What We Do
Undergraduate Advisors are a part of the support system available at Pratt, and we welcome your questions and conversations. We are uniquely positioned to help you plan your schedule, define and reach your educational goals and properly satisfy graduation requirements. Advisors are also your first point of contact for any general questions about navigating policies and procedures or finding the right campus support resource.
Entering first year students are assigned an advisor immediately upon acceptance based on their declared major. Your advisor’s availability and appointment booking can be viewed through your Starfish Student Success Network.
Please check your Pratt email regularly. This is our primary form of communication with you; we send important information about advising and registration to your Pratt emails and expect you to be responsible for that information as well as important deadlines which are listed in the academic calendar. Please note: once you are a Pratt student, we will not respond to or use non-Pratt email.
Shanieka Brooks
Director of Undergraduate Advising
sbrooks571@pratt.edu
Industrial Design
Meredith Hoffheins
Associate Director of Academics and Operations
mhoffhei@pratt.edu
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Architecture
Marco Tang
Academic Advisor
First Year Architecture Students
mtang33@pratt.edu
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Terilyn Stewart
Academic Advisor
Architecture Students with Last Names A-K
tstewa11@pratt.edu
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Juliet Medel
Academic Advisor
Architecture Students with Last Names L-Z
jmedel@pratt.edu
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Communication Design
Nicholai Patchen
Academic Advisor
COMD Students with Last Names A-L
npatchen@pratt.edu
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Undecided Students and Communication Design
Aaron Stone
Academic Advisor
COMD Students with Last Names M-Z
astone24@pratt.edu
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Interior Design
Zachary Lucero
Assistant Director of Integrated Platforms
zlucero@pratt.edu
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Film and Video, Writing, and Critical and Visual Studies
Erich Kuersten
Academic Advisor
ekuerste@pratt.edu
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Fashion Design, Construction/Facilities Management, and Associate Degree Programs
Michael Blandino
Academic Advisor
mblan260@pratt.edu
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Art and Design Education, Photography, Printmaking, Jewelry, and History of Art and Design
Amy Ungricht
Academic Advisor
aungrich@pratt.edu
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Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture
Sabrina Husband
Academic Advisor
shusband@pratt.edu
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Digital Arts: 2D Animation, 3D Animation, Art & Technology, and Game Arts
Aditya Otiv
Academic Advisor
aotiv@pratt.edu
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Contact Us
Undergraduate Advising
718.636.3611
adadvise@pratt.edu
Main Office: Myrtle Hall, 6th Floor
Architecture Advisors: Higgins Hall, 1st Floor
Follow us on Instagram @pratt.ug.advising!
Office hours: Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM
Summer office hours: Monday–Friday, 9 AM–4 PM