The College
Timothy Shiner
Senior Associate Dean of Advising
Areas of Expertise
Personal and Health Concerns, Courseload Reductions , Degree Completion Planning, Credit Recovery, RUE and Veteran Student Academic Planning
Biography
As Senior Associate Dean for Advising, Timothy Shiner oversees the class-year advising team. Tim partners closely with this team to ensure best practices in individualized student support as students progress through their time at Brown. Tim often works with students on non-traditional degree pathways and degree completion, including providing consultation on supporting students to campus partners, faculty and families. Tim also represents the College in a number of campus partnerships including the campus Care Team and serving as the College's liaison for Athletics.
Prior to transitioning to his current role in the College, Tim served as Senior Associate Dean and Director of Student Support Services in the Division of Campus Life where he worked to support students experiencing a range of health and personal challenges. He originally joined Brown as the Director of the Stephen Robert ‘62 Campus Center & Student Activities Office in 2012. Prior to his work at Brown, Tim served as Director of Student Activities at Wesleyan University, and as Program Coordinator at the University of Vermont Women’s Center, focusing on sexual violence prevention and response, as well as intersectional identity programming.
Tim holds a B.S. in psychology from Colorado State University and an M.Ed. in higher education and student affairs from the University of Vermont.
Prior to transitioning to his current role in the College, Tim served as Senior Associate Dean and Director of Student Support Services in the Division of Campus Life where he worked to support students experiencing a range of health and personal challenges. He originally joined Brown as the Director of the Stephen Robert ‘62 Campus Center & Student Activities Office in 2012. Prior to his work at Brown, Tim served as Director of Student Activities at Wesleyan University, and as Program Coordinator at the University of Vermont Women’s Center, focusing on sexual violence prevention and response, as well as intersectional identity programming.
Tim holds a B.S. in psychology from Colorado State University and an M.Ed. in higher education and student affairs from the University of Vermont.