Leadership

Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and

College of General Studies

Effective 5.2.2025

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
Name	Title	Contact	Contact Email
Adam Leibovich	Bettye J. & Ralph E. Bailey Dean	Maryellen Gannon	mhg19@pitt.edu
Jonathan Woon	Associate Dean for Graduate Studies	Jennifer Sadecky	jsadecky@pitt.edu
Natasha Tokowicz	Associate Dean for Equity, Faculty Development, and Community Engagement	Brin Sharrar	bls194@pitt.edu
Todd Reeser	Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs	Kennedy Ziemba	kmz48@pitt.edu
Adriana Helbig	Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and CGS	Russ Maiers	rrm13@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	Brin Sharrar	bls194@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
Maryellen Gannon	Director, Executive Operations		mhg19@pitt.edu
Jim Griffin	Director of Equity and Community Engagement		j.griff@pitt.edu
Linda Howard	Senior Director for Academic Operations and Administration		hlinda@pitt.edu
Lisa Lang	Director, Ombuds Office		lisalang@pitt.edu
Maureen Lazar	Director, Staff Personnel		lazarm@pitt.edu
Kelly Lloyd	Director of Faculty Affairs		klloyd@pitt.edu
Monika Losagio	Associate Director for Academic Operations and Administration		losagio@pitt.edu
Jeremiah McKain	Director of Facilities Support		jmckain@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	Christopher Drew Armstrong	Evan Zajdel	ewz5@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	Amanda Quain	acq9@pitt.edu
Film and Media Studies	David Pettersen	Marta Zeamanual	maz155@pitt.edu
Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSWS)	Frayda Cohen *Acting Fall ‘25	Amanda Quain	acq9@pitt.edu
Jewish Studies	Rachel Kranson	Megan Ponter	mep355@pitt.edu
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	Elizabeth Archibald	Megan Ponter	mep355@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	CE Mackenzie	cem134@pitt.edu
Center for African American Poetry and Poetics	Gary Jackson	Sarah Elizabeth Baumann	sebaumann@pitt.edu
Center for Comparative Archaeology	Bryan Hanks	Bryan Hanks	bkh5@pitt.edu
Critical European Culture Studies	Randall Halle	Anthony Payne	aep63@pitt.edu
DEPARTMENTS BY DIVISION
*SOCIAL SCIENCES*
Department Name	Department Chair	Contact	Contact Email
Africana Studies	John Wallace (Interim)	Juanita DelVecchio	jmd384@pitt.edu
Anthropology	Margaret Judd	Anika Agarwal	mudita@pitt.edu
Economics	Luca Rigotti	Cindy Graf	Cmg134@pitt.edu
History	Michel Gobat	Gillian Kuchma	gillian.kuchma@pitt.edu
Political Science	Jae-Jae Spoon	Natalie Konish	nek89@pitt.edu
Sociology	Lisa Brush	Nicole Troy	Nit72@pitt.edu
*HUMANITIES*
Classics	Christian Wildberg	Kelly Britcher Anthony Payne	ksb85@pitt.edu a.payne@pitt.edu
Communication	Calum Matheson	Lauri Freund	Llk1@pitt.edu
East Asian	Beth Oyler	Amy Burke	amb939@pitt.edu
English	Gayle Rogers	Sara Elizabeth Baumann	sebaumann@pitt.edu
French and Italian	John Walsh	Michael Webster	msw127@pitt.edu
German	Richard Donato (Acting)	Kelly Britcher Anthony Payne	ksb85@pitt.edu a.payne@pitt.edu
History of Art & Architecture	Mina Rajagopalan (Acting)	Evan Zajdel	ewz5@pitt.edu
History & Philosophy of Science	Michael Dietrich	Matt Ceraso	mrc118@pitt.edu
Linguistics	Matthew Kanwit	Amy Burke	amb939@pitt.edu
Music	AJ Johnson	Phil Thompson	concerts@pitt.edu
Philosophy	Jacob Rosen	Matt Ceraso	Mrc118@pitt.edu
Religious Studies	Adam Shear	Megan Ponter	mep355@pitt.edu
Slavic	Bella Grigoryan	Kelly Britcher Anthony Payne	ksb85@pitt.edu a.payne@pitt.edu
Spanish and Portuguese	Chris Bonneau	Michael Webster	msw127@pitt.edu
Studio Arts	Delanie Jenkins (Interim)	Krystina Primack	knp53@pitt.edu
Theatre Arts	Annmarie Duggan	Micky Krenek	mfk48@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	Andrew Zentner	Michele Slogan	slogan@pitt.edu
PLE	Cori Zawacki	Chris Davis	chris.davis@pitt.edu
Psychology	Tessa Warren	Marie Taylor	mrt103@pitt.edu
Statistics	Yu Cheng	Steven Haines	Srh75@pitt.edu

Undergraduate Studies	412-624-6480
Graduate Studies	412-624-6094

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