Department Undergraduate Major Advisors

CCAS Academic Advisors 2023-24

Department / Advisor FocusAdvisorEmailOffice

Africana Studies

   
 TBD[email protected]Phillips Hall; Room 700

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, Minor
Martin G. Zysmilich

[email protected] 

Science & Engineering Hall; Room 3680
  • Transfer Credit
Online Form  

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
Alexander Dumbadze[email protected]Smith Hall of Art; Room 110
  • 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
Lisa Lipinski[email protected]Smith Hall of Art; Room 101
  • Dance, Majors/Minors in Dance
Anna Kimmel[email protected] 
  • Fine Arts, Fine Arts & Art History, BA and BFA in Fine Arts; Dual BA in Art History and Fine Arts, Fine Arts
Michele Carlson[email protected]Flagg Building
  • Graphic Design, BFA and minor in Graphic Design
Aasawari Kulkarni[email protected] Flagg Building
  • 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
Nadia Volchansky[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
Matt Eich[email protected] Smith Hall of Art; Room 2A02
  • Theatre, Theatre and Production Design
Carl Gudenius[email protected] Building XX; Room 305

Data Science

   
 TBD[email protected]Corcoran Hall; Room 426

East Asian Languages & Literatures

   
  • Chinese 
Hongyuan Donghdong@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 [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
Lisa Page[email protected] Phillips Hall; Room 621
  • English, Major and Minor 
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
Patricia Chu[email protected] Phillips Hall; Room 638

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

Robert Won

Jay Daigle

 [email protected] 

[email protected]

 [email protected] 

Phillips Hall

Phillips Hall; Room 720E

  • Transfer Credit
 [email protected]  

Organizational Sciences & Communication

   
  • Communication, BA
Kristin Froemling 600 21st St., NW
  • Communication, Minor
Daniel Sude[email protected]600 21st St., NW; Room 202
  • Communication
Wendy Riemann[email protected]600 21st St., NW
  • Organizational Sciences, BA
Lori Peters[email protected] 600 21st St., NW
  • Transfer Credit (Communication)
Michael Newbill[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 

[email protected]

 

Monroe Hall; Room 401

 

Psychological & Brain Sciences 

   
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
Gabrielle Rosenblau[email protected]Monroe Hall; Room 264
  • Psychological and Brain Sciences, BA and BS
Jody Ganiban[email protected]2013 H. St.; 6th Floor

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 Mashall[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)

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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

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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]

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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 

Zimife Umeh (FALL 2024)

Carlos Bustamante (SP 2025)

[email protected]

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Phillips Hall; Room 409

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 
Jameta Barlow[email protected] Ames Hall; Room 207             MounRome Hall; Room 631t Vernon Campus