Ewell Hall Deans

Each of the Ewell Hall deans has a portfolio, as described below.

Dean of Undergraduate Studies  [[dean-ugs, Janice Zeman]]

Administration and Supervision of:

  • Office of Academic Advising
  • Degree/major/minor requirements
  • eLearning initiatives
  • Enrollment management
  • Grade reviews and changes
  • Internships
  • Institute for the Theory & Practice of International Relations
  • Online course evaluations
  • Part-time instructor appointments
  • Student concerns
  • University Chief Transfer Officer

Liaison to:

  • Registrar's Office
  • Student Affairs
  • Undergraduate Admissions
  • Virginia State Transfer Committee

Committee Responsibilities:

  • Academic Status
  • Degrees
  • International Studies Advisory (A&S)

Contact Departments/Programs:

  • Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Geology, Government, International Relations, Kinesiology & Health Sciences, Mathematics, Military Science, Public Policy, Sociology

Dean for Educational Policy  [[dean-ep, John Donahue]]

Administration and Supervision of:

  • Boswell Initiative
  • Center for the Liberal Arts
  • Newton-Blanchard Prize
  • Summer school 
  • St. Andrews Joint Degree Program
  • Undergraduate curriculum
  • Writing Resources Center
Liaison To:
  • Reves Center for International Studies
  • D.C. Program

Committee Responsibilities

  • Assessment Steering
  • Educational Policy
  • International Advisory (College)
  • Writing

Contact Departments/Programs: 

  • Art and Art History; Classical Studies; English; Modern Languages; Music; Philosophy; Religious Studies; Theatre, Speech, and Dance

Dean for Honors and Interdisciplinary Studies   [[jxschw, Joel Schwartz]]

Administration and Supervision of:

  • 1693 Scholars
  • Beckman Scholars
  • Biomathematics Initiative
  • Center for Geospatial Analysis
  • Charles Center
  • Grant development in the humanities and social sciences
  • Departmental Honors
  • Global Film Festival
  • May seminar program
  • Monroe Scholars program
  • New faculty orientation
  • Prestigious scholarships
  • Promoting undergraduate research
  • Sharpe Community Scholars Program
  • University Teaching Project
  • W&M Scholars (WMSURE)

Committee Responsibilities:

  • Honors and Interdisciplinary Studies

Contact Departments/Programs:

  • Africana Studies; Environmental Science and Policy; Film & Media Studies; Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies; Global Studies, Linguistics; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Neuroscience

Dean of Graduate Studies and Research  [[vjtorc, Virginia Torczon]]

Administration and Supervision of:

  • Office of Graduate Studies and Graduate Center

Liaison to:

  • Colonial Williamsburg*
  • Graduate Studies Advisory Board
  • Jefferson Laboratory*
  • Office of Grants and Research Administration*
  • Registrar's Office (graduate issues)
  • Universities Space Research Association
  • Vertebrate Animal Care Unit
  • Virginia Council of Graduate Schools
  • Virginia Microelectronics Consortium
  • Virginia Space Grant Consortium

Committee Responsibilities:

  • Graduate Studies
  • Advisory on Space Management* 

Contact Departments/Programs:

  • American Studies, Anthropology, Applied Science, Biology, History, Physics, Psychology

* - with the Dean of Arts & Sciences