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Core Faculty

Julie Beaulieu
Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Undergraduate Advisor
Jordan Bernsmeier
Teaching Assistant Professor
Dominique Brown, visiting lecturer
Dominique Brown
Teaching Assistant Professor
Frayda Cohen
Teaching Professor, Director of GSWS
Courtney Colligan
Teaching Assistant Professor
Bridget Keown
Teaching Associate Professor
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Matt Lovett
Teaching Associate Professor
Naima Mohammadi
Teaching Assistant Professor
John Musser
Teaching Associate Professor
PJ Patella-Rey
Teaching Assistant Professor
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Heather Reel
Teaching Assistant Professor
David Tenorio
GSWS Director of Graduate Studies | Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Affiliated Faculty

Lisa S. Alfredson
Assistant Professor
Mark Lynn Anderson
Associate Professor
Amani Attia
Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Arabic Major & Minor, Department of Linguistics
Gretchen Holtzapple Bender
Assistant Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Tyler Bickford
Professor, Department of English 
Deborah Brake
Professor and Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development, School of Law 
Jerome Branche
Professor
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Sarah Brucia Breitenfeld
Assistant Professor, Department of Classics
Robin Brooks
Associate Professor, Department of English 
Caitlin Bruce
Professor, Department of Communication 
Lisa D. Brush
Professor, Department of Sociology
James P. Cassaro
Professor Emeritus, Department of Music
Jane A. Cauley
Distinguished Professor Emerita, Department of Epidemiology
Sophia Choukas-Bradley
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology 
Melinda Ciccocioppo
Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Nancy Condee
Professor; Director, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Director of Graduate Studies 
Nicole Constable
Professor, Department of Anthropology
T. Elon Dancy
Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy 
Helma de Vries-Jordan
Associate Professor of Political Science, Pitt - Bradford, Chair of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Linda DeAngelo
Associate Professor
Beatrice Dias
Assistant Professor
Brenda Diergaarde
Associate Professor
Michael Dietrich
Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science 
Horia M. Dijmarescu
Teaching Assistant Professor
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Greer Donley
Associate Professor
James E. Egan
Assistant Professor and Vice Chair for Practice, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences 
Raed El Rafei
Assistant Professor, Film and Media Studies
Betsy Farmer
Dean, School of Social Work
Müge Kökten Finkel
Assistant Professor of International Development
Alexandra Finley
Associate Professor, Department of History 
Jessica Fitzpatrick
Teaching Associate Professor, Director of DNID, Department of English 
Yasmine Flodin-Ali
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies
Litzy Galarza
Assistant Professor
Rachel Gartner
Assistant Professor
Felix Germain
Associate Professor
Amanda Godley
Professor and Vice Provost for Graduate Studies
Sergio Gonzalez
Assistant Professor
Michael Goodhart
Professor, Department of Political Science
Sara Goodkind
Hallen Endowed Chair, Professor, and Doctoral Program Director, School of Social Work 
Weiming Gorman
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Communication 
Marylou Gramm
Teaching Professor
Michelle Granshaw
Associate Professor/Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Theatre Arts 
Catherine Greeno
Professor, School of Social Work 
Victoria Grieve
Assistant Professor
Bella Grigoryan
Associate Professor and Chair of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Keila Grinberg
Professor
Astou Gueye
Assistant Professor
Michael G. Gunzenhauser
Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, School of Education 
Randall Halle
Professor, Director of European Studies Center,  Department of German
Adriana Helbig
Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and CGS
Cory Holding
Teaching Professor
Tracee Howell
Associate Professor of English, Director of Composition Program, Director of the Writing Center, Program Coordinator for GSWS, Chair for Academic Integrity Board (Pitt Bradford) 
Melanie Hughes
Professor, Department of Sociology
Anthony C. Infanti
Professor
Jesse Jack
Teaching Assistant Professor
Paul Elliott Johnson
Assistant Professor
Kristin Kanthak
Associate Professor
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Tamara Kay
Professor, Department of Sociology
Robin Kear
Liaison Librarian
Scott F. Kiesling
Professor, Department of Linguistics
Alissa Klots
Associate Professor, Department of History 
Rachel Kranson
Associate Professor and Director of the Jewish Studies Program
Sarah Krier
Assistant Professor, Vice Chair for Practice, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (School of Public Health) 
Olga Kuchinskaya
Associate Professor
Ellen Lee
Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Classics 
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Qianru Li
Assistant Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Gabriella Lukacs
Professor, Chair of Department of Anthropology 
Neepa Majumdar
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Program Director of Film (English)
Brenton J. Malin
Professor, Department of Communication 
Calum Matheson
Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Communication
Elizabeth Monasterios
Professor
Amy Murray Twyning
Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies - Literature Program 
Audrey J. Murrell
Professor
Shaun Myers
Assistant Professor
Carla Nappi
Andrew W. Mellon Chair, Department of History
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Christopher J. Nygren
Associate Professor, Chair of Department of the History of Art and Architecture 
Dana Och
Teaching Professor
Josephine E. Olson
Professor Emerita of Business Administration, School of Business 
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Lisa Ortiz
Assistant Professor, School of Education
Ever Osorio Ruiz
Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Lisa S. Parker
Professor and Director, Center for Bioethics & Health Law
Mark W.D. Paterson
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Caro Pirri
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Elizabeth Pitts
Assistant Professor
Maureen Porter
Associate Professor
Shalini Puri
Professor
Lara Putnam
Professor, Department of History
Todd W. Reeser
Professor of French, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Department of French and Italian 
Elizabeth Reich
Associate Professor
Valerie Satkoske
Vice President, Mission Effectiveness, Ethics, and Volunteer Services / UPMC Mercy
Maximilian T. Schuster
Associate Professor of Practice and Ombudsperson, Associate Chair in Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy, School of Education 
William Scott
Associate Professor
Ellen Smith
Teaching Professor
Phillandra Smith
Assistant Professor
Jackie Smith
Professor, Department of Sociology
Danielle Spitzer
Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Suzanne Staggenborg
Professor, Chair of Department of Sociology
Alexandra Straub
Associate Director and Research Associate, Institute for Spatial History Innovation
Yoko Suzuki
Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Music 
Jerome Taylor
Associate Professor
Alex J. Taylor
Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies 
Liann E. Tsoukas
Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of History 
Kaliane Ung
Assistant Professor, Department of French and Italian 
Sabina Vaught
Professor, Teaching, Learning, and Leading
Jennifer Waldron
Associate Professor
Dan Wang
Associate Professor, Department of Music 
Shannon B. Wanless
Associate Professor, Director of the University Center for Social and Urban Research, School of Education 
Joshua Warren
Visiting Lecturer, Sociology
Courtney Weikle-Mills
Associate Professor, Literature Program Director, Children’s Literature Certificate Program Director, Department of English 
Andrew N. Weintraub
Professor, Director of Graduate Admissions, Department of Music 
A. R. West
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Tiana U. Wilson
Assistant Professor, Africana Studies
JS Wu
Assistant Professor of English and Film and Media Studies
Lidong Xiang
Assistant Professor
Ronald J. Zboray
Professor, Department of Communication 

Graduate Students

Amina Akbar
PhD student, Department of Communication
Gloria Akoba
PhD student, Department of Sociology
Maria Alexandra Arana Blas
PhD Student, Spanish and Portuguese Department
Yacine Chemssi
PhD Student, Film & Media Studies and French
Sojin Cho
PhD Student, English Rhetoric
Natasha Cole
Department of Theatre Arts
Emily Culver
PhD Student, History
Charlie Diaz
PhD student in Educational Foundations, Organizations and Policy
Gerard Dorvé-Lewis
PhD, Higher Education
Reza Etemadinia
Film and Media Studies Doctoral Student
Elizaveta Grishechkina
PhD student, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
Erricka Hager
PhD Student, Public Health
Yujin Jang
PhD Student, English
Sasha Jason
PhD student, Department of English
Dejana Kostic
PhD student, Department of Anthropology
Apala Kundu
MA Student in English
Momina Masood
PhD Student, Film & Media Studies, English
Helena Mazzarella
PhD Student in English Composition
Kalina McNeil
Graduate Student
Luana Moreira Reis
PhD Student, Hispanic Languages & Literatures
Kelly McWhirter O'Donnell
PhD Student in Communication
Paula Orozco Espinel
PhD Student, History
Lucas LaVere Proper
PhD student, Department of French and Italian
Charlotte Devon Scurlock
PhD Student, Film & Media Studies and English
Caleb Sewell
Miranda Bartira Tagliari Sousa
PhD Student, Music
Max J. Vicente
PhD Student, School of Social Work
Elizaveta Volkovskaia
PhD student, Slavic Languages & Literatures
Guilherme Meletti Yazbek
PhD Student, Department of Theatre Arts

Visiting Scholars

Emily Keener
Visiting Scholar
Sonia Rupcic
Visiting Scholar

Former and Retired Faculty

Susan Z Andrade
Associate Professor
Carolyn Ban
Professor Emerita
Brenda Berrian
Professor Emerita
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
Professor Emerita
Carol Mastrangelo Bové
Teaching Professor
Jean Ferguson Carr
Associate Professor
Alonna Carter-Donaldson
Visiting Lecturer
Lucy Fischer
Professor Emerita
Irene Frieze
Professor Emerita
Nancy Glazener
Professor of English and GSWS
Janelle Greenberg
Professor Emerita
Irina Livezeanu
Associate Professor
Laura L. Lovett
Program Director 2022-2025, Professor
Marianne Novy
Professor Emerita of English
Lester C. Olson
Professor
Francesca Savoia
Professor
Martha Terry
Professor Emerita
Bruce Venarde
Adjunct Research Professor

Staff - Interdisciplinary Humanities Team

Matthew Ceraso
Administrative Officer
Brian Deutsch
Academic Operations Manager
Amber Fontenot
Director of Graduate Administration