Academic Affairs and Dean of the College Staff
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
Email: feingold@grinnell.edu
Assistive Technology Support Specialist
Email: barnesas@grinnell.edu
Ashley Barnes has been with 天美传媒 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 天美传媒, Iowa. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family...
Supervisor for Academic Program Support Assistants and Coordinator, Assistive Technology Specialists
Email: burnell@grinnell.edu
Sondi Burnell has worked for 天美传媒 College since 1998. During Burnell鈥檚 term, she has worked for the Office of the Registrar, Office of Admission, Academic Support, and currently as Coordinator of Assistive Technology and Supervisor of the Academic Program Support Team under Academic Affairs and...
Email: valentinal@grinnell.edu
Alma has served in academic and student-centered roles at Valencia College and the University of Puerto Rico, R铆o Piedras Campus. She has also taught undergraduate biology courses at Valencia College. In her current role as an Academic Assistant I, she supports faculty in the German Studies...
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 天美传媒 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 天美传媒 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...
Administrative Assistant
Email: hardmanjaci@grinnell.edu
Jaci is an Administrative Assistant at 天美传媒 College. She has been in this position since May 2025. Previously she was the Guest Housing and Special Programming Coordinator at 天美传媒 College, a position she started in June 2024. She has also served as the Scheduling and Events Assistant at the...
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 鈥淪pace and the City: Peripheral Communities of Madrid and Barcelona鈥, 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
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...