Meet the team that will help get your college journey off to a great start!


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Rose Theisen, Ph.D. (she/her)

Curricular Director of Summer Institute, Instructor of First Year Studies, Senior Experience Coordinator and Lecturer of Biology

As curricular program director of Summer Institute, Dr. Theisen plans and manages academic activities, including the morning SI seminar course and the afternoon topics courses. She also plans and manages the trip to the Oneida Nation and the weekend at Björklunden.

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Matthew Ansfield

Instructor of SI Topics in Psychology Course, Professor of Psychology

My work with the Summer Institute has been especially gratifying since it allows me to work with incoming freshmen before they even begin their academic careers at Lawrence. The primary goals of the SI are to provide students with opportunities to learn first-hand about the rigors of academics at Lawrence, to help them develop effective strategies.

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Carla Daughtry

Instructor of the SI Seminar, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology Department Chair

My work with the Summer Institute has been especially gratifying since it allows me to work with incoming freshmen before they even begin their academic careers at Lawrence. The primary goals of the SI are to provide students with opportunities to learn first-hand about the rigors of academics at Lawrence, to help them develop effective strategies.

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Julie Haurykiewicz

Instructor of the SI Seminar, Instructor of First Year Studies

I look forward to working with SI students as they begin their college careers in order to help them get off to a strong start at Lawrence. One of things I think makes the SI (and Lawrence as a whole) special is the personal connections that develop among students, staff, and faculty. It’s a privilege to get to know students as individuals in a setting like SI and to help them to develop attitudes and abilities that will serve them well throughout their time at Lawrence and beyond.

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Cecile Despres-Berry

Instructor of the SI Seminar; Director of ESL and Waseda Program; Instructor in ESL, Education, and Linguistics

As the Director of ESL and the Waseda and Pathway Programs I work with multilingual students who wish to develop any English skill.  I teach University courses focused on the English language as well as courses in Education and Linguistics.

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Allison M. M. Fleshman (She/her)

Instructor of Starting STEM Savvy; Associate Professor of Chemistry

I'm the physical chemist here at Lawrence. I love physics, chemistry, and math and have the best job sharing that love with my students!

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Liz Sattler

Instructor of Starting STEM Savvy; Assistant Professor of Mathematics

I am looking forward to meeting and working with our new students during Summer Institute. Starting math in college can be challenging for students in so many ways, especially in a post-COVID world. I hope to help our students build confidence in their quantitative skills and better prepare them for their first STEM courses at Lawrence.

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Mauriah Donegan Kraker (she/her)

Lecturer of Dance, Theatre Arts; Instructor of the SI Seminar; Instructor of First Year Studies

For me, dance is a practice of crafting pathways for curiosity, resiliency, and connection through movement. I’m looking forward to sharing our approach to dance at Lawrence with you. In our time together, we will engage with the histories and knowledge we already embody. We’ll explore preparations, practices, and wellness tactics for being a performative human, in this world, in this place, right now. Each class, we will move through a variety of activities: reading, creative writing, drawing, discussion, and movement explorations. 

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Juan Arguello (he/him)

Second Year Dean and Co-curricular Director of the Summer Institute

My name is Juan Arguello, and I am the Second Year Dean.  As the Second Year Dean, I work with second-year and new transfer students to help them navigate their transition from the first year to the second year or their transition to Lawrence.  As the Co-curricular Director of the Summer Institute, I help SI students throughout the program and assure that they have a good experience.  I also coordinate and facilitate the co-curricular events and the extra-curricular events.