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Deirdre d'Albertis
photo by Chris Kendall

Deirdre d'Albertis

Vice President and Dean of the College

As chief academic officer, Dean Deirdre d'Albertis works with the president and the faculty to advance the central academic purpose of Bard College.

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.

Emily McLaughlin
photo by Chris Kendall

Emily McLaughlin

Associate Dean of the College

As Associate Dean of the College, Emily McLaughlin provides support and leadership for professional development, faculty research, and curricular initiatives across the College.
 

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.

Jonathan Becker

Jonathan Becker

Vice President for Academic Affairs/Director, Center for Civic Engagement

Jonathan Becker oversees academic components of Bard’s study-away programs.

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.

Mark Halsey

Mark Halsey

Vice President for Institutional Planning and Research 

As Vice President for Institutional Planning and Research, Mark Halsey works to achieve the mission of the College in conjunction with the senior leadership of the College.

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.

Peter Gadsby

Peter Gadsby

Registrar and Vice President for Enrollment Management 

As vice president for enrollment management, registrar Gadsby is responsible for institutional analysis and assessment and focuses on the quality of the student academic experience, broadly conceived.

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.

Nicholas Alton Lewis 

Nicholas Alton Lewis
 

Associate Vice President for Academic Initiatives and Associate Dean of the College

In conjunction with the Dean of the College (DoC) and the Center for Faculty and Curricular Development (CFCD), Associate Vice President for Academic Initiatives and Associate Dean of the College Nicholas Lewis develops and oversees group mentoring programs for early career and pre-tenured faculty.

Nicholas Alton Lewis
 

Nicholas works with both faculty and students on building a climate of inclusion and community; with Director of Inclusive Pedagogy, Michael Sadowski, and Director of College Writing, Philip Pardi, as well as the CFCD around faculty development work, professional development and diversity, equity and inclusion; troubleshoots communication issues and policy considerations at the curricular and co-curricular levels; supports First-Year Seminar and core curriculum in terms of student experience and sense of belonging; and represents the Dean of College office in place making initiatives.

Michael Sadowski

Michael Sadowski

Associate Dean of the College

As Associate Dean of the College, Michael's focus is on supporting and enhancing inclusive pedagogy and curriculum at Bard. 

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. 

Erin Braselmann

Erin Braselmann

Director of Disability and Access Services

As Director of Disability and Access Services, Erin Braselmann works to facilitate access, equity, and inclusion for students with disabilities on Bard's campus. Erin partners with faculty, administrators, and staff to promote and further accessibility initiatives across campus. 

Sue Elvin

Sue Elvin

Faculty Grants Officer

Faculty Grants Officer Sue Elvin provides a comprehensive advisory and consultative service for undergraduate faculty in their quest for grants to support individual projects as varied as curricular innovations, academic research, specialist conferences and workshops, public programs, and other professional work.

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. 

Philip Pardi

Philip Pardi

Director of College Writing and faculty associate of the Institute for Writing and Thinking

As Director of College Writing and faculty associate of the Institute for Writing and Thinking, Philip Pardi focuses on matters related to the teaching of writing at the College.

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.

Stephanie Kufner

Stephanie Kufner

Academic Director of the Bard Center for Foreign Languages and Cultures

As Academic Director of the Bard Center for Foreign Languages and Cultures, Stephanie Kufner offers a wide range of tools for foreign language learning and teaching. Working closely with the foreign language faculty, she oversees and trains international student-staff in facilitating new technologies and developing new approaches to teaching language.

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.

Jim Keller 
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Jim Keller 

Director of Bard Learning Commons

Jim Keller is a senior faculty associate with the Institute for Writing and Thinking and directs the Bard College Learning Commons, which fields Bard’s writing courses, writing fellows, drop-in writing consultants, and subject-area tutors. 

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.
 

Special Program Directors

*Emily McLaughlin & Eric Trudel, Codirectors of the Center for Faculty and Curricular Development
*Sayeeda Moreno & Yuka Suzuki, Faculty Fellows for the Center for Faculty and Curricular Development 
*Katherine Boivin & Eric Trudel, Directors of Faculty Mentoring Program
*Mary Krembs, Director of Citizen Science
*Marina van Zuylen, Director of the Clemente Course in the Humanities
*Paul Cadden-Zimansky, Alex Kitnick, and Alys Moody Codirectors of First-Year Seminar
*Roger Berkowitz, Academic Director of The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities
*Thomas Keenan, Director of the Human Rights Project
*Stephen Tremaine '07, Vice President for Early College Policies and Programs
*William Dixon, Director of the Language and Thinking Program
*Max Kenner, Director of the Bard Prison Initiative

Contact Us

General office inquiries: [email protected] 

Location:
Ludlow & Willink, 2nd floor

 
Rachel A. Price 
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Phone: 845-758-7421
Fax: 845-758-7046

Sherry Gildersleeve 
Assistant to the Dean
Phone: 845-758-7439
Fax: 845-758-7046

More Information

  • Academic Calendar
    • Monday, August 8, 2022 – Wednesday, August 24, 2022
      Language and Thinking Program
      Writing Knowledge Program
    • Friday, August 26, 2022
      Online class registration for new first-year and transfer students
    • Saturday, August 27, 2022
      Arrival Day for All Returning Students
      Check-in and Financial Clearance for All Returning Students
    • Monday, August 29, 2022
      First Day of Fall Classes
    • Wednesday, August 31, 2022
      First Faculty Meeting of the Semester
  • Faculty Meeting Schedule 2022-2023
    *Please note Faculty Meetings begin at 1:20 p.m. and are held in the Multipurpose Room of the Bertelsmann Campus Center

    Fall 2022:
    Wednesday, August 31
    Wednesday, September 28
    Wednesday, November 2 (faculty-led)
    Wednesday, December 14

    Spring 2023:
    Wednesday, February 1
    Wednesday, March 15
    Wednesday, April 12 (faculty-led)
    Wednesday, May 24
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