Melissa CicoziAssistant Head
Margaret Morrison 110
cicozi@cmu.edu(412) 268-1535
Melissa Cicozi is the Business Manager for the School of Design, and she is also the general academic advisor for all Design undergraduates, including Communication Design; Industrial Design; and design minors. Cicozi also teaches a mini course in the fall semester called Design and Social Change (51-274). (
View a gallery of students’ work from this course.
Her research interests include sustainability as it relates to design, communities and business; preservation of green space; green practices; and design problem-solving within a social context.
She is the recipient of the Carnegie Mellon’s 2007 University Advising & Mentoring Award.
Cicozi completed three years as a participant in a three-year grant funded by the Luce Foundation, “The Greening of Early Undergraduate Education.” The grant promoted teaching environmental literacy in the first and second year of college education, to encourage students to incorporate environmental systems thinking into upper level course projects.
She serves on several university committees, including Student Employment Task Force, Study Abroad Advisory Board, University Discipline Committee Hearings, BXA Advisory Committee, CFA College Council for Academic Actions, Task Force to Rewrite the Carnegie Mellon Code, and the Green Practices Committee. She is also a member of the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society and also the Treasurer for the Carnegie Mellon Chapter.
Outside the University, Cicozi served on a Municipal Parks Advisory Board for six years, has co-chaired a community earth day event for two years, and is currently serving on the Board of Construction Junction, a local non-profit dedicated to keeping building supplies and renovation disposals out of landfills.
Cicozi holds a BA in Psychology & Sociology from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and a Masters of Public Management from Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College.
