Faculty Advisory Board
Dennis DeTurck (Co-Chair)
Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor and Professor of Mathematics, School of Arts & Sciences
John Jackson, Jr. (Co-Chair)
Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Richard Perry University Professor of Communication, Africana Studies, and Anthropology
Terri Lipman (Co-Chair)
Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Professor of Nutrition, Professor of Nursing of Children, and Assistant Dean for Community Engagement, School of Nursing
Regina Austin
William A. Schnader Professor of Law and Director of Penn Program on Documentaries & Law, Penn Law
Herman Beavers
Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies, School of Arts & Sciences; Faculty Director, Civic House and Civic Scholars Program
Eugenie Birch
Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education and Chair of the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning, PennDesign; Co-Director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research (PennIUR)
Ram Cnaan
Program Director for the Program for Religion and Social Policy Research, Faculty Director of the Goldring Reentry Initiative, and Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice
Michael Delli Carpini
Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication
Karen Detlefsen
Vice Provost for Education; Professor of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences
Loretta Flanagan-Cato
Associate Professor of Psychology and Co-director of the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, School of Arts & Sciences
Vivian L. Gadsden
William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education, Director of National Center for Fathers and Families, and Associate Director of the National Center on Adult Literacy, Graduate School of Education
Joan Gluch
Associate Dean for Academic Policies and Division Chief and Professor of Clinical Community Oral Health, Penn Dental Medicine
David Grazian
Graduate Chair and Associate Professor, Sociology, School of Arts & Sciences
Matthew Hartley
Professor of Education and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Education; founding Executive Director of the Penn Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD)
William Labov
John H. and Margaret B. Fassitt Professor of Linguistics Emeritus, School of Arts & Sciences
Mona Merling
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, School of Arts & Sciences
Carol Ann Muller
Professor of Music and Director of the Minor in Jazz and Popular Music Studies, School of Arts and Sciences
Emilio Parrado
Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology, School of Arts & Sciences; Director of the Population Studies Center
Desmond Upton Patton
Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor; PIK University Professor; School of Social Policy & Practice, Annenberg School for Communication, Perelman School of Medicine; SAFELab Director
Laura Perna
Vice Provost for Faculty; GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education and Executive Director of the Penn Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD), Graduate School of Education
Scott Poethig
John H. and Margaret B. Fassitt Professor of Biology, School of Arts & Sciences
John L. Puckett
Professor Emeritus of Education in the Literacy, Culture, and International Education Division, Graduate School of Education
Brian Spooner
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, School of Arts & Sciences
Andy Tan
Associate Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication; Director of the Health Communication & Equity Lab
Susan Wachter
Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance, The Wharton School; Co-Director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research (PennIUR)
Richard Wender
Professor and Chair, Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine; Executive Director, Center for Public Health Initiatives, Perelman School of Medicine
Michael Zuckerman
Professor Emeritus of History, School of Arts & Sciences
Netter Center Distinguished Senior Fellows Emeritus:
William Labov
Vivianne Nachmias
Netter Center Distinguished Senior Fellow:
Dennis DeTurck
Netter Center Distinguished Fellows:
Matthew Hartley
Terri Lipman
Carol Ann Muller
John Puckett
In Memoriam
John Gearhart
Robert F. Giegengack
Francis E. Johnston
John C. Keene
Frederick Scatena
Albert ("Mickey") Stunkard