Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
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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. -
Lisa Ann Villarreal
Undergraduate Advising Director, Academic Support Programs, Academic Advising Operations
Current Role at StanfordUndergraduate Advising Director, Academic Support Programs
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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 & 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 and is the co-founder of the LifeWorks Program for Integrative Learning in the School of Medicine, which teaches students how to build natural capacities through practices from the arts, humanities, psychology, and wisdom traditions. He also co-leads the Dalai Lama Fellowship program at Stanford.
His research focuses on how narrative practices can help deepen capacities such as presence, courage, and empathy, and he has published fiction, essays, and articles on literature and pedagogy. 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 from the School of Foreign Service at 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.
