Who to Contact
Using Corridor Award Funding
If you have a Working Group award, you should plan to work directly with your own department administrator on the campus hosting the activity. If you or your department administrator need additional guidance, contact your institutional point person below.
Corridor Administration @ Syracuse University
CNYHumanities@syr.edu - Contact for New Working Group inquiries and any questions about programming, policies, or Working Group awards.
Vivian M. May - Director of the Humanities Center and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
Aimee Germain - Program Manager, CNY Humanities Corridor
Miguel Rodriguez - Budget Associate, 315.443.9451 - Contact for SU reimbursement or expense questions.
⇨ SU Humanities Center website
Other Campus Contacts
For questions about expenditures or reimbursements at your own institution, contact the appropriate person below.
Cornell University
Durba Ghosh - Taylor Family Director of the Society for the Humanities; Professor of History
Julie McLean - Program Manager: Society for the Humanities, Rural Humanities, and Humanities Scholars Program, 607.255.4086 - Contact for reimbursements and expenses.
⇨ Cornell Society for the Humanities website
University of Rochester
Peter Christensen - Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director of the Humanities Center and Professor of Art History
Jennie Gilardoni - Assistant Director of Programs, 585.276.8709 - Contact for reimbursements and expenses.
⇨ UR Humanities Center website
Colgate University
Yukari Hirata - Director of the Division of the Arts & Humanities; Harrington and Shirley Drake Professor of Japanese and Linguistics
Laura Festine - Associate Director of Corporate, Foundation, and Government Relations
Dipali Joshi - Assistant Controller and Director of Grant Accounting, 315.228.7413 - Contact for reimbursements and expenses.
⇨ Colgate Division of Arts and Humanities website
Hamilton College
Jeff Ritchie - Director of Sponsored Programs, 315.859.4678 - Contact for reimbursements and expenses.
Penny Yee - Associate Dean of Faculty, 315.859.4615 - Contact for Intra-Corridor Travel approvals.
Nicolas de la Riva - Assistant Dean for Academic Finance and Resources, 315.859.4611 - Contact for Intra-Corridor Travel processing (once approved).
⇨ Hamilton Offices of Sponsored Programs website
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Tania Johnson - Director of Sponsored Research
Clayton Dow - Grants Manager, 315.781.3137 - Contact for reimbursements and expenses.
⇨ HWS Office of Sponsored Programs website
Le Moyne College
Temporary contact through March 2025: Melissa Short - Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, 315.445.4310 - Contact for reimbursements and expenses.
Emily Mulrooney (on leave through March 2025) - Executive Assistant to Provost, 315.445.4125
⇨ LM Office of the Provost website
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Liberal Arts:
Anna Westerstahl Stenport - Dean; Professor of Global Studies
Israel Brown - Director of Financial Planning and College Operations - Contact for reimbursements and expenses.
⇨ RIT College of Liberal Arts website
College of Art & Design:
Jennifer McKean - Senior Financial Assistant for the Dean's Office - Contact for reimbursements and expenses.
⇨ RIT College of Art & Design website
Skidmore College
Barry Pritzker - Senior Director, Foundation and Corporate Relations
Gina Hoefer - Senior Budget Administrative Coordinator, Office of the Dean of the Faculty - Contact for reimbursements and expenses.
⇨ Skidmore Office of the Dean of the Faculty website
St. Lawrence University
Carol Smith - Corporate and Foundations Senior Officer for Operations & Stewardship, 315.229.5574
⇨ St. Lawrence Corporate & Foundation Relations website
Union College
Mercedes Susi - Director of College Grants and Sponsored Programs, 518.388.6984
Rachael Siegelman - Assistant Controller, 518.388.6471 - Contact for reimbursement and expense questions.
⇨ Union College Grants & Sponsored Programs website
New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium
Peter Simons - Project Manager, NY6 - Contact for Intra-Corridor Travel reimbursements from NY6 schools (except Colgate & Hamilton).