Liberal Arts BA/BS Advising
Meet Your Advising Team
Students enrolled in a Liberal Arts BA/BS degree program have three members on their Advising Team: a Pre-Major/Major Advisor, a Senior Academic Advisor, and an Advising Dean. Each member of your team plays a different role in your advising process at Tufts.
Faculty or parents/guardians with academic concerns about students should contact the student’s Advising Dean directly.
Your Pre-Major/Major Advisor
Pre-Major/Major Advisors can help all students with:
- Course planning
- Registration
- Academic guidance
- Finding campus resources
New Liberal Arts BA/BS students are assigned a Pre-Major Advisor prior to matriculation. Pre-Major Advisors meet students during Orientation and provide ongoing support until students declare a major. When a major is declared, students also select a Major Advisor, who must be full-time faculty from the declared department or program. Liberal Arts students must declare a major and secure a Major Advisor by March 1st of their sophomore year.
If you don't know your Advisor, log in to SIS and look under "Academics" on your homepage. You'll find their name and a link to email them directly.
Your Senior Academic Advisor
Your Senior Academic Advisor is the first point of contact for first-year and sophomore students who have technical questions about requirements or who want to discuss broader issues of transitioning to college. Faculty or parents/guardians with academic concerns about students should contact the student’s Advising Dean directly, not the Senior Academic Advisor.
Your Senior Academic Advisor can help first-year and sophomore students with:
- Resources for first- and second-year students
- Course exploration
- Campus life questions
- Major exploration
- University resource and co-curricular opportunities
- Internal transfers from the School of Engineering to the Schools of Arts and Sciences
Tara Zantow
Senior Academic Advisor
School of Arts and Sciences
First-Year and Sophomore Liberal Arts BA/BS Students
Engineering to Liberal Arts Internal Transfers
- Appointments are held in Dowling Hall, Room 710
- Book an appointment (first-year and sophomore students; juniors and seniors, faculty and parents/guardians should contact an Advising Dean)
- Email Tara (first-year and sophomore students; juniors and seniors, faculty and parents/guardians should contact an Advising Dean)
Your Advising Dean
The Advising Deans (also known as the alpha deans) are the first point of contact for faculty and parents /guardians who are concerned about a student’s academics.
Advising Deans can help all students with:
- Campus resources
- Academic difficulty
- Extended absences/leaves
- Policies related to curriculum and graduation requirements
- Graduation progress
We are located in Dowling Hall, Suite 710.
Kendra Barber
Advising Dean (alpha dean)
School of Arts and Sciences
Last names A to E
- Book an appointment with Dean Barber (all students, as well as faculty and parents/guardians)
- Email Dean Barber (all students, as well as faculty and parents/guardians)
Dean Barber administers the Resumed Education for Adult Learners (R.E.A.L.) Program.
Matthew Bellof
Advising Dean (alpha dean)
School of Arts and Sciences
Last names F to L
- Book an appointment with Dean Bellof (all students, as well as faculty and parents/guardians)
- Email Dean Bellof (all students, as well as faculty and parents/guardians)
Dean Bellof coordinates the advising and orientation program for transfer students.
Stephanie Frazitta
Advising Dean (alpha dean)
School of Arts and Sciences
Last names M to R
- Book an appointment with Dean Frazitta (all students, as well as faculty and parents/guardians)
- Email Dean Frazitta (all students, as well as faculty and parents/guardians)
Dean Frazitta serves as the Director of the Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program.
Robin Olinsky
Advising Dean (alpha dean)
School of Arts and Sciences
Last Names S to Z
- Book an appointment with Dean Olinsky (all students, as well as faculty and parents/guardians)
- Email Dean Olinsky (all students, as well as faculty and parents/guardians)
Dean Olinsky serves as advisor for students in the combined-degree programs with the New England Conservatory and School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Dean Olinsky also advises students participating in domestic exchange programs.