About the Senior Dean

Margaret Bruzelius is the interim dean of the senior class and associate dean of the college. She became a class dean in 2000 and retired as senior class dean in 2017. Bruzelius teaches one course a year for the Program in World Literatures. She holds a bachelor’s from Harvard, an associate’s in fashion design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, and a doctorate from Yale.

As a child, she lived in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Before starting college, Bruzelius spent a year living in Copenhagen as a weaver’s apprentice. Her hobbies include knitting, thrift shopping, textiles and clothes.