Faculty Advisers

Christine Allen-Blanchette
BSE
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
JC de Swaan
AB
Economics
Annegret Falkner
AB
Neuroscience
Marina Fedosik-Long
AB
Writing Program / English
Bill Gleason
AB
English and American Studies
Yibin Kang
AB
Molecular Biology
Ricardo Mallarino
AB
Molecular Biology
Simone Marchesi
AB
French and Italian
Luigi Martinelli
BSE
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Florent Masse
AB
French and Italian
Zia Mian
AB
School of Public and International Affairs
Dan-el Padilla Peralta
AB
Classics; AAS (associated); PLAS, Latino Studies, UCHV (affiliated)
Liza Rebrova
BSE
Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Michael Webb
BSE
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Gerard Wysocki
BSE
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Your faculty adviser will be your primary source of academic guidance for your first year (BSE) or first and sophomore years (AB). Your adviser knows not only his or her field, but also the general requirements of a Princeton undergraduate education, and can help you navigate the Princeton curriculum, plan according to your own ambitions, and take advantage of special opportunities. 

Your first academic program forms gives us an idea of your academic interests. With this information, we try to match students with advisers. This is not an exact science, nor is it meant to be. The adviser’s job is precisely that: to advise. Advisers provide general advice on constructing a program of study and are not authorities on every single course and major. They do not dictate programs of study, nor do they make choices for students between equally plausible alternatives. Advisers can make suggestions, offer opinions, and provide feedback on ideas related to your academic interests. They can warn against overly ambitious or unduly light programs of study. They can push for the fulfillment of requirements. In order to get the most from meeting with an adviser, however, students should come in with ideas, plans, and some possible course selections to discuss.

You’ll meet with your adviser each term before course enrollment, but for the best advising experience, make sure you see your adviser at other times of the term too! Please contact your adviser if you'd like to drop or add a course, if you think you might need academic support, or if you'd like to discuss the pros and cons of different majors, study abroad, or research.  Take advantage of your adviser’s office hours and advising meals at Rocky: share how you’re doing, benefit from your adviser’s experience, or just chat informally. It's worth investing some time to build this relationship; after all, the better your adviser knows you, the more able he or she will be to advise you!

Dean Levine and Dr. Tippenhauer also provide supplemental academic advising and support for all Rocky students.