The deans play a dual role: they are both the academic and the administrative leaders of their schools.
They are also advocates in the higher councils of the University for the departments under their jurisdiction, as well as interpreters and administrators of the University’s policies. In all of these roles, the deans must continually see that the Provost and President are informed about the status, accomplishments, problems, and needs of their schools. They also must bring to their faculty, students, and alumni an understanding of the University’s policies and needs and try to win support for them.
The deans are primarily responsible to their faculties for curriculum. So although the deans report to the Provost in an administrative sense, they report to their own faculties concerning most of the academic programs.
The deans of the schools preside at all meetings of their faculty, serve as the official means of communication between the faculty or its members and the Provost, and are the budgetary officers responsible for personnel proposals and allocation of funds for each department in their schools. Deans also play an important role in the appointment of chairs of departments within their purview, and they appoint the standing committees of the school (except for the elected faculty committee on academic freedom and responsibility). They participate in the Council of Deans and the Presidential Advisory Group and are represented in the University Council.
Council of Deans
, Ph.D.
Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of English
Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
116 College Hall/6377
215.898.7320
, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication
Dean, Annenberg School for Communication
203 Annenberg/6220
215.898.7041
, J.D.
Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law
Dean, School of Law
3400 Chestnut Street/6204
215.898.7483
, Ph.D.
Joanne & Raymond Welsh Professor of Child Welfare and Family Violence
Dean, School of Social Policy & Practice
3701 Locust Walk/6214
215.898.5511
, Ph.D.
Robert D. Bent Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
107 Towne Building/6391
215.898.7244/5
, V.M.D., Ph.D.
Henry & Corinne R. Bower Professor of Small Animal Medicine
Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine
3800 Spruce Street, 110 Rosenthal/6044
215.898.8841
, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology and Periodontics
Morton Amsterdam Dean, School of Dental Medicine
240 South 40th Street/6003
215.898.1038
, Ph.D., Dr.P.S.(hon.), F.A.A.N.
Professor of Nursing and Sociology
Dean, School of Nursing
465 Nursing Education Building/6096
215.898.8281
, Ph.D.
George & Diane Weiss Professor of Education
Dean, Graduate School of Education
B-3 Education/6216
215.898.7014/5
, Ph.D.
Reliance Professor of Private Enterprise
Dean, The Wharton School
1000 Steinberg-Dietrich/6364
215.898.4157
, M.B.B.Ch.
Robert G. Dunlop Professor of Medicine
Dean, School of Medicine
Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania Health System
295 John Morgan Building/6055
215.898.6796
, M.Arch.
Paley Professor and Professor of Architecture and City & Regional Planning
Dean, School of Design
102 Meyerson Hall/6311
215.898.3425