Administrative Staff

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Deirdre d'Albertis

Dean d'Albertis is responsible for faculty affairs and the undergraduate curriculum. She oversees faculty recruitment, evaluation, and promotion. As coordinator of the undergraduate academic program, the dean is attentive to college-wide matters and interdivisional interests. She assists faculty committees in their work on the curriculum and on academic policy. The dean upholds academic standards from admission to graduation. She also assists the divisional chairpersons and the president as they uphold standards of faculty responsibility as established by faculty action. In conjunction with the registrar, the dean maintains academic statistics, conducts studies of academic programs, compiles records of committee and faculty actions, and maintains a faculty handbook describing academic policies and regulations. Dean d'Albertis works with the associate deans and the dean of studies to develop the academic curriculum and student academic life. She is a Professor of Literature.

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Emily McLaughlin

She serves as a co-director for the Center for Faculty and Curricular Development (CFCD) with Phil Pardi, Director of College Writing. In this role, she coordinates new faculty orientation and assists faculty at all stages of their academic career in developing innovative pedagogical and research practices. In collaboration with the Office of Institutional Support, the Dean of the College, and the faculty, Associate Dean McLaughlin offers guidance, specifically in the sciences, for individual and institutional funding opportunities. She also serves as an ex officio member of the Curriculum and College Evaluation Committees. She is an Associate Professor of Chemistry.

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Jonathan Becker

These programs include Bard’s Globalization and International Affairs Program in New York City, the Bard–Central European University Program, and Smolny College in St. Petersburg, Russia. Dean Becker works closely with students who wish to study abroad, or who are interested in expanding the scope of international activities on the Bard campus and he approves study-away programs. He also directs Bard's Global and International Studies academic program; oversees Bard’s Model United Nations Program and Debate Team; coordinates Bard's exchange program with the United States Military Academy at West Point; sponsors lecture series and other programs that focus on contemporary political, social, and economic issues; offers guidance on overseas fellowship and internship opportunities; and works closely with faculty and administrators at the Institute for International Liberal Education. Additional information can be found at: bard.edu/bardabroad.

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Mark Halsey

In particular, he coordinates planning and implementation of initiatives in concert with the Office of the Dean of the College, the Office of the CFO, and the Office of the VP for Administration. He has oversight of all institutional research activities and leads the Data Stewardship Council. Working closely with the CIO, he oversees the College’s IT operations. He is the College’s Accreditation Liaison Officer to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and coordinates all external reporting for the College.

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Peter Gadsby

He works with faculty committees and the offices of Admission, Dean of Students, and academic deans to address topics such as the quality of the first- and second-year experience, effectiveness of academic advising and moderation and senior project experience, and cohort survival analysis.

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Michael Sadowski

Working closely with the Dean of the College, the Dean of Inclusive Excellence, and the Center for Faculty and Curricular Development, he coordinates faculty trainings on inclusive teaching practice and related topics; supports program chairs and faculty in working toward program-specific inclusion goals; works with search committees to help ensure inclusive hiring practices; provides resources for faculty to expand the breadth and depth of Bard’s curriculum in areas related to inclusion; and helps organize speaker series and other events intended to bring underrepresented voices to campus. In addition to being Associate Dean, he is a faculty member in the Master of Arts in Teaching and Human Rights programs, an author who has written extensively on youth identity development, LGBTQ+ youth issues, and inclusive teaching, and a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction. His 2021 book Men I've Never Been was shortlisted for the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Award for Nonfiction and was named one of the 100 Best Gay and Lesbian Books of All Time by bookauthority.org. 

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Brandt Burgess 

He assists faculty with such grant activities as: interpretation of funding announcements and associated requirements, proposal preparation and submission, development of project budgets, and post-award management and reporting. He also serves as the College’s Associate Dean for Regulatory Compliance.
 

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Sue Elvin

Members of faculty are encouraged to contact Sue before applying for any grant. She offers support throughout the whole grant life cycle that comprises the following main steps: finding funding prospects, gaining the appropriate institutional approvals to apply, creating and submitting an application, and managing a grant once it has been awarded. She tailors support according to the needs of the individual member of faculty, his or her project, and the grant opportunity itself. Typical examples are a training workshop on a funding program, the creation of information modules and templates, budget creation advice, copy-editing support, the provision of institutional materials, contract analysis and negotiation, and a review of terms and conditions prior to accepting an award. She is also responsible for ensuring that all the appropriate documentation is forwarded to Bard College's Office of Institutional Support, which centrally monitors all grants, and that grant documentation is created and stored to satisfy the requirements of Bard College’s auditors. 

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Philip Pardi

He collaborates with individual academic programs and faculty to foster greater attention to writing in the core curriculum, and he oversees the Writing Intensive Initiative to develop the teaching of writing in sophomore and junior level courses. Under the auspices of the Center for Faculty and Curricular Development, he leads workshops, meets with individual faculty members, and offers pedagogical support to both new and veteran faculty.

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Stephanie Kufner

She establishes connections for subject-related internships in Germany, runs workshops, organizes foreign language related initiatives, and teaches cross-disciplinary tutorials integrating language, culture, and technology. She also teaches German language and literature classes as a member of the German program. Additional information can be found at: flcl.bard.edu.

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Jim Keller 

The Learning Commons is home to Bard’s writing center, study rooms, multilingual learner resources, academic strategies workshops, quantitative literacy services, and an 8-course curriculum. Jim teaches courses in twentieth century philosophy, and his book, Writing Plural Worlds (Palgrave/MacMillan 2009) provides a study of philosophical pluralism in multiethnic U.S. writing. Additional information can be found at bard.edu/learningcommons.