College Committees
Executive Committee
Ann-Margaret Esnard – Interim Dean
Cynthia Searcy – Associate Dean
David Ribar – Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Jan Ivery – Assistant Dean for Academic Programs
Leah Daigle – Faculty Associate
Dean Dabney – Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
James Marton – Chair, Department of Economics
Cathy Liu – Chair, Department of Public Management and Policy
Joon Choi – Director, School of Social Work
Jan Nijman – Director, Urban Studies Institute
Mathieu Arp – Director, Office of Academic Assistance
Management Committee
Ann-Margaret Esnard – Interim Dean
Cynthia Searcy – Associate Dean
David Ribar – Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Jan Ivery – Assistant Dean for Academic Programs
Avani Raval – College Administrative Officer
Denise Jenkins – College Financial Officer
Dean Dabney – Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
James Marton – Chair, Department of Economics
Cathy Liu – Chair, Department of Public Management and Policy
Joon Choi – Director, School of Social Work
Jan Nijman – Director, Urban Studies Institute
James Cox – Director, Experimental Economics Center
Karen Minyard – Director, Georgia Health Policy Center
Maggie Reeves – Director, Georgia Policy Labs
Robert Buschman – Interim Director of the Public Finance Research Cluster
College Promotion and Tenure Committee:
Yongsheng Xu
Economics – Fall 2024
Callie Burt
Criminal Justice and Criminology – Spring 2026
Greg Lewis
Public Management & Policy – Spring 2025
Peter Lyons
Social Work – Spring 2026
Dan Immergluck
Urban Studies Institute – Spring 2025
Academic Programs Committee:
Jan Ivery
Chair, Social Work – Appointed by Dean
Michael Shapiro
Criminal Justice and Criminology – Spring 2025
Rusty Tchernis
Economics – Spring 2026
Joseph Hacker
Public Management and Policy – Spring 2024
Robin Marie Hartinger-Saunders
Social Work – Spring 2025
Jean-Paul Addie
Urban Studies Institute – Spring 2024
Faculty Affairs Committee:
Alberto Chong
Chair, Economics – Spring 2025
Andrew Heiss
Public Management and Policy – Spring 2026
David Iwaniec
Urban Studies Institute – Spring 2024
Committee on Faculty Appeals:
Benedict Jimenez
Public Management and Policy – Spring 2025
Fred Brooks
Social Work – Spring 2024
Eric Sevigny
Criminal Justice and Criminology – Spring 2026
Student Appeals Committee:
Jan Ligon
Social Work – Spring 2026
Grace Eau
Economics – Spring 2024
Fei Li
Urban Studies Institute – Spring 2025
Andrew Young School Senators:
Cyntoria Johnson – Criminal Justice and Criminology
Volkan Topalli – Criminal Justice and Criminology
Shelby Frost – Economics
Susan Laury – Economics
Vjollca Sadiraj – Economics
Yongsheng Xu – Economics
Sharon Hill – Public Management and Policy
Janlle Kerlin Bass – Public Management and Policy
Fred Brooks – Social Work
Lionel D. Scott – Social Work
Dan Immergluck – Urban Studies Institute