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Heller Administration

  • Lisa Lynch, Ph.D.

    Dean and Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy

    781-736-3883  •  lisalynch@brandeis.edu

  • Kristen Stevens

    SENIOR Executive Administrator and Assistant to the Dean

    781-736-8683  •  kstevens@brandeis.edu

  • Ron Etlinger

    Chief Administrative Officer

    781-736-3902  •  etlinger@brandeis.edu

  • Linda Purrini

    Associate Director  •  Operations

    781-736-3930  •  purrini@brandeis.edu

  • Karina Sheerin

    Director  •  Financial Control, Budgeting and Analysis

    781-736-8309  •  sheerin@brandeis.edu

Development and Alumni Relations

  • Leslie Godoff '71

    Director  •  Development and Alumni Relations

    781-736-3899  •  godoff@brandeis.edu

  • Jennifer Raymond

    Assistant Director  •  Annual Giving and Alumni Relations

    781-736-4827  •  jraymond@brandeis.edu

  • Courtney Lombardo

    Senior Program Administrator

    781-736-3808  •  clombard@brandeis.edu

Communications

  • Claudia Jacobs ’70

    Director  •  Communications Initiatives

    781-736-3806  •  cjacobs@brandeis.edu

  • Alexandra Rubington

    Communications Specialist

    781-736-3927  •  arubingt@brandeis.edu

  • Jack White

    Web Designer

    jwhite@brandeis.edu

Admissions and Career Services

  • Adam Motenko

    Graduate Career Advisor

    781-736-3938  •  amotenko@brandeis.edu

  • Margaret Haley

    Assistant Director  •  Graduate Admissions and Recruitment

    781-736-3792  •  haley@brandeis.edu

  • Jamie McCarthy

    Admissions Officer  •  MA-COEX and MA-SID

    781-736-3923  •  jmccarth@brandeis.edu

  • Shana Sconyers

    Admissions Officer  •  MBA and MPP

    781-736-4229  •  sconyers@brandeis.edu

  • Elizabeth Cole

    Admissions officer  •  ms and phd

    781-736-2647  •  elcole@brandeis.edu

  • Dmitri Cantor

    Admissions Coordinator

    781-736-4228  •  dcantor@brandeis.edu

Academic and Student Services

  • Doris Breay

    Senior Assistant Dean  •  Academic and Student Services

    781-736-2773  •  breay@brandeis.edu

  • Ravi Lakshmikanthan, M.A. ’99

    Assistant Dean  •  Student Records and Enrollment

    781-736-2753  •  kanthan@brandeis.edu

  • Mary Brooks, M.A. ’03

    Assistant Director  •  Students and Community Relations

    781-736-2816  •  maryeliz@brandeis.edu

  • Victoria Corpian

    Senior Department Coordinator

    781-736-8387  •  vsarro@brandeis.edu

Research Administration

  • Elaine Kennen

    Associate Director  •  Research Accounting

    781-736-3908  •  kennen@brandeis.edu

  • Lyudmila Bagnyuk

    Grant Administrator

    781-736-3910  •  bagnyuk@brandeis.edu

  • Yehfang Mok

    Grant Administrator

    781-736-3976  •  mok@brandeis.edu

  • Denise Campbell

    Department Accounting Associate

    781-736-3980  •  dacmpl@brandeis.edu

Academic Programs

Walter Leutz, Ph.D. '81  •  Associate Dean  •  Academic Personnel

781-736-3934  •  leutz@brandeis.edu



Ph.D. Program

  • Susan Parish, Ph.D.

    Director

    781-736-3928  •  slp@brandeis.edu

  • Cheryl Sweeney

    program administrator

    781-736-8992  •  csweeney@brandeis.edu

Programs in Sustainable International Development

Laurence Simon, Ph.D. •  Executive Director  •  Programs in Sustainable International Development

781-736-4148  •  simon@brandeis.edu


M.A. in Sustainable International Development

  • Laurence Simon, Ph.D.

    Director

    781-736-4148  •  simon@brandeis.edu

  • Marion Howard, M.A. '04

    Associate Director

    781-736-3794  •  mwhoward@brandeis.edu

  • Cara King-Anderson

    Program Administrator

    781-736-2737  •  clka@brandeis.edu

  • Faria Zaman

    Assistant Director  •  International Admissions and Recruitment

    781-736-2763  •  fzaman@brandeis.edu

M.S. Program

  • A.K. Nandakumar, Ph.D.

    Director

    781-736-3926  •  aknkumar@brandeis.edu

  • Wu Zeng, Ph.D. '09

    Assistant Director

    781-736-3888  •  wuzengcn@brandeis.edu

  • Cara King-Anderson

    Program Administrator

    781-736-2737  •  clka@brandeis.edu

  • Faria Zaman

    Assistant Director  •  International Admissions and Recruitment

    781-736-2763  •  fzaman@brandeis.edu

M.B.A. Program

  • Brenda Anderson, Ph.D.

    Director

    781-736-8423  •  banders@brandeis.edu

  • Norma DeMattos

    Program Administrator

    781-736-3866  •  ndemat@brandeis.edu

M.P.P. Program

  • Michael Doonan, Ph.D. '02

    Director

    781-736-4831  •  doonan@brandeis.edu

  • Janet Boguslaw, Ph.D.

    Associate Director

    781-736-3738  •  boguslaw@brandeis.edu

  • Norma DeMattos

    Program Administrator

    781-736-3866  •  ndemat@brandeis.edu

M.A. in Coexistence and Conflict

  • Alain Lempereur, Ph.D.

    Director

    781-736-3959  •  lempereur@brandeis.edu

  • Anne Gudaitis

    Program Administrator

    781-736-8575  •  gudaitis@brandeis.edu

Executive Education Program

  • Jon Chilingerian, Ph.D.

    Director

    781-736-3828  •  chilingerian@brandeis.edu

  • Linda Purrini

    Program Coordinator

    781-736-3930  •  purrini@brandeis.edu

Undergraduate Program: Health: Science, Society and Policy

  • Sarita Bhalotra, M.D., Ph.D. ’99

    Co-Chair

    781-736-3960  •  bhalotra@brandeis.edu

Research Programs

Constance Horgan, Sc.D.  •  Associate Dean   •   Research

781-736-3916  •  horgan@brandeis.edu



Schneider Institutes for Health Policy   •   website

Stanley Wallack, Ph.D.  •  Executive Director

781-736-3900  •  wallack@brandeis.edu

  • Institute on Healthcare Systems   •   website

    Christopher Tompkins, M.M.H.S. '82, Ph.D. '91   •  Director

    781-736-3913  •  tompkins@brandeis.edu

  • Institute for Behavioral Health   •   website

    Constance Horgan, Sc.D.  •  Director

    781-736-3916  •  horgan@brandeis.edu

  • Institute for Global Health and Development   •   website

    A.K. Nandakumar, Ph.D.  •  Director

    781-736-3926  •  aknkumar@brandeis.edu

Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP)   •   website

Thomas Shapiro, Ph.D.  •  Director

781-736-4671  •  tshapiro@brandeis.edu

  • National Program on Women and Aging   •   website

Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy (ICYFP)   •  website

  • Center for Youth and Communities   •  website

    Susan Curnan, M.S., M.F.S.  •  Director

    781-736-3771  •  curnan@brandeis.edu

Lurie Institute for Disability Policy   •  website

Susan Parish, Ph.D.   •  Director

781-736-3928  •  slp@brandeis.edu

  • Nathan and Toby Starr Center  •   webpage

    Marji Erickson Warfield, Ph.D. '91  •  Director

    781-736-3833  •  mew@brandeis.edu

Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy   •   website

Andrew Hahn, Ph.D. '78  •  Director

781-736-3774  •  ahahn@brandeis.edu

Claudia Jacobs '70  •  Associate Director

781-736-3806  •  cjacobs@brandeis.edu