Dean of the Faculty Office Staff & Responsibilities

The Dean of the Faculty's Office aspires to provide the best service and environment for faculty and students. Thank you for taking the time to visit us.

Shana Levin
Shana Levin
Co-Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
Crown Professor of Psychology and George R. Roberts Fellow

  • Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • Academic Deans Committee (ADC) of the Consortium
  • Administration Committee
  • Annual Research Celebration
  • Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Committee (APT)
  • APT Executive Committee
  • Board of Trustees
  • Budgets
  • CMC Summer Research Program
  • Committee Assignments
  • Dean’s Cabinet
  • Department Budgets
  • Faculty Compensation
  • Faculty Contracts: tenure track
  • Faculty Research Committee Chair
  • Intercollegiate: 7C Claremont Faculty Leadership Program
  • New Chair Orientation
  • Post-Tenure Reviews
  • President’s Executive Council
  • Research Institutes
  • Senior Advisory Council
  • Tenure Track Appointments

  • Oversight of the Following Offices (including Staff Compensation):
  • Athenaeum
  • Kravis Lab for Social Impact
  • Murty Sunak Quantitative and Computing Lab
  • Office of Institutional Research
  • Research Institutes
Emily Wiley
Emily Wiley
Co-Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Biology

  • Academic Advising
  • Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • Academic Deans Committee (ADC) of the Consortium
  • Academic Standards Committee Appeals
  • Athletics Appointments
  • Athletics Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion committee
  • Committee Assignments
  • Committee of Chairs
  • Coordination with Public Affairs and Communications
  • Curriculum Committee
  • Dean’s Cabinet
  • Department External Reviews
  • Diversity Committee
  • Faculty Contracts: Non-tenure Track
  • Fellowships Advising Oversight
  • Freshman Humanities Seminars Director
  • Intercollegiate: 7Cs Professional Development Network Grants; 5Cs New Faculty Orientation; 7Cs Diversity Working Group; 5Cs Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Keck Science Deans Committee
  • Keck Science Presidents and Deans Committee
  • Keck Science Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion committee
  • New Faculty Orientation
  • Oversight of the Curriculum and Academic Affairs for Students
  • Podlich Distinguished Fellows
  • President’s Executive Council
  • Science Chair Search
  • Science Facility Committee
  • Senior Advisory Council
  • Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • Space Planning
  • Student Orientation (academic aspects)

  • Oversight of the Following Offices (including Staff Compensation):
  • Center for Global Education
  • Center for Writing & Public Discourse
  • Faculty Support
  • Forensics and Debate
  • Office of the Registrar
Ellen K. Rentz
Ellen K. Rentz
Associate Dean of the Faculty (AY 2020-2021)
Associate Professor of Literature and Co-Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies

  • 7Cs Diversity Working Group
  • Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • Academic Standards Committee (ASC)
  • Admission and Financial Aid Committee
  • ASC Hearing Committee Chair
  • Advising
  • Assessment Committee
  • Committee Assignments
  • Coordination with Information Technology Services (ITS)
  • COVID Compliance Committee
  • Dean’s Cabinet
  • Diversity Committee
  • Faculty-Student Academic Working Group
  • First-Year Program
  • Junior Faculty Mentoring
  • Oversight of Curricular Matters
  • Senior Advisory Council
  • Writing Committee
Cindi Guimond
Cindi Guimond
Director of Academic Affairs

  • Academic and Department Budgets
  • Committee support for Academic Affairs, APT, APT/EC
  • Faculty contracts: tenure track and non-tenure track
  • Faculty Support Centers Supervisor
  • Language Residents
  • Office Moves and Space Planning
Elizabeth Morgan
Elizabeth Morgan
Registrar and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs

  • Accreditation
  • Assessment
  • Curricular Reform Projects
  • Department External Reviews
  • Registrar’s office
  • Senior Advisory Council
  • Student Information System
Nyree Gray
Nyree Gray
Associate Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Civil Rights Officer

  • Dean’s Cabinet
  • Civil rights policies and complaints
  • Diversity Committee
  • Faculty hiring policies
Aithan Peterson
Aithan Peterson
Assistant Director of Academic Administration

(909) 621-8117
(909) 607-2507

Athenaeum North, Suite 225

  • Committee Support for Academic Computing, Administration, Computer Science/Data Science, Curriculum, Faculty, Faculty Research, and Writing Committees
  • Emergency and Academic Continuity
  • Podlich fellows
  • Post-Tenure Reviews
  • Research projects for DOF office
  • Student Information System Change Management
  • Student Information System CORE support
Amy Peterson
Janice Heitkamp
Administrative Assistant to the Dean

(909) 621-8117

Athenaeum North, Suite 225

  • Calendars of Dean of Faculty and Associate Deans of Faculty
  • Budget Support
  • Event organization
  • General Office Support