As a student, you are assigned an advisor whom you will be required
to see at least once each semester to discuss your proposed schedule for the following semester and be cleared to register.
You are encouraged to see your advisor as often as you need. Feel free to contact them not only for registration issues but also to discuss any concerns you have regarding your life at NYU, especially those things pertaining to your education and training.
All advisors are located in the Advisement Center on the 3rd Floor of 721 Broadway, South Side.
Chris Andersson phone: 212 998 1873 721 Broadway, 301B
Manager of Admissions
Academic Advisor
Chris Andersson came to NYU directly from working as Director of Recruitment for the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT, where he also served as NTI’s representative on the Twelve College Exchange. For the eleven years prior to that, he was co-Director of the Trinity/La MaMa Performing Arts Program, a college-level study semester in experimental performance, administered by Trinity College in Hartford, CT and housed at La MaMa Experimental Theater Club in the East Village of New York City. When his role changed after five years from Assistant Director to Administrative Director, he joined the faculty of Trinity College as a visiting lecturer.Chris has a long history in New York as a well-received performer of both theater and cabaret and has recently become an independent theatrical producer, his latest achievement being THE MONEY SHOT cabaret series, which won both audience and critical acclaim. He holds a B.A. in Theater and Dance from Trinity College, where he received the George E. Nicholls III Prize in Theater, and is pursuing his Master’s degree in English with a focus on Writing, Rhetoric and Media Arts, also at Trinity. He loves to travel, spent a recent winter living in Stockholm and the minute you talk about traveling abroad, he’s tossing some underwear in an overnighter and heading out the door to meet you at the airport.
Cornelia Cody phone: 212 998 1847 721 Broadway, Rm 302
Academic Advisor
Cornelia received her B.A. in English and theatre from Goucher College, an M.A. in poetry from The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins, and a second M.A. in Performance Studies at TSOA. She is completing her Ph.D. in American Studies at the University of Maryland. She has worked as an actor, director, writer, and teacher. She has taught at Goucher, Hopkins, and most recently here in the Department of Drama. Cornelia has published poetry in numerous small press magazines and she has read her poetry on National Public Radio. Her one-woman show, Mongrel, about the life and words of Dorothy Parker, had a staged reading off-Broadway at The York Theatre. Cornelia recently completed PIÑATA, a bilingual poetry book for young readers, represented by The David Black Literary Agency.
Carl Fengler phone: 212 998 1498 721 Broadway, 3rd Floor Rm 306
Academic Advisor
Carl previously worked as a Career and Program Counselor at Columbia University where he helped a diverse range of students with career concerns, ran workshops and presentations, and assisted in study abroad internship programming. As an actor, he has been involved in multiple Tisch student films and plays in the past. Carl earned a BFA in acting from the University of Connecticut and acted in numerous professional stage and film productions as well as commercials before developing a great interest in psychology. Carl earned his Masters in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University where he cultivated a focus in helping students find success and satisfaction in their life’s pursuits and career endeavors. In addition to counseling and performing, Carl enjoys traveling, athletics (especially soccer and running marathons), and spending time with friends and family.Natasha Graf phone: 212 998 1846 721 Broadway, Rm 303
Academic Advisor
Natasha previously worked as a program administrator in NYU’s Center for Publishing, where she assisted in developing courses for the continuing education and Certificate program and advised students in the M.S. Publishing program and Summer Publishing Institute. Prior to coming to NYU, Natasha spent seven years acquiring and editing books for McGraw-Hill and John Wiley & Sons, focusing on areas such as health, self-help and relationships, crafts, and performing arts. She received her Bachelors Degree in Theatre and English Literature from Northwestern University and is working on completing her Masters Degree in Higher Education and Student Personnel Administration at the Steinhardt School of Education and Culture.
Lorielle Mallue phone: 212 998 1842 721 Broadway, 3rd Floor Rm 304
Academic Advisor
In New York Lorielle produced and directed I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY…. with a grant from the Museum of Jewish Heritage. In Los Angeles, she worked for six and half years for Jodie Foster and her Paramount-pictures financed company, Egg Pictures. With Foster she worked on FLIGHT PLAN, INSIDE MAN and THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTER BOYS as well as serving as a story editor for projects Egg had in development. At UCLA’s film school she wrote, produced, directed and starred in a Student Emmy winning short, SELF: BY ALISON CARSEN. This short also won the highest directing award UCLA gives, the Directors’ Spotlight Award and was nominated for a UCLA writing award and a Student BAFTA/LA award. Last year she wrote THE WONDER PETS SAVE THE LOVE BUGS! which will air on Nick Jr. in 2010 and taught a film acting class at the Atlantic Theater School. She is currently producing a documentary entitled THIS AMERICAN DEATH. Lorielle holds a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (1999), an MFA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (2006) and an Ed.M. from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education (2007).Bernadette McHugh phone: 212 998 1838 721 Broadway, 313
