Moylan named dean of Ithaca College’s School of Health Sciences and Human Performance

ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca College has appointed Christina Moylan dean of its School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, effective March 1.

She has served as interim dean of the school for the past year, according to a press release from the college.

As dean, Moylan will have budget and academic oversight of the school’s departments of exercise science and athletic training, health sciences and public health, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language pathology and audiology, and pre-health professions, along with the graduate program in physician-assistant studies.

Moylan succeeds Linda Petrosino, who retired as dean of the school at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year.

“Moving forward, the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance requires a new strategic plan with a data-driven approach to growth; focused strategies to attract undergraduate and graduate students; additional diversification of academic offerings beyond the undergraduate residential model; and more emphasis on supporting student success, particularly at the graduate level,” she said in the release. “I embrace the critical role that higher education plays in civilized society, and I believe in the strengths of the school and in its ability to be a leader in health and human performance education.”

Moylan joined Ithaca College in 2015 as an assistant professor and coordinator of the HSHP Preprofessional Program. Prior to serving as interim dean, Moylan was associate provost for graduate and professional studies. Her previous roles include director of public health emergency preparedness, where she managed the college’s COVID pandemic response, and associate dean of the School of Sciences and Human Performance.

Before joining Ithaca College, Moylan taught in the department of health information and informatics at the University of Central Florida and served for more than a decade in a variety of health policy positions for both state and federal organizations.

She holds a Ph.D. in public-health policy and a master’s degree in health policy and management from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.

Founded in 1892, Ithaca College serves about 5,000 students, offering degrees in 70 programs at its schools of business, communications, humanities and sciences, health sciences and human performance, and music, theater, and dance.