College Deans

Dr. Daniel J. Gelo
Dean

Dr. Gelo joined the UTSA faculty in 1988. He was previously the chair of the Department of Anthropology and interim director of the Division of Behavioral and Cultural Sciences. A cultural anthropologist who specializes in the symbolic study of American Indian expressive culture, Dr. Gelo holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University. He has an active field research program in Texas and Oklahoma and has produced numerous publications and films on such topics as the Comanche Indian language, Tigua Indian ritual and cultural identity, and Southern Plains Indian music. He is author of an entry on Native North Americans in the Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. Dr. Gelo is a recipient of the President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Creative Activity and the Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award.

Dr. Christopher Wickham
Associate Dean

Dr. Wickham is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs for COLFA and an associate professor of German. He received a B.A. in German and Linguistics and an M.Phil. in German from the University of Reading (UK). His doctorate was earned in German Literature at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He has served on the UTSA Faculty Senate and the national executive council of the American Association of Teachers of German. He is on the editorial board of Monatshefte für deutschsprachige Literatur und Kultur. Dr. Wickham is a regular faculty member at the prestigious summer German School at Middlebury College and leads the short-term study abroad program UTSA in Munich. He is the author of Constructing Heimat in Postwar Germany: Longing and Belonging and is co-editor of Framing the Past: The Historiography of German Cinema and Television and "Was in den alten Buechern steht . . .": Neue Interpretationen von der Aufklaerung zur Moderne. His published articles include studies on Austrian and German cinema, German poetry, dialect, regional culture, German painters, and the writer, botanist and traveler, Adelbert von Chamisso.

Dr. Augustine Osman
Associate Dean

Dr. Osman is the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies for COLFA, and Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology. He received a B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology from West Virginia University (WVU), and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Clinical Psychology from WVU (WV). Dr. Osman's general research focuses on the development and validation of assessment instruments for several psychological disorders such as depression, pain, and eating disorders. He has developed and validated responses on instruments such as the Pain Distress Inventory, the Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents, and the Body Influence Assessment Inventory. Dr. Osman has authored (and co-authored with students) more than 52 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He recently co-authored a book entitled, Adolescent suicide: An integrated approach to the assessment of risk and protective factors. He is Associate Editor of Psychological Assessment, and Consulting Editor of several journals including the Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, and the European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Dr. Osman has served as external reviewer and consultant on grants such as mood and anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, and biostatistical research. In addition, he is a recipient of several teaching awards. He has extensive clinical consultation skills and has served as consultant to several mental health agencies.