Staff

Neli counsels and advises graduate students on University and departmental requirements for the Ph.D. and M.A. degree. She provides recruitment, admissions, orientation and placement services, assigns Teaching Assistants, monitors student progress toward the degree, and processes reimbursements. Neli processes petitions, refers students to other University resources, processes grade changes, “incompletes” and grade rosters. She is…

Mark is responsible for academic personnel matters, along with submitting faculty cases.  He is also responsible for processing employment and all payroll actions for lecturers, adjunct faculty and visiting professors.

Carolyn is responsible in managing budgets including contracts and grants, gifts, endowments, and state funding. She also processes reimbursements and purchase orders and payroll transfers.

Paul is responsible for the employment and payroll for all academic apprentice titles, including teaching assistants, readers, and graduate student researchers.  He also hires and supervises the front desk work-study students in the Dodd Humanities Group, and is responsible for processing all staff appointments and timesheets.  In addition, he serves as the parking coordinator for…

Bret is responsible for department operations. He manages all administrative services in relation to the department’s teaching, research and public service activities. He is responsible for planning and policy development, space management, budgetary control, events, selection and supervision of personnel.