Academic Administration
The Chancellor’s Office
The Chancellor, Dr. Karen Wiley Sandler (kws3@psu.edu), heads Penn State Abington and is responsible for its overall administration, including outreach, fundraising, as well as interaction locally and within the university. The Chancellor also fulfills the dean’s functions for the Abington College and serves as the budget executive for Penn State Abington.
Academic Affairs
The Acting Associate Dean Dr. Samir Ouzomgi, reports directly to the Chancellor and serves in her absence as the chief executive officer of the college. He works closely with the Chancellor and senior leadership in planning and fiscal management and provides leadership to the college’s academic divisions, the library, instructional support, all academic advising, learning support, first-year initiatives, undergraduate research, academic internships, international programs, and honors programs. The Associate Dean represents the Chancellor as the chief academic officer of the college.
The Acting Assistant Dean, Dr. Leah Devlin, reports to the Associate Dean and assists him in developing guidelines and academic policies and procedures for the college and oversees coordination of the Abington College Undergraduate Research Program (ACURA), First Year Seminar, Honors, and Learning Communities. The Assistant Dean also assists the Associate Dean in developing new courses and programs and acts as a mentor for new Division Heads, as needed, and liaises with them on matters relating to the smooth running of the divisions. Other major responsibilities of the Assistant Dean are college planning and assessment. She co-chairs the Strategic Planning Committee with the Chancellor and the Assessment Committee with the Associate Dean.
Faculty members are organized in three divisions as follows:
Division of Arts and Humanities: The Division of Arts and Humanities is headed by Dr. Karen Weekes (kew16@psu.edu) and includes Bachelor degrees in American Studies, Art, Corporation Communication, English, History, Integrative Arts, and Letters, Arts and Science. It also includes an Associate Degree in Letters, Arts and Sciences. The division offers courses in African/African American Studies, American Studies, Art and Integrative Arts, Communication Arts and Sciences, Corporate Communication, English, Foreign Languages, History, Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Philosophy, Religion, Theater and Women Studies.
The staff assistant working with Dr. Weekes is Susan Paciolla (stp4@psu.edu), 119 Sutherland, extension 7334.
Division of Science and Engineering: The Science and Engineering Division is headed by Dr. Leah Devlin (cld5@psu.edu) and includes Bachelor degrees in Biology (with a Vertebrate Physiology Option and a Genetics and Developmental Biology option), Information Sciences and Technology and General Science (with a General Option and a Life Sciences Option). The division offers courses in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Science and Technology, Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics.
The staff assistant working with Dr. Devlin is Ilene Karp (isk1@psu.edu), 216 Woodland, extension 7570.
Division of Social Sciences: The Social Sciences Division is headed by Dr. Gary Calore (gsc1@psu.edu) and includes Bachelor degrees in Business Administration (with options in Accounting, Financial Services, Health Services, Individualized Business, and Marketing and Management) Administration of Justice, Psychological and Social Sciences, Secondary Education, and Organizational Leadership. The division offers courses in Accounting, Administration of Justice, Anthropology, Business, Education, Kinesiology, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Nutrition, Health and Human Development, Psychology, Sociology and Political Science.
The staff assistant working with Dr. Calore is Janet Mignogno (jem27@psu.edu), 119 Sutherland, extension 7335.
