545-5735
Carolyn Bassett	Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Advising	(413) 577-1057
Jackie Brousseau-Pereira	Director of Student Success and Retention	(413) 545-3519
Diane Curtis	Director of Pre-Law Advising	(413) 577-0396
Vanessa Blais	Associate Director, SBS Advising Resource Center	(413) 577-1057
Lynn Phillips	Chief Undergraduate Advisor (Communication)	(413) 545-3539
Raz Sibii	Chief Undergraduate Advisor (Journalism)	(413) 545-1753

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