Sutherland House

  • Vanderbilt University

    Jesse Spencer-Smith named faculty head of Sutherland House, effective Jan. 1

    Vanderbilt Residential Colleges announces a new faculty head of Sutherland House on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. Jesse Spencer-Smith, interim director and chief data scientist at the Data Science Institute and professor of the practice of computer science, will assume the role of faculty head beginning Jan. 1, 2025. He will succeed Chezare Warren, associate professor of equity and inclusion in education policy in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations, who has served as faculty head since 2021. Read More

    Nov 18, 2024

  • Chezare A. Warren, associate professor of Equity & Inclusion in Education Policy is the new faculty head of Sutherland House at the Martha Rivers Ingram Commons.

    Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Chezare Warren

    Vanderbilt's undergraduate houses and colleges are led by faculty who live in community with students. Meet the new faculty head of Sutherland House, Chezare A. Warren, associate professor of equity and inclusion in education policy. Read More

    Aug 12, 2022

  • First year students make new friends as they arrive on the Martha Rivers Ingram Commons.

    New faculty appointed to lead residential colleges

    Three new residential faculty have been appointed as leaders in shaping student learning experiences beyond the classroom. Ravindra Duddu will be the inaugural faculty head of Rothschild College, scheduled to begin housing students in fall 2022. In addition, Sutherland House and Murray House will welcome two new faculty heads of house: Chezare Warren and Renã A.S. Robinson. Read More

    Apr 25, 2022

  • Chalene Helmuth

    Helmuth honored with 2022 K.C. Potter Award for outstanding service to students

    Faculty Head of Sutherland House Chalene Helmuth has received the 2021–22 K.C. Potter Outstanding Service to Students Award, given by the Office of the Dean of Students to a faculty member who provides outstanding service consistently to individual students or student groups through personal advising, development of programs, or improvements to university systems and policies that affect students. Read More

    Apr 21, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    First-year student experiences campus life from 11 time zones away

    When Riddhi Singhania starts her day at Vanderbilt, many of her peers are turning in for the night. That's because she's experiencing her first year at the university remotely from her home in Indore, India. Read More

    Sep 21, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Chalene Helmuth

    As the new academic year approaches, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Chalene Helmuth, senior lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese and faculty head of Sutherland House. Read More

    Jul 29, 2020