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Your Academic Advising Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences can advise you on academic matters, help you to think broadly about your long-term plans, and connect you to the appropriate support services at the University. Your Advising Dean is committed to your academic success throughout your UVA experience. Find your Academic Advising Dean below!

To schedule a meeting with your Advising Dean, call the Undergraduate Advising Office at (434) 924-3351 or visit 101 Monroe Hall (M-F, 8-5). 

Also, every weekday that classes are in session, the College hosts drop-in Dean of the Day Zoom advising hours from 2:30-4:00pm.

The College's Senior Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs

The College's Senior Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs leads the Academic Advising Deans in administering College policies and programs, and providing individualized support to help each College student meet their academic goals. 

Who is my Academic Advising Dean in the College?

Usually, your Advising Dean is based on the dorm you lived in your first semester, but Transfer Students, Student Athletes, Echols Scholars, Veterans, and Visiting International Students have dedicated Advising Deans. Find your Advising Dean below.

Elizabeth Ozment

Dean Ozment advises:

Transfer Students with last names that begin with A-O.

Karlin Luedtke

Dean Luedtke advises:

Student Athletes (football & basketball only)

 

Erin Eaker

Dean Eaker advises:

Student Athletes — all sports except football & basketball

Echols scholars (last name A-D, Spring '25 only)

Students whose first semester dorm was:

  • Shannon

 

Sarah Cole

Dean Cole advises:

Echols Scholars with last names beginning with L-Z.

 

Echols Scholars with last names beginning with A-K are advised as follows:

Last name A-D: Dean Erin Eaker

Last name E-K: Dean Kevin Rose

 

Shawn Lyons

Dean Lyons advises:

Veterans

Students whose first semester dorm was:

  • Balz-Dobie
  • Dabney
  • Gooch

Bonnycastle, Hancock, and Lile-Maupin with last names beginning with Q-S (Spring '25 only)

Melissa Frost

Dean Frost advises:

Visiting International Students

Students whose first semester dorm was:

  • Cauthen
  • Lefevre
  • Metcalf

Bonnycastle, Hancock, and Lile-Maupin with last names beginning with F-L (Spring '25 only)

Francis Curran

Dean Curran advises:

Transfer Students with last names beginning with P-Z

Shilpa Davé

Dean Davé advises:

Students whose first semester dorm was:

  • Bonnycastle
  • Hancock
  • Lile-Maupin

Dean Davé is on leave for Spring 2025.  Students assigned to her are advised as follows:

  • Last Name A-E: Connie Chic Smith
  • Last Name F-L: Melissa Frost
  • Last Name M-P: Sandy Seidel
  • Last Name Q-S: Shawn Lyons
  • Last Name T-Z: Mark Hadley

 

Mark Hadley

Dean Hadley advises:

Students whose first semester dorm was:

  • Echols House
  • Humphreys
  • Gibbons
  • Weedon

Bonnycastle, Hancock, and Lile-Maupin with last names beginning with T-Z (Spring '25 only)

Kevin Rose

Dean Rose advises:

Students whose first semester dorm was:

  • Dillard
  • Emmet

Echols scholars (last name E-K, Spring '25 only)

 

 

Sandra Seidel

Dean Seidel advises:

Students whose first semester dorm was:

  • Courtenay
  • Dunglison
  • Fitzhugh
  • Tuttle-Dunnington
  • International Residential College

Bonnycastle, Hancock, and Lile-Maupin with last names beginning with M-P (Spring '25 only)

Connie Chic Smith

Dean Smith advises:

Students whose first semester dorm was:

  • Hereford College (Norris and Whyburn)
  • Kellogg
  • Kent

Bonnycastle, Hancock, and Lile-Maupin with last names beginning with A-E (Spring '25 only)

Libby Taylor

Dean Taylor advises:

Students whose first semester dorm was:

  • Brown
  • Page
  • Watson-Webb
  • Woody
Last updated: January 10, 2025
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