Carnegie Mellon University
July 30, 2020

Dietrich College Welcomes New Faculty, Postdoctoral Fellows

By Stacy Kish

Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences continues to advance research and pedagogy with the creative and energetic input from new faculty and postdoctoral fellows. We are pleased to welcome 17 talented individuals in the fall 2020 semester.

Vladislav Ayzenberg, Postdoctoral Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychology

Francesca Zaffora Blando, Assistant Professor in Logic and Computation
Philosophy

Margaret Bryer, Postdoctoral Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychology

Jonathan Cervas, Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science
Institute for Politics and Strategy

Michal Friedman, Assistant Teaching Professor
History

Darcy Griffin, Research Faculty/Special Faculty in Neuroscience
Neuroscience Institute

Elisabeth Healey, Instructor in Law
Dean’s Office

Alma Keshavarz, Postdoctoral Fellow in International Relations
Institute for Politics and Strategy

Arun Kumar Kuchibhotla, Assistant Professor in Statistics & Data Science
Statistics

Anne Lambright, Department Head and Professor in Hispanic Studies
Modern Languages

Andrew Meade McGee, Visiting Assistant Professor
History

Krzysztof (Chris) Mierzewski, Postdoctoral Fellow in Logic
Philosophy

Madison Schramm, Postdoctoral Fellow in International Relations
Institute for Politics and Strategy

Aishah Scott, Postdoctoral Fellow with the Center for African American Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE)
History

Gabriela Gongora-Svartzman, Assistant Teaching Professor
Information Systems

Xiaoying Tu, Postdoctoral Fellow in Information Systems
Information Systems (joint appointment with Dietrich and Heinz)

Oscar Veliz, Postdoctoral Fellow in Information Systems
Information Systems (joint appointment with Dietrich and Heinz)

Douglas Weber, Professor in Neuroscience and Mechanical Engineering
Neuroscience Institute

Jungwan Yoon, Lecturer for Foundational Writing
English