2007-2008 Faculty Advisors
(by Association Dean)

About Faculty Advisors

Every entering student is assigned a faculty advisor. Students typically meet their advisor during Fall Orientation. Although it is hoped that students will remain with the same advisor until they declare a major, this is not always possible. The College will assign a student a new advisor if the first-year advisor is not able to continue through the second year.

Students often ask why they were not assigned an advisor in their area of academic interest. Experience has shown that students benefit greatly from an advisor whose academic interests vary from their own. Additionally, first- and second-year students often have multiple areas of interest, and most first- and second-year students change their academic focus before settling on a major at the end of their second year. The breadth of academic interests students exhibit and the rich diversity of academic disciplines at U.Va. make it impossible to assemble a group of advisors who share specific academic interests with each student.

At the end of the second year, all College students will need to declare a major and will then be assigned an advisor in the major department they choose.

All Faculty Advisors are trained to be general academic advisors, and are prepared to help you or refer you to the appropriate person, whatever your interests. Although your advisor will provide you with valuable help, at U.Va. you are expected to make your own decisions and to accept responsibility for those decisions.

Your Advisor CAN:

• Give you sound academic advice.
• Refer you to other academic support services.
• Serve as a sounding board.
• Help you choose suitable courses.
• Help you select a major and clarify your long-range plans.

Your Advisor CANNOT:

• Serve all your advising needs.
• Tell you what to do.
• Tell you what courses and professors to take.
• Be your only source of advice as you choose a major.

List of Faculty Advisors

Balz-Dobie-Maupin-Webb

Dean: Shawn Lyons, (434) 924-3353

Gordon Braden, English
Roger Chevalier, Astronomy
Sergei Egorov, Chemistry
Gus Gerrans, Chemistry
Doug Grissom, Drama
David Herman, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Paul Humphreys, Philosophy
Paul Kershaw, History
Harold Langsam, Philosophy
Richard Marshall, IV, Physics
William Saslaw, Astronomy
Nicolas Sihle, Anthropology
Weqiang Wang, Mathematics
Richard Will, Music

Bonnycastle-Hancock

Dean: Gordon M. Stewart, (434) 924-8873

Peter Baker, English
Michele Claibourn, Politics
Julian Connolly, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Kelsey Johnson, Astronomy
Joseph Kett, History
Judith Kovacs, Religious Studies
Blaine Norum, Physics
Gustavo Pellon, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese
Don Ramirez, Mathematics
Brad Reed, History
Gladys Saunders, French

Casteen Scholars

Dean: Carol Gutman, (434) 924-3350

Abby Arnold, College of Arts & Sciences
Penny Bowles, College of Arts and Sciences
Carol Gutman, College of Arts & Sciences
Karlin Luedtke, College of Arts & Sciences/SWAG

Cauthen-Woody & Lile-Tuttle

Dean: Beverly Adams, (434) 924-3353

A. James Arnold, French
Edward J. Coffey, Music
Larry Goedde, Art
Ira Herbst, Mathematics
Alan D. Howard, Environmental Sciences
Pham Q. Hung, Physics
Dan Kinney, English
Seunghun Lee, Physics
Hsin-hsin Liang, AMELC
Stephen Macko, Environmental Sciences
Wende Marshall, Anthropology
Trenton Merricks, Philosophy
David Metcalf, Chemistry
Peter Metcalf, Anthropology
Peter Ochs, Religious Studies
Peter Onuf, History
Karen Parshall, Mathematics
Thomas Smith, Environmental Sciences
Stephen Thornton, Physics
Denise Walsh, Politics

Courtenay-Dunglison & Dunnington-Fitzhugh

Dean: Sandra Seidel, (434) 924-3353

Melvin Butler, Music
Valerie Cooper, Religious Studies
Daniel Devereux, Philosophy
Paul Fishbane, Physics
Otto Friesen, Biology
David Haberly, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese
Robert Hirosky, Physics
Michael Holt, History
Michelle Kisliuk, Music
David Kovacs, Classics
Cheryl Krueger, French
Michael Levenson, English
Glenn McGarvey, Chemistry
Susan McKinnon, Anthropology
Joseph Poon, Physics
Marlon Ross, English
Craig Sarazin, Astronomy
Richard Sundberg, Chemistry
Michael Timko, Biology
Timothy Wilson, Psychology

Echols-Humphreys

Dean: Mark Hadley, (434) 924-8873

Lawrie Balfour, Politics
Francesca Fiorani, Art
James Galloway, Environmental Sciences
Eugene Kolomeisky, Physics
Erik Midelfort, History
Brian Parshall, Mathematics
Lin Pu, Chemistry
Jennifer Wicke, English

Hereford College, Weedon and Malone; Kent-Dabney

Dean: Richard McGuire, (434) 924-3353

Richard Barnett, History
Colin Bird, Politics
Bob Chapel, Drama
Richard Crozier, Art
M. Jamie Ferreira, Religious Studies
Gerald Fogarty, Religious Studies
John Frick, Drama
David Gies, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese
Christian Gromall, Mathematics
Gregory Hays, Classics
Laura Heins, German
George Hess, Physics
Tom Kriete, Mathematics
Timothy Macdonald, Chemistry
Jon Mikalson, Classics
Lawrence Thomas, Mathematics
Trinh Thuan, Astronomy
David Vander Meulen, English
Paul Walker, Music
Lisa Woolfork, English
Jongsoo Yoon, Physics

Lefevre-Metcalf & Brown College

Dean: Christine Zunz, (434) 924-8873

Malcolm Bell, Art
Jeffrey Hantman, Anthropology
Donna Hearn, Psychology
Bob Hueckstedt, AMELC
John James, Economics
Marianne Kubik, Drama
Deborah Lawrence, Environmental Sciences
Kevin K. Lehmann, Chemistry
Nilanga Liyanage, Physics
Jeff Olick, Sociology
Edgar Olsen, Economics
Andrei Rapinchuk, Mathematics
Elizabeth Shanks-Alexander, Religious Studies
David Summers, Art
Adrienne Ward, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese
W. Bradford Wilcox, Sociology

Page-Emmet & The International Residential College

Dean: Mary Stegmaier, (434) 924-3350

Thomas Best, German
Laurie Casteen, VP for Student Affairs
Jason Chruma, Chemistry
Everett Crosby, History
Dean Dass, Art
Leora Friedberg, Economics
George Klosko, Politics
James Landers, Chemistry
Charles McCurdy, History
George Mentore, Anthropology
Fred Richardson, Chemistry
Charles Tolbert, Astronomy
Jill Venton, Chemistry

Special Scholars

Dean: William Wilson, (434) 924-3350

Claire Cronmiller, Biology
James Demas, Chemistry
Kenneth Elzinga, Economics
David Evans, Computer Science
Rita Felski, English
Cassandra Fraser, Chemistry
Thomas Gallagher, Physics
Jeff Holt, Mathematics
David Kittlesen, Biology
Robert Kretsinger, Biology
Tom Kriete, Mathematics
Lotta Lofgren, English
Joseph Miller, History
David Mills, Economics
Caroline Rody, English
Robert Rood, Astronomy
William Wilson, Religious Studies/College of Arts & Sciences

Student Athletes

Dean: Rachel Most, (434) 924-8873

Griffith Chaussee, AMELC
Lee Coppock, Economics
Claire Cronmiller, Biology
Dudley Doane, Summer and Special Academic Programs
Francesca Fiorani, Art
Dean Harman, Chemistry
John Portmann, Religious Studies

Transfer Students

Dean: Frank Papovich, (434) 924-3353

Lawrie Balfour, Politics
Thomas Best, German
Bob Chapel, Drama
Griffith Chaussee, AMELC
Michele Claibourn, Politics
Lee Coppock, Economics
Richard Crozier, Art
Bascom Deaver, Physics
James Demas, Chemistry
Daniel Devereux, Philosophy
Harry Gamble, Religious Studies
Larry Goedde, Art
David Haberly, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese
Donna Hearn, Psychology
David Herman, Slavic Languages and Literatures
David Hudson, Office of the Provost
Clare Kinney, English
David Kittlesen, Biology
George Klosko, Politics
David Kovacs, Classics
Cheryl Krueger, French
Krishan Kumar, Sociology
Lotta Lofgren, English
Stephen Macko, Environmental Sciences
Charles McCurdy, History
Joseph Miller, History
Rachel Most, Anthropology/College of Arts & Sciences
Edgar Olsen, Economics
Daria Snider, Mathematics
Michael Timko, Biology
Charles Tolbert, Astronomy
Paul Walker, Music
Timothy Wilson, Psychology
William Wilson, Religious Studies/College of Arts & Sciences