About the Office
The Office of the Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs functions as a coordinated team, supporting faculty, students, and staff at Trinity. Learn more about the academic deans, our dedicated staff professionals, and faculty directors.
Academic Deans |
Sonia Cardenas, Acting Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, and Professor of Political ScienceResponsibilities: Appointments and promotions; academic programs; faculty development and mentoring; academic centers and institutes; global study and urban educational programs; as well as strategic academic planning, including position allocations, the academic budget, academic assessments, graduate studies and intersessions; and various strategic initiatives, including Trinity’s downtown campus and academic capital planning. Contact: Sonia.Cardenas@trincoll.edu. Williams Memorial. 860-297-4193. |
Takunari Miyazaki, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Associate Professor of Computer Science
Mitchell Polin, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Associate Professor of Theater and Dance
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Administrative Staff |
Sylvia W. DeMore, Special Assistant to the Dean of Faculty
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Dania Field, Associate Director of Intersession Programs and Special Assistant for Strategic Initiatives
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Ashley Hebert, Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Office
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Patricia Moody, Director of Academic Finance
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Leo Schuchert, Associate Director of Academic Experiences
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Faculty Directors, 2020-21 |
Tennyson O’Donnell, Director of Academic Outcomes and Director, Allan K. Smith Center for Writing and Rhetoric and Allan K. Smith Senior Lecturer in English Composition
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Irene Papoulis, Director of First-Year Seminars and Principal Lecturer in the Allan K. Smith Center for Writing and Rhetoric
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Sarah Raskin, Director of Faculty Mentoring and Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
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Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre, Faculty Director of Innovation Initiatives and Co-Director of the Academy of Lifelong Learning
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