Contact Information

David Weil, PhD
Dean
781-736-3883  •  davweil@brandeis.edu

Maria Madison, ScD
Associate Dean, Equity, Inclusion and Diversity
781-736-3886  •  mtm@brandeis.edu

Ron Etlinger
Chief Administrative Officer
781-736-3902  •  etlinger@brandeis.edu

Linda Purrini
Associate Director, Operations
781-736-3930  •  purrini@brandeis.edu

Dianne Qualter
Budget Manager
781-736-8302  •  dqualter@brandeis.edu

Meaghan Cummings '08
Executive Administrator and Assistant to the Dean
781-736-3883  •  meaghanc@brandeis.edu

Courtney Lombardo
Associate Director, Development and External Relations
781-736-3808  •  clombard@brandeis.edu

Bethany Romano, MBA'17
Director
781-736-3961  •  bromano@brandeis.edu

Alexandra Rubington
Web Manager
781-736-3927  •  arubingt@brandeis.edu

Karen Shih
Communications Specialist
781-736-3737  •  kshih@brandeis.edu

Lynn Davis
Assistant Dean, Admissions
781-736-2780  •  ldavis@brandeis.edu

Naomi Porper '09
Associate Director, Admissions Operations
781-736-2732  •  nporper@brandeis.edu

Christopher Krause
Senior Assistant Director
781-736-2647  •  ckrause@brandeis.edu

Hannah Locke
Assistant Director
781-736-3923  •  hlocke@brandeis.edu

Samuel Sanchez
Assistant Director
781-736-4229  •  samsanchez@brandeis.edu

Benny J. Belvin II
Assistant Dean, Career Development
781-736-3362  •  bbelvin@brandeis.edu

Erica Hodes
Associate Director
781-736-3789  •  fosser@brandeis.edu

Davo Jefferson
Assistant Director
781-736-3938  •  djefferson@brandeis.edu

Ravi Lakshmikanthan, MA SID'99
Assistant Dean, Academic and Student Services
781-736-2753  •  kanthan@brandeis.edu

Janie Marsan
Assistant Director, Student Records and Enrollment
781-736-3946  •  jmarsan@brandeis.edu

Victoria Corpian
Senior Department Coordinator
781-736-8387  •  vsarro@brandeis.edu

Elaine Kennen
Associate Director, Research Accounting
781-736-3908  •  kennen@brandeis.edu

Lyudmila Bagnyuk
Senior Grants Administrator
781-736-3910  •  bagnyuk@brandeis.edu

Yehfang Mok
Senior Grants Administrator
781-736-3976  •  mok@brandeis.edu

Denise Campbell
Senior Accounting Associate
781-736-3980  •  dacmpl@brandeis.edu

Jeffrey Prottas, PhD
Director
781-736-3955  •  prottas@brandeis.edu

Cheryl Sweeney
Program Manager
781-736-8992  •  csweeney@brandeis.edu

Michael Doonan, PhD'02
Director
781-736-4831  •  doonan@brandeis.edu

Janet Boguslaw, PhD
Associate Director
781-736-3738  •  boguslaw@brandeis.edu

Norma DeMattos
Program Manager
781-736-3866  •  ndemat@brandeis.edu

Carole Carlson, MBA
Director
781-736-3861  •  ccarlson@brandeis.edu

Michael Appell, MA'79
Assistant Director
781-736-3897  •  appell@brandeis.edu

Norma DeMattos
Program Manager
781-736-3866  •  ndemat@brandeis.edu

Alain Lempereur, SJD
Director
781-736-3959  •  lempereur@brandeis.edu

Sandra Jones, MA
Associate Director, International Affairs
781-736-8575  •  joness@brandeis.edu

Mark Kiredjian '05
Program Manager
781-736-2775  • mkiredjian@brandeis.edu

Joan Dassin '69, PhD
Director
781-736-2207  •  jdassin@brandeis.edu

Rajesh Sampath, PhD
Associate Director
781-736-5338  •  rsampath@brandeis.edu

Mary Poor
Student Adviser/Practicum Coordinator
781-736-3590  •  mpoor@brandeis.edu

Diana Bowser, ScD
Director
781-736-4811  • dbowser@brandeis.edu

Monica Jordan, MPH
Assistant Director
781-736-2763  •  mjordan@brandeis.edu

Jon Chilingerian, PhD
Director
781-736-3828  •  chilingerian@brandeis.edu

Amy DiMattia
Associate Director
781-736-3787  •  dimattia@brandeis.edu

Calla Mattox, MPP/MBA'17
Program Administrator
781-736-3999  •  cmattox@brandeis.edu

Jon Chilingerian, PhD
Director
781-736-3828  •  chilingerian@brandeis.edu

Linda Purrini
Program Coordinator
781-736-3930  •  purrini@brandeis.edu

Darren Zinner, PhD
Director
781-736-3971  •  dzinner@brandeis.edu

Stuart H. Altman
Executive Director
781-736-3803  •  altman@brandeis.edu

Christopher Tompkins, MMHS'82, PhD'91
Director
781-736-3913  •  tompkins@brandeis.edu

Jennifer Perloff, PhD'06
Deputy Director
781-736-3935   •  perloff@brandeis.edu

Wendy Colnon
Executive Administrator
781-736-3964  •  colnon@brandeis.edu

Constance M. Horgan, ScD
Director
781-736-3916  •  horgan@brandeis.edu

Sharon Reif, PhD'02
Deputy Director
781-736-3924   •  reif@brandeis.edu

Terri White, MBA'05
Research Manager
781-736-4830  •  twhite@brandeis.edu

Hillary Richards, MS, MA
Project Manager/Communications Manager, Brandeis/Harvard NIDA Center
781-736-7629  •  hrichards@brandeis.edu

Wanda Rifkin
Department Administrator
781-736-3769  •  rifkin@brandeis.edu

Gail Hall
Senior Department Coordinator
781-736-3812  •  ghall120@brandeis.edu

Michele Hutcheon
Senior Department Coordinator
781-736-3979  •  mhutcheon@brandeis.edu

A.K. Nandakumar, PhD
Director
781-736-3926  •  aknkumar@brandeis.edu

Monica Jordan, MPH
Assistant Director
781-736-2763  •  mjordan@brandeis.edu

Thomas Shapiro, PhD
Director
781-736-4671  •  tshapiro@brandeis.edu

Tatjana Meschede, PhD
Associate Director
781-736-8687  •  meschede@brandeis.edu

Amy Gulliksen
Department Coordinator
781-736-3819  •  agulliksen@brandeis.edu

Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, PhD, MPA-URP
Director
781-736-3715  •  dacevedo@brandeis.edu

Pam Joshi, PhD'01, MPP
Associate Director
781-736-3912  •   pamjoshi@brandeis.edu

Leslie Zales
Department Coordinator
781-736-3783  •  lzales@brandeis.edu

Susan P. Curnan, MS, MFS
Director
781-736-3771  •  curnan@brandeis.edu

Lanni Isenberg
Senior Program Administrator
781-736-4835  •   lanni@brandeis.edu 

Susanna Flug-Silva, AM
Director, Eli J. and Phyllis N. Segal Citizen Leadership Program
781-736-3933  •  flugsilva@brandeis.edu

Monika Mitra, PhD
Interim Director
781-736-3807  • mmitra@brandeis.edu

Michelle Techler
Assistant Director
781-736-3799  • mtechler@brandeis.edu

Liza Sholl
Department Coordinator
lizacs@brandeis.edu

Marji Erickson Warfield, PhD'91
Director, Nathan and Toby Starr Center on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
781-736-3833  •  mew@brandeis.edu

Susan Eaton, EdD
Director
781-736-3918  •  seaton@brandeis.edu

Sheryl Seller '11, MA'13
Assistant Director
781-736-3772  •  sheryl89@brandeis.edu

Stacey King
Department Coordinator
781-736-4836  •  stacey2017@brandeis.edu

Laurence R. Simon, PhD
Director
781-736-3894  •  simon@brandeis.edu

Constance Horgan, ScD
Director
781-736-3916  •  horgan@brandeis.edu

Terri White, MBA'05
Research Manager
781-736-4830  •  twhite@brandeis.edu 

Hillary Richards, MS, MA
Project Manager/Communications
781-736-7629  •  hrichards@brandeis.edu 

Wanda Rifkin
Department Administrator
781-736-3769  •  rifkin@brandeis.edu 

Michele Hutcheon
Senior Department Coordinator
781-736-3979  •  mhutcheon@brandeis.edu 

Michael Doonan, PhD'02
Executive Director
781-736-4831  •  doonan@brandeis.edu

Robert Mechanic, MBA
Executive Director
781-736-3969  •  mechanic@brandeis.edu

Leslie Ziarko Valera
Department Coordinator
781-736-3809  • lzv@brandeis.edu

Michael Doonan, PhD'02
Executive Director
781-736-4831  •  doonan@brandeis.edu

Peter Kreiner, PhD
Principal Investigator/Senior Scientist
781-736-3945  •  pkreiner@brandeis.edu

Andrew Kolodny, MD
Co-Director
781-736-4542  •  akolodny@brandeis.edu

Peter Kreiner, PhD
Co-Director
781-736-3945  •  pkreiner@brandeis.edu

Jody Hoffer Gittell, PhD
Director
781-736-3680  •  jgittell@brandeis.edu

Tanya Allain
Director, Communications and Partner Relations
781-736-3963  • tallain@brandeis.edu

Lauren Hajjar, PhD'16
Director of Research
781-736-3903  • lhajjar@brandeis.edu