Paul Sniegowski, the Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will leave his position August 1, 2024 to become the president of Earlham College. The announcement was made by School of Arts & Sciences dean Steven Fluharty. Dean Sniegowski has served as dean of the College since 2017. 

Dean Sniegowski, a professor of evolutionary biology, has been a member of the Penn faculty for 27 years. He oversaw the College’s transition to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. His accomplishments include the creation of the First-Generation, Low-Income Dean’s Advisory Board and overseeing the creation of the environmental humanities and data science minors.

From 2012 to 2016, Dean Sniegowski chaired the school’s Committee on Undergraduate Education. He has also chaired the Faculty Senate Committee on Students and Educational Policy, served on the faculty advisory boards of the College of Liberal & Professional Studies and the Center for Teaching and Learning, and chaired the School of Arts & Sciences’ Teaching Awards Committee. From 2011 to 2017, he served as the disciplinary hearing officer for Penn’s Office of Student Conduct and the Sexual Violence Investigative Office.

“Paul has promoted inclusion in the undergraduate learning experience through a number of means,” Dean Fluharty said in an announcement. “Being named to a college presidency is a tremendous honor, and Paul’s appointment at Earlham is a well-deserved tribute to his devotion to student learning and to liberal arts education.”

Earlham College is a Quaker college located in Richmond, Indiana.