Advising Directory
Centrally Located Advising Services
You will undoubtedly seek most of the advice you need from your academic adviser, your residential college dean, director of studies, and the faculty fellows in your residential college. There are, however, several offices on campus that serve all Princeton undergraduates, and you may find it helpful to consult them.
Career Services, 201 Nassau Street (corner of Nassau and Charlton streets), until move to 36 University Place, 8-3325. The mission of this office is to help students explore their career interests through individual and group career counseling, self-assessment inventories, and computer-assisted programs. The staff also advises students interested in pursuing graduate study and hosts graduate admissions representatives. The office maintains an extensive library of graduate school catalogs, directories, and information on corporate and nonprofit public organizations. An On-Campus Recruiting Program, an internship database, and the sponsorship of several career fairs assist students seeking summer and postgraduation employment opportunities. The Alumni Career Network offers access to a worldwide database of alumni available to share their experience and offer advice. A full complement of workshops, panels, and presentations are offered throughout the year. Additional resources covering a broad spectrum of career fields are available in the office and at www.princeton.edu/career.
University Health Services (UHS), McCosh Health Center, 8-3129, www.princeton.edu/uhs. UHS is a fully accredited health care facility that provides comprehensive health services to Princeton undergraduate and graduate students and their dependents and Princeton University employees. These include outpatient primary care, athletic medicine, sexual health, travel, immunization and allergy services, inpatient services, ancillary services including lab, radiology, and physical therapy, individual and group counseling, an eating disorders evaluation and treatment team, alcohol and other drug evaluation and treatment team, sexual harassment/assault advising, resources, and education, health promotion, and employee health.
Counseling and Psychological Services, 8-3285. Offers individual short-term psychotherapy, referral services for long-term needs, group psychotherapy, psychiatric consultation, and education and outreach activities. Special services include the Eating Concerns Treatment Team and the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Team, which address individual clinical and psycho-educational needs of students. All services are confidential.
Health Promotion and Wellness Services, 8-5036. Professional health educators work collaboratively with members of the Princeton University community to promote an environment that fosters the development of healthy behaviors. A wide range of health issues are addressed, including nutrition and eating concerns, alcohol and other drug abuse, sexual health and relationship issues, physical illness, stress, depression, and anxiety. Services include campus-wide wellness and prevention programs, customized workshops, Janet C. Morgan Health and Wellness Library, individual wellness consultations, preventive mental health screenings, and the Student Health Advisory Board. Student peer advising groups, including the Eating Concerns Advisors, Healthy Minds Advisors, and Sexual Health Advisors, are available for information and referral.
SHARE (Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources, and Education), 8-3310, e-mail: share@princeton.edu. Specialists in SHARE services provide confidential counseling to students, staff, and faculty who have experienced sexual harassment, sexual assault, or harassment based on sexual orientation. They offer advice and support regarding the informal and formal options for pursuing complaints as well as educational workshops on sexual harassment and assault for the University community. SHARE peer advisers are available for information and referral, and to lead discussion groups.
Women’s and Men’s Health Services, 8-5357. Services include sexual and reproductive health care, sexual health education, pregnancy information, and sexuality-related counseling for men and women. All services are confidential. Sexual Health Advisers (student peer educators) are also available to provide information and advice.
Dean of Religious Life and of the Chapel, Murray-Dodge Hall, 8-3047. This office oversees the various campus ministries and other religious groups on campus, the Student Volunteers Council, the Religious Life Council, the Center for Jewish Life, the University Chapel, and a wide variety of social, educational, spiritual, and interfaith programs. The deans are available for conversation and counseling.
Affiliated Chaplains, Murray-Dodge Hall, 8-5460; Center for Jewish Life, 8-3635. The Affiliated Chaplains at Princeton University is composed of Protestants, Catholics, Jewish clergy, Muslim and Hindu representatives, and lay leaders who are available for personal advising and pastoral counseling.
Dean of Undergraduate Students, 313 West College, 8-3055. This office is responsible for the undergraduate discipline process, multicultural affairs, international student advising, student organizations and student agencies, residential life, extracurricular activities, and certain disability services for undergraduates, as well as the Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding, the Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis ’30 International Center, Women’s, and LGBT centers. This office also serves as the University’s liaison to the Prospect Street eating clubs.
Pace Center, 201D Frist Campus Center, 8-7260. The Pace Center connects individuals and groups with opportunities to thoughtfully address civic problems and have an impact through activities including course work, research, volunteer service, extracurricular projects, public service internships and fellowships, and professional opportunities. Pace also coordinates the undergraduate Pace Council for Civic Values and the Breakout Princeton program. The Pace Center includes Community House and the Student Volunteers Council (SVC). Community House volunteers serve the educational, cultural, and recreational needs of underserved low-income minority children and their families in Princeton, with the goal of narrowing the achievement gap that separates those children from their advantaged neighbors. The SVC is a student organization that sponsors more than 40 weekly volunteer projects, sponsors service trips during academic breaks, and organizes Community Action, a pre-orientation program that introduces incoming freshmen to life on campus and in the surrounding community and connects them with ways to meaningfully engage the community for the coming four years.
Engineering School Undergraduate Affairs Office, C205 Engineering Quadrangle, 8-4554. This office provides general advising, including changes of degree program, and organizes academic support and professional development programs for engineering students.
Financial Aid and Student Employment Office, 220 West College, 8-3330. This office arranges for financial aid packages for students who demonstrate financial need. The staff also assists aid and non-aid students with term-time employment and financing options for Princeton’s costs.
Preprofessional Advisers
Business:
Beverly Hamilton-Chandler, Career Services, 201 Nassau Street (until move to 36 University Place), 8-3325. The decision to attend business school is a complicated one, and students are encouraged to review the MBA Information section of the “Graduate School” menu of the Career Services home page: www.princeton.edu/career. Since most MBA programs require a minimum of one year of post-graduation employment prior to applying, this will address many questions related to both the decision and the application process. Business school catalogs and directories are available in Career Services, and helpful Internet information is on our website. Call the office for appointments and walk-in hours.
Health Professions:
Glenn N. Cummings, Jess Deutsch, 305 West College (until move to 36 University Place), 8-3144. The advisers for the health professions are available to help students with questions about course selection, choice of major, work experience, and other academic and nonacademic concerns that may arise in exploring the possibility of careers in medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, public health, or other health-related professions.
Mental Health Professions:
Ronald Comer, 1-S-6 Green Hall, 8-4475. Students considering a career in one of the mental health professions (clinical psychology, psychiatry, social work, counseling, or educational psychology) should contact Professor Comer (comer@princeton.edu), preferably by the middle of their sophomore year. A meeting for students interested in mental health careers is also conducted by Professor Comer each fall.
Law:
Lyon Zabsky, Career Services, 201 Nassau Street (until move to 36 University Place), 8-3325. Students considering law school should review Pre-Law Information on the “Graduate School” menu of Career Services’ website: www.princeton.edu/career. In addition, all students are encouraged to attend a preparing for law school workshop (held each semester), law school information meetings, and alumni panels that are designed to acquaint students with various aspects of the legal profession. Call the office for appointments and walk-in times.
Teaching:
John B. Webb, Todd W. Kent, Teacher Preparation, 41 William Street, 8-3336. See page 41.
Departmental Representatives and Program Directors
Departmental representatives and program directors are available during regular office hours to answer questions about their departments. Do not hesitate to consult them about your proposed area of concentration or about specific courses and programs offered by the departments.
African American Studies, Center for
Stanhope Hall
Valerie A. Smith, director, 8-4087
Noliwe Rooks, associate director, 8-4718
African Studies Program
323 Burr Hall
Daniel Rubenstein, director, 210 Eno Hall, 8-5698
American Studies Program
42 McCosh Hall
Hendrik Hartog, director, 8-4710
Anthropology
116 Burr Hall
Lawrence Rosen, 8-2671(8-5535)
Applications of Computing Program
Computer Science Building
Kenneth Steiglitz, director, 421 Computer Science Building, 8-4629
Applied and Computational Mathematics Program
205 Fine Hall
Robert Calderbank, director, 8-6303
Weinan E, undergraduate representative, 8-3683
Architecture, School of
Architecture Building
Mario Gandelsonas, 8-8221
Art and Archaeology
105 McCormick Hall
Anne McCauley, 8-0914
Astrophysical Sciences
Peyton Hall, Ivy Lane
Neta A. Bahcall, 127 Peyton Hall, 8-6065 (8-3803)
Biophysics Program
360 Jadwin Hall
William Bialek, director
Chemistry
121 Frick Laboratory
Robert L’Esperance (juniors), 112 Frick Laboratory, 8-1307
Jeffrey Schwartz (seniors), 226 Frick Laboratory, 8-3926
Classics
141 East Pyne
Harriet I. Flower, 159 East Pyne, 8-5572
Comparative Literature
113 East Pyne
Thomas Hare, 8-7202
Computer Science
410 Computer Science Building
Brian Kernighan, 311 Computer Science Building, 8-2089
Creative Writing Program
185 Nassau Street
Chang-rae Lee, director, 8-7551
East Asian Studies
Jones Hall
David Leheny, 8-8872
East Asian Studies Program
219 Frist Campus Center
Benjamin Elman, director, 8-4287
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Guyot Hall
James L. Gould (freshmen and juniors), 330-A Guyot Hall, 8-3872
Lars Hedin (sophomores and seniors), 222 Guyot Hall, 8-7325
Economics
001 Fisher Hall
Avinash Dixit, 212 Fisher Hall, 8-4013
English
22 McCosh Hall
Oliver Arnold (Fall 2008), 8-4090
Jeff Dolven (Spring 2009), 8-4077
Environmental Studies Program
127 Guyot Hall
David Wilcove, director, 8-4998
European Cultural Studies Program
207 Scheide Caldwell House
Eileen Reeves, director, 8-4266
European Politics and Society Program
210B Burr Hall
Harold James, director, 218 Dickinson Hall, 8-4160
Film Studies Committee
22 McCosh Hall
Maria A. DiBattista, chair, 8-4081 (8-4061)
Finance, Bendheim Center for
Yacine Aït-Sahalia, director, 26 Prospect Avenue, 8-4015
Harrison Hong, program representative, 210 26 Prospect Avenue, 8-0259
French and Italian
303 East Pyne Building
André Benhaim, 8-4500
Geosciences
110 Guyot Hall
Satish C. B. Myneni, M-51 Guyot Hall, 8-5848
German
211 East Pyne Building
Thomas Levin, 8-1384
Global Health and Health Policy Program
Thomas Shenk, co-director, 203 Thomas Laboratory, 8-5992
Burton Singer, co-director, 245 Wallace Hall, 8-5938
Hellenic Studies Program
106 Scheide Caldwell House
Dimitri H. Gondicas, executive director, 8-2920
History
128 Dickinson Hall
James A. Dun, 137 Dickinson Hall, 8-7473
Humanities Council and Humanistic Studies Program
Joseph Henry House
Carol Rigolot, executive director, 8-4719
Judaic Studies Program
Scheide Caldwell House
Peter Schäfer, director, 8-6008 (8-0394)
Language and Culture Program
See the departmental representative in the appropriate language
and literature department.
Latin American Studies Program
309–316 Burr Hall
Rubén Gallo, director, 8-7759
Lewis Center for the Arts
185 Nassau Street
Paul Muldoon, chair, 8-4708
Linguistics Program
029 East Pyne Building
Joshua Katz, director, 8-8954
Materials Science and Engineering Program
D404 Engineering Quadrangle
Winston O. Soboyejo, director undergraduate studies, 8-5609
James C. Sturm, program director, 321 Bowen Hall, 8-5610
Mathematics
306 Fine Hall
Simon Kochen, 508 Fine Hall, 8-4187
Medieval Studies Program
207 Scheide Caldwell House
D. Vance Smith, director, 8-1181
Molecular Biology
Lewis Thomas Laboratory
Jane Flint, 234 Lewis Thomas Laboratory, 8-6113
Alison Gammie, 315A Lewis Thomas Laboratory, 8-6380
Dan Notterman, 228 Lewis Thomas Laboratory, 8-7185
Mark Rose, 319 Lewis Thomas Laboratory, 8-2804
Music
310 Woolworth Center
Elizabeth Bergman, 8-4088
Musical Performance Program
302 Woolworth Center
Michael Pratt, director, 8-4259
Near Eastern Studies
Jones Hall
Erika H. Gilson, 211 Frist Campus Center, 8-1435
Near Eastern Studies Program
Jones Hall
M. Sükrü Hanioglu, director, 8-5361
Neuroscience Program
Michael Berry, co-director, 8 Guyot Hall, 8-1268
Elizabeth Gould, co-director, 1-S-12 Green Hall, 8-4483
Philosophy
212A 1879 Hall
John P. Burgess, 8-4310
Physics
208 Jadwin Hall
Edward J. Groth III, 264 Jadwin Hall, 8-4361
Politics
130 Corwin Hall
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, director, undergraduate program, 034 Corwin Hall, 8-9171
Evan Lieberman, study abroad adviser, 8-6833
Psychology
3-S-12 Green Hall
Daniel Osherson, 8-8009
Quantitative and Computational Biology Program
245 Icahn Laboratory
Saeed Tavazoie, director, 8-0331
Religion
145 1879 Hall
Judith Weisenfeld, 234 1879 Hall, 8-8409
Russian and Eurasian Studies Program
Burr Hall
Michael Gordin, acting director, 305 Dickinson Hall, 8-8095
Slavic Languages and Literatures
231 East Pyne
Petre Petrov, 8-1605
Sociology
106 Wallace Hall
Mitchell Duneier, 8-4530
South Asian Studies Program
319 Burr Hall
Isabelle Clark-Decès, director, 8-6814
Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
351 East Pyne
Pedro Meira Monteiro (Fall 2008), 8-5140
Angel G. Loureiro (Spring 2009), 8-1321
Teacher Preparation Program
41 William Street
John B. Webb, director, 8-3336
Theater and Dance Program
185 Nassau Street
Michael Cadden, director, 8-4659
Translation and Intercultural Communication Program
330 East Pyne
David M. Bellos, director, 8-4686
Urban Studies Program
S116A School of Architecture
M. Christine Boyer, director, 8-1446
Visual Arts Program
185 Nassau Street
P. Adams Sitney, director, 8-5442
Women and Gender Studies Program
113 Dickinson Hall
Marie Griffith, director, 8-5697
Woodrow Wilson School
114 Robertson Hall
Gary J. Bass, faculty chair, undergraduate program, 8-5197
Nathan B. Scovronick, director, 8-2746
Writing Program
South Baker Hall, Whitman College
Kerry Walk, director, 8-2703
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Engineering Quadrangle
H. Vincent Poor, dean
C230 Engineering Quadrangle, 8-2260 (8-2881)
Peter Bogucki, associate dean for undergraduate affairs
C207 Engineering Quadrangle, 8-4554
Chemical Engineering
A217 Engineering Quadrangle
Yueh-Lin Loo, A323 Engineering Quadrangle, 8-9091
Civil and Environmental Engineering
E209 Engineering Quadrangle
James A. Smith, C319G Engineering Quadrangle, 8-4615
Computer Science
410 Computer Science Building
Vivek Pai, 322 Computer Science Building, 8-2086
Electrical Engineering
B210 Engineering Quadrangle
Bradley Dickinson, B322 Engineering Quadrangle, 8-4644
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
D216 Engineering Quadrangle
Michael G. Littman, D202A Engineering Quadrangle, 8-5198 (5169)
Operations Research and Financial Engineering
E220 Engineering Quadrangle
Alain Kornhauser, E-407 Engineering Quadrangle, 8-4657
Architecture and Engineering Program
E323 Engineering Quadrangle
David Billington, director, 8-4606
Engineering Biology Program
A319 Engineering Quadrangle
Robert K. Prud’homme, director, 8-4577
Engineering and Management Systems Program
E405 Engineering Quadrangle
Warren B. Powell, director, 8-5373
Engineering Physics Program
B432 Engineering Quadrangle
Edgar Choueiri, director, 8-5220
Geological Engineering Program
C319 Engineering Quadrangle
James A. Smith, director, 8-4615
John Suppe, 309 Guyot Hall, 8-4119
Materials Science and Engineering Program
D404 Engineering Quadrangle
Winston Soboyejo, director undergraduate studies, 8-5609
Robotics and Intelligent Systems Program
D202 Engineering Quadrangle
Robert F. Stengel, director, 8-5103
Sustainable Energy Program
D-330 Engineering Quadrangle
Yiguang Ju, 8-5644
How to make a telephone call to an administrative office on campus:
Dial 8 and the four-digit extension.