Hey! Welcome to QMSS!
We are declared QMSS minor students who are working alongside faculty and administration to help build a support system and become a resource for others who have declared or are considering the minor. Our goal is to help build community through setting up academic, career-oriented, skill-building, and social events throughout the school year. In addition, we are always available to students to answer questions about course requirements, electives, general advice on the QMSS program as well as listen to any suggestions about events you’d like to see us have. Although we are not tutors, we can offer guidance and can direct questions to another resource when necessary. Feel free to reach out to us with any questions at qmss-peermentors@umich.edu!
Sincerely,
QMSS Peer Mentors
Leila Mardirossian
leilamar@umich.edu | she/her/hers
Class of 2028
Intended Economics major; QMSS minor
Leila is a sophomore pursuing an Economics major and QMSS minor. She is passionate about law and intends to go to law school after graduation. She has completed QMSS 201 and 301 and plans to take more courses in future semesters. She is also involved in Moot Court and has research experience in documenting criminalization, confinement, and resistance with the Carceral State Project.
Specialties:
~ Communication, wellness practices
~ Organization and resume formatting
~ R, Tableau, Excel
Madeline Shakoori
maddiets@umich.edu | she/her/hers
Class of 2026
Communication and Media major; QMSS and Physics minors
Madeline is a senior majoring in Communication and Media, focusing on Advertising and Marketing, Advocacy, and Campaign Design. Madeline is passionate about interdisciplinary coursework, emphasizing soft & hard skills, and the importance of problem-solving across her diverse areas of study. She is involved in undergraduate Communications research, and will complete her QMSS minor coursework this Fall. She has internship experience in Product Marketing, working for a tech startup.
Specialties:
~ Course scheduling, resume and cover letter review, networking and internship search, organization and time management
~ Balancing a QMSS minor with both hard science and social science degrees
~ Python, Excel, R, Tableau
Lindsey Smith
lhsmith@umich.edu | she/her/hers
Class of 2026
Organizational Studies major; QMSS and Sustainability minors
Lindsey is a senior majoring in Organizational Studies with a Human Capital and Business Management Pathway. She has completed most of the minor, except for the QMSS capstone course. Apart from QMSS, Lindsey also has a minor in Sustainability. She has internship experience as a Business Operations analyst and spent this past summer working in Human Capital Consulting, which she will continue post-grad.
Specialties:
~ Internship recruiting (consulting, operations, business analyst): networking, resume & cover letter review, finding jobs/internships to apply to, going to career fairs
~ Advising: QMSS class registration, time management
~ Excel, Tableau, R, Python
