As the director of academic planning and operations, Andrew Stefl manages the course creation, edit and inactivation processes and is the liaison between the academic units and the Office of the Registrar. Andrew also manages the School of Humanities and Arts’ Summer Session. 

He is responsible for space utilization within the school, evaluating maintenance, use needs and space planning. He provides enrollment data analysis to the dean, associate deans and assistant dean and also collaborates on special projects. Andrew directs the school's faculty promotion and tenure process and HEDGE fund distributions. Additionally, Andrew supervises three undergraduate program administrators who coordinate the school’s interdisciplinary programs.

When not at Rice, Andrew enjoys traveling abroad and has visited Germany, Austria (ask about his family’s department store), Czech Republic, Argentina, Uruguay, Honduras, and Belize. He also engages with PS5 and Switch 2 video game consoles and is a 3D movie enthusiast.