The Academic Department Administrator (ADA) has primary responsibility for administrative management of the History Department and reports to the Chair. She is responsible for the organization and planning of the academic and administrative activities of the department, including matters of financial, personnel, and space management and the provision of student and faculty services.  The ADA has overall responsibility for the department's administrative budget and for supervision of the instructional budget in collaboration with the Chair.  She is responsible for the hiring, training, and supervision of all department staff.  The ADA processes all full-time faculty appointments and oversees faculty search activities.  She oversees departmental facilities and space utilization, coordinates planned capital projects, and approves requests for repairs and improvements to Facilities Management.  The ADA is a member of the department's Space Committee and prepares reports for faculty academic committees and the Chair as necessary.  She advises faculty and students concerning University policies and procedures.

Maritza E. Colón joined the Department of History in 2010.  She first came to Columbia in 2008 as the ADA of the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures, responsible for the administration of a language and teaching department.  Prior to working at Columbia, she was the Assistant Director of New York University’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies where she managed the activities and finances of a graduate program and a Title VI designated Center for Area Studies for eight years.  Maritza earned both her BA (International Studies) and MA (Humanities and Social Thought) from New York University.  She is married and has two sons. 

Nicole Ferraiolo is the Program Coordinator of The Hertog Global Strategy Initiative and the Columbia/LSE dual Master’s degree program in international and world history. In her work with the Hertog Global Strategy Initiative, Nicole serves as the primary administrator of the program, which brings invited experts and select students to Columbia each summer for intensive study, independent research, and collaborative writing on a critical issue in international affairs. As program coordinator of the dual Master’s program, Nicole is responsible for outreach, event planning, day-to-day administration, and non-academic student support.

An alumnus of the Columbia-LSE dual master’s program, Nicole joined the Department of History staff after graduating with distinction (highest honors) in the summer of 2011. While in graduate school, Nicole received the Columbia University Alliance Fellowship to study Spanish and Haitian Creole in the Dominican Republic and to work in archives in Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. Her ensuing thesis, “Charitable Imperialism and the Hurricane of San Ciriaco: Ideology, Humanitarian Partnerships and the Formation of American Relief Policy (Puerto Rico, 1899-1901),” was awarded the Richard Hofstadter Prize for Best Dissertation and is currently being revised for publication. Prior to her graduate studies, Nicole spent two years in French Guiana teaching English as a foreign language and working in the French Ministry of Education as a translator and international exchange coordinator. Originally from Palo Alto, California, Nicole attended the University of Colorado-Boulder on a Presidents Leadership Institute scholarship, where she received her B.A. in history with a minor in French.

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Reporting to the Academic Department Administrator (ADA), the Business Manager has primary responsibility for the department's administrative and programmatic budgets and instructional and personnel expenses. He/she advises the Chair and ADA as to historical levels of spending, developing budgets and reports as needed. The Business Manager resolves financial problems and prevents overdrafts. He/she works with the Administrative Assistant for Financial Affairs to administer the department's participation in the Faculty Research Allowance Program and other reimbursement and special funding programs for faculty, including faculty research accounts. He/she processes appointments for all part-time, visiting and adjunct faculty as well as all student teaching and research appointments. The Business Manager allocates, approves payroll and is responsible for hiring, training, and supervision of the department's casual and work study staff.

The responsibilities of the Undergraduate Administrator & Curriculum Coordinator include:  maintaining records for undergraduate majors and concentrators; certifying graduating students; advising students concerning departmental requirements; assisting students and faculty with completion of Change of Grade and Plan of Study forms; coordinating the undergraduate seminar application process; coordinating undergraduate events with the Undergraduate Education Committee (UNDED) and the Undergraduate History Council (UHC); maintaining the undergraduate and curricular content of the department website; coordinating department curriculum in conjunction with the faculty Curriculum Coordinator; and coordinating teaching schedules in conjunction with faculty and the Registrar.

Faculty Affairs and Media Assistant, Najila Naderi, reports to the Academic Department Administrator (ADA) and works closely with both the ADA and the department Chair in all matters related to faculty searches, appointments, and reviews.  Her responsibilities include: coordinating the planning and logistics of faculty searches in cooperation with the chairs and members of search committees; maintaining faculty files, databases, and online directories; and coordinating the faculty review process together with staff in the Office of the Vice President of Arts & Sciences.  This position also assists with other administrative duties, including office reception, photocopying, and event planning and implementation.