Steering Committee and Working Groups

The development of the self-study is supported by a Steering Committee and six Working Groups, comprised of members of the Columbia community.

Self-Study Co-Chairs

Amy Hungerford
Amy Hungerford

Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Ruth Fulton Benedict Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Dennis A. Mitchell
Dennis A. Mitchell

Interim Provost and Professor of Dental Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center

Dana Palmer
Dana Palmer

Senior Associate Provost for Academic Programs; Associate Dean for Doctoral Education at the Mailman School of Public Health; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center

Weiping Wu
Weiping Wu

Vice Provost for Academic Programs; Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Director of MS Urban Planning Program at GSAPP

Carlos Alonso, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor in the Humanities

Melissa Begg, Dean, School of Social Work; Professor of Social Work and Biostatistics

Shih-Fu Chang, Dean, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Sarah Cole, Interim Dean, School of the Arts; Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Katharine Conway, Vice Dean of Administration and Chief Operating Officer, Graduate School of Business

Gareth Cordery, PhD Student, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Jeanine D’Armiento, Professor of Medicine (in Anesthesiology and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics); University Senate Executive Chair

Wafaa El-Sadr, Executive Vice President, Columbia Global; University Professor; Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Professor of Global Health (in Epidemiology)

Susan Glancy, Chief of Staff, Office of the President

David Greenberg, Executive Vice President for University Facilities and Operations

Joseph Defraine Greenwell, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, University Life

Mark Hawkins, Vice President, Finance and Controller

Soulaymane Kachani, Senior Vice Provost; Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Barry Kane, Associate Vice President and Registrar

Eugenia Lean, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures

Gillian Lester, Dean, School of Law and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law

Gerald Lewis, Vice President of Public Safety

Lisa Rosen-Metsch, Dean, School of General Studies; Professor of Sociomedical Sciences

Barclay Morrison, Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Shailagh Murray, Executive Vice President for Public Affairs

Justin Pearlman, Vice Provost for Communications and Engagement

Felice Rosan, General Counsel

Gerald Rosberg, Senior Executive Vice President of the University

Catherine Ross, Executive Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Samuel Sia, Vice Provost for the Fourth Purpose and Strategic Impact; Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Josef Sorett, Dean, Columbia College and Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor; Vice President for Undergraduate Education; Professor of Religion and of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Anne Sullivan, Executive Vice President for Finance and Information Technology

Anne Taylor, John Lindenbaum Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center; Vice Dean, Academic Affairs, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development at CUMC

Ann Thornton, Vice Provost and University Librarian

Jeannette Wing, Executive Vice President for Research; Professor of Computer Science

Working Group Members

Jeanine D’Armiento, Professor of Medicine (in Anesthesiology and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics); Chair of Executive Committee, University Senate (Co-Chair)

Felice Rosan, General Counsel (Co-Chair)

Jerome Davis, Secretary of the University

Loftin Flowers, Vice President, Government and Community Affairs

Susan Glancy, Chief of Staff, Office of the President

Geraldine McAllister, Director, University Senate

Dana Palmer, Senior Associate Provost for Academic Programs; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at CUMC

Justin Pearlman, Vice Provost for Communications and Engagement

Susan Rushing, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Columbia Investment Management Company and Deputy General Counsel of Columbia

Remi Silverman, Associate General Counsel

Mark Hawkins, Vice President, Finance and Controller (Co-Chair)

Gillian Lester, Dean, School of Law and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law (Co-Chair)

Lichinia Beltre, Executive Director of Compliance, Student Financial Services

Adina Berrios Brooks, Interim Chief of Staff, Office of the Provost; Associate Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusive Pathways

Vince Blasi, Corliss Lamont Professor of Civil Liberties in the Faculty of Law

Benjamin Chang, Vice President for Communications

Jessica Fenton, Associate General Counsel

Sonia Gugga, Assistant Provost for Planning and Institutional Research

Virginia Kaplan, Associate Vice President, Human Resource Operations

Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Chief of Division of Ethics and Professor of Medical Humanities and Ethics

Jessica Marinaccio, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid

Michael Patullo, Associate Dean for Planning, Communications, and Faculty Affairs, School of Law

Melissa Reynolds, Assistant Provost for Academic Programs, Academic Programs

Naomi Schrag, Vice President for Research Compliance, Training, and Policy

Anne Taylor, John Lindenbaum Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center; Vice Dean, Academic Affairs, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development at CUMC

Donna Ulijn, Assistant Controller

Joan Waters, University Ombuds Officer

Eugenia Lean, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures (Co-Chair)

Josef Sorett, Dean, Columbia College and Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor; Vice President for Undergraduate Education; Professor of Religion and of African American and African Diaspora Studies (Co-Chair)

Phoebe Ballard, Assistant Dean, Academic Services and Innovation

Jonathan Cain, Associate University Librarian for Research and Learning

Susan Chang-Kim, Vice Dean and Chief Administrative Officer, Columbia College

Katharine Conway, Vice Dean of Administration and Chief Operating Officer, Graduate School of Business

Carmen DeLeon, Associate Provost for Academic Appointments

Lucy Drotning, Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness

Donna Fenn, Deputy General Counsel

Lisa Hollibaugh, Dean of Academic Affairs, Columbia College

Amanda Irvin, Senior Director, Faculty Programs and Services, Center for Teaching and Learning

Helen Lu, Percy K. and Vida L.W. Hudson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Dental and Craniofacial Engineering (in Dental Medicine); Senior Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs and Advancement, Columbia Engineering

Shannon Márquez, Dean of Undergraduate Global Engagement; Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

Caroline Marvin, Dean of Academic Affairs, General Studies

Robert Mawhinney, Professor of Physics; Dean of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Rudi Odeh-Ramadan, Vice Dean for Finance and Administration, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; Assistant Professor of Clinical Research (in Surgery)

Art Palmer, Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; Associate Dean, Physicians and Surgeons Graduate Affairs

Andrew Plaa, Dean of Advising, Columbia Engineering

Dionida Ryce, Assistant Vice President for Faculty Affairs, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Andrea Solomon, Vice Dean and Dean of Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature

Joseph Defraine Greenwell, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, University Life (Co-Chair)

Barry Kane, Associate Vice President and Registrar (Co-Chair)

Monica Avitsur, Deputy Registrar

Sandra Bernal Garcia, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Mailman School of Public Health

Melanie Bernitz, Senior Vice President for Columbia Health; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (in the Center for Family and Community Medicine)

Marilena Botoulas, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Programs, Graduate School of Business

Gareth Cordery, PhD Candidate, GSAS

Donna Fenn, Deputy General Counsel

Cristen Kromm, Dean of Undergraduate Student Life

Jenny Mak, Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Student Affairs, Columbia Engineering; Adjunct Professor

Claudia Marin Andrade, Associate Vice President for Student Success and Intervention, University Life

Michael McNeil, Associate Vice President, Administration, and Chief of Staff, Columbia Health and Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences

Diana Mejia, Vice President, Student and Campus Services, CUIMC

Jeremiah Mercurio, Head, Humanities and History, University Libraries

Celina Chatman Nelson, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Diversity and Professional Development, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Clare Norton, Senior Associate Dean of Enrollment Management, Graduate School of Business

Dana Pavarini, Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions

Peter Pilling, William Campbell Family Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education

Yadira Ramos-Herbert, Associate Dean of Student and Registration Services, School of Law

Maria Reynoso, Interim Executive Director and Director of Compliance, International Students & Scholars Office

Curtis Rodgers, Vice Dean, General Studies

Ixchel Rosal, Senior Associate Vice President for Student Life, University Life

Ian Rottenberg, Dean of Religious Life; Director of the Earl Hall and Associate Chaplain

David Seltzer, Executive Director of University Financial Aid

Lisa Wade-Stewart, Director, CUIMC Registration Services

Scott Wright, Vice President for Campus Services

Tsuya Yee, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs

Sarah Cole, Interim Dean, School of the Arts; Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature (Co-Chair)

Barclay Morrison, Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, (Co-Chair)

Catherine Ross, Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning (Co-Chair)

Carlos Alonso, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor in the Humanities; Vice President for Graduate Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Denise Cruz, Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Department Chair

Helen de Pinho, Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

Marlyn Delva, Dean of Students, General Studies; Adjunct Assistant of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences

Stuart Firestein, Professor of Biological Sciences; Provost, Faculty Teaching Scholar

Sonia Gugga, Assistant Provost for Planning and Institutional Research

Sarah Hansen, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemistry

Garud Iyengar, Tang Family Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; Senior Vice Dean of Research and Academic Programs, Columbia Engineering

Rosa Lee, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center; Senior Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs in the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at CUMC

Monica Lypson, Rolf H. Scholdager Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center; Vice Dean for Education, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Erik Nelson, Lecturer in Professional Studies; Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Professional Studies

Alfredo Spagna, Lecturer in the Discipline of Psychology

Miguel Urquiola, Dean of Social Science and Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs

Katja Vogt, Professor of Philosophy

David Greenberg, Executive Vice President for University Facilities and Operations (Co-chair)

Anne Sullivan, Executive Vice President for Finance and Information Technology (Co-chair)

Patrick Burke, Vice President, Facilities Management, CUIMC Chief Operating Officer

Christopher Cronin, Associate University Librarian for Collections

Peter Cymrot, Associate General Counsel

Daniel Driscoll, Vice President of Human Resources Officer

Jeffrey Hensley, Assistant Vice President Finance

Robert Hornsby, Associate Vice President, Internal Communications

Nancy Johnson, Vice President, Budget and Financial Planning

Soulaymane Kachani, Senior Vice Provost; Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Gaspare LoDuca, Chief Information Officer and Vice President for Information Technology

Gerald McGillian, Vice President, Facilities

William McKoy, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, CUIMC

Peter Michaelides, Vice President of Finance

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