June 21, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
Dr. Valerie Kinloch joined the University of Pittsburgh six years ago as the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the School of Education, at which time she set forth a strategy to re-envision what the school could be.
April 27, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that academic year 2023-24 will be the Year of Discourse and Dialogue at the University of Pittsburgh.
April 26, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
As you know, after serving as Bettye J. and Ralph E. Bailey Dean of the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the College of General Studies since 2017, Kathleen Blee announced this past June her intention to return to the faculty. We subsequently conducted a national search to identify her successor.
April 18, 2023
Dear Colleagues:
April 5, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
As we near the end of the academic year, I am writing to share that Professor Mary Crossley will step into the role of interim dean of the School of Law effective July 1, 2023.
But first, I must thank Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi for his commendable, generous service during his time as interim dean. When Haider graciously accepted the appointment earlier this year, I promised him that he could begin a long-awaited and much overdue sabbatical at the end of June. I am sincerely grateful for Haider’s leadership during this time.
March 15, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
February 3, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
As a follow-up to my January 23, 2023 announcement regarding leadership transition in the School of Law, I want to share that I have named Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi as Interim Dean.
Haider came to Pitt as an Assistant Professor of Law in 2007, and was promoted to Vice Dean on July 1, 2018 from the position of Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, a position he had held from July 1, 2017. From 2013 to 2017, he served as Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development.
January 23, 2023
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to inform you that, effective today, January 23, 2023, Amy Wildermuth has resigned from her role as Dean of the School of Law in order to re-engage in academic pursuits and assume a tenured faculty role.
I am grateful that Vice Dean Haider Ala Hamoudi has agreed to assume day-to-day oversight of the school until I name an Interim Dean and subsequently announce a search for Amy’s successor. I look forward to supporting the School of Law during this transition and in the time ahead.
Best,
Ann
January 6, 2023
I hope each of you had an enjoyable and rejuvenating Winter Break.
I am pleased to announce that Audra Longert will join the University of Pittsburgh as Interim Associate Provost for Digital Education and Teaching Innovation on January 9. As has been discussed at Council of Deans meetings, there is a current, urgent need to advance online education at Pitt strategically and efficiently. Audra will help us build momentum in online education and better coordinate the University’s approach.
