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Academic Support

Academic Support Offices

The academic assistants (AAs) and 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 ��Ƶ 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 department chairs they support.

Emails

Bucksbaum AAs: BucksbaumAcademicAssistantOffice@grinnell.edu
Noyce AAs: NoyceScienceOffice@grinnell.edu
HSSC Second AAs: HSSCSouthSideOffice@grinnell.edu

Academic Support by Departments, Divisions, Program, and More

A

Academic Honesty Subcommittee: Lauren Hosch-Lorenzen
African Diaspora Studies: Payton Sonka
American Studies: De Dudley
Anthropology: Jessica Hasenyager
Applied Music Associates (AMA) & Ensembles: Christina Sporer
Art History: Amy Onstot
Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Graduate School Exploration Fellowship (GSEF): Amy Onstot

B

Biological Chemistry: Lauren Hosch-Lorenzen
Biology: Lauren Hosch-Lorenzen

C

Chemistry: New Noyce staff
Chinese/Japanese: Travis Renze
Classics: Angie Vander Leest
Computer Science: Dalton Machholz

D

Dance & Performance Studies: Christina Sporer
Data Analysis and Social Inquiry Lab (DASIL): Payton Sonka
Digital Studies: De Dudley

E

East Asian Studies: Nicole Pixley
Economics: Laurie Wilcox
Education: Travis Renze
Educational Studies: Travis Renze
English: De Dudley
Environmental Studies: Dalton Machholz
European Studies: Nicole Pixley

F

Film & Media Studies: New BCA staff
French & Arabic: Angie Vander Leest

G

Gender, Women's, & Sexuality Studies (GWSS): De Dudley
Gender, Women's, & Sexuality Studies (GWSS)/Noun Program: De Dudley
General Literary Studies: Angie Vander Leest
General Science: Dalton Machholz
German Studies: Amy Onstot
Global Development Studies: Laurie Wilcox

H

Health Professions Advisory Committee: Lauren Hosch-Lorenzen
History: De Dudley
Humanities Division: Amy Onstot

I

Institutional Review Board (IRB): Amy Onstot

L

Latin American Studies: Travis Renze
Liberal Arts College Association for Faculty Inclusion (LACAFI): Lauren Hosch-Lorenzen
Linguistics: Travis Renze

M

Mathematics: New Noyce staff
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program (MMUF): Amy Onstot
Music: Christina Sporer

N

Neuroscience: Lauren Hosch-Lorenzen

P

Peace & Conflict Studies: Jessica Hasenyager
Philosophy: Angie Vander Leest
Physics: Dalton Machholz
Policy Studies: Jessica Hasenyager
Political Science: Jessica Hasenyager
Psychology: Lauren Hosch-Lorenzen

R

Religious Studies: Travis Renze
Risk Management: De Dudley
Russian: Travis Renze
Russian, Central & East European Studies (RCEES): Travis Renze

S

Science Division: Dalton Machholz
Science, Medicine & Society: De Dudley
Senior Faculty Status/Emeriti: Angie Vander Leest
Social Studies Division: Laurie Wilcox
Sociology: Payton Sonka
Spanish: Travis Renze
Statistics: New Noyce staff
Studies in Africa, Middle East, and South Asia (SAMESA): De Dudley
Studio Art: New BCA staff

T

Teacher Education Program: Travis Renze
Theatre: New BCA staff

W

Writers@��Ƶ: De Dudley
Writing, Reading, & Speaking Center: Payton Sonka

Academic Support by Buildings

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	AMAs and Ensembles	Christina Sporer 641-269-4262
Bucksbaum Arts Center	Film and Media Studies Studio Art Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies		TBD 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 Division Institutional Review Board	Amy Onstot 641-269-3173
	East Asian Studies European Studies		Nicole Pixley 641-269-4628
	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		Jessica Hasenyager 641-269-3137
	Sociology	Data Analysis and Social Inquiry Lab (DASIL) Writing, Reading, and Speaking Center African Diaspora Studies	Payton Sonka 641-269-4041
	Economics Global Development Studies	Social Studies Division	Laurie Wilcox 641-269-4803
Humanities and Social Studies Center, North Pavilion Room N3175	American Studies Digital Studies English Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies History Science, Medicine & Society Studies in Africa, Middle East, and South Asia (SAMESA)	Noun/Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Writers@��Ƶ Risk Management	De Dudley 641-269-4655
	Education Educational Studies Chinese/Japanese Latin American Studies Religious Studies Linguistics Russian Spanish	Russian, Central & East European Studies Teacher Education Program	Travis Renze 641-269-3070
Noyce Science Center, Room 1232	Chemistry Mathematics Statistics	Health Professions Advisory Committee	TBD 641-269-3172
	Computer Science General Science Environmental Studies Physics	Academic Honesty Subcommittee Science Division	Dalton Machholz 641-269-3169
	Biological Chemistry Biology Neuroscience Psychology	Academic Honesty Subcommittee Health Professions Advisory Committee LACAFI	Lauren Hosch-Lorenzen 641-269-4040
Steiner Hall, Room 208		Supervisor, Academic Program Support	Burnell, Sondi 641-269-3061

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.