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Administration and Staff

Residential College: Administration and Staff

Carl Abrego, Jr.
Chief Administrator

cabrego@umich.edu 734.647.4363

Administration; Residential College

Catherine Badgley
Director, Residential College; Professor and Head, Science, Technology and Society Program

cbadgley@umich.edu 1724 East Quad 734-647-4366

Science, Technology and Society; Administration; Residential College

Katie Gass
Marketing & Outreach Specialist

rc.communications@umich.edu 1812 East Quad 734-647-9960

Residential College; Administration; Development, Marketing, and Communications

Deborah Gordon-Gurfinkel
Lecturer, Founder and Director, Telling It

dmgordon@umich.edu East Quad Room 1801 734.649.3118

Administration; Telling It; Residential College; Arts and Ideas in the Humanities

Mary Heinen McPherson
Program Coordinator, Co-Founder Prison Creative Arts Project

mheinen@umich.edu 1801 East Quad 734.764.7477

Residential College; Administration

Taranbir Kaur
Student Affairs Coordinator

kaurt@umich.edu 1813 East Qaud

Residential College; Administration

Briana Lloyd
Academic Services Coordinator/Academic Advisor

akanib@umich.edu 1813 East Quad 734-647-2755

Residential College; Administration

Vanessa Mayesky
RC Community Programs Business Manager; Associate Director, Prison Creative Arts Project

vmayesky@umich.edu 734.647.6771

Administration; Residential College; Department Administration; Prison Creative Arts Project

America Mendoza
Academic Services Assistant

ammendoz@umich.edu 1813 East Quad

Residential College; Administration

Candice Middlebrook
Executive Assistant, Academic Advisor

candicem@umich.edu 734.936.1998

Administration; Residential College

Jack Moody
Keene Theater Manager

jacmoo@umich.edu B835 East Quad

Residential College; Administration

Emily Moore-Marshall
Program Coordinator, Telling It

emarshll@umich.edu

Administration; Telling It; Residential College

Charlie Murphy
Director, RC Academic Services

clmurph@umich.edu 734.647.4364

Administration; Residential College

Craig Regester
Lecturer and Associate Director, Semester in Detroit

regester@umich.edu UM Detroit Center/Semester in Detroit 3663 Woodward Ave., Ste. 150 Detroit, MI 48201 313.505.5185

Administration; Semester in Detroit; Residential College

Teresa Sanchez-Snell
Lecturer, Social Theory and Practice, and Spanish Language Internship Program Coordinator

tssnell@umich.edu B805 East Quad 734.647.6713

SLIP; Languages; Social Theory and Practice; Residential College; Administration

Kristin Stein
Director of Residential College Admissions, Recruitment & MLC Administration; Adjunct Lecturer

khein@umich.edu 1816 East Quad 734-647-4361

Residential College; Administration

Kassy Vang
RC Academic Services Graduate Intern

kassyv@umich.edu 1813 East Quad

Residential College; Administration

Stephen Ward
Associate Director for RC Faculty; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Associate Professor, Semester in Detroit, Social Theory and Practice Program; Advisor, Urban Studies minor; Faculty Director, Semester in Detroit

smward@umich.edu 734.615.1466

Social Theory and Practice; Urban Studies; Semester in Detroit; Residential College; Administration

RC Admin Directory

Director: Catherine Badgley
1720 East Quad 734-936-1998

Associate Director for Curriculum: Laura Thomas
B530 East Quad lcthomas@umich.edu

Associate Director for Faculty: Stephen Ward, smward@umich.edu

Academic Services Office | 1813 East Quad | Fax 734-763-7712
Director of Academic Services: Charlie Murphy 734-647-4364
RC Academic Services Coordinator: Briana Akani 734-647-2745
RC Student Affairs Coordinator: Taranbir Kaur 734-763-0176

Administration | 1720 East Quad | 734-936-1998
Department Manager: Carl Abrego 734-647-4363
Administrative Support Specialist: Candice Middlebrook 734-936-1998

Admissions and Recruiting | 1816 East Quad | rcadmissions@umich.edu | 734-763-0032 option 1
Director, RC Admissions & Recruitment: Kristin Heinrich

Communications, Outreach & Alumni Relations | 1812 East Quad
Katie Gass 734-647-9960

Program Offices
Center for World Performance Studies l 1720 East Quad l 734-936-2777
Deutsches Theater | 1626 East Quad | 734-647-4378
Freedom House | 1622 East Quad | 734-936-0136
PALMA (Proyecto Avance, Latino Mentoring Association) | 1616 East Quad | 734-647-4373
Prison Creative Arts Project | 1801 East Quad | 734-764-7477
Semester in Detroit | 1730 East Quad | 313-505-5185
Shakespeare in the Arb | B809 East Quad | 734-647-4354
Spanish Language Internship Program | B805 East Quad | 734-647-6713
Telling It Program | 1801 East Quad | 734-763-2889