Disciplinary Hearing Officer: Philip Rea

Provost Ronald J. Daniels announced the appointment of a new Disciplinary Hearing Officer (DHO). Dr. Philip A. Rea, professor of biology, will replace Dr. Jill Beech, professor of  veterinary medicine, whose term expired at the end of January. As DHO, Dr. Rea will preside over all disciplinary hearings. He is responsible for ensuring the procedural integrity of disciplinary hearings and will be called upon to make impartial decisions on procedural matters. Dr. Rea is “ideally suited for the role of DHO, which calls for someone who can remain, fair, analytical, even-tempered, and decisive,” said Provost Daniels. Dr. Rea received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 1982. He joined the Penn faculty as an assistant professor in 1990.

Dr. Beech has “filled this role admirably for the past seven years. Her tenure as DHO was characterized by consistency, fairness, and sensitivity. All participants in the process were grateful for her unflappable demeanor and her dedication to order and impartiality,” Provost Daniels concluded.