This is a blog I’m starting to inform undergraduate students in the CLPS department about advising matters. My name is Dave Sobel. I’ve been a professor at Brown for 22 years and in the CLPS department since it was formed (and before that in the Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences department). I’m the Director of Undergraduate Studies, which means that I tend to organize things around our curriculum. I have open hours for students who want to talk about advising (or any other matters) on Fridays from 9:30am-11:30am. I can be reached at Dave_Sobel@brown.edu, but please note that I usually don’t check my email on the weekends or holidays.
Please also note that this blog represents my opinions and thoughts, and is not an "official" blog of the CLPS department or Brown University. I speak only for myself. My hope is to have colleagues guest post, but I just started this.
There are four concentrations in the CLPS Department, each with its own head concentration advisor. If you are interested in concentrating in one of these fields, this is the person you should contact:
Psychology: Prof. Ruth Colwill (Ruth_Colwill@brown.edu)
Cognitive Science: Prof. Daphna Buchsbaum (Daphna_Buchsbaum@brown.edu)
Cognitive Neuroscience: Prof. Elena Festa (Elena_Festa@brown.edu)
Behavioral Decision Sciences: Prof. Steven Sloman (Steven_Sloman@brown.edu)
Please note that Linguistics used to be housed in the CLPS department, but they are now a separate program. You may contact Prof. Scott AnderBois (Scott_Anderbois@brown.edu) if you are interested in Linguistics.
My goal for this blog is to discuss a set of topics related to advising in the CLPS department that aren’t always obvious or clear to undergraduates. Because it is early Fall (this entru was written in Oct 2023), I’m going to start with some topics related to applications to graduate school, but my hope is to cover things related to studies at Brown generally construed. My hope is that this is helpful to students who don’t always know who to ask or where to go for information, and in truth, the reason I started writing this is because I figured it was better to write some of this stuff down, instead of just having similar conversations with students repeatedly. If this isn’t for you, then just don’t read it.