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  • David Shein
    Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Studies

    David Shein

    Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Studies

    David Shein is the college's dean for student academic affairs.  He supports students in their academic work and in designing their programs of study, supports faculty in academic advising and the exercise of academic policies, and works especially closely with seniors who are struggling with the demands of the final year of study. As chair of the College's Scholarships and Fellowships Committee, David recruits and works with students who are interested in applying for nationally and internationally competitive undergraduate and post-graduate opportunities, such as the Watson Fellowship, the Luce Scholarship, and the Rhodes, Mitchell, and Marshall Scholarships. David also teaches in the philosophy program.

    E-mail: [email protected]
    Phone: 845.758.7045
    Office: Grey Stone Cottage
  • Molly Freitas
    Associate Dean of Studies
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    Molly Freitas

    Associate Dean of Studies
    Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities

    Molly J. Freitas is associate dean of studies and visiting assistant professor in the humanities at Bard College. As an educator, Molly’s greatest passion is helping students to develop the skills and confidence necessary to achieve their academic, personal, and professional goals. She holds a PhD from Tufts University and an MA from Georgetown University, both in English. Prior to coming to Bard, Molly was an assistant professor of English and led the prestigious scholarship program at West Point, the United States Military Academy. She has also taught literature, critical thinking, and professional development courses at Tufts University, Emerson College, and the University of Illinois at Chicago and was a book editor at Oxford University Press. A feminist literary critic by training, her book on aesthetics and American women writers, From Subjection to Survival: The Artistry of American Women Writers, is forthcoming from Routledge in 2023; her scholarly articles have also appeared in American Literary Realism, Soundings, and Studies in the Novel. She lives in Beacon, New York, with her husband and two young daughters, who are the light of her life. 
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