Associate Dean Responsibilities

Kay Brummond, Associate Dean for Faculty

kbrummon@pitt.edu

Responsibilities: 

  • Tenure, promotion, and contract renewals
  • Advise department chairs, program directors, and interdisciplinary center directors
  • Faculty leaves, sabbaticals, transfers out of the tenure stream
  • Faculty fellowships
  • Advise on evaluations of department chairs and center and program directors
  • Mentoring T/TS and AS faculty
  • Chair, Dietrich School Faculty Diversity Committee
  • Departmental strategic reviews
  • Grievances and allegations against faculty

Adam Leibovich, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development

akl2@pitt.edu

Responsibilities: 

  • Faculty recruiting and hiring (including ancillary budget)
  • Postdoctoral appointments
  • Research development, equipment, instrumentation
  • Conflict of interest and intellectual property agreements
  • Salary reconsiderations
  • Course releases
  • Faculty retirements and terminations
  • Faculty Research and Scholarship Program (FRSP)
  • Edwards Publication Fund

Jonathan Woon, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies

woon@pitt.edu 

Responsibilities: 

  • Academic services associated with the Graduate Studies Office
  • Graduate recruitment, curricula, enrollments, and funding
  • Academic integrity
  • TA budget, tuition budget, and Dietrich School Fellowship budget
  • Fellowship competitions, national and international awards
  • Chair, Dietrich School Graduate Council

John Twyning, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and College of General Studies

twyning@pitt.edu

Responsibilities: 

  • Academic services associated with the Undergraduate Dean’s Office
  • Undergraduate curricula and assessment
  • Academic Integrity
  • Works directly with students, parents, Chairs, and faculty on all issues involving undergraduate students and undergraduate programs
  • Works with the Office of Admission and Financial Aid on undergraduate recruitment and enrollment
  • Chair, Dietrich School Undergraduate Council
  • Work with CGS, Honors College, School of Engineering and College of Business Administration on undergraduate educational experiences

 

Updated: March 23, 2022