Department of Architecture Staff
Main Office
Nicholas de Monchaux — 617-324-7474, Room 7-337, ndm@mit.edu
Department Head, Professor
Jacqueline Dufault — Room 7-337, Slack: @Jacqueline Dufault, dufaultj@mit.edu
Administrative Officer: Budget management, operations management, accounting, sponsored research, human resources, space, visa and appointments review and approvals, appointments, TA approvals, studio travel proposals/approvals, workshop proposals/approvals
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Alejandra (Alixe) Huete — 617-324-7474, Room 7-337A, ahuete@mit.edu
Assistant to the Department Head: Questions about faculty affairs, departmental meetings or initiatives, promotion and tenure,
Darren Bennett — 617-253-3615, Room 7-337, darrenb@mit.edu
Webmaster, Graduate Admissions Coordinator: Department website including creating instructor profiles, introduction to website resources specific to instructors
Kateri Bertin — 617-253-4408, Room 7-337, kbertin@mit.edu
Academic Administrator: MArch, SMArchS, SMBT, SMACT academic administrator, department and Institute academic policies, registration, graduate student personal support, thesis reviews, design studio allocation process, design studio space requests, graduate admissions information
Tessa Haynes — 617-253-7792, Room 7-337, thaynes@mit.edu
Academic Programs Manager: Manages Student Services team, Undergraduate and PhD academic administrator, registration, grades, department and Institute academic polices, student personal and academic support, staff to the Committee on Graduate Students and the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Doug Le Vie — 617-253-9824, Room 7-337, dougl@mit.edu
Fiscal Officer: Appointment/Payroll related issues
Tonya Miller — 617-253-7386, Room 7-344A, miller_t@mit.edu
Schedule & Catalog Lead: Class scheduling, final exam scheduling, SMBT student coordinator, syllabi, PEI internships, course evaluations, faculty, staff and thesis websites
Claudine Monique (also Art, Culture, and Technology) —617-324-6289, Room E15-209, cmonique@mit.edu
Academic Assistant: HASS minors & concentrations, cross-registration, TA’s, booking rooms, ACT student/faculty website, travel
Amanda Moore — 617-253-0692, Room 7-344A, amm@mit.edu
Communications Manager: General Communications, lectures / public programs, publications, exhibits, website, PR / marketing, special projects
To share news or other announcements, please email arch-comm@mit.edu
Paul Pettigrew — 617-715-5778, Room 7-337, paulpett@mit.edu
Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs: Undergraduate Outreach, Undergraduate Architecture Majors/Minors, Undergraduate Design Majors/Minors, Internships & Micro-Internships, Career Development/Career Fairs, Alumni Outreach, NAAB Accreditation Monitoring/Coordination
Alan Reyes — 617-253-7387, Room 7-337, guate97@mit.edu
Finance/HR HQ Administrative Assistant: Financial Services, Student Payroll, MIT Architecture International Scholars Office Liaison(Visiting Scholars/PostDocs), Assist Administrative Officer & Fiscal Officer
Lauren Schuller — 617-715-4086, Room 7-301A laurenms@mit.edu
Diversity, Equity, and Belonging Officer: Works with Architecture community to implement best practices that strengthen inclusion around race, gender, disabilities, sexuality, nationality, social class, and religion, with a particular focus on students and staff
Venecia Siders — 617-253-9824, Room 7-344A, venecia@mit.edu
Senior Financial Assistant: Faculty research funding
STOA
Eduardo Gonzalez — 617-452-4720, Room 10-322A, eduardog@mit.edu
Computer Support Assistant: Assists faculty, staff and students get up and running with computer and printing. Performs maintenance of computers, printers and other systems around the Department
Michael Gallino — 617-324-9740, Room 10-322A, mgallino@mit.edu Director of Technology, STOA: Technology consultation and facilitation, collaboration platforms, endpoint management and support, and technology operations and infrastructure
John Hoder — 617-253-7908, Room 10-322A, jhoder@mit.edu
Systems Administrator: Implementing infrastructure, asset management, system maintenance and end-user support
AREA STAFF
Architecture & Urbanism
Eleni Aktypi —617-253-7494, Room 10-491M, aktypi@mit.edu
Administrative Assistant: Managing design studio budgets, processing guest critic honoraria, issuing studio expense reimbursements, managing visiting faculty travel budgets and providing reimbursements
Taariq Alasa — 617-253-4412, Room 10-491M, talasa@mit.edu
Administrative Assistant: Design studio travel arrangements, faculty reimbursements, travel reports, supply orders
Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT)
Scott Tirrell —617-324-6076, Room E15-211, stirrell@mit.edu
Administrator Officer: Administrative, financial, and HR-related questions pertaining to the Program in Art, Culture, and Technology
Claudine Monique (also Main Office staff) — 617-324-6289, Room E15-209, cmonique@mit.edu
Academic Assistant: HASS minors & concentrations, cross-registration, TA’s, booking rooms, ACT student/faculty website, travel
Building Technology (BT)
Jennifer Roesch —617-253-1876, Room 5-418, jroesch@mit.edu
Administrative Assistant: Procurement card charges, reimbursements, class scheduling, lab seating coordination, travel report submission, BT-related event planning, office supply orders, lecture series travel report submission and honoraria processing
Design and Computation
Inala Locke —617-258-0931, Room 7-301, ilocke@mit.edu
Administrative Assistant: Procurement card charges, reimbursements, office supply orders, lecture scheduling, TA payroll assistance, travel report submission
HTC / AKPIA
Kathaleen Brearley —617-253-8439, Room 3-305, brearley@mit.edu
Administrative Assistant: HTC Subject coordination from planning through grades. Local Orientation
Jose Luis Arguello —617-253-1400, Room 10-390, jlar@mit.edu
AKPIA Program Assistant: Orientation for arriving AKPIA scholars, announcement of academic research to the interested community at MIT