Staff
The Graduate School is one of the ten colleges and schools of Vanderbilt University. The Graduate School is the pathway and official school of record for Graduate School student applications, admissions, registration and enrollment, monitoring and recording of academic progress and milestones (residency, qualifying examinations, candidacy, defense of dissertation), and the awarding of degrees.
Vanderbilt University Graduate School
117 Alumni Hall
2205 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37240
The Graduate School main office is located in Alumni Hall, Room 117, with additional offices in Room 010 downstairs. Please feel free to visit during our business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CST), Monday through Friday.
Staff & Administration
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Mark Wallace |
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| Dean of the Graduate School (615) 343-2727 |
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| Senior Administrator in The Graduate School | |||
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Sheri Stephens |
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| Assistant to the Dean Email Sheri (615) 343-2727 |
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| Manages Dean Wallace's calendar and travel, assists with reception and referral | |||
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Richard Hoover |
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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs |
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| Academic Affairs, Honor Fellowships, Student Travel Grants, Dissertation Enhancement Grants, Honor Fellowships, liaison to Graduate Student Honor Council | |||
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Clare McCabe |
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Associate Dean for the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs |
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| Postdoctoral Affairs | |||
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Don Brunson |
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| Assistant Dean (615) 322-3939 Email Dean Brunson |
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| Office of Diversity; Underrepresented Student Outreach, Admission, and Retention Officer | |||
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Ruth Schemmer |
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| Assistant Dean (615) 322-8088 Email Dean Schemmer |
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| Career Development, liaison to the Graduate Student Council and the Graduate Development Network | |||
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Mary Michael-Woolman |
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Assistant Dean |
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| Financial and Personnel Management; New Initiatives, Administrative Oversight | |||
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Marian McAlpin |
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Administrative Manager |
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| Office Management, Budgets, Stipend Payments for Graduate School Honor Fellowships and External Fellowships | |||
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Liz Leis |
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| Student Services Assistant (615) 322-3934 Email Liz |
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| Thesis/Dissertation Format Editor | |||
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Walt Bieschke |
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| Assistant Director (615) 322-0236 Email Walt |
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| Admissions, Technical Application System Questions (Please contact your program of interest regarding your application status.) |
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Linda Harris |
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| Student Services Assistant (615) 322-3943 Email Linda |
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| Qualifying Exam and Final Defense Notices | |||
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Irene McKirgan |
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| Assistant Director (615) 875-9123 Email Irene |
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| Postdoctoral Affairs | |||
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Denise Malone |
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| Director of Communications and Outcomes (615) 936-1898 Email Denise |
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| Digital communications, Graduate School web site | |||
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Sheri Kimble |
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| Administrative Assistant (615) 343-0844 Email Sheri |
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| Assistant to Dean Brunson and Dean Schemmer, assists with reception and referral | |||
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Brittany Allison |
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SyNERGI Postdoctoral Fellow |
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| Coordinates Synergistic Network to Enhance Research that Grows Innovation (SyNERGI) initiatives | |||
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Chad Smith |
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| Administrative Assistant II (615) 875-1853 Email Chad |
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| Assistant to Dean McCabe and Irene McKirgan in the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, and Walt Bieschke in Graduate Admissions | |||
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Irene Wallrich |
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| Program Coordinator (615) 343-7030 Email Irene |
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| Provides program support to Dean Schemmer in Career Development and Dean Brunson in Diversity. | |||