Meet Our Academic Coaches

Professional Academic Coaches

Our professional academic coaches hold advanced degrees and bring a diversity of academic, professional, and personal experience to their roles. 

Savannah Pham, PhD
Academic Coach, Neurodiversity Focus
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Jessie Schwab, PhD
Academic Coach
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Rachel Stumpf, PhD
Academic Coach
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Rhean Sun, MFA
Academic Coach
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Melissa Tamas, PhD
Assistant Director, Neurodiversity and Learning Programs
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Peer Academic Coaches

Our peer academic coaches are mid-to-late stage graduate or professional students who are familiar with the academic challenges at Stanford.

Lexie Adams, PhD Student
Chemical Engineering
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Jennifer Co, PhD Student
Chemistry
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Ananya Goyal, PhD Student
Bioengineering
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Ian Harryman, PhD Student
Earth System Science
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Gloria Paidamoyo Chikaonda, PhD Student
JSD Student, Stanford Law School
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Elena Vasilache, Master's Student
Master of Liberal Arts
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