Department Undergraduate Major Advisors

CCAS Academic Advisors 2026-27

Department / Advisor Focus	Advisor	Email	Office
Africana Studies
	Quito Swan	[email protected] [email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 619
American Studies
American Studies Film Studies	Elisabeth Anker	[email protected]	2108 G St.; Room 203C
Anthropology
Archaeology, Major/Minor	Eric Cline	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 658
Anthropology Sociocultural Anthropology, Major/Minor Interdisciplinary Minor in Linguistics Cross-Cultural Commmunication, Minor	Sarah Wagner	[email protected]	2112 G St., NW; Room 102
Biological Anthropology,	Carson Murray	[email protected]	Science & Engineering Hall; Room 6850
Transfer Credit/Study Abroad Advisor	Susan Johnston	[email protected]	2112 G St., NW; Room 203
Biological Sciences
Biology, BA and BS	Aleksander Jeremic	[email protected]	Science & Engineering Hall; Room 5680
Neuroscience	Damien O' Halloran	[email protected]	Science & Engineering Hall; Room 6530
Chemistry
Chemistry, BA and BS	Michael Wagner	[email protected]	Science & Engineering Hall; Room 3680
Chemistry, Minor	Michael Massiah	[email protected]
Transfer Credit	Credit Approval
Other		[email protected]
Classical & Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Arabic Studies, BA and Minor Arabic and Hebrew Languages and Cultures, Minor	Mohssen Esseesy	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 665
Clasical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, BA and Minor Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Museum Studies, BA/MA	Elise Friedland	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 660
Hebrew, Minor Arabic and Hebrew Languages and Cultures, Minor	Orian Zakai	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 674
Persian	Christopher Rollston	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 662
Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
Art History, Majors/Minors; Dual BA in Art History and Fine Arts, Art History	Christopher Wilson	[email protected]	Smith Hall of Art
Corcoran Transfer credit/Study Abroad Approval - Studio Arts	Kerry McAleer-Keeler	[email protected]	Flagg Building; Room B108
Corcoran Transfer credit/Study Abroad Approval -Art History	Barbara von Barghahn	[email protected]	Smith Hall of Art
Dance, Majors/Minors in Dance	Anna Kimmel Holly Dugan	[email protected] [email protected]
Fine Arts, Fine Arts & Art History, BA and BFA in Fine Arts; Dual BA in Art History and Fine Arts, Fine Arts	Allyson Vieira	[email protected]
Graphic Design, BFA and minor in Graphic Design	Marc Choi	[email protected]
Interaction Design, BA and BFA in Interaction Design	Kevin Patton Nidhi Singh Rathore	[email protected] [email protected]	Flagg Building
Interior Architecture, BFA in Interior Architecture	Erin Speck	[email protected]	Flagg Building
Music, Majors/Minors in Music	Eugene Montague	[email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room B140
Photojournalism, BFA in Photojournalism/BA in Fine Arts with a Photography concentration and Minor	Susan Sterner (Fall 25) Matt Eich (Spring 26)	[email protected] [email protected]	Smith Hall of Art; Room 2A02
Theatre, Theatre and Production Design	Jodi Kanter	[email protected]
Data Science
Major and Minor	Sarah Burnett A through D	[email protected]	Samson Hall, Room 308
Major and Minor	Sushovan Majhi E through K	[email protected]	Samson Hall, Room 313
Major and Minor	Angelica M. Walker L through P	[email protected]	Samson Hall, Room 307
Major and Minor	Junjun Yin Q through Z	[email protected]	Samson Hall, Room 309
East Asian Languages & Literatures
Chinese	Hongyuan Dong	hdong@gwu.edu	Rome Hall; Room 467
Japanese	Brendan Morley	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 461
Korean	Insung Ko	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 464
Economics
Economics, BA and BS Transfer credit Director of Undergraduate Studies	Pao-Lin Tien ECON Declaration Instructions	[email protected]	Monroe Hall; Room 307
English
Asian American Studies, Minor	Patricia Chu	[email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 638
Creative Writing and English, Major Creative Writing, Minor Director of Creative Writing	Jung Yun	[email protected]
English, Major and Minor Director of Undergraduate Studies	Jennifer James	[email protected]	Phillips Hall; Suite 643
Food Leadership (Minor)
	Tara Scully
Geography and Environment
Environmental Studies and Environmental and Sustainability Sciences	Melissa Keeley Dima Streletskiy Moses Kansanga	[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]	Samson Hall; Room 215 Samons Hall; Room 203 Samons Hall; Room 204
Geography	Declan Cullen Aman Luthra	[email protected] [email protected]	Samson Hall; Room 210Samson Hall; Room 213
GIS Minor	Richard Hinton	[email protected]	Samson Hall; Room 103
Sustainability (Minor)
	Michael Svoboda	[email protected]; [email protected]	Bell Hall; Room 311
Geological Studies
	Catherine Forster	[email protected]	Bell Hall; Room 101A
History
	Steven Brady	[email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 335
Judaic Studies
	Robert Eisen	[email protected]	2147 F St; Room 310
Mathematics
Mathematics, BA and BS	Joseph Bonin Jay Daigle	[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]	Phillips Hall Phillips Hall; Room 720E
Transfer Credit		[email protected]
Organizational Sciences & Communication
Communication, Minor	Donald Ritzenhein	[email protected]	600 21st St., NW
Communication, BA	Wendy Riemann	[email protected]	600 21st St., NW
Transfer Credit (Communication)	Donald Ritzenhein	[email protected]	600 21st St., NW
Organizational Sciences, BA	Nils Olsen	[email protected]	600 21st St., NW
Philosophy
Mind-Brain Studies, Minor	Tad Zawidzki	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 565
Philosophy, Majors/Minors	Any faculty members	[email protected]
Physics
Astrophysics, BS	Oleg Kargaltsev	[email protected]	Corcoran Hall; Room 407
Biophysics, BS	Mark Reeves	[email protected]	Science and Engineering Hall; Room 6870
Physics, BA and BS Director of Undergraduate Studies	Axel Schmidt	[email protected]	Corcoran Hall; Room 419
Political Science
Political Science, BA and BS Political Science: Public Policy Focus, BA	Kelly Bauer PSC Declaration Instructions	[email protected]	Monroe Hall; Room 401
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Cognitive Neuroscience	Brian Cornwell CogNeuro Declaration Instructions	[email protected]
Psychological and Brain Sciences, BA and BS	Christina Gee PBS Declaration Instructions	[email protected]
Religion
Peace Studies	Derek Malone-France	[email protected]	Ames Hall; Room 205 Mount Vernon Campus
Religion	Irene Oh	[email protected]	2106 G St., NW; Room 201
Romance, German & Slavic Languages
French Language Transfer Credit	Brad Marshall	[email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 513
French, Major/Minor Literature Transfer Credit	Kathryn Kleppinger Masha Belenky	[email protected] [email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 513 Phillips Hall; Room 513H
German	Margaret Gonglewski Mary Beth Stein	[email protected] [email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 509C Phillips Hall; Room 509F
Italian Portoguese	Lynn Westwater	[email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 509B
Russian	Peter Rollberg	[email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 509E
Spanish, Major/Minor/Study Abroad (Literature)	Heather Bamford (A-E) Christopher Britt (F-J) Yvonne Captain (K-O) Manuel R. Cuellar (P-T) Sergio Waisman (U-Z)	[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]	Phillips Hall
School of Media & Public Affairs
Journalism and Mass Communications, Minor	Lee Huebner	[email protected]
Journalism and Mass Communications, BA	Barbara Benitez-Curry Cheryl Thompson Frank Sesno Imani Cheers Janet Steel Jason Osder Jesse Holland Kerric Harvey Marc Lajoie Silvio Waisbord Steven Roberts	[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]	805 21st Street NW
Political Communication	Catie Bailard David Karpf Ethan Porter Matt Hindman Patricia Phalen Rebekah Tromble Sean Aday Steven Livingston Will Youmans	[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]	805 21st Street NW 805 21st St., NW; Room 413
Sociology
Criminal Justice Sociology Director of Undergraduate Studies	Daina Eglitis (SP 2024)	[email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 409I
Human Service and Social Justice	Michelle Kelso	[email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 409
Law and Society	Carlos Bustamante (SP 2025)	[email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 409
Speech, Language, & Hearing Science
Cognitive Science of Language, BS	Francys Subiaul	[email protected]	Hall of Government; Room 219
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences, BA	Melanie-Joy H. Dorn	[email protected]	Hall of Government; Room 217

Statistics
	Srinivasan Balaji	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 767
	Joshua Landon	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 652
	Hosam Mahmoud	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 770
University Writing Program
Director of First Year Writing	Wade Fletcher	[email protected]	Ames Hall; Room 236 Mount Vernon Campus
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
Immigration & Migration Studies, Micro-Minor	Kavita Daiya	[email protected]	Rome Hall; Room 631
LGBT and Sexuality Studies, Minor WGSS, Major/Minor	Ashwini Tambe Sara Matthiesen	[email protected] [email protected]	Phillips Hall; Room 302

Department Undergraduate Major Advisors

CCAS Academic Advisors 2026-27

Africana Studies

American Studies

Anthropology

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Classical & Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Data Science

East Asian Languages & Literatures

Economics

English

Food Leadership (Minor)

Geography and Environment

Sustainability (Minor)

Geological Studies

History

Judaic Studies

Mathematics

Organizational Sciences & Communication

Philosophy

Physics

Political Science

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Religion

Romance, German & Slavic Languages

School of Media & Public Affairs

Sociology

Speech, Language, & Hearing Science

Statistics

University Writing Program

Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)