Staff

Gretchen Inman, Administrative Director
Oversees administrative and student services, IT systems, finances, and operations of the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS).

Alida Mary Poirier, Associate Director
Oversees the admissions and student services team; works closely with individual academic departments on recruitment and admission strategies and department-based financial aid as well as general student services.

Robert S. Bochnak, G07, Senior Writer/Communications Manager
Manages communications for the Office of Graduate Studies; editor and head writer of Alma Matters, the magazine for arts, sciences, and engineering graduate alumni; editor of Graduate E-news, the monthly e-newsletter for graduate students at Tufts.

Charlene Carle, Administrative Assistant to the Dean
Manages the calendar of the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; primary contact for the following: Graduate School Policy and Programs Committee, Faculty Research Awards Committee (FRAC), graduate student travel program, graduate student research awards, sponsored research forms, NSF Fellows, graduate student awards, Graduate Institute for Teaching, and teaching assistant orientation.

Donna M. DePrizio, Degree Certification Administrator
Manages the degree certification process; schedules and prepares agenda for GSAS Executive Committee; primary contact for the following: Requests for leave of absences, extensions of time, transfers of credit, reinstatements, and change of grades; schedules and coordinates language exams; contact for Commencement and Doctoral Hooding ceremony-related questions.

Angela Foss, Program Administrator
Oversees administrative duties for certificate programs and the Graduate Career Advancement Program (GCAP), including assisting certificate and GCAP students with registration and other student service needs.

Primary OGS contact for the functions above and for the following programs: Art and art history, art history and museum studies, child development, civil and environmental engineering, classics, classical archaeology, drama, economics, education, English, French, German, history, history and museum studies, interdisciplinary doctorate, mathematics, mechanical engineering, museum education, music, occupational therapy, philosophy, physics, public policy, school psychology, studio art: joint program with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and urban and environmental policy and planning.

Fabiola Lopez-Nevarez, Office Assistant
Answers inquiries about graduate admissions; directs visitors to their desired location; handles all mail, phone calls, and e-mails sent to the Office of Graduate Studies

Lauri Shorter, Admissions and Student Services Representative
Provides services to graduate degree applicants and students in the following areas: Application processing, tuition billing, scholarship processing for incoming students, oversight of registration, matriculation planning, and letters to the International Center for visa extensions.

Primary OGS contact for the functions above and for the following programs: Bioengineering, biology, biomedical engineering, chemical and biological engineering, chemistry, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, engineering management: The Gordon Institute, and psychology.