Academic Advising Staff

Interim Assistant Dean of Academic Success
Email: ferrarok2@grinnell.edu
Kate (she/her/hers) joined the Academic Advising team in 2021 as the learning specialist. Kate helps students navigate their academic lives. Creating a supportive environment where students are held in unconditional positive regard is key to Kate’s approach to her one on one work with students. In...

Academic Coach
Email: myerslau@grinnell.edu
Lauren Myers (she/her) has lived in many places across the United States but considers Charlotte, North Carolina her hometown. She has been with ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½Èë¿Ú since November 2015 and began working with the Academic Advising team in July 2023. She believes that all students are capable and...

Program Coordinator
Email: phippsash@grinnell.edu
​​​​​​Ashley (she/her) first joined the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½Èë¿Ú community in 2014 as a Residence Life Coordinator. She returned in August 2024 to serve as Interim Program Coordinator for Academic Advising. In this role, she connects students with resources and facilitates delivery of the many programs and...

Interim Academic Coach
Email: steelbergj@grinnell.edu
Jillian (she/her) began working at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½Èë¿Ú in March 2022 as a program coordinator in Academic Advising. She currently serves as an Academic Coach, meeting with students about a wide range of academic topics. She also coordinate the second-year program, Level Up. Before joining the Academic...

Dean for Student Success and Academic Advising
Email: sternjm@grinnell.edu
Joyce Stern (she/her) has been working to support ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½Èë¿Úians since 1999. Her role includes directing the college’s advising program, co-coordinating the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½Èë¿Ú Science Project, the First-Year Tutorial (first-year seminar program), and Level Up (the college’s second-year program), and serving on...