Bourneuf House, 84 College Road
Monday-Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Phone: 617-552-9259
Fax: 617-552-9260
Email for general queries.

Akua Sarr
Interim Director

akua.sarr@bc.edu
An administrator who has served as an academic dean at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Sarr oversees the work of the Academic Advising Center and is academic dean for the first-year students in Arts and Sciences. Her academic background is in African Literature, although she continues to teach more broadly in the field of multicultural literature. She enjoys working with individual students, in particular to discuss their intellectual interests and long-term goals.

Rory A.W. Browne
Associate Director

rory.browne.1@bc.edu
Dr. Browne has taught and has served as an academic and residential dean at Yale and at Harvard. He is known worldwide as an authority on the history of zoos. Dr. Browne works especially closely with individual advisors and with academic departments and programs to improve the academic planning information available to students and to encourage them in timely use of that information. He looks forward to conversations with individual students and faculty, and is also happy to engage in group conversations and meetings with students and with the academic departments.

Elizabeth Chadwick
Associate Director

elizabeth.chadwick.1@bc.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Chadwick brings thirty years of experience as teacher, administrator, and advisor to her work this year in the Academic Advising Center. Trained in Comparative Literature at Yale, she taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then served as Dean of Freshmen at Pomona College. She has also held teaching and administrative appointments at Swarthmore, Bowdoin, the University of Chicago, and Boston College. Dr. Chadwick welcomes the opportunity to talk directly with students and consult with faculty, and will work generally to enable accurate and helpful advising relationships.

Stella Primpas
Assistant Director, Operations

stella.primpas.1@bc.edu
Ms. Primpas works closely with Drs. Sarr, Browne, and Chadwick; with the academic departments and programs; and with BC's several student support programs and offices to coordinate services to students. When you have a quick question about whom to call or how to make something happen, Ms. Primpas can often provide the information you need. And if the information isn't immediately at hand, she can help you find it.

Rebecca M. Schmitz
Administrator, Academic Advising

rebecca.murphy.94@bc.edu
As Administrator, Ms. Schmitz works closely with Advising Center colleagues to support the schools, departments, and programs in the advising efforts, consulting with them about both program development and the use of technology. She also serves as a resource to students who have questions about BC's advising services.

Ingrid Calder
Administrative Assistant, Dean

ingrid.calder.1@bc.edu
Ms. Calder works especially closely with Dr. Sarr, scheduling appointments and providing support when students need assistance from their academic dean in completing forms or complying with university procedures.