Faculty

Larry Abbott
  • Lecturer in Critical Writing, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Professional Writing, Upskill
Julia Bloch
  • Faculty Director, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Creative Writing
Creative Writing, Digital Storytelling and Content Creation
Yasemin Akis
  • Instructor, Penn LPS Online
Global and Regional Studies
Andrew Arenge
  • Director of Operations for Penn's Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program
Data Analytics
Maria-Antonia Andrews
  • Associate Director, Undergraduate Programs in Earth and Environmental Science
Climate Science
Sukalpa Basu, PhD
  • Instructor
Physical and Life Sciences
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  • Director of Data Science, Clairity, Inc.
Data Analytics
Marta Blotny-Kornak
  • Lecturer, Computer Programing
Digital Strategies and Applications
Al Filreis
  • Faculty Director, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Yvette Bordeaux, PhD
  • Director, Graduate Studies
Climate Science, Global and Regional Studies, Strategic Climate Communication
Leona Brandwene
  • Director, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology
Applied Positive Psychology
John Bridgeland
  • Executive Chairman, Office of American Possibilities
Leadership and Communication
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  • Instructor, Penn LPS Online
Global and Regional Studies
Laynie Browne
  • Poet, prose writer, artist, editor, and teacher
Creative Writing
Scott Burkhardt
  • Lecturer in cinema and media studies
Creative Writing
Jackie Candido
  • Senior Director of Program Design and Delivery, Arts and Sciences Online Learning
Social Science, Team Culture and Collaboration
Sebastian Castillo
  • Lecturer in creative writing
Creative Writing
Frank L. Chance
  • Affiliated faculty member, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Cinema
Michael Chiappini
  • Lecturer in Critical Writing, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Professional Writing, Upskill
Michael E. Mann
  • Faculty Director, Penn LPS Online Advanced Certificate in Strategic Climate Communication
Strategic Climate Communication
Clayton Colmon, PhD
  • Director of Curriculum Design, Arts and Sciences Online Learning, University of Pennsylvania
Dialogue, Ethics, and Social Good, Digital Storytelling and Content Creation, Digital Strategies and Applications, Upskill
Katherine Cotter
  • Associate Director of Research, Positive Psychology Center
Applied Positive Psychology
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  • Lecturer
Dialogue, Ethics, and Social Good
Christy Davids
  • Teacher, poet and assistant editor at The Conversant
Creative Writing
Dennis DeTurck
  • Professor of Mathematics
Mathematical Sciences, Science Foundations
Jane Dmochowski, PhD
  • Senior lecturer, Earth and Environmental Science
Climate Science
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  • Instructor, Penn LPS Online
Global and Regional Studies
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  • Vice Dean for Academic Excellence and Engagement, School of Arts and Sciences
Dialogue, Ethics, and Social Good
M. Ruth Elliott, MS
  • Instructor
Physical and Life Sciences, Science Foundations
Phillip Fackler
  • Lecturer, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Professional Writing
Zephi Francis
  • Lecturer, Penn’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies
Climate Science, Social Science
Christina Frei
  • Executive Director, Language Instruction, Penn Arts & Sciences
Social Science
Lise Funderburg
  • Lecturer in creative writing
Creative Writing
Danielle N. Gadson, PhD, MPA
  • Lecturer
Dialogue, Ethics, and Social Good
John Ghazvinian, PhD
  • Executive Director, Middle East Center, University of Pennsylvania
Global and Regional Studies
Chao Guo, PhD
  • Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania
Leadership and Communication
Deborah Harrold
  • Senior Lecturer, Political Science and Liberal and Professional Studies
Global and Regional Studies, Social Science, Upskill
Dylan Hayden
  • Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government
Data Analytics
Jennifer Heerding, PhD
  • Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Neuroscience
Neuroscience
J †Johnson
  • 2017-2018 Digital Studies Fellow at Rutgers University-Camden
Creative Writing
Jerry A. Jacobs, Professor of Sociology
  • Professor of Sociology
Social Science
Robert Jaeger
  • Co-Founder and President, Partners for Sacred Places
Leadership and Communication
Ferdous Jahan, PhD
  • Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank
Leadership and Communication
Helen Jeoung
  • Lecturer in Critical Writing, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Professional Writing, Upskill
Michael Joiner
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
Global and Regional Studies
Mike Kane, PhD
  • Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Mel Kapadia
  • Lecturer in Critical Writing, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Professional Writing, Upskill
Mike Kaplan, PhD
  • Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Stacy Kastner
  • Director, Writing Center, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Professional Writing, Upskill
Sean Kates
  • Associate Director of Programs in Data Analytics, University of Pennsylvania
Data Analytics
Mary Ellen Kelly
  • Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Don Kettl, PhD
  • Former Dean, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Leadership and Communication
Marshall B. Knudson
  • Instructor
Team Culture and Collaboration
Heather Kostick
  • Associate Director of Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media
Climate Science, Strategic Climate Communication
Meryl Krieger, PhD
  • Senior Learning Designer, Arts and Sciences Online Learning, University of Pennsylvania
Digital Strategies and Applications, Social Science
John Lapinski
  • Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor, Faculty Director of the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program, University of Pennsylvania
Data Analytics
Matthew Levendusky
  • Professor, Department of Political Science
Data Analytics
Nora E. Lewis
  • Vice Dean of Professional and Liberal Education, School of Arts and Sciences
Leadership and Communication
Errol Lord
  • Associate Professor and Graduate Chair of Philosophy
Ethics
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  • Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology
Applied Positive Psychology
Marc Meredith
  • Associate Professor of Political Science
Data Analytics
Marjorie Margolies
  • Founder and President, Women’s Campaign International
Leadership and Communication
Justin McDaniel, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Professor of the Humanities
  • Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Professor of the Humanities
Religion and Culture
Judith McLean, PhD
  • Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Virginia Millar, Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology
  • Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology
Applied Positive Psychology
Mariah Min, Lecturer, Department of English
  • Lecturer, Department of English
English Literature
Heather Moqtaderi
  • Founder and Artistic Director, Past Present Projects
Dialogue, Ethics, and Social Good
Mario Moussa, PhD
  • President, Moussa Consulting
Team Culture and Collaboration, Social Science
Carol Muller, Professor of Music
  • Professor of Music
Music Studies
Paul Musso
  • Instructor
Scientific Process
Meredith Myers teaches APOP 200: Positive Psychology at Work
  • Senior Fellow, The Wharton School's Center for Leadership & Change Management
Applied Positive Psychology
Ashley Napier
  • Senior Analytics Manager, Clarity Campaign Labs
Data Analytics
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  • Affiliated Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Team Culture and Collaboration
Team Culture and Collaboration, Social Science
Claire Oleson
  • Lecturer
Creative Writing
Matthew Osborn
  • Director, Critical Writing Program, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Digital Storytelling and Content Creation, Professional Writing
Rebecca Padot
  • Faculty Director for Curricular Programs, Partnership for Innovation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Leadership, and Organization
Leadership and Communication, Social Science
Amy Paeth
  • Lecturer in Critical Writing, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Professional Writing
James O. Pawelski, PhD
  • Faculty Director, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology
Applied Positive Psychology
Stephen Pettigrew
  • Director of Data Sciences, Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies
Data Analytics
Kevin M.F. Platt
  • Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in the Humanities
Global and Regional Studies
Dick Polman
  • Povich Writer-in-Residence at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW)
Creative Writing
Kristine Rabberman, PhD
  • Assistant Vice Dean and Director of Academic Affairs, College of Liberal and Professional Studies
Dialogue, Ethics, and Social Good
Priya Rajagopalan, PhD, MPH
  • Professor of Practice, Penn LPS Online
Global and Regional Studies
Charlotte Ren, Associate Professor of Strategic Management at Temple University’s Fox School of Business
  • Robert A. Fox Leadership International Faculty Director and Professor of Practice in Strategy and Innovation
Leadership and Communication
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  • Writer, editor, teacher
Creative Writing
Nakia Rimmer
  • Associate Director of Undergraduate Mathematics and Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics
Mathematical Sciences
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  • Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology
Applied Positive Psychology
Valerie Ross
  • Faculty Director, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Professional Writing
Professional Writing, Upskill
Samantha Sangenito
  • Data Scientist, Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies
Data Analytics
Robert Scheyder
  • Lecturer, computer programming
Digital Strategies and Applications
Elizabeth C. Scheyder
  • Senior Instructional Technology Project Leader, School of Arts & Sciences Computing and Lecturer in SAS and LPS
Climate Science, Mathematical Sciences, Science Foundations
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  • Lecturer, computer programming
Digital Strategies and Applications
Stephanie Scott, PhD
  • Associate Director, Online Curriculum, Partnership for Innovation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Leadership, and Organization
Leadership and Communication
Patrick Shields
  • Mathematics Lecturer
Mathematical Sciences
Simon Tong
  • Instructor
Physical and Life Sciences
Daniel Singer
  • Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania
Scientific Process
Kristin Sowden
  • Associate Director of Career Advising and Programming
BAAS
Rebecca Stein
  • Executive Director of the Online Learning Initiative
Global and Regional Studies
Peter Struck, Professor and Chair of Classical Studies
  • Professor and Chair of Classical Studies
Classics, Religion and Culture
Amrita V. Subramanian
  • Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics
Social Science, Team Culture and Collaboration, Upskill
Michelle Taransky
  • Lecturer in Critical Writing, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Professional Writing
Margarita Tarragona
  • Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology
Applied Positive Psychology
Kimberly Torres, PhD
  • Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics; Center for Africana Studies
Dialogue, Ethics, and Social Good, Social Science
Marc Trussler
  • Director of Data Sciences, Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies
Data Analytics
Catherine Turner
  • Senior Associate Director, Center for Teaching and Learning at Penn
English Literature
Greg Urban, PhD
  • Faculty Director, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Team Culture and Collaboration
Team Culture and Collaboration, Social Science
Fayyaz Vellani
  • Lecturer in Critical Writing, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Digital Storytelling and Content Creation, Professional Writing
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  • Lecturer in creative writing
Creative Writing
Dana Walker
  • Lecturer in Critical Writing, Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing
Professional Writing
Michael Weisberg
  • Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania
Scientific Process
Clinton Williamson, Lecturer, Department of English
  • Lecturer, Department of English
English Literature
Kim Wimmer, Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology
  • Faculty, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology
Applied Positive Psychology
Mantha Zarmakoupi
  • Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture
Classics