{"id":2120,"date":"2019-07-05T12:08:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T16:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates-new\/?page_id=2120"},"modified":"2023-12-02T00:36:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T05:36:00","slug":"meet-the-staff-and-administrators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/about\/meet-the-staff-and-administrators\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Staff and Administrators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Update 7.1.2020<\/span>: Sergey Fomin<\/a><\/strong> is now the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karen Smith,  <\/span><\/b><\/a>Associate Chair for Graduate Studies.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oversees all graduate programs, masters and PhD, in pure and applied mathematics.  Responsible for the funding and welfare of all graduate students, disciplinary or academic issues, dispute resolution, professional development, etc. Oversees the work of the Doctoral and AIM committees on advising students, and can  advise on academic and professional matters as well.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Silas Alben, <\/span><\/b><\/a>AIM Program Chair <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairs the AIM  Committee, the committee that  provides AIM PhD and MS students with academic advising until they have begun work with a thesis advisor. Provides AIM students with guidance about finding  thesis advisors, and runs the AIM seminar. With the AIM committee, the AIM Program Chair makes decisions about student\u2019s satisfactory performance in the program (e.g. qualifying exams etc) and oversees  prelim and thesis defense procedures for AIM PhD students.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Mattias Jonsson, <\/span><\/b><\/a>Doctoral Committee Chair<\/span>
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Chairs the Doctoral Committee, the committee that  provides Math PhD students with academic advising until they have begun work with a thesis advisor.  Students meet with the Doctoral Committee chair after every QR Exam attempt to discuss the results and make an academic plan. Chairs the committee that makes decisions about student\u2019s satisfactory performance in the program (e.g. qualifying exams, course grades etc) and oversees prelim and thesis defense procedures for Math PhD students.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Trachette Jackson, <\/span><\/b><\/a>Director of the  <\/b>Marjorie Lee Browne Program <\/span><\/b><\/a><\/b>
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Oversees the academic advising and mentoring for all MLB research masters students. Works closely with Associate Chair and Doctoral\/AIM Committee Chairs on advising issues, and with Admissions Director on admissions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Kartik Prasanna, <\/a><\/strong><\/span> Director of Graduate Admissions<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In charge of all admissions, for masters and PhD in pure and applied mathematics. Works with other administrators, faculty and staff to make decisions about whom to admit.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Bloch, <\/span><\/b><\/a>Math Department Chair<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complete List of all <\/span>Department Faculty Administrators<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complete List of all regular faculty (<\/span>tenure, tenure-track,<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and<\/span> lecturers<\/a><\/span><\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff Administrators<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Doreen Fussman, <\/span><\/b><\/a>Chief Admininstrator <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chief Ad is the main fiscal and procedural administrator of the Mathematics Department, working closely with the department chair and Associate Chairs, in overseeing all aspects of operations and budgets for the department,  not only the graduate program. This is a long term staff position, unlike the Department Chair, which is a faculty position designated in 3 year terms. For this reason, the Chief Ad has the best overview of operations in the department and is the seat of our institutional memory.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Randolph<\/b>, <\/a><\/span>Director of Student Services <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Director of Student Services has many roles, but the one most relevant to grad students is that she works closely with faculty to oversee and track all funding for graduate students. She also supervises all staff in the student services office.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teresa Stokes,<\/b><\/a> <\/span>Graduate Program Coordinator<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grad  program coordinator is the staff member most directly responsible for the welfare of the our graduate students. The Graduate Program coordinator keeps all academic records, works closely with the Associate Chair and Doctoral\/AIM committee chairs to make sure students are meeting all milestones, meets annually with each student. This is an important person to get to know!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina Certo<\/span> , <\/a><\/strong>Undergraduate Program Coordinator<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an important staff role for undergraduates, including managing overrides into courses. Graduate students interact with the Undergraduate program coordinator for issues related to teaching. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelsi Archibald<\/span> , <\/a><\/strong>Undergraduate Student Services Assistant<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This staff member assists the Undergraduate Program Coordinator and all department members in everything related to teaching and operations.  including, for example, room reservations. This is where to go, for example, room reservations or to report a maintenance issue.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complete List of all <\/span>Department Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update 7.1.2020: Sergey Fomin is now the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. Faculty Administrators:  Karen Smith,  Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. Oversees all graduate programs, masters and PhD, in pure and applied mathematics.  Responsible for the funding and welfare of all graduate students, disciplinary or academic issues, dispute resolution, professional development, etc. Oversees the work… Continue reading Meet the Staff and Administrators<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2734,"featured_media":0,"parent":44,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2120","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2734"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2120"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3737,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2120\/revisions\/3737"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}