Guest Column by 568 Penn Faculty and Staff | Penn must pay PILOTS
{Reproduced from the Daily Pennsylvanian}
Guest Column by 568 Penn Faculty and Staff | Penn must pay PILOTS
By Ann Farnsworth-Alvear, Gerald Campano, Tulia Falleti, Arden McAllister, Justin McDaniel, Amy C. Offner, Mary Summers, and Jolyon Thomas16 hours ago
Who We Are
We are faculty and staff at the University of Pennsylvania who believe that Penn has a responsibility to ensure adequate funding for the Philadelphia public schools. Penn is the largest property owner in the city of Philadelphia, but as a non-profit institution, it pays no property taxes on its non-commercial properties. In other words, it contributes nothing to the tax base that funds Philadelphia’s public school system — all of this in a city whose schools are underfunded and facing deep budget cuts amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our Commitment
Penn should contribute to an Educational Equity Fund governed by the school district and city of Philadelphia. These would be payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) — a fraction of what Penn would owe if it were subject to property tax assessment. We commit ourselves to seeing our university pay its fair share.
Nearly every other Ivy League university already makes payments in lieu of taxes. Penn would be joining the ranks of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Cornell, and Dartmouth in recognizing its financial obligation to the community of which it is a part.
In What Sense Does Penn Owe the City?
This is not a matter of charity, but rather of justice. Penn’s tax exemption is predicated on the notion that it is a non-profit institution that exists to fulfill a public purpose, not a for-profit corporation that exists to accumulate capital. That distinction must be made meaningful. Today, Penn is the seventh-richest university in the country. Philadelphia, meanwhile, has the highest poverty rate of the ten largest cities in the United States. If Penn’s public mission is to have any meaning at all, the University must not be an exemplar or engine of urban inequality.
Yet the existing system of public finance ensures that Penn benefits from city services that it does not pay to maintain. Penn’s administrators, faculty, and staff rely on city schools, sanitation services, transportation, and other programs. Penn’s location in the city of Philadelphia is one of its defining characteristics that enables the University to attract faculty and students. When the University does not pay for the services and environment that make its work possible, other Philadelphians are left to make up the difference — or, city schools and other institutions simply go without. Penn has a duty to contribute to the city that sustains it.
Fulfilling this responsibility requires more than targeted programs that Penn designs and administers — whether it be competitive scholarships, academically based community service courses, investments in University City, or support for the Penn Alexander School. The city of Philadelphia needs functioning public services that serve all people and that are governed by democratic procedures. Penn, in turn, needs a city with robust democratic governance and the capacity to carry out government responsibilities. No amount of philanthropy or research-based intervention can substitute for public schools available to all, financed by all, and capable of being held accountable through public procedures. Penn’s practice of investing in its immediate neighborhood is not equivalent to meeting its obligation — as all residents do — to contribute to the public governance and institutions that serve every person in the city. Moreover, there is no need for Penn to choose between its existing community programs and its responsibility to make payments in lieu of taxes. Universities throughout the Ivy League have long shown that it is possible to do both.
Penn’s obligation is particularly urgent at a time when protests against racial inequality and injustice have engulfed our city and country. Every institution in our society must address the root causes of racial inequality, which include systems of public finance that enrich wealthy, private, majority-white institutions while underfunding public institutions and public services. Disinvestment in public services has exacerbated educational, health, and economic inequalities, with especially punishing effects on communities of color.
We know that Penn’s failure to pay PILOTs is only one cause of the critical inequalities in Philadelphia’s schools. The state of Pennsylvania has one of the worst funding gaps between low-income and high-income school districts in the country. But Penn’s paying at least some of what it would owe in taxes to the schools of Philadelphia will represent one important step in the fight for educational justice in Harrisburg and beyond.
What Difference Would an Educational Equity Fund Make?
Penn’s contributions would help the school district address pressing needs. The schools have long suffered from a teacher shortage and large class sizes. The district once had a library and certified librarian in nearly every school, but today has only ten certified librarians on payroll. The district is unable to provide every school with a full range of educational programs and supportive services, including full-time music, art, and physical education teachers; school nurses, psychologists, and counselors; and bilingual staff and teachers. These resources are far more available in surrounding suburban districts whose local tax bases provide superior funding for public education. Philadelphia students deserve the same resources and opportunities as their peers a few miles away.
Perhaps most urgently, the schools require major investments to protect the health and safety of students, teachers, and staff. The Philadelphia Inquirer has made us all aware of the deadly consequences of asbestos in the schools. Across the city, children may be compromising their futures when they sit down in classrooms, and adults are risking their health to teach, feed, counsel, and care for students. We would not work in these conditions nor ask our students to learn in them. The district estimates that it would cost $125 million to remove asbestos and lead paint from all areas occupied by students. Penn must do its part to ensure that Philadelphia’s children have access to high-quality public education in schools that are safe and healthy. This should be our commitment to our city, our children, and future generations at Penn.
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58. Alison Buttenheim, Associate Professor, Family and Community Health, School of Nursing
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60. Gerald Campano, Professor, GSE
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80. Lapis David Cohen, Library Specialist, Penn Libraries
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88. Meghan Crnic, Senior Lecturer, History and Sociology of Science, SAS
89. Erin Cross, Director, LGBT Center
90. Joe Cruz, Sr. IT Director, Wharton
91. Maria Cuellar, Assistant Professor, Criminology, SAS
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111. Stephen DiNardo, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biol, PSOM
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113. Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Associate Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice
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116. André Dombrowski, Associate Professor, History of Art, SAS
117. Melissa Donner, Instructional Coach, Urban Teacher Apprenticeship Program, GSE
118. Micah Dornfeld, Department Administrator, Historic Preservation, Weitzman School of Design
119. Stephanie Doupnik, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, PSOM
120. Jeffrey P. Douthett, IT Technical Director, Classroom Technology Services, Information Systems and Computing
121. J. William Draper, Reference Librarian, Law School
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130. Anthony Elms, Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art
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143. Lynne Farrington, Senior Curator, Special Collections, Kislak Center, Penn Libraries
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148. Kelly Fernández, Director of Administration & Faculty Affairs, Annenberg School for Communication
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236. Megan Kassabaum, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, SAS, American Section, Penn Museum
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238. Eleni Katifori, Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, SAS
239. Alli Katz, Program Coordinator, Kelly Writers House
240. Jill Katz, Director of Marketing & Communications, Institute of Contemporary Art
241. Jonathan D. Katz, Associate Professor of Practice, History of Art and GSWS, SAS
242. Jane Kauer, Consulting Scholar, Physical Anthropology Section, Penn Museum
243. Suvir Kaul, A. M. Rosenthal Professor, English, SAS
244. Amanpreet Kaur, Librarian, Penn Libraries
245. David Kazanjian, Professor, English, SAS
246. Greta Kazenski, Senior Global Programs Manager, Penn Abroad
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249. Daniel Kessler, Associate Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, PSOM
250. Nahla Khalek, Assistant Professor, Clinical OBGYN in Surgery, PSOM
251. Fariha Khan, Associate Director, Asian American Studies, SAS
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255. Jean Knight, Lecturer in Spanish, Romance Languages, SAS
256. Simon Knight, Research Specialist D, Department of Dermatology, PSOM
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259. Varvara Kountouzi, Librarian, Penn Libraries
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263. Eric Krewson, Library Specialist, Penn Libraries
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265. Marina Krikorian, Project Coordinator, CARGC, Annenberg School for Communication
266. Dorothy Kronick, Assistant Professor, Political Science, SAS
267. Michelle Krysztofiak, Administrative Coordinator, BMS, Vet School
268. Harun Küçük, Associate Professor, History and Sociology of Science, SAS
269. Barbara Kurshan, Innovation Advisor, GSE
270. Ann Kuttner, Associate Professor, History of Art, SAS
271. Glen Lafferty, Director of Fiscal and Administrative Operations, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics/CCEB/IBI, PSOM
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275. Britt Lang, Research Coordinator, Division of Family Planning, PSOM
276. Allison Lassiter, Assistant Professor, City Planning, Weitzman School of Design
277. Ayoung Lee, Program Manager, GSE
278. Insup Lee, Cecilia Fitler Moore Professor of Computer and Information Science, SEAS
279. Noah Lee, IT Support Specialist, Wharton
280. Sophia Lee, Professor, Law School
281. Robin Leidner, Associate Professor, Sociology, SAS
282. Michael Leja, James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professor of History of Art, SAS
283. Zachary Lesser, Professor, English, SAS
284. Richard M. Leventhal, Professor, Anthropology. SAS
285. Katie Levesque, Research Associate, PennPraxis, Weitzman School of Design
286. Michael Levy, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, SOM
287. Mark Liberman, Christopher H. Browne Professor, Linguistics, SAS
288. Walter Licht, Walter H. Annenberg Professor, History, SAS
289. Sarah E. Light, Associate Professor, LGST Department, Wharton
290. Susan Lindee, Janice and Julian Bers Professor, History and Sociology of Science, SAS
291. Margaret Lindem, Head, Veterinary Libraries
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296. Kristin Linn, Assistant Professor, PSOM
297. Andrea J. Liu, Hepburn Professor of Physics, Physics and Astronomy, SAS
298. Silicia Lomax, Research Coordinator, Annenberg School for Communication
299. Jackie Lopez, Fieldwork & Service-Learning Coordinator, GSE
300. Heather Love, Professor, English, SAS
301. Corinne Low, Assistant Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton
302. Jeremy Low, Software Developer, Wharton Computing, Wharton
303. Mili Lozada, Director of Language and Culture Programs, Lauder Institute
304. Julia Lynch, Professor, Political Science, SAS
305. Kristina Lyons, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Environmental Humanities, SAS
306. Suzanne MacFarland, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, PSOM
307. Rahul Mangharam, Associate Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering, SEAS
308. David Marchino, Administrative Assistant, Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, SAS
309. Yumi Matsumoto, Assistant Professor, Educational Linguistics, GSE
310. E. Ann Matter, Professor of Religious Studies, Emerita, SAS
311. Serena Mayeri, Professor of Law and History, Law School
312. Arden McAllister, Director of Research Operations, Division of Family Planning, PSOM
313. Justin McDaniel, Professor and Undergraduate Chair, Department of Religious Studies, SAS
314. Niel McDowell, Associate Director of Academic Advising, The College, SAS
315. Kristine McGee, Manuscripts Processor, Penn Libraries
316. Molly McGlone, Associate Director and Assistant Dean, Urban Studies/Music Lecturer, SAS
317. Jeremy McInerney, Professor, Classical Studies, SAS
318. Ramah McKay, Assistant Professor, History and Sociology of Science, SAS
319. Megan McManus, Faculty Affairs Coordinator, GSE
320. Matti Mejia, Administrative Coordinator, Law School
321. Holly Mengel, Archivist, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Penn Libraries
322. Susan S. Meyer, Professor of Philosophy, SAS
323. Lisa Miracchi, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, SAS
324. Jordan Mitchell, Archivist, Annenberg School for Communication
325. Lisa Mitchell, Associate Professor, South Asia Studies, SAS
326. Eri Mizukane, Library Specialist, Penn Libraries
327. Ka Yan Danise Mok, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
328. Elika Molayi, Application Developer, PSOM
329. M. Alexandra Monroy, Senior Research Investigator, PSOM
330. Constance Mood, Digital Imaging Assistant, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Penn Libraries
331. Jennifer Moore, Editor, GSE
332. Katherine M. Moore, Practice Professor and Undergraduate Chair, Anthropology, SAS
333. Robert Moore, Senior Lecturer, GSE
334. Amy Montgomery, Managing Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research
335. Heather Moqtaderi, Assistant Director / Curator, Arthur Ross Gallery
336. Jonathan D. Moreno, Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, PSOM
337. Luis Moreno-Caballud, Associate Professor, Romance Languages, SAS
338. Jennifer Morgan, Research Director, Annenberg School for Communication
339. Yoichiro Mori, Calabi-Simons Chair in Mathematics and Biology, Mathematics and Biology, SAS
340. Andrea Morley, Project Manager, Reproductive Research Unit, PSOM
341. George Mostoller, Library Specialist, Van Pelt Library
342. Projit Bihari Mukharji, Associate Professor, History & Sociology of Science, SAS
343. Mary Mullins, Professor and Vice Chair, Cell & Developmental Biology, PSOM
344. Maria Murphy, Interim Associate Director, Alice Paul Center, SAS
345. Leslie Nabors Oláh, Adjunct Associate Professor, GSE
346. Zachary Nachsin, I.T. Support Specialist, Information Technology, GSE
347. Benjamin Nathans, Alan Charles Kors Associate Term Professor of History, SAS
348. Rachelle R. Nelson, Resource Management Coordinator, Penn Libraries
349. Alexis Broderick Neumann, Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn and Slavery Project, Penn Libraries
350. Laura Nickrosz, Director of Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, Annenberg School for Communication
351. Christine Nieman, Library Intern, Penn Libraries
352. Lori Noll, Associate Director, Urban Teaching Residency, GSE
353. Erik Nordgren, Bioinformatics Data Administrator, Biology, SAS
354. Anne Norton, Stacey and Henry Jackson President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science, SAS
355. Marcy Norton, Associate Professor, History, SAS
356. Amy C. Offner, Associate Professor, History, SAS
357. Brendan O’Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science, SAS
358. Mitchell A. Orenstein, Professor, Russian and East European Studies, SAS
359. Kenna O’Rourke, Managing Editor of Jacket2, Kelly Writers House
360. Angela Pachon, Research Director, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Weitzman School of Design
361. Caitlin Palmer, Curatorial Administrative Coordinator, Institute of Contemporary Art
362. Stephanie Palmer, Administrative Assistant, English, SAS
363. Sarah H. Paoletti, Practice Professor of Law, Law School
364. Josephine Park, Professor, English and Asian American Studies, SAS
365. SoBae Park, IT Staff, GSE IT, GSE
366. Emilio A. Parrado, Professor, Sociology, SAS
367. Litty Paxton, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Annenberg School for Communication
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369. Kathy Peiss, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History, SAS
370. Sarvelia Peralta-Duran, Administrative Director, Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, Wharton & SEAS
371. Adriana Petryna, Edmund J. & Louise W. Kahn Term Professor Anthropology, SAS
372. Victor Pickard, Professor, Annenberg School for Communication
373. Benjamin C. Pierce, Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer and Information Science, SEAS
374. Michele Pierson, Development Administrative Coordinator, Institute of Contemporary Art
375. Kevin M. F. Platt, Professor, Russian and East European Studies, SAS
376. Scott Poethig, Professor, Biology, SAS
377. Mecky Pohlschroder, Professor and Undergraduate Chair, Biology, SAS
378. Florencia Greer Polite, Associate Professor of Clinical OBGYN, PSOM
379. John Pollack, Curator, Kislak Center, Penn Libraries
380. Anne Pomerantz, Professor of Practice, GSE
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382. Dot Porter, Curator, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Penn Libraries
383. Michael Posa, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, SEAS
384. John Puckett, Professor, GSE
385. Jean-Michel Rabaté, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, English, SAS
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390. Philip A. Rea, Professor and Belldegrun Distinguished Director, Biology, SAS
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393. Adolph Reed, Professor of Political Science Emeritus, SAS
394. Abby Reisman, Assistant Professor, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, GSE
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396. Julianne Reynolds, Associate Director, Weingarten Center, VPUL
397. Elizabeth Rhoades, Associate Professor, Chemistry, SAS
398. Jillian Richards, Interlibrary Loan Assistant, Van Pelt Library
399. Daniel K. Richter, Professor, History, SAS, and Director, McNeil Center for Early American Studies
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415. Wendy D. Roth, Associate Professor, Sociology, SAS
416. Louis S. Rulli, Practice Professor of Law, Law School
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421. Melissa E. Sanchez, Donald T. Regan Professor of English, SAS
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424. Utsav Schurmans, Director, Research and Scholar Programs, Wharton Undergraduate Division
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448. Michael Solomon, Professor, Romance Languages, SAS
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454. Ramya Sreenivasan, Associate Professor, South Asia Studies, SAS
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465. Mary Summers, Lecturer, Political Science, and Senior Fellow, Fox Leadership Program, SAS
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496. Santoi Wagner, Senior Lecturer, GSE
497. Ingrid Waldron, Professor Emerita, Biology, SAS
498. Katharine Miller Walsh, Administrative Coordinator, SEAS
499. Jennifer Walter, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, PSOM
500. Nicole Washington, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, PSOM
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503. Ben Webster, Library Assistant, Penn Libraries
504. Scott Weinstein, Professor, Philosophy, SAS
505. Susan Weiss, Professor and Vice Chair, Microbiology, PSOM
506. Steven Weitzman, Professor, Religious Studies, SAS
507. Mia Wells, Librarian, Penn Libraries
508. ML Wernecke, Teaching Assistant, Urban Studies
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511. Sharon Wolf, Assistant Professor, GSE
512. Yin-Ling Irene Wong, Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice
513. Dagmawi Woubshet, Ahuja Family Presidential Associate Professor, English, SAS
514. Charles Yang, Professor of Linguistics and Computer and Information Science, SAS
515. Chi-ming Yang, Associate Professor, English, SAS
516. Andrielle Yost, Assistant Director, Center for Global Health, PSOM
517. Ashton Yount, Staff Writer & Digital Content Specialist, Annenberg School for Communication
518. Jackie Zahn, Undergraduate Coordinator, Romance Languages, SAS
519. Shawn Zamechek, Senior IT Project Leader, Wharton
520. Ken Zaret, Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, PSOM
521. Holly Zerbe, Librarian, Penn Libraries
522. Wolfgang Ziller, Francis J. Carey Term Professor, Mathematics, SAS
523. Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor, History, GSE
524. Jacob Torkelson, Research Associate, Historic Preservation, Weitzman School of Design
525. Mistie Trench, Junior Statistician, DOS, PSOM
526. Whitney Trettien, Assistant Professor, English, SAS
527. Mark Trodden, Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor, Physics & Astronomy, SAS
528. Matthew Trowbridge, Business Research Librarian, Penn Libraries
529. Kelly Tuttle, Project Cataloger, Manuscripts of the Muslim World, Penn Libraries
530. Laura Vargas, Vice-Provost Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn Injury Science Center & School of Nursing
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532. Ryan Villanueva, Assistant Director, International Student and Scholar Services, Penn Global
533. Robert Vitalis, Professor, Political Science, SAS
534. Domenic Vitiello, Associate Professor, City Planning, Weitzman School of Design, and Urban Studies, SAS
535. Brian Vivier, Coordinator for Area Studies Collections, Penn Libraries
536. Benjamin Franklin Voight, Associate Professor, Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Department of Genetics, PSOM
537. Diane Waff, Professor of Practice, GSE; Director, Philadelphia Writing Project
538. Doris Wagner, Robert I. Williams Term Professor of Biology, SAS
539. Santoi Wagner, Senior Lecturer, GSE
540. Ingrid Waldron, Professor Emerita, Biology, SAS
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542. Katharine Miller Walsh, Administrative Coordinator, SEAS
543. Jennifer Walter, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, PSOM
544. Nicole Washington, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, PSOM
545. Kathryn Watterson, Lecturer, Creative Writing, SAS
546. Duncan Watts, Stevens University and PIK Professor, Computer and Information Science (SEAS), Annenberg School, and OIDD (Wharton)
547. Ben Webster, Library Assistant, Penn Libraries
548. Scott Weinstein, Professor, Philosophy, SAS
549. Susan Weiss, Professor and Vice Chair, Microbiology, PSOM
550. Gary Weissman, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, PSOM
551. Steven Weitzman, Professor, Religious Studies, SAS
552. Mia Wells, Librarian, Penn Libraries
553. ML Wernecke, Teaching Assistant, Urban Studies
554. Kandi J. Wiens, Senior Fellow, GSE
555. Emily Wilson, Professor, Classical Studies, SAS
556. Sharon Wolf, Assistant Professor, GSE
557. Yin-Ling Irene Wong, Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice
558. Dagmawi Woubshet, Ahuja Family Presidential Associate Professor, English, SAS
559. Charles Yang, Professor of Linguistics and Computer and Information Science, SAS
560. Chi-ming Yang, Associate Professor, English, SAS
561. Andrielle Yost, Assistant Director, Center for Global Health, PSOM
562. Ashton Yount, Staff Writer & Digital Content Specialist, Annenberg School for Communication
563. Jackie Zahn, Undergraduate Coordinator, Romance Languages, SAS
564. Shawn Zamechek, Senior IT Project Leader, Wharton
565. Ken Zaret, Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, PSOM
566. Holly Zerbe, Librarian, Penn Libraries
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567. Wolfgang Ziller, Francis J. Carey Term Professor, Mathematics, SAS
568. Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor, History, GSE