Our faculty is comprised of exceptional professors, experienced instructors, and industry professionals — all from the University, the city, and the surrounding region — who are valued leaders of the CGS community at Pitt. Get to know them and how they will help shape your journey to graduation.
| Faculty Name | School / Department / Program | Contact |
| Alpert, Erin | PhD | Slavic Languages and Literature | era17@pitt.edu |
| Balaban, Carey | PhD | National Preparedness and Homeland Security | cbalaban@pitt.edu |
| Balk, Carol | MS | Public Service / CGS Career Counseling | carol.balk@pitt.edu |
| Beaty, Joshua | MA | Communication | jlb168@pitt.edu |
| Beeko, Eric | PhD | Music | erb16@pitt.edu |
| Black, Meghan (Scahill) | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | mblack1@pitt.edu |
| Bober, Mitchell | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | mbober@pitt.edu |
| Boonstra, John | PhD | History | job304@pitt.edu |
| Brady, Joel Christopher | PhD | Religious Studies | jcb33@pitt.edu |
| Buck, George | MS | Public Service / Leadership | gpb5@pitt.edu |
| Burdsall, Mark | MBA | College of General Studies internship | pauab5@pitt.edu |
| Butler, LaWana | PhD | Public Service | llb71@pitt.edu |
| Casey, Patrick | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Legal Studies | pmc@pitt.edu |
| Chandler, Curry | PhD | Communication | rcc37@pitt.edu |
| Cercone, David | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Legal Studies | dac10@pitt.edu |
| Cohn, Ellen | PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA-F | Communication | ecohn@pitt.edu |
| Coplan, David | MPA, MSW | Public Service | dcoplan@pitt.edu |
| Corder, Lloyd | PhD | Communication | llc3@pitt.edu |
| Defazio, David | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Legal Studies | faze2@pitt.edu |
| Delgado Creamer, Margarita A | PhD | Religious Studies | delgadocreamer@pitt.edu |
| DeMateo, Shannon | MAT | Mathematics | sed104@pitt.edu |
| DeSantis, Dennis | MS | Public Service | desantis@pitt.edu |
| D’Imperio, Cristina | PhD | English Literature | cmd208@pitt.edu |
| Dukes, April | PhD | Neuroscience | aprila@pitt.edu |
| Ellies, Shawn | EdD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | sellies@pitt.edu |
| Ferda, Liberty | MFA | English Composition | llh19@pitt.edu |
| Fishman, Joel | MLS, PhD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Legal Studies | jfish@pitt.edu |
| Fitzgerald, John | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | jxf144@pitt.edu |
| Ford, Sheila | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Legal Studies | smf10@pitt.edu |
| Furman (Friem), Rachel | MA | Communication | rfurman@pitt.edu |
| Gajanan, Shailendra | PhD | Economics | sng1@pitt.edu |
| Gareis, John W | PhD | Communication | gareis@pitt.edu |
| Gentile, Louis | MS, ABD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | log3@pitt.edu |
| Green, JoAnne | MS | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | jgreen17@pitt.edu |
| Guthrie, Meredith | PhD | Communication | guthrie@pitt.edu |
| Halechko, Anna | PhD | Psychology | halechko@pitt.edu |
| Hammock, Sarah Bagley | PhD | English Literature | scb18@pitt.edu |
| Harmon, Bryan | MA | Statistics | bmh89@pitt.edu |
| Hawthorne, William | PhD | Psychology | wjh1@pitt.edu |
| Hiers, Wesley | PhD | Director, Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice, and Legal Studies | wjh16@pitt.edu |
| Kerr, Margaret | PhD | Sociology | School of Education | mak24@pitt.edu |
| Khantrece, Malikeya | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society | mak702@pitt.edu |
| Kieffer, Candice | RDH, MS | School of Dental Medicine / Dental Hygiene Program | cak178@pitt.edu |
| King, Isaac O | History of Art & Architecture | iok4@pitt.edu |
| Kirkwood, Nancy | MFA | English Writing | nancy.kirkwood@pitt.edu |
| Klein, Barbara | English Composition | bklein@pitt.edu |
| Klein, Roger | PhD | Psychology | rklein@pitt.edu |
| Korman, David | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Legal Studies | roman2@pitt.edu |
| Kosack, Kent | MFA | English Composition & Creative Writing | kek150@pitt.edu |
| Krueger, Kori | PhD | Psychology | Post-Doctoral Fellow, CMU | klk136@pitt.edu |
| Ladson, Marcy | PhD | History | mjl115@pitt.edu |
| Laudato, Nicholas | PhD | Public Service | laudato@pitt.edu |
| Livingston, Jonathan | PhD | Public Service | jel213@pitt.edu |
| Lovell, Peggy | PhD | Sociology | lovell@pitt.edu |
| Magnu, Jessica | MEd, RDN, LDN | School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences | magnu@pitt.edu |
| Margolis, Katherine | PhD | Communication | kak169@pitt.edu |
| McCarthy, Cynthia | DHCE, MA, EMT-B | Public Service | carth01@pitt.edu |
| McClusky, Andrew | MPIA | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | apm49@pitt.edu |
| McDonald, Richard | MBA | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | richard-mcdonald@pitt.edu |
| McLee, Tiffany | MPIA | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | tam173@pitt.edu |
| McQueary, Curtis | MA | Communication | cwm21@pitt.edu |
| Mitchell, Ann | PHD, RN, AHN-BC, FIAAN, FAAN | School of Nursing | ammi@pitt.edu |
| O'Connell, Sean P | MEd | Dietrich Study Lab | spo15@pitt.edu |
| O'Mara, Robert | Mathematics | romara22@pitt.edu |
| O’Reilly, Colleen | History of Art and Architecture | cwo8@pitt.edu |
| Parker, Kathleen | PhD | History | krp32@pitt.edu |
| Patterson, Alison | PhD | English / Film and Media Studies | alp30@pitt.edu |
| Peebles, Craig | PhD | Biology | cpeebles@pitt.edu |
| Pierson, Jamie | PhD | Neuroscience | piersonj@pitt.edu |
| Pittman, Sam | MFA | English Composition | sep44@pitt.edu |
| Quesen, Sarah | PhD | Statistics | ssq1@pitt.edu |
| Rannigan, Chad | MA | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | rannigan@pitt.edu |
| Ritacco, Poppi | JD, LLM | Coordinator, Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice, and Legal Studies | pritacco@pitt.edu |
| Roberts, Laurel | PhD | Biological Sciences | laurel.roberts@pitt.edu |
| Ruggiero, Melissa | JD, LLM | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | mrr74@pitt.edu |
| Scott, Wesley | Classics | wbsst6@pitt.edu |
| Serge, Mark | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | masergio@pitt.edu |
| Sochats, Kenneth | MBA | National Preparedness and Homeland Security | sochats@pitt.edu |
| Stafura, Joseph | PhD | Psychology | jzs51@pitt.edu |
| Stender, Uwe | PhD | German | ews5@pitt.edu |
| Streeter, Sybil | PhD | Psychology | streeter@pitt.edu |
| Strimlan, Edward | MD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | eas23@pitt.edu |
| Suzuki, Yoko | PhD | Music | Yoko.Suzuki@pitt.edu |
| Talerico, James | Communication | jtaleric@pitt.edu |
| Turner, Denise | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | drturner@pitt.edu |
| Vallano, Jonathan | PhD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Legal Studies | jov15@pitt.edu |
| Wang, Chihuangji (Herbert) | PhD | Urban Studies | chw367@pitt.edu |
| Watson, Sara | PhD | English Composition | s.watson@pitt.edu |
| Wecht, David | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Legal Studies | dwecht@pitt.edu |
| Wilfong, Tiffany | PhD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | tlw72@pitt.edu |
| Wisnosky, Marc | PhD | Slavic Languages and Literatures | maw101@pitt.edu |
| Woltshock, Eric | JD | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | ejw9@pitt.edu |
| Wright, Bryan | PhD | Music | bryan.wright@pitt.edu |
| Yuhasz, Joseph | MA | Law, Criminal Justice, and Society / Administration of Justice | jay69@pitt.edu |
| Zubritzky, Peter | PhD | Psychology | pcz@pitt.edu |