PERSONAL COUNSELING & ADVOCACY

Lisa Brandes
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs & Director of Student Life
HGS 123 432-BLUE [2583]

Graduate Students can drop in or schedule individual, confidential counseling appointments with the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Lisa Brandes. Students can discuss personal concerns or seek assistance on student life issues, and receive advice, information and referrals as needed.

The Assistant Dean is the Graduate Students' Advocate in dealing with concerns and complaints about University and Student services. She coordinates services for all students in the Graduate School, including housing, health, dining services, athletics, parking and transit, security, religion, and more.

Contact Dean Brandes if you have a personal concern or a complaint or question with student services at Yale. Email with a concern or call to make an appointment. Lisa Brandes has an open door policy for quick questions and complaints, so you may also stop by 123 HGS.

Brief Bio Lisa Brandes received her BA from LSU and her PhD in Political Science at Yale. She taught international relations, foreign policy and gender politics at Tufts and Wesleyan Universities before returning to Yale to direct student life activities at the McDougal Center. She is active in local politics, church, and community service in New Haven, and in women’s issues and graduate student life in professional associations. She lives in the Westville section of New Haven with her husband Scott McLean, a professor at Quinnipiac University, son Charlie and 2 cats.