Academic Support

Academic Support Offices

The academic/technical support assistants work as a team and with other offices and staff in providing excellent clerical, technical, and receptionist support for academic departments, programs, and faculty. The Academic Support Team provides over 180 years of cumulative experience working at Grinnell College. In our team, you will find master certification of Microsoft Office specialists, representation on committees across the College and local community, as well as service in numerous community programs in the area. We do our best to prioritize the workload so please discuss your project needs with us in advance.

Below you will find the assignment of office staff and the departments they support.

Building	Departments/Majors/ Concentrations	Divisions/Programs/ Committees	Support Assistant
Bear Recreation and Athletics Center	Athletics Physical Education	GORP	Terri Stark 641-269-3804
Bucksbaum Arts Center	Music American Studies	AMAs and Ensembles	Sarah Stiefel 641-269-4262
Bucksbaum Arts Center	Film and Media Studies Studio Art Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies		Joyce Bergan 641-269-4378
Humanities and Social Studies Center, ARH Pavilion Room A1234	German Studies Art History	Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship ACM Graduate School Exploration Fellowship (GSEF) Humanities Divsion	Amy Onstot 641-269-3173
Humanities and Social Studies Center, North Pavilion Room A1234	Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies East Asian Studies European Studies		Nicole Pixley 641-269-4628
Humanities and Social Studies Center, ARH Pavilion Room A1234	Digital Studies Classics French & Arabic Philosophy	General Literary Studies SFS/Emeriti	Angie Vander Leest 641-269-3157
Humanities and Social Studies Center, South Pavilion Room S2321	Anthropology Policy Studies Political Science Peace and Conflict Studies	African Diaspora Studies	Jessica Hasenyager 641-269-3137
Humanities and Social Studies Center, South Pavilion Room S2321	Sociology	Data Analysis and Social Inquiry Lab (DASIL) Writing, Reading, and Speaking Center African Diaspora Studies	Cheryl Fleener-Seymour 641-269-4041
Humanities and Social Studies Center, South Pavilion Room S2321	Economics Global Development Studies	African Diaspora Studies Social Studies Division	Laurie Wilcox 641-269-4803
Humanities and Social Studies Center, North Pavilion Room N3175	English History Science, Medicine & Society Studies in Africa, Middle East, and South Asia (SAMESA)	Writers@Grinnell Risk Management	De Dudley 641-269-4655
Humanities and Social Studies Center, North Pavilion Room N3175	Education Educational Studies Chinese/Japanese Latin American Studies Religious Studies Linguistics Russian Spanish	Teacher Education Program	Travis Renze 641-269-3070
Noyce Science Center Room1232	Chemistry Mathematics Statistics	Health Professions Advisory Committee	Payton Robison 641-269-3172
Noyce Science Center Room 1232	Computer Science General Science Environmental Studies Physics	Science Division	Dalton Machholz 641-269-3169
Noyce Science Center Room1232	Biological Chemistry Biology Neuroscience Psychology	Academic Honesty Subcommittee	Lauren Hosch-Lorenzen 641-269-4040
Humanities and Social Studies Center Room N3171		Supervisor, Academic Administrative Support Institutional Review Board	Meghan Schumacker 641-269-3141

Assistive Technology Team

The Assistive Technology Team makes assistive technology available to students with learning, mental, and physical differences to help them succeed academically. The team also works with faculty to adapt course content to the formats students need.