Metropolitan College at a Glance

Administration

  • Dean, Metropolitan College
    Jay A. Halfond, BA, MA, PhD
  • Associate Dean, Academic Programs
    Tanya Zlateva, BS, MS, PhD
  • Senior Assistant Dean, Student Academic Affairs
    Carl G. Sessa, BA, EdM, EdD
  • Assistant Dean, Administration
    Sonia M. Parker, BA
  • Assistant Dean, Business Development
    Ruth Ann Murray, AB, MA, EdM, PhD
  • Assistant Dean, Summer Term
    Donna Shea, PhD
  • Executive Secretary
    Ruth Ciolfi
  • Director of Development & Alumni Relations
    Angela Cooper Mota, BS, EdM
  • Database Administrator
    Dalia Yassa, BS, MS
  • Graduate Student Financial Aid Advisor
    Nathaniel Trusten, BA
  • Director of Graduate Operations
    Kimberly Kuborn, BA, MLA
  • Manager of Academic Programs
    Tessa McKinley, BA, MS

Undergraduate Student Services

  • Director
    Ellen B. Peterson, BA, MSEd
  • Assistant Director
    Lenora E. Shatkin, BA, MBA
  • Senior Academic Counselors
    Katie Kennedy, BA, MA
    Cathy Lysy, BA, MS

Student & Corporate Outreach

  • Director of Corporate Outreach
    Mary Piterak, BA, MA
  • Inquiry Response Manager
    Kristin C. McAuliffe, BA, MS
  • Community Programs Manager
    Katherine Meyer Moran, BA, MA
  • Outreach Manager
    Holly C. Adorno, BA
  • Inquiry Response Coordinator
    Liza Foley, BA, MS
  • Student & Corporate Outreach Coordinator
    Ashley Southard, BA, MS

NOTE: This site is an archive of 2012–2013 programs and policies at Boston University Metropolitan College. If you are looking for current information about Metropolitan College and its programs, please go to our official website.

Administrative Contacts

Student & Corporate Outreach
(Prospective Students)
617-353-6000, met@bu.edu, www.bu.edu/met

Office of the Dean
617-353-3000, metacad@bu.edu

Undergraduate Student Services
617-353-2980, metuss@bu.edu

Off-Campus Programs
Holly C. Adorno, 617-358-3265, hadorno@bu.edu

Boston University in Brussels, Belgium
+32 (0)2 640 74 74, brussels@bu.edu, www.bu.edu/brussels

MET International
617-353-8429, www.bu.edu/metinternational

Center for Professional Education
617-353-4497, www.bu.edu/professional

Distance Education
617-358-1960, 1-888-883-0218 (toll free), www.bu.edu/online

Department & Program Contacts

Accelerated Degree Completion Program
Gerard Keegan, 617-358-3095, gkeegan@bu.edu

Actuarial Science
Lois Horwitz, 617-353-8758, actuary@bu.edu

Administrative Sciences
Kip Becker/Susan Sunde, 617-353-3016, adminsc@bu.edu

Advertising
Offered jointly by Metropolitan College and the College of Communication:

Arts Administration/Art History
Daniel Ranalli, 617-353-4064, artsad@bu.edu

Biology
Frederick Wasserman, 617-353-2476, few@bu.edu

Biomedical Laboratory & Clinical Sciences
Constance Phillips, 617-638-5622, cphilli@bu.edu

Boston University in Brussels, Belgium
+32 (0)2 640 74 74, brussels@bu.edu, www.bu.edu/brussels

City Planning
Enrique R. Silva, 617-358-3264, ersilva@bu.edu

Computer Information Systems
Lou Chitkushev, 617-353-2566, csinfo@bu.edu

Computer Science
Lou Chitkushev, 617-353-2566, csinfo@bu.edu

Criminal Justice
Daniel LeClair, 617-353-3025, dleclair@bu.edu

Economics
Todd Idson, 617-353-2742, tidson@bu.edu

English & American Literature
James Siemon, 617-353-2506, jsiemon@bu.edu

Fundraising Management
Richard Maloney, 617-353-4064, fr@bu.edu

Gastronomy
Rachel Black, 617-358-6291, gastrmla@bu.edu

Health Communication
Sonia Parker, 617-353-2975, soparker@bu.edu

History
Joseph Boskin, 617-353-8312, jboskin@bu.edu

Interdisciplinary Studies (Bachelor of Liberal Studies)
Carl Sessa, 617-353-2980, metuss@bu.edu

Leadership

Lifelong Learning/Programs in Food, Wine & the Arts/Evergreen/ Cooking Up Culture Program
Rebecca Alssid, 617-353-9852, cularts@bu.edu, evergrn@bu.edu

Mathematics
Ashis Gangopadhyay, 617-353-9544, ag@bu.edu

Military Graduate Programs
Larry Watson, 910-451-5574, lwatson@bu.edu; Gerard Keegan (Hanscom AFB), 781-225-5941, gkeegan@bu.edu

Philosophy
Victor Kestenbaum, 617-353-4580, vkestenb@bu.edu

Project Management
Vijay Kanabar, 617-358-0002,kanabar@bu.edu

Psychology
Miriam R. Diamond, 617-353-3025, miriamd@bu.edu

Sociology
Daniel LeClair, 617-353-3025, dleclair@bu.edu

Telecommunication
Lou Chitkushev, 617-353-2566, csinfo@bu.edu

Undergraduate Degree Completion Program (online)
617-353-2980, metuss@bu.edu

Urban Affairs
Enrique R. Silva, 617-358-3264, ersilva@bu.edu