The GSWS Steering Committee oversees the GSWS Program, making decisions about curriculum, hiring, events programming and other policies and operations. The SC is composed of all full-time teaching faculty in the program as well as graduate students, undergraduates, and affiliated faculty who are elected to membership. SC members serve three-year terms, renewable in perpetuity. The Steering Committee is guided by the program's By-Laws.
Steering Committee AY 2020-2021
Administrative Members
GSWS Program Director and Steering Committee Chair (Fall 2019 - Summer 2022)
Nancy Glazener, Professor of English and GSWS
GSWS Director of Undergraduate Studies and Undergraduate Advisor
Frayda Cohen, Senior Lecturer
Teaching Faculty Members
Julie Beaulieu, Lecturer II
Jonathan Devine, Graduate Teaching Fellow (Fall 2020)
Sarah Hansen, Part-time Instructor
Frank Karioris, Visiting Lecturer
Bridget Keown, Lecturer
Jess Klein, Part-time Instructor
Matt Lovett, Visiting Lecturer
Kathryn Pataki, Graduate Teaching Fellow (Spring 2021)
PJ Patella-Rey, Visiting Instructor
Laura Stamm, Part-time Instructor
Undergraduate Student Members (non-voting)
Rainbow Alliance Representative: rainbow.vicepres@gmail.com
T is For Representative: maxwellreiver@pitt.edu
Affiliated Faculty Members
Ciccocioppo, Melinda, Psychology (Current term: 2018-21)
Finkel, Müge, GSPIA (Current term: 2019-22)
Gill-Peterson, Jules, English (Current term: 2019-22)
Goodhart, Michael (Current term: 2019-22)
Goodkind, Sara, School of Social Work (Current term: 2019-22)
Kear, Robin, Hillman Library (Current term: 2019-22)
Kiesling, Scott, Linguistics (Current term: 2019-22)
Kranson, Rachel, Religious Studies (Current term: 2019-22)
Krier, Sarah, Public Health (Current term: 2019-22)
Lovett, Laura, History (Current term: 2019-22)
McKelvey, Patrick, Theatre Arts (Current term: 2019-22)
Olson, Lester, Communication (Current term: 2019-22)
Parker, Lisa, Bioethics (Current term: 2019-22)
Porter, Maureen, Education (Current term: 2019-22)
Putnam, Lara History (Current term: 2019-22)
Suzuki, Yoko Music (Current term: 2019-22)
Tenorio, David, Hispanic Languages & Literatures (Current term: 2019-22)
Yearwood, Gabby, Anthropology (Current term: 2019-22)
Committees AY2019-2020
Committees AY2018-2019
Committees AY2017-2018
Committees AY2016-2017
Committees AY2015-2016
Committees AY2014-2015