Assisting the Dean is the Dean’s Office Senior Administrative Assistant, who handles much of the day-to-day business in the office, including registering students, accepting requests for changes to course schedules, clarifying academic regulations and procedures, and maintaining placement files. Like the Dean, the Senior AA is widely knowledgeable about the many resources at Yale and regularly directs students to them.
Ashley Nesmith is the Dean’s Senior Administrative Assistant. Before joining Silliman in August, 2017, Ashley worked for the Yale University Registrar’s Office as an Academic Support Coordinator where she trained and supported academic departments all over campus for four years. Before that, she worked in the Yale University Statistics department as the Department Registrar and Chair’s Assistant. Ashley received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Connecticut in 2006. She is married to her College Sweetheart, Curtis. They have a sixteen-year-old son who plays high school and premier level soccer, and a twelve-year-old daughter who is quite the competitive dancer. Her husband and kids keep her very busy outside of work, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Ashley loves music, dancing, and going to the gym. She also enjoys relaxing and watching football and UCONN Basketball on the weekend with her family.