GSALB is Ready to Help You Take the Next Step
Our admissions team is ready to discuss our program with you and answer your questions regarding our application process. For more information, please get in touch with our admissions team by email at gsgsadmissions@uchicago.edu, by phone at 773-702-0595, or by completing our request form below. You may also connect with GSAL program director Esther Pandian-Riske at 773-702-1682.
Meet the GSALB Team
Alexandra Case, MS
Associate Director of Recruitment
Alexandra Case, Associate Director of Recruitment, has over fifteen years of recruitment, admission, and marketing experience. She started her career in higher education at the New York Institute of Technology as Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission, then served seven years at Illinois Tech...
Esther Pandian-Riske, MA, MAPSS
Program Director, Graduate Student-at-Large
Esther Pandian-Riske is the Program Director of the Graduate Student-at-Large Program. Originally from Singapore, she came to Chicago as an international student and has two Master’s degrees from the University of Chicago: a MAPSS from the Graduate Division of the Social Sciences and an MPP from the...
Marla Privitera, MS
Program Advisor, Graduate Student-at-Large
Marla Privitera is the Program Advisor for the Graduate Student-at-Large Program. She hails from Fredonia, NY though has lived in many different places, including a few in Central America, and is happily residing again in the Chicago-land area. She was previously the Assistant Director of Bridge and...