Administrative Faculty and Staff

Administrative faculty

Chair

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

Associate Chair

Lincoln Quillian, (847) 491-7488

soc.ac@northwestern.edu

Director of Graduate Studies

Héctor Carrillo, (847) 467-0516
hector@northwestern.edu

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Anthony Chen, (847) 467-0515
anthony-chen@northwestern.edu

Staff

Business Administrator

Ryan Sawicki, (847) 467-1328
ryan.sawicki@northwestern.edu

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

Financial Assistant

Brian Rochon, (847) 491-3244
brian.rochon@northwestern.edu

Coordinates the department's weekly Colloquium Series and publicizes the event to the greater campus audience. Coordinates faculty searches and updates the web page.

Undergraduate Program Assistant 

Katie Shirilla, (847) 491-5415

katie.shirilla@northwestern.edu

Department receptionist, supervises undergraduate registration, processes incoming/outgoing mail, and maintains class schedules and department forms.

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.