Dean of the Faculty Office Staff & Responsibilities

Heather Antecol
Heather Antecol
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
Boswell Professor of Economics

  • Academic Advising
  • Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • Academic Deans Committee (ADC) of the Consortium
  • Academic Standards Committee appeals
  • Administration Committee
  • Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Committee (APT)
  • APT Executive Committee
  • Athletics Appointments
  • Athletics Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion Committee
  • Board of Trustees
  • Budgets
  • Committee Assignments
  • Committee of Chairs
  • Dean’s Cabinet
  • Department Budgets
  • Department External Reviews
  • Diversity Committee
  • Faculty Compensation
  • Faculty contracts: tenure track and non-tenure track
  • Junior Faculty Mentoring
  • Keck Science Deans Committee
  • Keck Science Presidents and Deans Committee
  • Keck Science Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion Committee
  • Podlich Distinguished Fellows
  • Post-Tenure Reviews
  • President’s Executive Council
  • Science Chair Search Committee
  • Science Facility Faculty Committee Chair
  • Science Program Planning
  • Space Planning
  • Staff Compensation in offices overseen by the DOF
  • Student Information System
  • Tenure Track Appointments

The Dean of the Faculty oversees the following offices:

  • Athenaeum
  • Center for Global Education
  • Center for Writing & Public Discourse
  • Faculty Support
  • Forensics and Debate
  • Kravis Lab for Social Impact
  • Murty Sunak Quantitative and Computing Lab
  • Office of Institutional Research
  • Office of the Registrar
  • Research Institutes
  • Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • Committee Assignments
  • Coordination with Office of Institute Relations
  • Coordination with Public Affairs and Communications
  • Coordination with Sponsored Research Office
  • Coordination with Stewardship Office
  • Dean’s Cabinet
  • Diversity Committee
  • Faculty Awards Celebration
  • Faculty Research Committee Chair (sabbatical leaves and research funding)
  • Intercollegiate: 7C Faculty Mentoring and Collaborative Research Initiative
  • Junior Faculty Mentoring
  • Kravis Lab for Social Impact Oversight
  • New Chair Orientation
  • Open Academy Support
  • Research Institutes, Labs, and Dreier Roundtable Oversight
  • Research Integrity Officer
  • Senior Advisory Council
  • Student Research Funds Oversight
  • Summer Research Program
  • Writing Committee
Ellen K. Rentz
Ellen Ketels
Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Curriculum
Associate Professor of Literature

  • Academic Advising
  • Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • Academic Standards Committee (ASC)
  • ASC Hearing Committee Chair
  • Admission and Financial Aid Committee
  • Assessment Committee
  • Committee Assignments
  • Coordination with Information Technology Services (ITS)
  • COVID Compliance Committee
  • Curriculum Committee Chair and General Curriculum Oversight
  • Dean’s Cabinet
  • Diversity Committee
  • Faculty-Student Academic Working Group
  • Fellowships Advising Oversight
  • Freshman Humanities Seminars Director
  • Intercollegiate: 5C Center for Teaching and Learning; 7C Claremont Faculty Leadership Program; 7C Diversity Working Group; 7C Faculty Mentoring and Collaborative Research Initiative
  • Junior Faculty Mentoring
  • New Faculty Orientation
  • Quantitative and Computing Lab Faculty Advisory Board
  • Senior Advisory Council
  • Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • Student Orientation (Academic Aspects)
  • Accreditation
  • Assessment
  • Curricular Reform Projects
  • Department External Reviews
  • Registrar’s Office
  • Senior Advisory Council
  • Student Information System
Nyree Gray
Nyree Gray
Vice President for Human Relations and Chief Diversity Officer

  • Dean’s Cabinet
  • Civil Rights Policies and Complaints
  • Diversity Committee
  • Faculty Hiring Policies
Aithan Peterson
Aithan Peterson
EXECUTIVE Director of Academic Affairs

(909) 621-8117
(909) 607-2507

Athenaeum North, Suite 225

  • Academic Advising Assignments
  • Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee (APT)
  • APT Executive Committee
  • Committee of Chairs
  • DOF Website and Policy Library, including Faculty Handbook
  • Emergency and Academic Continuity
  • Faculty Office Assignments and Space Planning
  • Faculty Searches, Faculty Contracts, Faculty Visa Materials, and New Faculty Hires
  • Institute Directors and Board Chairs Meetings
  • Joint Physical Education Reappointment and Promotion Committee
  • Junior Faculty Annual Reviews
  • Language Resident Support
  • Post-Tenure Reviews
  • Research Projects for DOF Office
Aithan Peterson
Christine Costanza
Executive Director of Academic Administration

(909) 621-8117
(909) 607-2507

Athenaeum North, Suite 225F

  • Academic Advising Assignment Support
  • Academic Deans Committee
  • Administration Committee
  • Annual Reports and Faculty Research, Teaching, and Service Data
  • Celebration of Faculty Awards
  • Committee Assignment Support
  • Committee on Academic Computing
  • Computer Science/Data Science Committee
  • Curriculum Committee
  • DOF Email Communications
  • DOF Initiatives and Projects
  • Faculty Meetings
  • Faculty Research Committee
  • Guest Speaker and Teaching Assistant Funding Requests
  • Joint Language Billing
  • Language Resident and Visiting Scholar Support
  • New Faculty and Department Chair Orientation
  • New and Reappointed and Promoted Faculty Research Descriptions
  • Podlich Fellows
  • Research Projects for DOF Office
  • Retirement Celebrations
  • Writing Committee
Amy Peterson
Janice Heitkamp
Administrative Assistant to the Dean

(909) 621-8117

Athenaeum North, Suite 225

  • Calendars of Dean of Faculty and Associate Deans of Faculty
  • Budget Support
  • Event organization
  • General Office Support