Academic Leadership
Jeffrey T. Grabill, PhD, joined the University at Buffalo in August 2025 as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, UB’s largest and most diverse academic unit.
Associate Dean for Research
Jason Briner, Department of Earth Sciences
The Associate Dean for Research partners with faculty across the College and with Sector Associate Deans to drive our research and creative activities and expand opportunities for new awards and research grants as we move toward the Top 25 public universities.
Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities
Tom Feeley, Department of Communication
The Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities sector is the primary designee for the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in essentially all matters involving the administration and oversight of departments and programs in the sector. This position is the first contact for department and program heads for all dean-level issues. The associate dean of arts and humanities also coordinates decisions with the other associate deans and the dean and communicates these decisions to departments and programs in the sector.
Associate Dean for Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Kris Tjaden, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences
The Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences sector is the primary designee for the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in essentially all matters involving the administration and oversight of departments and programs in the sector. This position is the first contact for department and program heads for all dean-level issues. The associate dean of natural sciences also coordinates decisions with the other associate deans and the dean and communicates these decisions to departments and programs in the sector.
Associate Dean for Social Sciences
Sean Bennett, Department of Geography
The Associate Dean for the Social Sciences sector is the primary designee for the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in essentially all matters involving the administration and oversight of departments and programs in the sector. This position is the first contact for department and program heads for all dean-level issues. The associate dean of social sciences also coordinates decisions with the other associate deans and the dean and communicates these decisions to departments and programs in the sector.
Academic Portfolio by Sector
- Africana and American Studies
- Art
- Art Galleries
- Arts Management
- Asian Studies
- Center for the Arts
- Classics
- Comparative Literature
- English
- Global Gender and Sexuality Studies
- History
- Humanities Institute
- Jewish Thought
- Media Study
- Music
- Romance Languages and Literatures
- Theatre and Dance
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Communicative Disorders and Sciences
- Earth Sciences
- Math
- Physics
- Psychology
- Anthropology
- Communication
- Economics
- Environment and Sustainability
- Geography
- Indigenous Studies
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
- Sociology and Criminology