People

Academic Advising

Charles Thomas Banks
Academic Advisor
Shannon DeMateo
Academic Advisor
412-624-7012
Heather Mattson
Academic Advisor
412-648-5911
Krista Stokes
Assistant Director, Advising Center
412-624-7314
Heidi Thomas
Academic Advisor
412-624-6376

Academic Support and Career Services

Carol Balk
Career Center, Student Affairs
Sandy (Cassandra) Kennedy-Carter
Administrative Assistant, Academic Success
Mary Napoli, EdD
Director of Academic Success
412-648-1203
Sean O'Connell
Academic Coach
412-624-6643

Admissions, Enrollment, and Student Records

Angie Byrne
Academic Administrator
412-624-0932
Susan Crain
Director of Student Records & Academic Administration
412-624-6201
Lena Zellers
Academic Administrator and Nontraditional Student Specialist
412-624-6201

Online Learning & Academic Programs

Boryana Dobreva, PhD
Director of Online Learning
412-624-6173
Leslie Hilliard
Academic Program Assistant
412-624-6617
Angela King
Academic Coordinator
412-624-2161
Christopher Longo
Instructional Designer
412-624-2111
James Reed
Senior Instructional Designer
412-624-2654
Kimberly Rehak
Instructional Designer
412-624-2202

Law, Criminal Justice, & Society

Max Cotton, Esq
Law, Criminal Justice, and Society | CGS
David DeFazio, JD
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS
Shawn Ellies, EdD / Commander
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS | Pitt Police Department
412-624-4040
Joel Fishman, MLS, PhD
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS
John Fitzgerald, JD
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS
JoAnne Green, MS
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS
Mart Harris, JD
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS
Wes Hiers, PhD
Director, Law, Criminal Justice & Society, Administration of Justice, and Legal Studies | Dietrich School & CGS
Malikeya Khantrece
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS
Andrew McClusky, MPIA
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS
Salvatore Poier, PhD
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | Dietrich & CGS
Poppi Ritacco, JD, LLM
Coordinator, Law, Criminal Justice & Society, Administration of Justice, and Legal Studies | Dietrich School & CGS
Melissa R. Ruggiero, JD, LLM
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS
Hyunjung Shim, PhD
Law, Criminal Justice & Society, Administration of Justice | Dietrich School & CGS
Ed Strimlan, MD
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS
Jonathan Vallano, PhD
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS | Pitt Greensburg
David Wecht, JD
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS
Eric Woltshock, JD
Law, Criminal Justice & Society | CGS

Joint Faculty Appointments

John Boonstra, PhD
History | Dietrich School & CGS
Cordelia Brazile, PhD
History | Dietrich School & CGS
Alonna Carter-Donaldson, MA
GSWS | Dietrich School & CGS
Courtney Colligan, PhD
GSWS | Dietrich School & CGS
Margarita Delgado Creamer, PhD
Religious Studies | Dietrich School & CGS
Ruth Hofrichter, PhD
Psychology | Dietrich School & CGS
Barbara Klein
English | Dietrich School & CGS
Alina Kuvelkar
Statistics | Dietrich School & CGS
Marcy Ladson, PhD
History | Dietrich School & CGS
Klaus Libertus, PhD
Psychology | Dietrich School & CGS
Heather Reel, PhD
GSWS | Dietrich School & CGS
Elizabeth Richey, PhD
Psychology | Dietrich School & CGS
Chihuangji (Herbert) Wang, PhD
Urban Studies | Dietrich School & CGS
Sara Watson, PhD, MFA
English Composition | Dietrich School & CGS
Jonathan Zisook, PhD
Religious Studies | Dietrich School & CGS

Affiliated Faculty

Erin Alpert Holmes, PhD
Slavic Languages & Literatures | Dietrich School
Rika Asai, PhD
Music | Dietrich School
Brock Bahler, PhD
Religious Studies | Dietrich School
Joel Brady, PhD
Religious Studies | Dietrich School
LaWana Butler, PhD
Public Service | GSPIA
Ellen Cohn, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow
Communication & Rhetoric | Dietrich School
412-760-1403
Dave Coplan, MS
Public Service | GSPIA
George Dougherty, PhD
Director, Public Service | GSPIA
April Dukes, PhD
Neuroscience | Swanson School of Engineering
Liberty Ferda, MFA
English | Dietrich School
Nancy Fultz, PhD
Sociology | Dietrich School
Shailendra Gajanan, PhD
Economics | Pitt Bradford
814-362-7628
John Gareis, PhD
Communication & Rhetoric | Dietrich School
Marita Garrett, MS
Public Service | GSPIA
Ahmed Ghuman, PsyD, MBA, LPC
Psychology | Dietrich School | University Counseling Center
Victoria G. Green, RDH MEd MPH
Dental Hygiene | School of Dental Medicine
Bryan Harmon, MA
Statistics | Dietrich School
William Hawthorne, PsyD
Psychology | Dietrich School
Isaac King, PhD
History of Art & Architecture | Dietrich School
Amy Kirk, PhD
Sociology | Dietrich School
Roger Klein, PhD
Psychology | Dietrich School
Kent Kosack, MFA
English Composition & Creative Writing | Dietrich School
Jonathan Livingston, PhD
Public Service | GSPIA
Ulrike (Rikki) Malandro, MA
German | Dietrich School
Cynthia McCarthy, DHCE, MA, NREMT
Public Service | School of Public Health
Ann Mitchell, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FIAAN, FAAN
Health & Community Systems | School of Nursing
412-624-9005
Robert O'Mara, MEd
Mathematics | Dietrich School
Na-Jin Park, PhD, MSN, BSN
Health & Community Systems | School of Nursing
412-648-5687
Alison Patterson, PhD
English, Film & Media Studies | Dietrich School
Ryan Pilcher, PhD
French & Italian | Dietrich School
Sam Pittman, MFA
English Composition & Disability Studies | Dietrich School
Sarah Quesen, PhD
Statistics | Dietrich School
Amanda Sevilla, PhD
English | Dietrich School
Anthony Sorrentino, MA
Mathematics | Dietrich School
Uwe Stender, PhD
German | Dietrich School
James Talerico, MA
Communication & Rhetoric | Dietrich School
Dieter Waeltermann, PhD
German | Dietrich School
Kelly R Wagner, RDH BS MS
Director, Dental Hygiene | School of Dental Medicine