(ANS - Rome) - The Deans of the Faculties of Philosophy, Educational Sciences and Social Communication Sciences of the Salesian Pontifical University have been appointed.

The Grand Chancellor of UPS, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, has appointed, for the next three years 2021-2024:

- Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, the Rev. Don Mauro Mantovani , Full Professor of Philosophy of the transcendent being; his mandate runs from 1 September 2021.

Born in Moncalieri (Turin) in 1966, Salesian since 1986 and priest since 1994, he studied Philosophy and Theology at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Degree in Philosophy, 1995), the Salesian Pontifical University (Baccalaureate and Licentiate in Philosophy; Baccalaureate in Theology at the Turin section and Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology), the Pontifical University of Salamanca (Ecclesiastical and civil doctorate in Philosophy, 2006) and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas "Angelicum" (Doctorate in Theology, 2011). Since 2007 he is Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, with research and publications concerning philosophical theology, the philosophy of history, philosophical propaedeutics and various border topics between theology, philosophy and science.

- Dean of the Faculty of Education, the Rev. Don Antonio Dellagiulia , Extraordinary Professor of Developmental Psychology; his mandate runs from 19 July 2021.

Piedmontese, born in Bra (CN) in 1972, he completed his Philosophical studies at the Salesian Pontifical University of Rome and of Theology at the Turin-Crocetta Section. He holds a Licentiate in Developmental and Educational Psychology at the Salesian Pontifical University (2005) and a Master's Degree in Life Cycle Wellness Psychology at the “La Sapienza” University of Rome (2010). At the Department of Nervous System and Behavior Sciences of the University of Pavia, in 2017, he obtained a PhD in Psychology, Statistics and Health Sciences. Psychologist, psychotherapist with a cognitive behavioral orientation, he deals with Developmental Psychology, with particular reference to the preschool age. His primary research area is attachment theory.

- Dean of the Faculty of Social Communication Sciences, the Rev. Don Fabio Pasqualetti , Full Professor of Social Theories of Communication; his second term runs from 19 July 2021.

Born in Verolanuova (Brescia) on 09/28/1959, he is Full Professor of Social Theories of Communication at the Faculty of Social Communication Sciences of the Salesian Pontifical University. Currently Dean of the Faculty. Teaches: Sociology of digital media; International communication and for development; Doctoral seminar and manages the professional internship: Internship. Responsible for the coordination of the technological sector of the Faculty.