People

Student Affairs

Athena Abadilla

Director of Residential Life and Community Development
212.353.4130 | athena.abadilla@cooper.edu

Victoria Alonso

Graduate Assistant for Student Activities
212.353.4130 | victoria.alonso@cooper.edu

Christopher Chamberlin

Dean of Students
212.353.4130 | christopher.chamberlin@cooper.edu

Eric Conley

Administrative Manager
212.353.4116 | eric.conley@cooper.edu

Alex Fischer

Director of Student Care and Support
212.353.4130 | alex.fischer@cooper.edu

Cassandra Jolicoeur

Student Care Coordinator
212.353.4130 | cassandra.jolicoeur@cooper.edu

Grace Kendall

Associate Dean of Students
212.353.4053 | grace.kendall@cooper.edu

Elizabeth London

Student Care Coordinator
212.353.4130 | elizabeth.london@cooper.edu

Josue Michel

Student Activities Director
212.353.4130 | josue.michel@cooper.edu

Dannery Minaya

Assistant Director for Career Development
212.353.4112 | dannery.minaya@cooper.edu

Whitney Oldenburg

Director, Center for Career Development
212.353.4384 | whitney.oldenburg@cooper.edu

Natalie Schmitt

Assistant Director of Career Development
212.353.4377 | natalie.schmitt@cooper.edu

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.