Our Volunteers
Volunteers play a critical role within Arts & Sciences. Not only do they serve as advocates and champions for the College but their support also enhance the Arts & Sciences mission. We thank our alumni volunteers for their time and generosity, and recognize faculty and staff members who have served on important committees or as chairs or directors
Faculty Volunteers
Thank you to the faculty members who have dedicated their time to the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences as Associate Deans of the Faculty, Chairs and Directors, and Committee members.
Outgoing Associate Deans of Faculty
- Nazli Kibria, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Social Sciences
- Karl Kirchwey, Professor of English and Creative Writing and Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Humanities
Outgoing Chairs and Directors
Professor Kecia Ali, Department of Religion
Professor Jodi Cranston, Department of History of Art & Architecture
Professor Neta Crawford, Department of Political Science
Professor Kim McCall, Department of Biology
Professor Anita Patterson, Department of English
Professor Nina Silber, Department of History
Associate Professor Amy Appleford, Medieval Studies Program
Associate Professor Elizabeth Blanton, Institute for Astrophysical Research
Associate Professor Cati Connell, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
Professor M. David Eckel, Institute for Philosophy and Religion
Professor Uri Eden, Statistics Program
Professor Michael Zank, Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies
Humanities Curriculum Committee
Chair: Michael Prince, Professor, English
Yuri Corrigan, Associate Professor, World Languages & Literatures
Hannah Culik-Baird, Assistant Professor, Classical Studies
Margarita Guillory, Associate Professor, Religion
Deborah Kahn, Associate Professor, History of Art & Architecture
Dorothy Kelly, Professor, Romance Studies
Victor Kumar, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Alexandra Mascarello (CAS Student), Philosophy Major
Michael Tannous (GRS Student), English MA student
Natural Sciences Curriculum Committee
Chair: Ran Canetti, Professor, Computer Science
Aaron Beeler, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Jennifer Bhatnagar, Associate Professor, Biology
Elizabeth Blanton, Associate Professor, Astronomy
Solesne Bourguin, Associate Professor, Mathematics & Statistics
Cedric Fichot, Assistant Professor, Earth & Environment
Pankaj Mehta, Professor, Physics
Robert Reinhart, Assistant Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
Luke Saunders (CAS student), Physics major
Zhiyao Zhang (GRS student), Remote Sensing & Geospatial Sciences MA student
Social Sciences Curriculum Committee
Chair: Liah Greenfeld, Professor, Sociology, Political Science, and Anthropology (Fall 2021)
& Paula Austin, Assistant Professor, History and African American Studies (Spring 2022)
Andrew Bell, Assistant Professor, Earth & Environment
Siddharth George, Assistant Professor, Economics
Ayşe Parla, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Steven Rosenzweig, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Nicholas Wagner, Assistant Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
Jacob Nesson (CAS student), Political Science & Psychology major
Gizem Kaftan Yilmaz (GRS student), Political Science PhD student
Graduate Academic Affairs Committee
Chair: John (Mac) Marston, Associate Professor, Anthropology & Archaeology
David Campbell, Professor, Physics
Sean Elliott, Professor, Chemistry
Daniel Erker, Associate Professor, Linguistics
Sanjay Krishnan, Professor, English
Francisco Naya, Associate Professor, Biology
Zhongjun Qu, Professor, Economics
Zsuzsanna Varhelyi, Associate Professor, Classical Studies
Malika Jeffries-EL, Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor, Chemistry (ex officio)
Appointment, Promotion, & Tenure Committee
Chair: Jeffrey Hughes, Professor, Astronomy
Thomas Barfield, Professor, Anthropology
Matt Cartmill, Professor, Anthropology
David Coker, Professor, Chemistry
Adriana Craciun, Professor, English
Shyamsunder Erramilli, Professor, Physics
Juliet Floyd, Professor, Philosophy
David Frankfurter, Professor, Religion
James Johnson, Professor, History
Bart Lipman, Professor, Economics
Carl Ruck, Professor, Classical Studies
Curtis Runnels, Professor, Anthropology
Ian Sue Wing, Professor, Earth & Environment
Lecturer Promotion Committee
Chair: Giselle Khoury, Master Lecturer, World Languages & Literatures
Célia Bianconi, Master Lecturer, Romance Studies
Peter Blake, Associate Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
Aaron Garrett, Professor, Philosophy
Rosina Georgiadis, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Glen Richard Hall, Professor, Mathematics & Statistics
Sarah Hanselman, Senior Lecturer, Writing Program
Hiroaki Kaido, Associate Professor, Economics
William Waters, Associate Professor, World Languages & Literatures
Academic Policy Committee
Chair: Tereasa Brainerd, Associate Professor, Astronomy
Clifford Backman, Associate Professor, History
Andrea Berlin, Professor, Religion
Paul Blanchard, Professor, Mathematics & Statistics
Matt Cartmill, Professor, Anthropology
Christopher Laumann, Associate Professor, Physics
Kevin Smith, Professor, Physics
Wayne Snyder, Associate Professor, Computer Science
Keith Vincent, Associate Professor, World Languages & Literatures
Kaasinath Balagurunath (CAS Student), History Major (MMEDIC program)
Jingyi Xie (CAS Student), Economics and Mathematics Major
Sean Gow (GRS Student), BMB/Biotechnology BA/MA student
Diversity & Inclusion Action Team
Chair: Vincent Stephens, Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion
Cynthia Brossman, Director of Learning Resource Network and CAS STEM Outreach
Carian Diaz, CAS Title IX Coordinator
Wally Fulweiler, Professor, Earth & Environment
Kyna Hamill, Master Lecturer, Core Curriculum
Maurice Lee, Professor, English
Swati Kshama Rani, Lecturer, CAS Writing Program
Angela Seliga, Physiology Laboratory Manager, Biology
Lily Johnson (CAS Student), Economics Major
Grace Lee (CAS Student), International Relations Major
Jade Muyambo (GRS Student), International Affairs MA
Karina Sembe (GRS Student), Romance Studies PhD
Retiring Faculty
Kathryn Bard, Professor, Classical Studies
Daniel Bluestone, Professor Emeritus, History of Art & Architecture
Houchang Chehabi, Professor Emeritus, Pardee School of Global Studies
Ralph D’Agostino, Professor Emeritus, Math & Statistics
Jeffrey Henderson, Professor Emeritus, Classical Studies
Thomas Keyes, Professor Emeritus, Chemistry
Rosella Marino, Lecturer, Romance Studies
Leland Monk, Associate Professor Emeritus, English
Luisella Raffo, Lecturer, Romance Studies
Steven Rosenberg, Professor, Math & Statistics
Christopher Schneider, Professor, Biology
Katherine Snodgrass, Professor of the Practice, English
John Snyder, Professor Emeritus, Chemistry
Thomas Underwood, Master Lecturer, CAS Writing Program
Graham Wilson, Professor Emeritus, Political Science
Alumni Volunteers
Dean’s Advisory Board
Bryan T. Biniak (CAS’90)
Carol Ann Bischoff (COM’82)
Amy H. Chiu (GRS’97)
George A. Clay (GRS’64, GRS’68)
Bonnie T. Feld (CAS’73, Parent COM’02), Chair of DAB
Gerald Gitner (CAS’66)
Marc Grabowski (CGS’97, CAS’99)
Jonathan Hodge (CAS’97), Vice Chair of DAB
Judith S. Hurwitz (CAS’73, COM’75)
Paul Kaplan (CAS’73)
Steven Karbank (CAS’79, Parent CAS’12)
Anukool Lakhina (CAS’01, GRS’01, GRS’07)
Tasneem Mayet (CAS ’95)
Ruth Moorman (CAS’88, Wheelock ’89, ‘09, Parent BUA’15)
Rebecca Ann Norlander (CAS’91)
Richard Park (CAS’00)
Brian Riley (CAS’95)
Robert W. Schulze (CAS’86, GRS’88, MED’92, Questrom’16, Parent MED’19, CAS’16, CGS’14)
Jennifer T. Simpson (CAS’00)
Julee C. Stephenson (CAS’94)
Tom Tritton (GRS’73)
Scott A. Webster (CAS’93)
David C. Weinstein (CGS’70, CAS’72)
Karin Wick (CGS’89, CAS’91)
Loren Wold (CAS’97)
Emeritus Members:
Warren Adelson (CAS’63, GRS’64, Parent CAS’12, CGS’10)
Mark (CAS’74) & Marsha Bookman (SAR’74)
Alice B.W. Godfrey (CAS’74, Parent LAW’12)
Robert J. Hildreth (Parent COM ’13, CGS’11, Questrom’10)
Robyn Metcalfe (GRS’06, GRS’10, Parent CAS’12)
Alicia Mullen (CAS’83, Parent CAS’19)
Ken Norton (CAS’93)
Aaron Rasmussen (CAS’06, COM’06)
Kenneth Slater (Parent Questrom’12)
Matthew B. Smith (CAS’70, Questrom’72)
Young Alumni Advisory Board
- Nicole Stephens, CAS’12
- Tin Kin Wong, CAS’12
- Michelle Ortega, CAS’14
- Avery Ofoje, CAS’20
- Eve Worobel, CAS’21
- Adil Chitalwala, CAS’15, Questrom’15
- Amanda Barone, CAS’17, Questrom’17 (serves as Vice Chair)
- Leif Brierley, CAS’12, SPH’14
Student Volunteers
Dean’s Hosts 2021-2022
College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Hosts are outstanding student leaders and mentors who are passionate about Boston University and CAS and are willing to share their enthusiasm and commitment while serving as CAS representatives. Dean’s Hosts have the opportunity to engage with prospective and admitted students and their families.
Katie Allbert (CAS`23)
Aurelia Angelique (CAS`25)
Ijin Back (CAS`24)
Julia Bafia (CAS`25)
Tamar Bellete (CAS`24)
Ariya Blow (CAS`24)
Keeley Bombard (CAS`22)
Zack Bowerman (CAS`22)
Emily Bragin (CAS`22)
Lauren Byerly (CAS`23)
Stephanie Campos (CAS`23)
Winnie G Chen (CAS`23)
Veda Chickermane (CAS`23)
Vik Chinthareddy (CAS`23)
Nicole Chiulli (CAS`23)
Laurel Clark (CAS`23)
Ellis Coldren (CAS`23)
Sadie Cowan (CAS`23)
Aidan Curry (CAS`24)
Manuela De La Nuez (CAS`24)
Ava Dobson (CAS`22)
Haleigh Drew (CAS`22)
Hanna Dworkin (CAS`24)
Maggie Farr (CAS`23)
Julia Fernandez (CAS`24)
Martina Freed (CAS`24)
Alex Gilbert (CAS`24)
Jack Giunta (CAS`22)
Kylie Graves (CAS`22)
Olivia Henning (CAS`22)
Joel Herbert (CAS`22)
Isabella Ho (CAS`22)
Rhys Johnstone (CAS`23)
Maria Kachrimanidi (CAS`25)
Soyoon Kang (CAS`24)
Arpita Khanna (CAS`22)
Hanna Kim (CAS`22)
Benjamin Klein (CAS`23)
Ji Sun Koo (CAS`24)
Navya Kotturu (CAS`24)
Jordan Lee (CAS`24)
Rachel Lee (CAS`22)
Nicole Leonard (CAS`23)
Yasmin Lountchenko (CAS`24)
Lauren Machado (CAS`23)
Saumya Maitra (CAS`24)
Savannah Majarwitz (CAS`22)
Ella Marantz (CAS`25)
Mark Marsden (CAS`22)
August Menchaca (CAS`23)
Hongru Ni (CAS`23)
Elijah Panetta (CAS`22)
Deep Patel (CAS`22)
Mack Pierce (CAS`25)
Rea Pittie (CAS`23)
Matthew Pruitt (CAS`23)
Will Pugh (CAS`24)
Anna Rafferty (CAS`23)
Sarah Rajeh (CAS`22)
Smaran Ramidi (CAS`25)
Olivia Rollins (CAS`23)
Veer Sawhney (CAS`23)
Doğa Sevgi (CAS`25)
Shashi Shah (CAS`22)
Saarim Shakaib (CAS`24)
Bailey Shen (CAS`23)
Maya Shrestha (CAS`22)
Kira Skjoldborg (CAS`24)
Margo Stanton (CAS`24)
Trevor Tamura (CAS`22)
Isabel Turner (CAS`22)
Josie Usow (CAS`24)
Yudi Wang (CAS`25)
Emilee Witkowski (CAS`22)
Alyssa Wong (CAS`23)
Ernest Wong (CAS`23)
Evelyn Wu (CAS`23)
Kylie Yamauchi (CAS`22)
Joanna Yang (CAS`22)
Qingyi Ye (CAS`22)
Young Ye (CAS`22)
Rebecca Yu (CAS`23)
Ally Zheng (CAS`24)
Parent & Family Volunteers
The CAS Family Council
The Boston University College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Family Council is a select group of dedicated parent and family leaders who serve as ambassadors to the CAS parent community and provide volunteer and philanthropic support for the CAS Parents and Families Fund. The Council seeks to represent the classes and geographic diversity of the undergraduate population at CAS. Through meetings and activities, Council members learn about CAS priorities and initiatives with the intent of sharing information with the broader parent and family community.
Mr. Andrew M. Van Vleck
Dr. Caroline C. Van Vleck
Mrs. Elli Yuz
Mr. Michael Yuz
Mr. Mitsuru Igarashi
Mrs. Lucinda T. Igarashi
Mr. James M. Norris
Mrs. Dinae Norris
Mrs. Katharine R. Mountcastle
Dr. Jayesh S. Patel
Mrs. Jagruti D. Patel
Mrs. Stephanie G. Harmon
Ms. Katherine Elizabeth Graham-Leviss