The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) has developed a business continuity plan to ensure that our academic advising support will continue to be available to students through remote formats as part of UMBC’s COVID-19 response.
CAHSS Advising Assistance
For individual advising appointments regarding registration or other advising concerns, students should first contact their departmental advisor via email for assistance. The CAHSS Advising Directory below provides contact information for all advising contacts under the College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences.
CAHSS Departmental Advising Contacts
| Academic Department/Program |
Advising Coordinator/Contact | Email Address |
| Dean’s Office | James Hamilton | jamham@umbc.edu |
| Africana Studies | Gloria Chuku | chuku@umbc.edu |
| American Studies | Erin Minnigh | eminnigh@umbc.edu |
| Ancient Studies | David Rosenbloom | drose@umbc.edu |
| Asian Studies | Julie Rosenthal | asianstudies@umbc.edu |
| Dance | Carol Hess | hessvait@umbc.edu |
| Dean’s Office /Economics | Robert Pawloski | rpawloski@umbc.edu |
| Education | Vickie Williams | vwilli5@umbc.edu |
| Emergency Health Services | Jaeyoung Yang | jaeyang1@umbc.edu |
| English | Jody Shipka | shipka@umbc.edu |
| Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies | Kate Drabinski | drabinski@umbc.edu |
| Geography & Environmental System | Alan Yeakley | yeakley@umbc.edu |
| Global Studies | Grace Castle | castl@umbc.edu |
| History | Amy Froide | froide@umbc.edu |
| Media & Communication Studies | Samirah Hassan | shassan1@umbc.edu |
| Modern Languages, Linguistics, & I.C. | Erin Hogan | ekhogan@umbc.edu |
| Music | Joseph Siu | jsiu@umbc.edu |
| Philosophy | Steve Yalowitz | yalowitz@umbc.edu |
| Political Science | Ryan Wilkens | polisciadvising@umbc.edu |
| Psychology | Debbie Paul | dpaul@umbc.edu |
| Sociology, Anthropology, & HAPP |
Debbie Sanford | dsanford@umbc.edu |
| Theatre | Eric Abele | abele@umbc.edu |
| Visual Arts | Brittany Stephenson | bstep@umbc.edu |
If students still need additional support, they can schedule through our youcanbookme.com and the link is https://jameshamilton-1.youcanbook.me. At this time, all scheduled appointments will be conducted via telephone or WebEx, for which you will receive instructions for when you schedule an appointment.
Other Issues: Students are encouraged to contact CAHSS Academic Advising by using the following link: https://cahssadvising.umbc.edu/contact-us/ with general questions or concerns.