Academic Dean's Office Staff

Brent Carbajal
Brent Carbajal
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
Kerry Roccia
Kerry Roccia
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College; Academic Affairs Office Operations Manager

Areas of expertise: Dean’s Office coordinator, Dean’s calendar, Dean’s events, faculty meetings, and Educational Quality Committee of the Board of Trustees

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Christopher Cotton
Head Supplemental Academic Support Specialist

Areas of expertise: support for departments experiencing staffing shortages

Pierangelo Depace
Pierangelo De Pace
Associate Dean of the College; Professor of Economics

Areas of expertise: self-studies, curriculum planning, international initiatives, teaching and learning, grade changes

Tara Dybas
Tara Dybas
Director of Faculty Affairs

Areas of expertise: faculty reappointment, promotion, and tenure; Wig grants for pedagogy and curricular support; Wig Distinguished Professorship Award; academic staff development grants; Hawley Departmental Library Fund; liaison to Faculty Personnel Committee (FPC), Cabinet Agenda Committee, Human Resources, Executive Committee (EC), and Emeriti Committee; faculty data and policy

Dean Gerstein
Dean Gerstein
Director of Sponsored Research

Areas of expertise: research funding opportunities and grant proposals (government); research agency relations, agreements and awards; research development; regulatory compliance; behavioral sciences

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Kara Godwin
Assistant Vice President and Chief Global Officer

Area of expertise: global engagement, institutional transformation and interdisciplinarity, international initiatives

Annie Huang
Annie Huang
Supplemental Academic Support Specialist

Areas of expertise: support for departments experiencing staffing shortages

Sabina Klemm
Sabina Klemm
Contracts and Hiring Specialist

Areas of expertise: tenure-track faculty contracts, visiting faculty contracts, faculty hiring and onboarding processes

Stephen Marks
Stephen Marks
Associate Dean of the College; Elden Smith Professor of Economics

Areas of expertise: faculty and student research support, academic space management (E&A), IRB, and IACUC

April Mayes
April J. Mayes
Senior Associate Dean of the College; Warren Day Professor of History

Area of expertise: diversity, equity, and inclusion, campus climate, searches, Chau Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, memorials, Deputy Title IX Coordinator – Grievance Intake Officer

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Heidi Schumacher
Associate Dean of the College

Areas of expertise: student academic success assessment and strategic planning, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, transfer student support, academic support centers, cohorts, advising, Orientations

Andy Schuster
Andy Schuster
Grants Administrator

Areas of expertise: faculty research grants (internal research grants), faculty research conference travel grants (travel policy), Summer Undergraduate Research Program, sabbatical accrual (leaves), Institutional Review Board (IRB), academic department prizes

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Amir Soliman
Assistant Director for Faculty Affairs

Areas of expertise: Logistical support for Faculty Personnel Committee and Cabinet; faculty development events; chair meetings; faculty searches; Wig teaching grants; academic staff grants; Hawley funds; ADDEI support

Sean Young
Sean Young
Environmental Health and Safety Officer

Areas of expertise: laboratory safety, hazardous waste, safety training, chemical hygiene plan, personal protective equipment (PPE)
Emergency Information
Emergency Response Team