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To access the most recent version of the bulletin, please visit <a href="http://catalog.yale.edu">http://catalog.yale.edu</a>. </p> </div> <h1>The Administration of the Graduate School</h1> <div id="textcontainer" class="tab_content"> <div class="keeptogether adminofficers"> <a name="officeofthedean"></a> <h2>Office of the Dean</h2> <p class="hangindent">Lynn Cooley, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate School</p> <p class="hangindent">Susan Hacking, M.S., Senior Manager of Communication and Alumni Affairs</p> <p class="hangindent">Susanne Olsen, Senior Executive Assistant to the Dean</p> </div> <div class="keeptogether adminofficers"> <a name="academicaffairs"></a> <h2>Academic Affairs</h2> <p class="hangindent">Pamela Schirmeister, Ph.D., Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Graduate School and Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Dean of Undergraduate Education, Yale College; Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School</p> <p class="hangindent">Ann Gaylin, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Education</p> <p class="hangindent">Michelle Nearon, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Student Development and Diversity; Director, Office for Graduate Student Development and Diversity</p> <p class="hangindent">Richard G. Sleight, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Student Advising and Academic Support</p> <p class="hangindent">Jasmina Besirevic Regan, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Graduate Education</p> <p class="hangindent">Robert Harper-Mangels, Ph.D., Assistant Dean</p> <p class="hangindent">Elena D. Kallestinova, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of the Graduate School; Director of Graduate Writing Laboratory, Yale Center for Teaching and Learning</p> </div> <div class="keeptogether adminofficers"> <a name="graduatestudentlife"></a> <h2>Graduate Student Life</h2> <p class="hangindent">Lisa Brandes, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Student Affairs; Director, Graduate Student Life, McDougal Graduate Student Center</p> <p class="hangindent">Jennifer Mendelsohn, M.S., Associate Director, Graduate Student Life, McDougal Graduate Student Center</p> </div> <div class="keeptogether adminofficers"> <a name="graduateadmissions"></a> <h2>Graduate Admissions</h2> <p class="hangindent">Leah Phinney, M.B.A., Director of Admissions</p> <p class="hangindent">Lisa Furino, Assistant Director of Admissions</p> </div> <div class="keeptogether adminofficers"> <a name="financialaid"></a> <h2>Financial Aid</h2> <p class="hangindent">Sara Estrom, M.B.A., CPA, Director of Financial Aid</p> <p class="hangindent">Howard el-Yasin, M.A., M.F.A., Assistant Director, Teaching Fellow Program</p> <p class="hangindent">Susan Wroszek, B.S., Assistant Director of Financial Aid</p> </div> <div class="keeptogether adminofficers"> <a name="administration"></a> <h2>Administration</h2> <p class="hangindent">Mary Magri, M.B.A., Lead Administrator for the Dean鈥檚 Administration</p> <p class="hangindent">Alexa Schlieker, M.S., Operations Manager</p> </div> <div class="keeptogether adminofficers"> <a name="otheracademicofficerswithresponsibilitiesinthegraduateschool"></a> <h2>Other Academic Officers with Responsibilities in the Graduate School</h2> <p class="hangindent">Peter Salovey, Ph.D., President</p> <p class="hangindent">Benjamin Polak, Ph.D., Provost</p> <p class="hangindent">Tamar S. 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