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Office of the Vice Provost and Dean

Portrait of JP Delplanque

Jean-Pierre Delplanque, Ph.D.

Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate Studies
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Diana Magallanes smiling with shoulder-length blond hair, maroon blouse, blurred green background.

Diana Magallanes

Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost and Dean

Graduate Advising and Academic Services

Smiling woman with long dark hair, wearing a black top, standing outdoors among greenery.

Sarah Driver

Director of Advising

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Graduate Admissions

Fatoumatta Sisay in black hijab and white blazer, neutral expression, standing in front of Walker Hall.

Fatoumatta Sisay, DrPH

Executive Director of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment

Analysis and Policy

Photo of John King

John King, Ph.D.

Executive Director of Analysis and Policy

Communications and Marketing

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Gordy Sauer, M.F.A.

Executive Director of Communications and Marketing

Graduate Preparatory Programs

Smiling Curtis Byrd wearing glasses in blue suit and green tie and matching green handkerchief, outdoor photo.

Curtis Byrd, Ed.D.

Executive Director of Graduate Pipeline and Outreach Programs

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GradPathways Institute for Professional Development

Archana Venkatesan in a green dress stands confidently with arms crossed in front of the Graduate Center entrance.

Archana Venkatesan, Ph.D.

Director, GradPathways

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Associate Deans

Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor with short gray-blonde hair, navy blazer, and pink blouse outdoors.

Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
Professor of History

Portrait of Duncan Temple Lang outside the Graduate Center at Walker Hall

Duncan Temple Lang, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Professor, Department of Statistics