
Jeanne Follansbee (she/her/hers)
Associate Dean, Yale College
Jeanne directs the development and management of Yale Summer Session, which includes Yale College courses, Smithsonian partnerships, Certificate Programs for International Students, and the Yale Writers’ Workshop. She also works collaboratively with the Summer Session Study Abroad team in CIPE. Before her conversion to a Yalie, Jeanne served as Director of Studies and Senior Lecturer in History and Literature at Harvard and as Academic Dean at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Boston University, and is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of her alma mater, Colgate. If she’s not in her office, track her down on the beach at Hammonassett State Park, or check the lines at Ashley’s or Arethusa.