NEH Planning Grant Committees

The following individuals served as representatives for Humanities Careers, an NEH Planning Grant in 2018-2019. Unless specified otherwise, members are affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh.

Planning Committee and its Constituent Working Groups

Alumni Working Group 

Holger Hoock - Chair; PI of "Humanities Careers"
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, Kenneth P Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
J. Carroll Amundson Professor of British History, Department of History

Don Bialostosky 
Professor and Chair, Department of English

Jerome Branche 
Professor and Chair, Department of Hispanic Languages & Literatures

Barbara McCloskey
Professor and Chair, Department of the History of Art and Architecture

Vladimir Padunov
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures

Andrea Paolini 
PhD Student, Department of English

Lara Putnam 
Professor and Chair, Department of History

 

Curriculum Working Group 

Deane L. Root - Chair 
Professor and Chair, Department of Music

Tyler Bickford
Associate Professor and DGS, Department of English

Lauren Collister 
Director of the Office of Scholarly Communications & Publishing, ULS; Alumna, PhD Program in Linguistics

Michel Gobat 
Associate Professor and DGS, Department of History

Randall Halle 
Klaus W. Jonas Professor of German Film and Cultural Studies, Department of German, Director of Film and Media Studies

Christina M. Hoenig
Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Classics, Philosophy and Ancient Science, Department of Classics

Alison Langmead
Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Visual Media Workshop, Department of the History of Art and Architecture  

Kirk Savage 
Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture

Nicole Scalissi
PhD Candidate, Department of History of Art and Architecture

Bethany Wade 
PhD Candidate, Department of History
 

Partnership and Public Humanities Working Group 

Alex J. Taylor - Co-Chair 
Assistant Professor and Academic Curator, Department of the History of Art and Architecture

Ruth Mostern - Co-Chair 
Associate Professor, Department of History; Director, World History Center

Ben Barson 
PhD Candidate, Department of Music

Jennifer Boum Make 
PhD Candidate, Department of French and Italian (PhD Program in French)

Patrick Dowd, Executive Director, Allies for Children, Pittsburgh; Alumnus, PhD Program in History

Shelome Gooden
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics

Aaron Henderson 
Associate Professor, Department of Studio Arts

Lina Insana 
Associate Professor of Italian and Chair, Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures

Dan Kubis 
Associate Director, Humanities Center; Alumnus, PhD Program in English

Brenton J. Malin 
Associate Professor and DGS, Department of Communication

Michelle Yingling 
Career Consultant, Career Services

Darlene F. Zellers
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Career Development, Health Sciences; Director, Office of Academic Career Development, Health Sciences; Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs, School of Medicine
 

Additional Members of Planning Committee:

Jonathan Arac, Andrew W. Mellon Chair, Department of English, and Director, Humanities Center

Nathan Urban, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Strategic Initiatives

 

Consultative Committee

Rebecca Bagley
Vice Chancellor for Economic Partnerships

Marc Bermann 
Associate Professor and DGS, Department of Anthropology 

Susie Chen 
PhD candidate, Department of Psychology 

Daniele Coen-Pirani 
Associate Professor, Department of Economics 

Lina Dostilio 
Associate Vice-Chancellor for Community Engagement, Center for Urban Education

Tom Golightly
Senior Executive Director of Development, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences 

Joe Horne
Director, Teaching Commons,  University Center for Teaching and Learning

Anna Marsland
Professor, Department of Psychology 

Carol Mullen 
Director of Communication and Undergraduate Recruitment, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences

Jessica Pickett
Consultant 

Rebecca Roadman
Director of Special Projects and Initiatives, Dean's Office, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences 

Kornelia Tancheva
University Librarian, Director of University Library Services