Division of Campus Life
Student Conduct and Community Standards

OSCCS Deans

OSCCS Deans

The Deans in the Office of Student Conduct & Community Standards provide guidance and support for Brown students as they engage fully with their experience at Brown and beyond. They also collaborate closely with Brown University staff and faculty and serve as liaisons to the broader Providence community.

You are welcome to contact any of us with questions, but each of us focuses on specific areas listed below. Please contact the person responsible for the topic you have questions or concerns about directly. 

  • Yolanda Castillo-Appollonio

    Senior Associate Dean and Director of Student Conduct & Community Standards
    Yolanda_Castillo-Appollonio@brown.edu
    Graduate Center E, Fourth Floor 42 Charlesfield Street

    Dean Castillo (she/her/hers) supervises and manages the Office of Student Conduct & Community Standards. She is a Brown alumna with an AB in Sociology and a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law. Prior to joining Brown professionally in 2004, Dean Castillo practiced law for six years, concentrating in domestic violence and family law in addition to housing, disability, and immigration issues. Dean Castillo represents the office in campus meetings to promote our work and educate the campus community. 

    Schedule a meeting with Dean Castillo about our policy and procedures, how we conduct assessments and share data, strategic planning, you are a parent and have questions and/or concerns, our appeal process, and higher level hearing decisions. 

  • Briana Cardwell

    Assistant Dean of Student Conduct & Community Standards
    briana_cardwell@brown.edu
    Graduate Center E, Fourth Floor 42 Charlesfield Street

    Dean Cardwell (she/her/hers) graduated from Bowdoin College in 2017. She majored in Africana studies and minored in sociology. After graduating from Bowdoin, she attended Boston University School of Law and graduated in 2020. During law school, Dean Cardwell participated in the Immigrants' Rights Clinic and was co-president of the Black Law Student Association.

    After graduating from law school, Dean Cardwell worked at Central West Justice Center in Worcester for two years in the Immigration Unit, helping victims of crime. After leaving Central West Justice Center, Dean Cardwell worked as an associate attorney at Ingle Law. She serves on the Board of Trustees at New Hampton School and volunteers as a Big Sister with Big Sister Boston. She joined the Office of Student Conduct & Community Standards as an Assistant Dean of Student Conduct & Community Standards in November 2023.

    Schedule a meeting with Dean Cardwell  if you want to discuss your disciplinary history and request your conduct record, dean certificates, conduct letters for admissions offices, alcohol or drug related transports, BWell requirements, submitting terms and term deadlines, and immunization and module compliance.  

  • Jon McIlvaine

    jon_mcilvaine@brown.edu
    Graduate Center E, Fourth Floor 42 Charlesfield Street

    Dean McIlvaine (he/him/his) joined the Office of Student Conduct & Community Standards in December 2024. Dean McIlvaine holds a BA in Communications from Temple University and an MA in Higher Education from Taylor University. Prior to joining Brown, Dean McIlvaine worked in Student Conduct at Harvard University and served in several roles within Residential Life at Boston College and Virginia Tech.

    Schedule a meeting with Dean McIlvaine if you want to discuss: incidents that occur off campus or that involve an athlete, community notifications, Clery reporting, our Maxient processes, and the lower level case process generally.