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In departments and degree-granting programs, the graduate administrator serves as the key representative responsible for a broad array of services and resources for graduate students. Responsibilities generally include the following areas:

  • Admissions and orientation
  • Registration
  • Grade reporting
  • Advising and counseling
  • Class schedules
  • Financial appointments
  • Policy implementation
  • Corporate recruiting
  • Thesis processing
  • Degree lists and graduation

Please do not hesitate to contact individuals at the addresses provided, or either of the facilitators of the Graduate Administrators Roundtable, a group that works closely with the Dean for Graduate Education.

This material was last updated in September, 2009. For future updates, please contact Amy Vaillancourt at amywv@mit.edu.

 

Department

Name

Role

Email

Room

Phone

1 - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Kris Kipp

 

kipp@mit.edu

1-281

253-9723

2 - Mechanical Engineering

Leslie Regan

 

megradoffice@mit.edu

1-112

253-2291

3 - Materials Science & Engineering

Angelita Mireles

 

angelita@mit.edu

6-107

253-3302

4 - Architecture

Cynthia Stewart

Admissions & Masters

stewart@mit.edu

7-337

253-4408

 

Renee Caso

PhD

yammie@mit.edu

7-337

253-7792

5 - Chemistry

Susan Brighton

 

brighton@mit.edu

2-204

253-1845

6 - Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Peggy Carney

Admissions & fin aid

peggy@eecs.mit.edu

38-444

253-4605

 

Janet Fischer

Registration & theses

jfischer@mit.edu

38-444

253-4648

7 - Biology

Janice Chang

 

jdchang@mit.edu

68-120

253-7344

8 - Physics

Sean Robinson

 

spatrick@mit.edu

4-315

253-4842

9 - Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Denise Heintze

 

heintze@mit.edu

46-2005

253-5741

10 - Chemical Engineering

Suzanne Easterly

 

easterly@mit.edu

66-366

253-4577

11 - Urban Studies and Planning

Sandy Wellford

 

wellford@mit.edu

7-346 A

253-4409

12 - Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Vicki McKenna

 

vsm@mit.edu

54-910

253-3380

14 - Economics

Peter Hoagland

Admissions & fin aid

pvhoag@mit.edu

E52-391

253-8787

 

Gary King

Registration & theses

gking@mit.edu

E52-391

253-0951

15 - Management

Tara Walor

Masters

twalor@mit.edu

E52-109

253-0559

 

Sharon Cayley

PhD

scayley@mit.edu

E60-226

253-7188

16 - Aeronautics and Astronautics

Marie Stuppard

 

mas@mit.edu

33-208

253-2279

17 - Political Science

Susan Twarog

 

twarog@mit.edu

E53-467

253-8336

18 - Mathematics

Linda Okun

 

okun@mit.edu

2-233

253-2689

20 - Biological Engineering

Dalia Fares

 

dalia@mit.edu

56-651

253-5804

21W - Writing and Humanistic Studies

Shannon Larkin

 

slarkin@mit.edu

14N-108

253-6668

22 - Nuclear Science & Engineering

Clare Egan

 

cegan@mit.edu

24-102

253-3814

24 - Linguistics and Philosophy

Jen Purdy

 

purdy@mit.edu

32-D808

253-9372

CDO - Computation for Design & Optimization

Laura Koller

Roundtable Facilitator

lkoller@mit.edu

35-329

253-3725

CMS - Comparative Media Studies

Becky Shepardson

 

bshep@mit.edu

14N-213

324-1368

CRE - Center for Real Estate

Maria Vieira

 

mvieira@mit.edu

W31-310

258-5672

CSB - Computational & Systems Biology

Bonnie Lee Whang

 

csbphd@mit.edu

68-139

324-0055

ESD - Engineering Systems Division

Elizabeth Milnes

 

emilnes@mit.edu

E40-249

253-1182

 

Sydney Miller

TPP

sydney@mit.edu

E40-379

452-3187

 

Debra Woog McGinty

LGO, Admissions & career development

debrawm@mit.edu

E40-315

324-2001

 

Patty Eames

LGO Fellows program

peames@mit.edu

E40-315

253-1063

 

Bill Foley

SDM Registration & theses

wfoley@mit.edu

E40-315G

258-0291

 

Chris Bates

SDM Admissions & fin Aid

cbates@mit.edu

E40-315

324-0320

 

Ineke Dyer

MLOG

ineke@mit.edu

E40-355

324-6564

HST - Health Sciences and Technology

Laurie Ward

Fin aid appointments

laurie@mit.edu

E25-518

253-3609

 

Traci Anderson

Registration & theses

tanderso@mit.edu

E25-518

253-7470

MAS - Media Arts & Sciences

Linda Peterson

 

lindap@mit.edu

E15-401

253-5114

MICRO - Interdepartmental Microbiology

Bonnie Lee Whang

 

microbiology@mit.edu

68-139

324-0055

ORC - Operations Research Center

Paulette Mosley

 

pmosley@mit.edu

E40-107

253-3603

 

Laura Rose

Admissions & fin Aid

lrose@mit.edu

E40-143

253-9303

STS - Science, Technology, and Society

Karen Gardner

Roundtable Facilitator

kgardner@mit.edu

E52-185B

253-9759

Joint Program with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Ronni Schwartz

 

mspiggy@mit.edu

54-911

253-7544