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JA Program Working Group

Charge

The JA Program Working Group is charged with evaluating the Junior Advisor Program model at Williams College. This evaluation should be attentive to:

  • The needs of first-year students;
  • The needs of juniors/student leaders and the challenges of recruiting a robust and representationally diverse JA cohort each year; 
  • The strong history and culture of autonomy of the JA program;
  • The special challenges posed for minoritized and marginalized first-year students and student leaders; and
  • Robust engagement with current students.  

The Working Group should deliver a set of recommendations addressing if and how the College should evolve its student leadership model in first-year housing and residential life moving forward, including, but not limited to, (1) what alternative approach(es) the College may consider taking to ensure the long-term sustainability of its first-year housing student leadership model; (2) what additional enhancements or refinements the College should consider implementing to improve student experience and success; and (3) a strategy for the periodic (re)assessment of the JA Program or its successor model.

The Working Group will consult with select JA alumni during its process, and will deliver its final recommendations to the college’s Board of Trustees in Spring 2025.

Members

  • Josie Catalano, First Year Area Coordinator, Office of Campus Life
  • Daniel Greenberg, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Men’s Tennis Coach
  • Kate Jensen, Associate Professor of Physics
  • Gretchen Long, Dean of the College (committee co-chair)
  • Jeff Malanson, Senior Associate Dean for Administration, Finance, and Strategy (committee co-chair)
  • Carly Rieger, First Year Area Coordinator, Office of Campus Life
  • Mark Robertson ’02, Assistant Vice President for College Relations
  • Doug Schiazza, Senior Associate Dean for Campus Life
  • Christina Walsh, Associate Dean of Students and Dean of First Year Students
  • Additional members TBD include three students and a representative from the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion