FAS Dean’s Office
The FAS Dean’s Office oversees faculty searches, recruitment, hiring, mentoring, promotions, retentions, and compensation for all ladder, instructional, and research faculty in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as departmental staffing, budgeting, strategic planning, and policies and practices throughout the FAS.
As depicted in our organizational chart, some positions in the FAS Dean’s Offce are held by ladder faculty, some by career administrators holding advanced degrees, and others by dedicated administrative staff. Our office is also privileged to serve as a host for a Woodbridge Fellow each year.
A detailed breakdown of how roles and responsibilities are distributed within the FAS Dean’s Office may be found here.
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Tamar Szabó Gendler
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy; Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science
(203) 432-6087
Faculty Leadership
Humanities
Amy Hungerford
Dean of Humanities; Bird White Housum Professor of English; Professor of American Studies
(203) 432-9665
Social Science
Alan Gerber
Dean of Social Science; Charles C. & Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science; Professor in the ISPS, of Economics, and of Public Health
(203) 432-5232
Science
Paul Turner
Acting Dean of Science; Elihu Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
(203) 432-5918*
Engineering & Applied Science
Mitchell Smooke
Acting Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science; Strathcona Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Professor of Applied Physics
(203) 432-4344
Diversity & Faculty Development
Kathryn Lofton
Deputy Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development; Professor of Religious Studies, American Studies, History and Divinity; Chair, Religious Studies
(203) 432-0828
Faculty Affairs
Debra Fischer
Deputy Dean of Faculty Affairs; Professor of Astronomy; Professor of Statistics and Data Science and of Geology and Geophysics
(203) 432-1613
Academic Affairs
Jack Dovidio
Dean of Academic Affairs; Carl Iver Hovland Professor of Psychology; Professor in the ISPS and of Epidemiology
(203) 432-4533
Creative Arts
Daniel Harrison
Chair, Creative Arts Advisory Committee; Chair, Theater Studies; Allen Forte Professor of Music Theory
(203) 436-5210
Science
Pieter van Dokkum
Chair, Physical Science and Engineering Advisory Committee; Sol Goldman Family Professor of Astronomy; Professor of Physics
(203) 432-6814
Faculty Affairs
Bethany Zemba
Senior Associate Dean, Chief of Staff, and Senior Advisor to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
(203) 432-2793
Business Operations and Development
Administrative Professionals
