Listed below are all the Duke departments and programs that we service. If you do not see your department listed or are unsure of who you should contact with your questions and concerns, please send a message to VisaHelp@Duke.edu.

Undergraduate Students

DKU Undergraduate Students
DVS Advisor: Spencer McNairn (spencer.mcnairn@duke.edu)
Pratt School of Engineering Undergraduate Students
DVS Advisor: Spencer McNairn (spencer.mcnairn@duke.edu)
Trinity Undergraduate Students
DVS Advisor: Spencer McNairn (spencer.mcnairn@duke.edu)

Students Applying for CPT or the STEM 24-Month Extension Only

Please Note: Post-completion OPT is handled by the DVS advisor for your department specified in the "All Other Academic and Work Departments" section below.
Students with last name beginning with A-I
DVS Advisor: Madeline German (madeline.german@duke.edu)
Students with last name beginning with J-Q
DVS Advisor: Kat Cavis (katherine.cavis@duke.edu)
Students with last name beginning with R-Z
DVS Advisor: Kiersten Davidson (kiersten.davidson@duke.edu)

All Other Academic and Work Departments

Academic Resource Center
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
African and African American Studies
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Agencies - Duke Management Co (DUMAC)
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Anesthesiology
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
DVS Advisor: Adriane Brown (adriane.brown@duke.edu)
Athletics
DVS Advisor: Pamela Billie (pamela.billie@duke.edu)
Biochemistry
DVS Advisor: Adriane Brown (adriane.brown@duke.edu)
Biology
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Biomedical Engineering
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
DVS Advisor: Adriane Brown (adriane.brown@duke.edu)
Cell Biology
DVS Advisor: Adriane Brown (adriane.brown@duke.edu)
Center for Applied Genomics and Technology
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Bio.
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Center for Biologically Inspired Materials
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Center for Brain Imaging and Analysis
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Center for Genome Ethics, Law, and Policy
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Res.
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Center for Human Genome Variation
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Center For Life Campus
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Center for Population - General Pharmacogenomic
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Center for Study of Aging
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Chemistry
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Civil Engineering
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Classical Studies
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Cognitive Neuroscience
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Community and Family Medicine
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Community and Family Medicine - Medical Informatics
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Community and Family Medicine - Physical Therapy
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Computer Science
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Cultural Anthropology
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Dance
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
DCRI - Human Resources
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Dermatology
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
DHTS Administrative Support
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Diet and Fitness Center
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Divinity School
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Division of Community Health
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Divisional Deans
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
DUH Finance
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
DUHS Corporate Finance
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Duke Cancer Institute
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Duke Center for Health Informatics
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Duke Chapel
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Duke Engage
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Duke Eye Center Clinic
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Duke Human Vaccine Institute
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Duke Integrative Medicine
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Duke Islamic Studies Center
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Duke Labco
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Duke Network Services
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
Duke Performances
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Duke Quantum Center
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
Duke Raleigh Hospital
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Duke Regional Hospital
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Duke Temporary Services
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Duke University Affiliated Physicians
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
Duke University Libraries
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Duke University Press - Central Admin
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Economics
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
Education
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
Engineering and Engineering Management (MEMP/MENG)
DVS Advisor:
  • Students with last name beginning A-L: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
  • Students with last name beginning M-Z: Adriane Brown (adriane.brown@duke.edu)
English
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Environmental Services
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Evolutionary Anthropology
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Facilities Management
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Facilities Management - Duke Gardens
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Franklin Institute
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Fuqua School of Business
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Fuqua School of Business: MQM
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
Fuqua School of Business: Weekend MBA
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
Genetics Graduate Program
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Germanic Languages
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Global Health Institute
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Graduate School
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
History
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Housekeeping
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
Information Science and Info. Studies
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Institute of Public Policy
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Integrative Immunobiology
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
International and Area Studies Center
DVS Advisor: Dylan Sugiyama (dylan.sugiyama@duke.edu)
International Studies - Asian Pacific Studies
DVS Advisor: Adriane Brown (adriane.brown@duke.edu)
International Studies - Center for Canadian Studies
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
International Studies - Center for Slav, Eurasian, and East European Studies
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
International Studies - European Studies
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
International Studies - Latin American Studies
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
International Studies - South Asian Studies
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Kenan Institute for Ethics
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Lab Animal Resources
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Lemur Center
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
Liberal Studies (MALS)
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
Literature
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Marine Lab Administration
DVS Advisor: Dylan Sugiyama (dylan.sugiyama@duke.edu)
Mathematics
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
Mechanical Engineering
DVS Advisor: Pamela Billie (pamela.billie@duke.edu)
Medicine
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Molecular Biophysics Program
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Music
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Nasher Museum of Art
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
NESCent
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Neurobiology
DVS Advisor: Adriane Brown (adriane.brown@duke.edu)
Neurology
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Neurosurgery
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Nicholas Institute
DVS Advisor: Dylan Sugiyama (dylan.sugiyama@duke.edu)
Nicholas School
DVS Advisor: Dylan Sugiyama (dylan.sugiyama@duke.edu)
Nicholas School - CSSP Div/MLab All
DVS Advisor: Dylan Sugiyama (dylan.sugiyama@duke.edu)
Nicholas School - EOS Division
DVS Advisor: Dylan Sugiyama (dylan.sugiyama@duke.edu)
Nicholas School - ESP Div
DVS Advisor: Dylan Sugiyama (dylan.sugiyama@duke.edu)
Nursing Services
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Obstetrics/Gynecology
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Occupational and Environmental Medicine - General
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Office of Audit, Risk and Compliance
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Office of Information Technology
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
Office of Licensing and Ventures
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Office of Research Informatics
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Ophthalmology
DVS Advisor: Adriane Brown (adriane.brown@duke.edu)
Org for Tropical Studies
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Orthopaedic Surgery
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Parking and Transportation Services
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Pathology
DVS Advisor: Dylan Sugiyama (dylan.sugiyama@duke.edu)
Pathology Clinical Services
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Patient Revenue Management Organization
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Pediatrics
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Performance Services
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Pharmacy
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Philosophy
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Physicians Assistant Program
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (Krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
Physics
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
Political Science
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Population Health Sciences
DVS Advisor: Adriane Brown (adriane.brown@duke.edu)
Pratt School of Engineering
DVS Advisor: Pamela Billie (pamela.billie@duke.edu)
Prevention Research
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Psychiatry
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (Krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
Psychology and Neuroscience
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Public Policy - Center Study Philanthropy
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Public Policy - DeWitt Wallace Center
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Public Policy - Duke Center International Development
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Public Policy - Hart Leadership Program
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Public Policy - Program on Population, Policy, and Aging Research Center
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Public Policy - Career Services and Alumni Relations
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Public Policy - Center for Child and Family Policy
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Radiation Oncology
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Radiology
DVS Advisor: Adriane Brown (adriane.brown@duke.edu)
Religion
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Religion - Center for Jewish Studies
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Respiratory
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Romance Language
DVS Advisor: Krysta Byrd (Krysta.byrd@duke.edu)
Sanford School of Public Policy
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
SAP-Administrative Systems Management
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Sarah Stedman Nutrition Center
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
School of Law - Admissions
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
School of Law - Dean's Office
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
School of Medicine
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
School of Nursing
DVS Advisor: Pamela Billie (pamela.billie@duke.edu)
Slavic and Eurasian Studies
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
Social Science Research Institute
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Sociology
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
Sr VP - Alumni and Development
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Statistical Sciences
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Summer Academic Programs
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Surgery
DVS Advisor: Shara Cotton Justiniano (shara.cotton@duke.edu)
Talent Identification Program (TIP)
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Theater Studies
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Thompson Writing Program
DVS Advisor: Kory Sopko (kory.sopko@duke.edu)
Trinity Technology Services
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Vice President - Student Affairs - CAPS
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Vice President - Student Affairs - Career Center
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Vice President - Student Affairs - Comm. Service
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Vice President - Student Affairs - Event Mgmt
DVS Advisor: Pierre Byrd (pierre.byrd@duke.edu)
Vice President - Student Affairs - Intercultural Initiatives
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Vice President - Student Affairs - Res. Life/Housing
DVS Advisor: Nishant Nepal (nishant.nepal@duke.edu)
Vice President - Student Affairs - Resource Admin.
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Vice President - Student Affairs - Student Health
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)
Vice President - Student Affairs - Womens Center
DVS Advisor: Carlee Reiff (carlee.reiff@duke.edu)