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Ashley Porcello
(631) 632-7688
ashley.porcello@stonybrook.edu
S-705 Social and Behavioral Sciences Building

Advising Schedule and Appointment Policy

Undergraduate Program Coordinator

  • Undergraduate advising
  • Degree progress evaluations
  • Undergraduate course enrollment permissions
  • Administrative and office support
Graduate Program Coordinator

Carri Horner
(631) 632-7667
carri.horner@stonybrook.edu
S-707 Social and Behavioral Sciences Building

Graduate Program Coordinator

  • Graduate advising
  • Degree progress evaluations
  • PhD application processing
  • Graduate course enrollment permissions
  • TA/GA hiring and HR paperwork processing
  • Administrative and office support

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Nicole Mester
(631) 632-7662
nicole.mester@stonybrook.edu
N3084 Melville Library

Master's Recruitment and Admissions Advisor

  • MA program interest questions
  • MA application questions
  • MA application processing

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Michael Boerner
(631) 632-7650
michael.boerner@stonybrook.edu
S-703 Social and Behavioral Sciences Building

Business Administrator

  • Department budgeting
  • Course scheduling
  • Faculty research fund management
  • Faculty/lecturer hiring and HR paperwork processing
  • Faculty promotion and tenure files
  • Administrative and office support

Media intern

polsci_communications@stonybrook.edu 
S-701 Social and Behavioral Sciences Building

Communication and Media Intern

  • Department website updates
  • Social media and campus advertising
  • Alumni outreach and external inquiries

CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SCHEDULE

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