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Faculty Advisory Board
Dennis DeTurck (Co-Chair)
Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor, Undergraduate Chair and Professor of Mathematics, School of Arts & Sciences
John Gearhart (Co-Chair)
James W. Effron University Professor, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Professor of Biomedical Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine
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, Assistant Dean for Community Engagement, and Interim Program Director of the Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program, School of Nursing
Francis E. Johnston (Co-Chair Emeritus)
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, School of Arts & Sciences
Regina Austin
William A. Schnader Professor of Law and Director of Penn Program on Documentaries & Law, Penn Law
Herman Beavers
Professor of English and Africana Studies, School of Arts & Sciences
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
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education, School of Arts and Sciences
Loretta Flanagan-Cato
Associate Professor of Psychology and Co-director of the Biological Basis of Behavior 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
Robert F. Giegengack
Professor Emeritus of Earth and Environmental Science, School of Arts & Sciences
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)
John C. Keene
Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning, PennDesign
William Labov
John H. and Margaret B. Fassitt Professor of Linguistics Emeritus, School of Arts & Sciences
Walter Licht
Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, 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; Faculty Director of the Urban Arts, Culture, and Humanities Partnership Program at the Netter Center
Emilio Parrado
Department Chair and Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology, School of Arts & Sciences
Laura Perna
James S. Riepe Professor of Education and Chair of the Higher Education Division, Graduate School of Education; Executive Director of the Penn Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD)
Scott Poethig
John H. and Margaret B. Fassitt Professor of Biology, School of Arts & Sciences
John L. Puckett
Professor of Education in the Literacy, Culture, and International Education Division, Graduate School of Education
Ralph M. Rosen
Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities and Undergraduate Chair and Professor of Classical Studies, School of Arts & Sciences
Brian Spooner
Professor of Anthropology, School of Arts & Sciences
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)
Michael Zuckerman
Professor of History Emeritus, School of Arts & Sciences
Netter Center Distinguished Senior Fellows Emeritus:
Robert Giegengack
Francis E. Johnston
William Labov
Vivianne Nachmias
Netter Center Distinguished Senior Fellow:
Dennis DeTurck
Netter Center Distinguished Fellows:
Matthew Hartley
Terri Lipman
Carol Ann Muller
John Puckett