UMass Amherst

Contacts

Commonwealth College
504 Goodell
University of Massachusetts Amherst
140 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9272

Tel: 413.545.2483
Fax: 413.545.4469
Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm

General inquiries: comcol@comcol.umass.edu

Schedule an advising appointment: 413.545.2483

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Administration
Advisors
Community Service Learning (OCSL)
Comm. & Program Development
Dean's Book Course

IT
National Scholarship Advising (ONSA)
Outreach
Research Literacy

ComCol Staff

Priscilla Clarkson
Priscilla Clarkson
Dean
413.577.3902
dean@comcol.umass.edu clarkson@kin.umass.edu

Jennifer Bailey

Jennifer Bennett
Assistant to the Dean
413.577.3902
jdb@comcol.umass.edu

Barbara Hastings

Barbara Hastings
Receptionist
413.545.2483
reception@comcol.umass.edu

Administration

Brett Snowden

Brett Snowden
Director, Administration
413.577.3904
bsnowden@comcol.umass.edu

Mary Wansick

Mary Wansick
Bookkeeper
413.545.1981
mwansick@comcol.umass.edu

Dean's Book Course

Alex Phillips

Alex Phillips
Assistant Director, Dean's Book Course
413.577.4276
alexwp@english.umass.edu

Marcia Curtis

Marcia Curtis
Director, Dean's Book Course
413.577.3913
curtis@comcol.umass.edu

Advising


Academic Advisors

Cory Pols

Cory Pols
Director, Advising, Student Programs, and Outreach
413.545.2081
cory@comcol.umass.edu

Alexandrina Deschamps

Alexandrina Deschamps
Associate Director, Advising Outreach
Faculty Advisor (part-time)
413.577.0842
afd@wost.umass.edu

Sarah Madison

Sarah Madison
Assistant Director, Advising Unit
413.545.3527
madison@comcol.umass.edu

Delsey Thomas

Delsey Thomas
Academic Advisor
413.577.3905
dthomas@comcol.umass.edu

Peter Woodsum

Peter Woodsum
Academic Advisor
413.545.2483
woodsum@comcol.umass.edu

Annaliese Bishoff


Annaliese Bishoff
Faculty Advisor (part-time)
413.545.2483
abischof@larp.umass.edu
personal website

Art Stern

Art Stern
Faculty Advisor (part-time)
413.545.2483
astern@bio.umass.edu

Douglas Smith


Douglas Smith
Faculty Advisor (part-time)
413.545.2483
dgsmith@bio.umass.edu

Yehudit Heller

Yehudit Heller
Faculty Advisor (part-time)
413.545.2483
yehudith@complit.umass.edu

Rod Anderson

Rod Anderson
Graduate Student Advisor (part-time)
413.545.2483
randerson@anthro.umass.edu

Learning Community Advisors/Special Programs Staff

Melissa Beesley

Melissa Beesley
Associate Director, Student Programs
413.577.3909
mbeesley@comcol.umass.edu

Danielle Popyk

Danielle Popyk
Assistant Director, Student Programs
413.545.0742
popykd@comcol.umass.edu

Peer Advisors

Catherine

Catherine Vincent - Peer Coordinator  peers@comcol.umass.edu
Academic interests: Nutrition, Pre-Med

Caitlyn

Caitlyn Burns - Peer Coordinator
peers@comcol.umass.edu
Academic interests: History, Political Science, International Relations

Amanda Baldi

Amanda Baldi
abaldi@student.umass.edu
Academic Interests: English, Comparative Literature, Spanish

Ashley

Ashley Prudden
aprudden@student.umass.edu
Academic interests: Computer Science, French, Math

Benna

Benna Cheung (on leave Fall 2007)
bcheung@student.umass.edu
Academic interests: Communication, Journalism, French

Cornelius

Cornelius Taabazuing
ctaabazu@student.umass.edu
Academic interests: Biochemistry

Deepti

Deepti Putcha
dputcha@student.umass.edu
Academic interests: Psychology, Pre-Med

Dhara

Dhara Manek
dmanek@student.umass.edu
Academic interest: Economics, Finance

Emily

Emily Keefe
ekeefe@student.umass.edu
Academic interests: Sociology, Pre-Med

Jill

Jill Meade (on leave Fall 2007)
jmmeade@student.umass.edu
Academic interests: Anthropology, Spanish

Jimin

Jimin Ha
ha@student.umass.edu
Academic interest: Math, Finance

Lauren

Lauren Hambidge
lhambidg@student.umass.edu
Academic interest: Sport Managment

Matt P

Matt Powers
mtpowers@student.umass.edu
Academic interests: Finance

Matt S

Matt Silva
silva@student.umass.edu
Academic interests: English, Psycology, Classics

Mike

Mike King
mking@student.umass.edu
Academic interests: Business, History

Records Management Staff

Linda Reid

Linda Reid
Advising Unit Records Manager
413.545.2412
lreid@comcol.umass.edu

Casey Krone

Casey Krone
Advising Unit Records Clerk
413.545.2483
ckrone@comcol.umass.edu

Communication and Program Development

Meredith Lind

Meredith Lind
Director, Academic Programs
413.545.2049
mlind@comcol.umass.edu

Roland Packard

Roland Packard
Scheduling Officer
413.545.0136
rpackard@comcol.umass.edu

Debra Lapointe

Debra Lapointe
Assistant to the Dir. of Communications
413.577.0729
dlapointe@comcol.umass.edu

Research Literacy

Susan McKenna's alter ego

Susan McKenna
Director
413.577.1160
qmckenna@comcol.umass.edu

Information Technology

Celso Avelar

Celso Avelar
Manager, Information Technology
413.577.3910
cavelar@comcol.umass.edu

Vivek V

Vivek Varadarajan
Web Application Developer
617.852.0024
websupport@comcol.umass.edu

 

Banu Prihartono
Computer Assistant
413.545.2415
support@comcol.umass.edu

Office of Community Service Learning

John Reiff

John Reiff
Director, Community Service Learning
413.577.1207
jreiff@comcol.umass.edu

Shonda Pettiford

Shonda Pettiford
Assistant Director
413.577.2614
spettiford@comcol.umass.edu

Outreach

Meredith Feltus

Meredith Feltus
Director of Outreach and External Programs
413.577.0149
mfeltus@urd.umass.edu

Office of National Scholarship Advisement

Susan Whitbourne

Susan Whitbourne
Director
413.577.2613
swhitbo@psych.umass.edu

Firuzeh Khorasanizadeh

Firuzeh Khorasanizadeh
Assistant Director
413.577.3908
firuzeh@comcol.umass.edu

Shirley Archambault

Shirley Archambault
Assistant to the Directors
413.577.2610
shirley@comcol.umass.edu

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