Contact Us
The following media relations officers work on a beat system, with each person specializing in the interests, issues and research of a college, school or university division. Feel free to contact the appropriate media relations or news services representative with any inquiries, questions or concerns you might have.
Central Media Relations
Shilpa Bakre
Interim Managing Director of Communications
sbakre@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-268-6578 (office), 512-705-1228 (cell)
Ryan Scarpino
Media Relations Specialist
rscarpin@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-268-2902 (office), 412-627-3786 (cell)
Schools & Colleges
College of Engineering
Sherry Stokes
Senior Marketing and Communications Manager
stokes@cmu.edu, 412-268-5976 (office)
College of Fine Arts
Pam Wigley
Director of Public/Media Relations
Pam promotes the events, projects and news within the college's five schools: architecture, art, design, drama and music.
pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-268-1047 (office), 412-889-6238 (cell)
Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Abby Simmons
Assistant Dean of Communications
Abby covers the Dietrich College’s latest research and creative projects, including the areas of behavioral economics, decision sciences, history, English, modern languages, philosophy, politics and strategy, psychology, and statistics and data science.
abbysimmons@cmu.edu, (412) 268-6094
Mellon College of Science
Jocelyn Duffy
Associate Dean for Marketing and Communications
Jocelyn covers the latest research and findings in biological sciences, chemistry, mathematical sciences and physics. Specialty areas include computational biology, neuroscience and imaging, tissue engineering, biosensors, computational finance and green chemistry.
jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-268-9982 (office), 412-600-0029 (cell)
School of Computer Science
Aaron Aupperlee
Director of Media Relations
Aaron promotes the latest developments and research coming out of Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science.
aaupperlee@cmu.edu, 412-268-9068 (office)
Tepper School of Business
Mara Falk
Director, Communications and Media Relations
Mara covers the lastest research and developments from the Tepper School of Business.
mmfalk@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-268-3486 (office), 917-239-9453 (cell)
Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Caitlin Kizielewicz
Media Relations
Caitlin promotes the latest research and developments from the Heinz College.
ckiz@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-554-0074
Internal Communications
Bruce Gerson
Director, Internal Communications
Bruce oversees the Internal Communications effort to keep the university community informed.
bg02@andrew.cmu.edu, 412-268-1613 (office)