Office of the Dean

A Welcome from Dean Adam Leibovich

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Dean's Office Administration

A listing of the Assistant Deans in the Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences and Dean Adam Leibovich's administrative staff.

Associate Deans

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and the College of General Studies

Associate Professor Adriana Helbig, Chair, Department of Music

• Dietrich School Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Academic Integrity Officer
• Dietrich School Council
• Dietrich School Undergraduate Council
• Provost’s Area Planning and Budgeting Committee
• Dietrich School Academic Integrity Review Board
   

Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development

Professor Hannah Johnson, Department of English

• Senate Educational Policies Committee
• Faculty Mentor, Humanities Engage Program
• Facilitator, Mid-Career Faculty Writing Accountability Group
• Chair, Literature Program Pedagogy Committee
• Graduate Procedures Committee
   

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Professor Todd Reeser, Chair, Department of French and Italian

• Director, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Program
• Humanities Council Chair
• Dietrich School Council
• Provost’s Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Programs
• Ad hoc Provost’s Tenure Appeals Committee
• Humanities Center Advisory Committee
• College of General Studies Council
   

Associate Dean for Equity, Faculty Recruitment, and Community Engagement

Professor Natasha Tokowicz, Department of Psychology

• University Senate representative, Associate Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
• University Board of Trustees Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee
• University Policy Committee: Nondiscrimination, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action Policy
• Co-Chair, University Senate Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination Advocacy Committee
• University Senate Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination Advocacy Committee

Dean's Office Staff

Staff Directory

• Staff Leadership
• Academic Operations and Administration
• Executive Support Team
• Budget and Financial
• Communications/Recruitment
• Equity and Community Engagement
• Facilities
• Graduate Studies Dean's Office
• IT/Data Teams
• Payroll
• Personnel
• Organization Development
• Sponsored Projects Administration
• Undergraduate Studies Dean's Office

Faculty Directory by Department

Faculty Directory by Department

• Africana Studies
• Anthropology
• Architectural Studies
• Bioethics
• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Children's Literature
• Classics
• Classics, Philosophy, and Ancient Science
• Communication
• Cultural Studies
• East Asian Languages and Literatures
• Economics
• English
• Film and Media Studies
• French and Italian
• Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
• Geology and Environmental Science
• German
• Hispanic Languages and Literatures
• History
• History and Philosophy of Science
• History of Art and Architecture
• Integrative Molecular Biology
• Jewish Studies
• Linguistics
• Mathematics
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Music
• Neuroscience 
• Philosophy
• Physics and Astronomy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Religious Studies
• Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Sociology
• Statistics
• Studio Arts
• Theatre Arts
• Urban Studies

Resources

Contact the Dean's Office

Please contact us at artsci@pitt.edu. We are also available on our official social media accounts. For our mailing address and driving directions, please visit our Contact Us page.

Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and College of General Studies Organizational Chart

 

Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and

College of General Studies

Effective 1.8.2024

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
Name	Title	Contact	Contact Email
Adam Leibovich	Bettye J. & Ralph E. Bailey Dean	Lisa Lang	lisalang@pitt.edu
Jonathan Woon	Associate Dean for Graduate Studies	Jennifer Sadecky	jsadecky@pitt.edu
Natasha Tokowicz	Associate Dean for Equity, Community Engagement, and Faculty Development	Emma Wallace-Potts	ecw78@pitt.edu
Todd Reeser	Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs	Kennedy Ziemba	kmz48@pitt.edu
Adriana Helbig	Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and CGS	Maryellen Gannon	mhg19@pitt.edu
Hannah Johnson	Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Recruitment	Kennedy Ziemba	kmz48@pitt.edu
Jessica Hatherill	Executive Director for Administration	Emma Wallace-Potts	ecw78@pitt.edu
Patrick Cunningham	Executive Director for Physical & Financial Resources	Emma Wallace-Potts	ecw@78@pitt.edu
SENIOR STAFF
Name	Title		Email
Pete Chambers	Director, Shared Research Support Services		Pgc2@pitte.du
Derek Fischer	Senior Director, Undergraduate Studies and CGS		Djf63@pitt.edu
Jim Griffin	Director of Equity and Community Engagement		j.griff@pitt.edu
Linda Howard	Division Administrator, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Humanities		hlinda@pitt.edu
Lisa Lang	Director of Executive Operations		lisalang@pitt.edu
Maureen Lazar	Director, Workforce Effectiveness		lazarm@pitt.edu
Kelly Lloyd	Director of Personnel and Faculty Affairs		klloyd@pitt.edu
Carol Mullen	Director, Communications & Undergraduate Recruitment		cam108@pitt.edu
Jeff Petsis	Director, Sponsored Projects Administration		Jwp60@pitt.edu
Mat Romick	Senior Director for Budget and Finance		romickm@pitt.edu
Amy Wildman	Director, Data Analytics/Technology Solutions		amywildman@pitt.edu
John Willard	Director of Payroll		jow69@pitt.edu
Bill Yost	Director, Graduate Studies		Bill.yost@pitt.edu
PROGRAMS
Program Name	Director	Contact	Contact Email
Architectural Studies	Sahar Hosseini (Acting)	Sahar Hosseini	shosseini@pitt.edu
Bioethics	Lisa Parker	Beth Ann Pischke	pischke@pitt.edu
Children’s Literature	Courtney Weikle-Mills	Courtney Weikle-Mills	Caw57@pitt.edu
CPAS	Sara Magrin	Sara Magrin	Magrin_s@pitt.edu
Cultural Studies	Michael Sawyer	Allison Thompson	Allison.thompson@pitt.edu
Film and Media Studies	David Pettersen	Allison Thompson	Allison.thompson@pitt.edu
Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSWS)	Laura Lovett	Laura Lovett	Lll49@pitt.edu
Jewish Studies	Frayda Cohen (Interim)	Frayda Cohen	frcst5@pitt.edu
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	Elizabeth Archibald	Allison Thompson	Allison.thompson@pitt.edu
Urban Studies	Michael Glass	Katie Palmieri	katie.palmieri@pitt.edu
World History Center	Ruth Mostern	Ruth Mostern	rmostern@pitt.edu
Humanities Center	David Marshall Carla Nappi	Allison Thompson	Allison.thompson@pitt.edu
Center for African American Poetry and Poetics	Steffan Triplett	Allison Thompson	Allison.thompson@pitt.edu
Center for Comparative Archaeology	Liz Arkush	Liz Arkush	arkush@pitt.edu
Critical European Culture Studies	Randall Halle	Allison Thompson	Allison.thompson@pitt.edu
DEPARTMENTS BY DIVISION
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Department Name	Department Chair	Contact	Contact Email
Africana Studies	Felix Germain	Wynn Maloney	Wynn2@pitt.edu
Anthropology	Margaret Judd	Wynn Maloney	Wynn2@pitt.edu
Economics	Marla Ripoll	Cindy Graf	Cmg134@pitt.edu
History	Michel Gobat	Katie Palmieri	kpp37@pitt.edu
Political Science	Jae-Jae Spoon	Natalie Konish	nek89@pitt.edu
Sociology	Lisa Brush	Nicole Troy	Nit72@pitt.edu
HUMANITIES
Classics	Christian Wildberg	Erin Delaney	Ewd9@pitt.edu
Communication	Calum Matheson	Lauri Freund	Llk1@pitt.edu
East Asian	Elizabeth Oyler	Laura Brooks	laurabrooks@pitt.edu
English	Gayle Rogers	Sara Baumann	sebaumann@pitt.edu
French and Italian	John Walsh (Interim)	Andrew Gray	asg147@pitt.edu
German	Sabine Von Dirke	Erin Delaney	Ewd9@pitt.edu
Hispanic	Chris Bonneau	Erin Delaney	Ewd9@pitt.edu
History of Art & Architecture	Mina Rajagopalan	Evan Zajdel	Ewz5@pitt.edu
History & Philosophy of Science	Michael Dietrich	Matt Ceraso	Mrc118@pitt.edu
Linguistics	Scott Kiesling	Allison Thompson	Allison.thompson@pitt.edu
Music	Michael Heller (Interim)	Phil Thompson	concerts@pitt.edu
Philosophy	Jacob Rosen	Matt Ceraso	Mrc118@pitt.edu
Religious Studies	Adam Shear	Allison Thompson	Allison.thompson@pitt.edu
Slavic	Bella Grigoryan	Briar Somerville	Kbs47@pitt.edu
Studio Arts	Lenore Thomas	Evan Zajdel	Ewz5@pitt.edu
Theatre Arts	Cynthia Croot	Evan Zajdel	Ewz5@pitt.edu
NATURAL SCIENCES
Biological Sciences	Jeffrey Lawrence	Deanna Wolkiewicz	Dmd75@pitt.edu
Chemistry	Haitao Liu	Amber Travis	adt59@pitt.edu
Geology & Environmental Science	Josef Werne	Michele Gavin	mlg197@pitt.edu
Mathematics	Dehua Wang	Jason Irwin	Jai48@pitt.edu
Neuroscience	Steve Meriney	Deanna Wolkiewicz	Dmd75@pitt.edu
Physics and Astronomy	Arthur Kosowsky	Michele Slogan	slogan@pitt.edu
Psychology	Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal	April Kwiatkowski	Awk25@pitt.edu
Statistics	Yu Cheng	Steven Haines	Srh75@pitt.edu
Undergraduate Studies	412-624-6480
Graduate Studies	412-624-6094

Frequently Requested Documents

• Chairs' Handbook
• Guide to Faculty Mentoring
• Guidelines for Writing a Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Gender-Inclusive Guidelines 
• Guidelines for Evaluating Faculty Teaching (PDF)
• Post-Tenure Mentoring Discussion Guide (PDF)
• Policy on Closures and Class Cancellations
• Recommendations for Establishing & Maintaining Departmental Diversity Committees (PDF)
• Request for Review of Faculty Consulting Agreement (PDF)
• Student Support Guide For Faculty and Staff
• Policies for Using Undergraduates to Provide Academic Support (PDF)
• Provost's Faculty Development Resources
• “Which Department Are We?" - Discussion Guide for Departments (PDF)
• Work/Life Balance
• Title IX at Pitt
• Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Dietrich School Policies and Procedures

 

The following guidelines pertain to student-faculty academic integrity issues and to the school's initiatives regarding diversity and faculty computing. For documentation on Dietrich School governance and grievance procedures available to faculty, see the Dietrich School's bylaws.

• Academic Integrity Code
• Academic Integrity Violation Report form (PDF)
• Chairs' Handbook
• Supporting Diversity
• Faculty Computing Program (Dietrich School)
• Faculty Mentoring
• General Education Requirements
• Salary Reconsideration Process
• Style Guide
• iTunes U

University Policies and Procedures

• University Catalogs
• Faculty Handbook
• Protecting Children from Abuse
• University Policies and Procedures Directory
• University Research Integrity Policy