Department Chairs

These are the department chairs and academic administrators for 2023-24.

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Department
Ext
Director
Administrator

Africana Studies

2563

Kellie Carter Jackson

Debbie Kudish

American Studies

3232

Paul Fisher (Fall)

Petra Rivera-Rideau (Spring)

Jeanne Hicks

Anthropology

2137

Adam Van Arsdale

Adriana Mihal

Art

Art History Director

2043

2042

Dave Olsen

Jacki Musacchio

Samara Pearlstein

Meghan Murray

Biological Sciences

3153
3154

Heather Mattila

Mary Helen McCollister
Sarah Schwartz

Chemistry

2243

Mala Radhakrishnan

Christine Crowley

Classical Studies

2630

Kate Gilhuly

Gretchen Pathak

Computer Science

3147

Orit Shaer

Sohie Lee, Co-Chairs

Narine Emdjian

East Asian Languages &

Cultures

2188

Mingwei Song (Fall)

TBD (Spring)

Anna (Hye Young) Park

Economics

2157
2154

Courtney Coile

Sheila Datz

Karen Cronin

Education

3232

Soo Hong 

Jeanne Hicks

English &

Creative Writing

2591

 

Yoon Lee

Lisa Easley

Environmental Studies

2800

Jay Turner

Kayli Hattley

French, Francophone, and Italian Studies

2403

Scott Gunther

Sarah Allahverdi

Jael Matos

Geosciences

3151

Katrin Monecke

Carol Gagosian

German Studies

2584

Thomas Nolden

Katie Jackson

History

2605

Nikhil Rao

Sharon Zimmer

Mathematics

3148

Ismar Volić

Lydia Alvita

Music

2077

Claire Fontijn

David Russell, Co-Chairs

Felicity Salmon

Dagny von Mering

Neuroscience

3153

3154

Mike Wiest

Mary Helen McCollister
Sarah Schwartz

Philosophy

2630

Helena de Bres

Gretchen Pathak

Physical Education, 

Recreation & Athletics

2027

Bethany Ellis

Tina Furdon

Physics & Astronomy

3148

Yue Hu

Carol Gagosian

Political Science

2516

Paul MacDonald

Maura Cahn

Karen Gurian

Psychology

3022

Tracy Gleason

Karen Blake

Religion

2609

Louise Marlow

Margaret Kennedy

Russian

2584

Tom Hodge

Katie Jackson

Sociology

2137

Peggy Levitt (Fall)

Kelly Rutherford (Spring)

Adriana Mihal

Spanish & Portuguese

2402

Koichi Hagimoto

Jael Matos

Women's & Gender

Studies

2538

Banu Subramaniam

Betty Tiro

 
Program Ext Director Administrator
Architecture
2043
2042
Martha McNamara 
Andrew Mowbray, Co-Chairs
Samara Pearlstein
Meghan Murray
Biochemistry
3153
3154
Dora Carrico-Moniz
Mathew Tantama, Co-Directors
Sarah Schwartz
Mary Helen McCollister
Cinema & Media Studies
2043
2042
Codruta Morari
 
Samara Pearlstein
Meghan Murray
Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences
3022
2563
Angela Carpenter
Karen Blake
 
Comparative Literary Studies
2563
Carol Dougherty
Rachel Moreno-Buckner
East Asian Studies
2188
Robert Goree
Anna (Hye Young) Park
Engineering
3756
Amy Banzaert
Susan Lange
French Cultural Studies
2403
Vinni Datta
Scott Gunther, Co-Directors
Sarah Allahverdi
Jewish Studies
2609
Barbara Geller
Sergio Parussa, Co-Chairs
Margaret Kennedy
Latin American Studies
2154
Antonio Igrejas
Karen Cronin
Media Arts & Sciences
2043
2042
Claudia Joskowicz
Jordan Tynes, Co-Directors
Samara Pearlstein
Meghan Murray
Medieval/Ren Studies
2605
Valerie Ramseyer (Fall)
Simon Grote (Spring)
Sharon Zimmer
Middle Eastern Studies
2609
Rachid Aadnani
Margaret Kennedy
Peace & Justice Studies
3232
Catia Confortini
Jeanne Hicks
Quantitative Reasoning
2157
Calvin Cochran
Sheila Datz
Russian Area Studies
2602
Nina Tumarkin
Katie Jackson
South Asia Studies
2609
Nikhil Rao
Margaret Kennedy
Theater Studies
2678
Marta Rainer
Sarah Vandewalle
Writing Program
2576
Jeannine Johnson
Rachel Moreno-Buckner