Membership of the Self-Study Steering Committee and Working Groups
Steering Committee
Co-Chairs
| Patricia Beeson | Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor |
| Samuel Conte | University Registrar |
Members:
| David Bartholomae | Professor of English and Charles Crow Chair, School of Arts and Sciences |
| Andrew Blair | Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Business Administration and of Economics, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration |
| Jeffrey Brodsky | Professor of Biology and Avinoff Chair of Biological Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences |
| John Camillus | Donald R. Beall Professor of Strategic Management, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration |
| Valire Copeland | Associate Professor, School of Social Work and Graduate School of Public Health |
| Mary Crossley | Dean and Professor of Law, School of Law |
| David Gau | Undergraduate student and member of the Student Government Board |
| Steven Kanter | Vice Dean, School of Medicine |
| M. Kathleen Kelly | Assistant Professor and Vice Chair of Physical Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Co-chair of the Senate Education Policies Committee |
| Byron Kohut | Graduate student of Administrative and Policy Studies, School of Education |
| Alan Lesgold | Dean and Professor of Education, School of Education |
| Juan Manfredi | Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies |
| Arthur Ramicone | Vice Chancellor, Budget and Controller |
| Sheila Rathke | Assistant Provost for Strategic and Program Development |
| Mark Redfern | Associate Dean for Research, Vice Chair of Undergraduate Program, and Professor of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, and Otolaryngology |
| Richard Schulz | Director, University Center for Social and Urban Research and Professor of Psychiatry |
| William Shields | Associate Vice Provost Bradford/Titusville |
| Jane Thompson | Associate Vice Chancellor, Management Information and Analysis |
Working Group: Using Assessment to Improve the Student Experience
Co-Chairs:
| M. Kathleen Kelly | Assistant Professor and Vice Chair of Physical Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Co-chair of the Senate Education Policies Committee |
| Juan Manfredi | Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies |
Members:
| James Baldwin | Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and Registrar, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford |
| Frank Beatrous, Jr. | Professor of Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences, and Undergraduate Director |
| Shawn Brooks | Associate Dean of Students and Director of Residence Life |
| Sharon Corey | Assistant Dean of Students and Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy |
| Sandra Engberg | Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Associate Professor of Health Promotion and Development, School of Nursing |
| Michael Goodhart | Associate Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences |
| Janet Grady | Vice President for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown |
| W. Richard Howe | Associate Dean for Administration and Planning, School of Arts and Sciences |
| Kathy Humphrey | Vice Provost and Dean of Students |
| Steven Husted | Interim Dean of the University Honors College and Professor of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences |
| J. Wesley Jamison | Vice President for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg |
| Kelly Otter | Associate Dean, College of General Studies |
| Edward Palascak | Associate Dean, College of Business Administration |
| Betsy Porter | Director, Admissions and Financial Aid |
| Cynthia Roberts | Director of Institutional Research, Office of Institutional Research |
| Robert Rodgers | Senior Information Analyst, Office of Institutional Research |
| Larry Shuman | Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Industrial Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering |
| Molly Stieber | Undergraduate student and member of the Student Government Board |
| John Twyning | Associate Dean Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences |
| Madalina Valeria Veres | Graduate Student of Eastern European Studies, School of Arts and Sciences |
| Hidenori Yamatani | Associate Dean for Research and Professor, School of Social Work |
Working Group: Using Assessment to Improve Institutional Effectiveness
Co-Chairs:
| Richard Schulz | Director, University Center for Social and Urban Research and Professor of Psychiatry |
| Jane Thompson | Associate Vice Chancellor, Management Information and Analysis |
Members:
| Susan Albrecht | Associate Dean for External Relations and Associate Professor, School of Nursing |
| Steven Belle | Professor of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health |
| Mary Besterfield-Sacre | Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering |
| Stephen Carr | Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and Associate Professor of English, School of Arts and Sciences |
| David Givens | Graduate Student of Religious Studies, School of Arts and Sciences |
| Amanda Godley | Associate Professor of English Education, School of Education |
| Elizabeth Greville | Assistant to the President and Director of Sponsored Programs, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford |
| James Gyure | Vice President for Enrollment Services and Planning, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown |
| Laurie Kirsch | Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Business Administration, Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration |
| Sam Rezaeian | Undergraduate student and member of the Student Government Board |
| Linda Rinaman | Professor of Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences |
| Cynthia Roberts | Director of Institutional Research, Office of Institutional Research |
| Adam Shear | Associate Professor of Religious Studies, School of Arts and Sciences |
| Eli Shorak | Associate Vice Chancellor, Business |
Working Group: Demonstrating Compliance through Document Review
Chair:
| Andrew Blair | Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Business Administration and of Economics, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration |
Members:
| Malcolm McNeil | Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Communication Science Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences |
| Susan Meyer | Associate Dean for Education and Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy |
| Thurman Wingrove | Associate Vice Chancellor, Financial Information |
All members' position titles reflect 2010 timeframe.
Chancellor
Mark A. Nordenberg
"Everyone in the University of Pittsburgh community has been committed to the goal of continually improving Pitt's position relative to the country's very strongest research universities...."
Provost
Patricia E. Beeson
“Today, particularly in the face of widespread financial constraints, creating the capacity to measure effectiveness and efficiency is not an option, but a basic responsibility...."