2026 AAU Deans of Arts and Sciences Meeting

Meeting

Dates and Times

February 19 – 21, 2026

Thursday, 5:30 PM – Saturday, 12:00 PM

Host

Elizabeth Spiller, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University of South Florida

Christa Acampora, Dean, College & Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia

Estella Atekwana, Dean, College of Letters & Science, University of California Davis

Irene Blair, Dean, Natural Sciences, University of Colorado

Bárbara Brizuela, Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, Tufts University

Alain-Philippe (A-P) Durand, Dean, College of Humanities, University of Arizona

Elizabeth Engelhardt, Senior Associate Dean, Fine Arts & Humanities, UNC Chapel Hill

Bryan Gaensler, Dean, Physical & Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz

Carmala Garzione, Dean, College of Science, University of Arizona

David Gerdes, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

Jon Gould, Dean, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine

Jeffrey Grabill, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University at Buffalo

Eric Hegg, Dean, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University

Magda Hinojosa, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Arizona State University

Kevin Ingersent, Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Florida

Jennifer Johnson Hanks, Executive Dean, College of Letters & Science, University of California, Berkeley

Rachel Kimbro, Dean, School of Social Sciences, Rice University

Tracy Langkilde, Dean, Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University

Adam Leibovich, Dean, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Peter Loewen, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Cornell University

Emily Miller, Deputy Vice-President, Association of American Universities

Simon North, Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Texas A&M University

Venetria Patton, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Wanda Pillow, Dean, College of Humanities; School for Cultural & Social Transformation, University of Utah

Lori Poloni-Staudinger, Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona

Hridesh Rajan, Dean, School of Science & Engineering, Tulane University

Susan Rivera, Dean, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland

Pearl Sandick, Dean, College of Science, University of Utah

Sudeep Sarkar, Founding Dean, Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing, University of South Florida

Ken Scheve, Dean, College of Arts & Letters, University of Notre Dame

Stanley Sclaroff, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Boston University

Stephanie Shonekan, Dean, School of Arts & Humanities, University of Maryland College Park

David Sosa, Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin

Peter Trapa, Vice Provost and Senior Dean, College and Schools of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Utah

Stefano Vidussi, Divisional Dean, Physical Sciences & Mathematics, University of California, Riverside

Jim White, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill

Eric Wilcots, Dean, College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Steven Wilkinson, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yale University

Daryle Williams, Dean, College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, University of California, Riverside

David Wrobel, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Stony Brook University