Administrative Faculty and Staff

Administrative faculty

Chair

Lincoln Quillian, (847) 491-7488
l-quillian@northwestern.edu

Associate Chair

Anthony Chen, (847) 467-0515

soc.ac@northwestern.edu

Director of Graduate Studies

Laura Beth Nielsen, (847) 491-3718
l-nielsen@law.northwestern.edu

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Karrie Ann Snyder, (847) 467-0517
karrie-snyder@northwestern.edu

administrative Staff

Business Administrator

Daniel Mendoza, (847) 467-1328
daniel.mendoza@northwestern.edu

Manages staff and maintains records, supervises budgets, assigns space and offices, compiles departmental information, and acts as the Operations/Building Manager.

Graduate Program Coordinator

Tom Winters,  (847) 491-2698
thomas.winters@northwestern.edu

Compiles and maintains graduate student program applications and the academic records of those admitted.  Assists new cohorts, supervises graduate student registration, manages graduate student funding.

Undergraduate Program Assistant 

Katie Shirilla, (847) 491-5417

katie.shirilla@northwestern.edu

Department receptionist, supervises undergraduate registration, processes incoming/outgoing mail, maintains class schedules, coordinates the department's weekly Colloquium Series, faculty searches, and updates the web page.

Program Assistant

Kay Clark, (847) 491-3244

Processes financial transactions, payments to vendors, visitors, and speakers, and produces monthly reports, assists with financial policy questions and processes exception requests.