Advisory Board

At its first meeting, our Advisory Board helped us think about how to reach more people at Pitt. One member suggested that the Writing Center send syllabus language to all teachers once a year, and some now include it in their syllabi. Members also pointed us to contacts in their own schools, which helped us find the right people to talk to.


Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Nickolas A. DeCecco Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Swanson School of Engineering

Valire Carr Copeland, Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work and Graduate School of Public Health

Jason DeBlois, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics

Michael Glass, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Director of the Urban Studies Program

M. Kathleen Kelly, Associate Dean for Academic Outreach & Advising, SHRS, and Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

Alydia Thomas, Associate Director, Office of the Provost

Kaliane Ung, Assistant Professor, Department of French and Italian

Katherine Wolfe, Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Advisor, Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Economics