David Hornyak
Director of Advising
PhD (Applied Developmental Psychology, minor in Quantitative Research Methodology), University of Pittsburgh
MA (School Counseling, specialization in Student Personnel Services in Higher Education), University of Pittsburgh
BS (Biological Sciences and Psychology), University of Pittsburgh
Office
3509 Cathedral of Learning
Phone
412-624-6884
Fax
412-624-6885
E-mail
hornyak@pitt.edu
As director of advising for the University Honors College (UHC), David Hornyak oversees the broad spectrum of specialized academic advising for honors students, as well as the housing and community development components of UHC. This includes responsibilities as varied as advising the politics–philosophy major, coordinating the Bachelor of Philosophy degree process, program development and evaluation, staff supervision, marketing UHC, and a myriad of administrative duties.
Prior to coming to UHC, Hornyak was an academic advisor in Pitt’s College of Arts and Sciences (now called the School of Arts and Sciences). Before joining the academic branch of the University, Hornyak was in the student affairs branch, where he worked in the Office of Residence Life, holding a number of positions, including resident director and assistant director for health and safety. The latter position involved coordinating the responses to all student conduct violations in the residence halls (as you can imagine, he has some very interesting stories from his residence life experience).
Academically, Hornyak’s undergraduate majors were biology and psychology, where he took a more generalist approach to both. In graduate school, he received an MA in school counseling, with a specialization in student personnel services in higher education. His MA thesis was "The Relationship Between Resident Assistant Temperament, Job Satisfaction, and Supervisor Rating." Hornyak received a PhD in applied developmental psychology, along with a minor in quantitative research methodology. His dissertation was an examination of the effect that the DISCOVER computer program had on college students' level of career development within the Cognitive Information Processing model.
Hornyak’s broader research interests are career planning and decision making in college students in general; learning from technology; and generational differences in the use of technology, especially as related to computer-mediated forms of community.
In addition to his work at Pitt, Hornyak is an adjunct professor in the School for Social Change at Carlow University, where he teaches introductory psychology and a graduate-level course in Carlow's professional counseling program.
Hornyak is a National Certified Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania.