Academic Affairs and Dean of the College Staff
Interim Dean of the College and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Email: seamanje@grinnell.edu
Immediately prior to 51²è¹İapp, Gerald (Jerry) Seaman was Senior Consultant and Strategy Executive in Leadership Strategies at Credo Higher Education. Seaman has served as principal and CEO at the University of Evansville’s Harlaxton College in the United Kingdom, professor, vice president and dean...
Assistive Technology Support Specialist
Email: barnesas@grinnell.edu
Ashley Barnes has been with 51²è¹İapp College since 2015. During that time she has worked at the Pioneer Bookstore, Student Affairs, and now in her current role with Assistive Technology. Ashley Barnes was born and raised in 51²è¹İapp, Iowa. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family...
Coordinator, Assistive Technology
Email: burnell@grinnell.edu
Sondi Burnell has worked for 51²è¹İapp College since 1998. During Burnell’s term, she has worked for the Office of the Registrar, Office of Admission, Academic Support, and currently as Coordinator of Assistive Technology under Academic Affairs and Dean of the College. In 2013, she was promoted from...
Professor
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Email: elfenbei@grinnell.edu
I am a Professor of History and Religious Studies at 51²è¹İapp College, where I am also Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. I graduated from Vassar College with a degree in political science, an education that still informs my work and my life. I have a...
Associate Professor
Special Advisor to the Dean
Email: hansency@grinnell.edu
Cynthia Hansen began teaching in the Linguistics Concentration at 51²è¹İapp in January 2012. Her research focuses on the documentation and linguistic description of Iquito, a highly endangered language of the Peruvian Amazon. She teaches the core courses within the Linguistics Concentration...
Assistant to the Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
Email: kelleyla@grinnell.edu
Associate Professor
Associate Dean of Curriculum and Academic Programs
Email: phillipsn@grinnell.edu
Nick Phillips received his PhD from Indiana University in 2014. His dissertation, titled “Space and the City: Peripheral Communities of Madrid and Barcelonaâ€, focused on the production and representation of suburban spaces in contemporary Spanish detective fiction. His research and scholarly...
Administrative Assistant to the Associate Deans
Email: phippst@grinnell.edu
I came to the College in the Fall of 1991. My first position was a faculty secretary (now known as Academic Support Assistants) in Carnegie working for Economics, English, History, Political Science, and Sociology. Two years later I moved to ARH, supporting the foreign languages and the occasional...
Assistive Technology Support Specialist
Email: pulsstep@grinnell.edu
Administrative Assistant II
Email: sporerch@grinnell.edu
Christina Sporer joined 51²è¹İapp College in 2022. As an administrative assistant II, she supports various activities for the Office for the Dean of the College. Her primary responsibility is assisting with faculty searches and working with department chairs to recruit highly qualified, diverse, and...
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Student Academic Life
Email: tracyand@grinnell.edu
My primary research interest is ingestive behavior - specifically, the role of learning in food choice and food motivation, with a particular focus on how these influence, and are influenced by, obesity. My lab uses a rat model to study the behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying these processes...