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Undergraduate Studies

Associate Dean's Office Staff

 

Jessica Hatherill, EdD, Executive Director, Undergraduate Studies and College of General Studies

 

Maryellen Gannon, Director of Operations

 

TBD, Administrative Coordinator

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinates the annual assessment of the General Education Requirements
  • Coordinates the AMPCO-Pittsburgh Prize nomination and selection process
  • Coordinates Mid-Term Progress Reports for first-year students
  • Serves as the primary maintainer of the Dietrich School Undergraduate Catalog
  • Serves as Secretary of the Dietrich School Undergraduate Council and CGS Council
  • Works with the Office of Measurement and Evaluation of Teaching (OMET) on Student Opinion of Teaching Surveys

 

Undergraduate Student Services

Susan Crain, Director of Student Records and Academic Administration

Responsibilities:

  • Academic policies and procedures
  • Certifying students for graduation
  • Transfer credit evaluation
  • Advanced Standing
  • Study Abroad
  • Regional relocation
  • Internal transfer students (incoming and outgoing)
  • Works with academic departments, Student Affairs, and Student Appeals to assist students in distress

 

Derek Fischer, Director of Advising

Responsibilities:

  • Academic advising for all undeclared Dietrich School students and all CGS students
  • Coordinates the academic portion of orientations for incoming first-year students
  • Partners with departmental advisors to ensure consistent advising throughout the student career
  • Seat management of first-year and external transfer appropriate courses
  • Peer Advisor Program 

 

Laura Dice, Assistant Dean and Director of First-Year Programs

Responsibilities:

  • Academic Foundations/Intro to Arts and Sciences courses (FP 0001, FP 0002, FP 0003, FP 0004, and FP 0006)
  • Academic Communities (clusters of themed courses that provide a cohort-experience for first-semester students)
  • Freshman/First-Year Socialization Funds

 

Mary Napoli, Director of Study Lab and Academic Success

Responsibilities: 

  • Partners with faculty, staff, and administrators within the Dietrich School and across campus to improve student persistence and graduation
  • Academic standing policies and procedures, including Academic Alert, Probation, Suspension, Dismissal
  • Peer Tutoring
  • Academic Coaching
  • Academic Skills Workshops

 

Michele Lagnese, Director of Student Support Services

Responsibilities:

  • Oversees the federally-funded TRIO grant serving first-generation and low-income students (serves 250 undergraduates across Pitt and provides wrap-around services like advising, tutoring, and academic skills development.)

 

Patrick Mullen, Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Responsibilities:

  • First Experiences in Research (FE-R) and Continuing Experiences in Research (CE-R)
  • Field Studies in New York and London
  • Archival Scholars Research Awards (in partnership with the University Library System)
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Awards
  • Curiosity Grants
  • BRIDGES Scholar program for underrepresented students who are scholarship recipients
  • Works with departments to enhance/develop undergraduate research opportunities

 

Michael Giazzoni, Director of College in High School and Accelerated High School

Responsibilities:

  • College in High School (CHS)
  • Works with academic departments, faculty liaisons, and high school teachers to ensure high school teachers are certified and trained to teach Pitt courses.
  • Accelerated High School (AHS)

 

Updated: March 23, 2022