Department Chairs and Program Directors
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2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR
Academic Divisions
Division I, Social Sciences
Shampa Biswas, Chair
Division II, Humanities and Arts
Rebecca Hanrahan, Chair
Division III, Basic Sciences and Mathematics and Statistics
Kurt Hoffman, Chair
Academic Departments and Programs
Anthropology
Suzanne Morrissey, Chair
Art
Richard Martinez, Chair
Art History & Visual Culture Studies
Lisa Uddin, Chair, fall
Matthew Reynolds, spring
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Yuki Shigeto, Director, fall
Akira "Ron" Takemoto, spring
Astronomy
Andrea K. Dobson, Chair
Biology
Arielle Cooley, Chair, fall
Tim Parker, Chair, spring
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Dan Vernon, Director
Center for Writing and Speaking (COWS)
Lydia M. McDermott, Director
Chemistry
Dalia Biswas, Chair
Classics
Kate Shea, Chair
Computer Science
John Stratton, Chair
Dance
Renee Archibald, Director
Economics
Hal Belay, Chair
English
Sharon Alker, Chair, fall
Scott Elliott, spring
Environmental Studies
Phil Brick, Co-Director
Amy Molitor, Co-Director
Film and Media Studies
Robert C. Sickels, Director
First Year Encounters
Helen Kim, Director
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Jack Iverson, Chair
Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Gender Studies
Nicole Simek, Director
Geology
Kevin Pogue, Chair
German Studies
Emily Jones, Coordinator
Global Studies
Leena Knight, Director
Harper Joy Theatre
Alzada J.Tipton, Director
Hispanic Studies
Nico Parmley, Chair
History
Lynn Sharp, Chair
Mathematics & Statistics
Russ Gordon, Chair
Music
Helen Kim, Chair
Philosophy
Michelle Jenkins, Chair, fall
TBD, Chair, spring
Physics
Fred Moore, Chair
Politics
Susanne Beechey, Chair
Psychology
Wally Herbranson, Chair
Race and Ethnic Studies
Zahi Zalloua, Director
Religion
Rebecca Hanrahan, Chair, fall
Lauren Osborne, Chair, spring
Rhetoric, Writing & Public Discourse
Lydia McDermott, Chair
Sociology
Michelle Janning, Chair
SSRA (Sport Studies, Recreation and Athletics)
Kim Chandler, Director
Theatre and Dance
Alzada J. Tipton, Chair