Associate Deans

Todd Reeser

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Governance

  • Workload and Workload Policy 
  • ​Faculty Evaluation 
  • Teaching Assessment 
  • Sanctions/Disciplinary Actions 
  • Department and Program Bylaws 
  • Salary reconsiderations
  • Course equivalencies 
  • Unit-level Administrative Appointments and Appointment Letters

Hannah Johnson

Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Advancement

  • ​Tenure & Promotion 
  • Contract Renewals 
  • Retirements/Resignations/Emeritus/a Status 
  • Faculty Development 
  • Faculty Grants Committee 
  • Mentoring TTS and AS faculty 
  • Secondary and courtesy appointments and reappointments 
  • External reviews of departments and programs 
  • Interdisciplinary Programs 

Natasha Tokowicz

Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Belonging

  • Faculty recruitment
  • Retentions 
  • Ancillary budget/instructional needs/capacity
  • Appointments and reappointments of visiting and research faculty 
  • Faculty leaves/sabbaticals/FMFL/transfers out of the tenure stream 
  • Dual career hiring 
  • Buyout requests 
  • Unit Climate/Faculty Mediation
  • Leadership development  

Armin Schikorra

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research

  • Administrative oversight of the Office of Graduate Studies
  • Provide oversight of PhD, MS, MA, and MFA programs and degrees in departments and in interdisciplinary programs, including joint programs with the School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University.  
  • Provide accurate, efficient management of funding allocated as part of the graduate student appointment process
  • Serve as Chair of the Graduate Council
  • Provide academic and student support services to graduate students
  • Coordinate research development, grants, equipment, and instrumentation
  • Serve as liaison to the SVC for Research
  • Oversee Postdoc appointments

Adriana Helbig

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and CGS

  • Administrative oversight of the Office of Undergraduate Studies
  • Undergraduate education
  • Curricular innovation
  • Adult/non-traditional students and online education
  • Academic student support
  • Chair of DSAS Undergraduate Council and CGS Council
  • Administration of DSAS Academic Integrity Policy