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Provost & Staff

Weissman, Ruth Striegel Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Ext. 2010 Walter A. Crowell University Professor of the Social Sciences rweissman@wesleyan.edu

• Key Responsibilities
  • • University Librarian
    • Center for the Arts
    • Director, Service-Learning Center
    • Writing Programs
    • Wasch Center for Retired Faculty
    • Athletics
    • Institutional Research
    • Financial Planning
    • Registrar

Anderson, Karen Associate Provost Ext. 2337 kanderson@wesleyan.edu

• Key Responsibilities
  • • Graduate Liberal Studies Program
    • Graduate Student Services
    • Center for FacultyCareer Development
    • International Studies
    • Graduate Studies
    • PIMMS
    • Wesleyan University Press

Sourav Guha Assistant Provost Ext. 3680 sguha@wesleyan.edu

• Key Responsibilities

Academic Deans

Curran, Andrew Dean of Arts and Humanities Ext. 3110 Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures acurran@wesleyan.edu

• Key Responsibilities

  • Arts:

    • Art and Art History
    • Dance
    • Cinema Archives
    • Film Studies
    • Music
    • Theater

    Humanities:

    • Asian Languages and Literatures
    • Classical Studies
    • College of Letters
    • English
    • German Studies
    • Less Commonly Taught Languages
    • Romance Languages and Literatures
    • Russian Languages and Literatures

    Centers:

    • Center for the Humanities
    • Davison Arts Center
    • Language Resource Center

Jacobsen, Joyce Dean of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Programs Ext. 2357 Andrews Professor of Economics jjacobsen@wesleyan.edu

• Key Responsibilities

  • Social Sciences:

    • Anthropology
    • College of Social Studies
    • Economics
    • Government
    • History
    • Philosophy
    • Religion
    • Sociology

    Interdisciplinary Programs:

    • African American Studies
    • American Studies
    • Archaeology Program
    • East Asian Studies
    • Environmental Studies
    • Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies
    • Latin American Studies
    • Mathematics-Economics
    • Medieval Studies
    • Russian & East European Studies
    • Science in Society

    Centers:

    • Center for African American Studies
    • Center for East Asian Studies
    • Center for the Americas
    • Centers for Advanced Computing
    • College of the Environment
    • Public Affairs Center
    • Allbritton Center

Mukerji, Ishita Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Ext. 3110 Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry  imukerji@wesleyan.edu

• Key Responsibilities
  • • Astronomy
    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Earth and Environmental Sciences
    • Mathematics and Computer Science
    • Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
    • Neuroscience and Behavior
    • Psychology
    • Facilities Manager Hall/Atwater/Shanklin
    • Manager Animal Facilities

Staff

Dagnall, Elizabeth  Assistant to the Provost and Academic Deans Ext. 2726 edagnall@wesleyan.edu

• Key Responsibilities
  • • Administrative support for Provost
    • Administrative support for Academic Deans
    • Support Academic Secretary, Chair of the Faculty, and Chair of EPC

Glick, Eloise  Faculty Personnel Analyst Ext. 2708 eglick@wesleyan.edu

• Key Responsibilities
  • • Faculty personnel processes and reporting
    • Faculty database and systems
    • Sabbaticals and leaves
    • Teaching evaluation data
    • Support Advisory Committee
    • Support Review & Appeals Board
    • Immigration issues

• Key Responsibilities
  • • Supports the development, implementation, and management of the University’s operating budget.
    • Assists in budget management of external grants.
    • Collaborates with departments and fiscal managers in various areas of the University on budget matters.
    • Provides training for Pivot Tables, WFS Inquiry, and Budget Transfers.

Sacks, Lisa Coordinator, Office of Academic Affairs Ext. 3428 lsacks@wesleyan.edu

• Key Responsibilities
  • • Faculty Searches
    • Fiscal Manager for Academic Departments
    • Teaching Apprentice program
    • Course Assistant program
    • Coordinator for Institutional Review Board
    • Oversee the grader process, external reviews, one-day retreats
    • Oversee funding for course fees and field trips
    • Coordinator for Churchill and Goldwater Scholarships
    • Support the Office of Institutional Research 

     

Vodak, Joy Assistant Director, Office of Academic Affairs Ext. 2705 jvodak@wesleyan.edu

• Key Responsibilities
  • • Liaison for administrative support staff and Chairs on HR issues
    • Oversee computing and Non-computing Capital process and awards
    • Oversee Grants in Support of Scholarship process and awards
    • Implements new portfolio applications
    • Process insurance claims
    • Support the Academic Secretary on faculty governance
    • Coordinate monthly administrative support staff meetings
    • Manage office work flow

Institutional Research

Guadalupe, Rommel Assistant Director Ext. 2305 rguadalupe@wesleyan.edu

Whitcomb, Michael Director Ext. 5340 mwhitcomb@wesleyan.edu

Office of the Academic Secretary

Morgan, Thomas Academic Secretary Ext. 3351 tmorgan@wesleyan.edu

• Key Responsibilities
  • • Provide guidance, strength, stability and consistency to faculty governance
    • Advise committees and individuals on matters of academic governance
    • Codify and clarify existing and new legislation, and provides substantive and logistical support for faculty leadership, the Advisory Committee, the Review and Appeals Board, and the Academic Council.
    • Serve as legislative archivist and parliamentarian and administers faculty elections.