Carnegie Mellon University

College Council

All academic policy decisions for the Dietrich College are made by the College Council, which is made up of the dean, associate deans, department heads, faculty/staff representatives, and three student representatives: one graduate student and two undergraduate. In fall 2021, Dietrich College launched the new General Education Program, which has been a major project for the College Council.

Members of College Council

Department & Institute Heads

  • Gretchen Chapman (SDS)
  • Chris Phillips (History)
  • Audrey Kurth Cronin (CMIST)
  • Susanne Ferber (Psychology)
  • John Gasper (Economics)
  • Anne Lambright (LCAL)
  • Joe Mertz (Information Systems)
  • Rebecca Nugent (Statistics & Data Science)
  • Silvia Pessoa (CMU-Qatar)
  • Chris Warren (English)
  • Timothy Verstynen
    (Neuroscience Institute)
  • Peter Spirtes (Philosophy)

Student Representatives

  • LiLi DiMuzio (English)
  • Sara Christie (Psychology)
  • Ida Mattsson (Philosophy)

Faculty Representatives

  • Chadi Aoun (CMU-Qatar)
  • John Oddo (English)
  • Chante Cox-Boyd (Psychology)
  • Peter Freeman (Statistics & Data Science)
  • Mark Kamlet (CMIST)
  • Ricky Law (History)
  • Kiyono Fujinaga-Gordon (LCAL)
  • Peter Schwardmann (SDS)
  • Chris Mierzewski (Philosophy)

Dean Richard Scheines

Dean's Cabinet & Staff

  • Connie Angermeier (Social & Decision Sciences)
  • Sharon Carver (Educational Affairs)
  • Jay Devine (Undergraduate Studies)
  • Emily Half (CMIST)
  • Ayana Ledford (Educational Outreach & Community Impact)
  • Colleen Libertz (GenEd)
  • Kelli Maxwell (Student Success)
  • Samantha Nielsen (Statistics & Data Science)
  • Emilie O'Leary (Psychology)
  • Kim Piatt (Experiential Learning)
  • Chelsea Leverett-Ptak (GenEd)