Department Staff

Ashley Porcello
(631) 632-7688
ashley.porcello@stonybrook.edu
S-705 Social and Behavioral Sciences Building

Advising Schedule and Appointment Policy

Undergraduate Program Coordinator

• Undergraduate advising
• Degree progress evaluations
• Undergraduate course enrollment permissions
• Administrative and office support

Tara Powers
(631) 632-7606
tara.powers@stonybrook.edu 

Academic Programs Coordinator

• Graduate advising
• Degree progress evaluations
• PhD application processing
• Graduate course enrollment permissions
• TA/GA hiring and HR paperwork processing
• Administrative and office support

Nicole Mester
(631) 632-7662
nicole.mester@stonybrook.edu 
S-709 Social and Behavioral Sciences Building

Master's Recruitment and Admissions Advisor

• MA application processing

Michael Boerner
(631) 632-7650
michael.boerner@stonybrook.edu
S-703 Social and Behavioral Sciences Building

Business Administrator

• Department budgeting
• Course scheduling
• Faculty research fund management
• Faculty/lecturer hiring and HR paperwork processing
• Faculty promotion and tenure files
• Administrative and office support

polsci_communications@stonybrook.edu 
S-701 Social and Behavioral Sciences Building

Communication and Media Intern

• Department website updates
• Social media and campus advertising
• Alumni outreach and external inquiries