Stanford University
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Eric Van Danen
Director of Communications, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Current Role at StanfordDirector of Communications, Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE)
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Cassaundra Vergel
Senior Committee and Project Manager, VPO PGP Operations
BioCassie Vergel is a Committee and Project Manager in the Vice Provost's Office in VPUE. Prior to her current position, she worked as a Committee and Project Manager in Residential Programs in VPUE and served as a Program Associate in Residential Education supporting the dorms in Stern. She also has experience teaching high school humanities in Hawaii, kindergarten in San Francisco, tutoring first grade students in the Metro Nashville Public Schools, and working at an ed tech start-up.
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Lorenzo Vigotti
Overseas Studies ? Florence, Bing Overseas Studies
BioLorenzo received a M.Arch. from the University of Florence, Italy, and a Ph.D. in architectural history from Columbia University. The focus of his research is the origin of the Renaissance palace and domestic lifestyle in Italy during the 14-15th centuries. He received a EU grant to study the circulation of architectural knowledge between medieval Persia and Italy, specifically the materiality and the problems of preservation of brick dome structures.
Lorenzo has been the recipient of fellowships and grants from the European Union, NEH, the Kress and Mellon Foundations, the Society of the Architectural Historians, and the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio. He taught courses on Western architecture and urban planning at Columbia, NYU, Pratt Institute, University of Utah, Union College, and University of Bologna. -
Katie Wang
Director, Pre-Professional Advising, Academic Advising Operations
Current Role at StanfordDirector of Pre-Professional Advising
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Tracey Dawn Ward
Office and Program Coordinator, Academic Advising Operations
Current Role at StanfordOffice and Program Coordinator, Office of Academic Advising
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Randall A. Williams
Associate Dean; Academic Policy, and Specialized Educational & Advising Programs, Academic Advising Operations
Current Role at StanfordAssociate Dean; Academic Policy, and Specialized Educational & Advising Programs
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Jonah Willihnganz
The Stanford Storytelling Project Manager, Writing and Rhetoric Operations
BioJonah Willihnganz is the Director of the Stanford Storytelling Project, an arts program that explores how story craft and practices can be used to create personal and social change. He is also the co-founder of the LifeWorks Program for Integrative Learning in the School of Medicine, a program that helps students explore orientations and practices from the arts, humanities, psychology, and contemplative traditions that can help them meet the challenges they face.
His research focuses on how narrative practices can help deepen natural human capacities such as presence, courage, and empathy, and he has published fiction, essays, and articles on American literature. He teaches courses in creative writing, American literature, media studies, and critical theory, and created the first college courses on storytelling in audio media. A long-time contemplative and student of Aikido, he incorporates their practices of into many of his courses, and he helps faculty integrate both narrative and contemplative practices into their courses.
He received a bachelor's degree in political economy from Georgetown University, an MFA in creative writing from Hollins University, and a PhD in English from Brown. He belongs to the communities of the San Francisco Zen Center and Palo Alto Friends (Quakers), is a slow but avid swimmer, and is learning to fly fish. -
Niles Wilson
Assistant Director, Frosh 101 & Transfer 101, Frosh 101
Current Role at StanfordProgram Coordinator, New Student Programs
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Shannon Wilson
Undergraduate Advising Director, Student-Athletes, Academic Advising Operations
Current Role at StanfordUndergraduate Advising Director, Student-Athletes
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Shannon Winters
Director of Finance and Administration, Stanford Introductory Studies Operations
Current Role at StanfordDirector of Finance and Administration, Stanford Introductory Studies
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Gabriel K. Wolfenstein, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Advising Director, Academic Advising Operations
Current Role at StanfordAcademic Advising Director
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Kathryn Wright
Undergraduate Advising Director, Pre-Professional Advising, Academic Advising Operations
Current Role at StanfordUndergraduate Academic Director, Upper-Division Advising and Pre-Professional Programs, Pre-Law Advisor, Pre-Health Advisor, Pre-Business Advisor
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Edith Wu
Associate Dean of First Year Experience, Academic Advising Operations
Current Role at StanfordAssociate Dean, First Year Experience
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Marianna Yunjia Zhang
Teaching Asst-Graduate, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Teaching Asst-Graduate, Freshman and Sophomore Programs (FSP)BioI'm a developmental cognitive scientist studying how children reason about social categories, social differences, and social disparities. I work on identifying ways of thinking that support social disparities, tracing back their origins in development, and finding ways to disrupt them.
