Chairs Directory
The College of Arts and Sciences is honored to promote the heads in every subject, the department chairs. Department chairs and program directors are experts in their disciplines, sharing their unique and real-world experience with students, colleagues and the university community at large.
Department Chairs
Donald Pollock
Interim Department Chair
Department of Anthropology
Joan Linder
Department Chair
Department of Art
Paul Gollnick
Department Chair
Department of Biological Sciences
David Watson
Department Chair
Department of Chemistry
Bradley Ault
Department Chair
Department of Classics
Mark Frank
Department Chair
Department of Communication
D. Jeffrey Higginbotham
Department Chair
Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences
Krzysztof Ziarek
Department Chair
Department of Comparative Literature
Alex Anas
Department Chair
Department of Economics
Chad Lavin
Department Chair
Department of English
Howard Lasker
Department Chair
Department of Environment and Sustainability
Chris Larsen
Department Chair
Department of Geography
Beata Csatho
Department Chair
Department of Geology
Gwynn Thomas
Department Chair
Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies
Erik Seeman
Department Chair
Department of History
David Johnson
Department Chair
Department of Jewish Thought
Jeff Good
Department Chair
Department of Linguistics
Krishna Rajan
Department Chair
Department of Materials Design and Innovation
Gino Biondini
Department Chair
Department of Mathematics
Thomas Feeley
Department Chair
Department of Media Study
Jonathan Golove
Department Chair
Department of Music
Neil Williams
Department Chair
Department of Philosophy
Sambandamurthy Ganapathy
Department Chair
Department of Physics
Munroe Eagles
Department Chair
Department of Political Science
Peter Pfordresher
Department Chair
Department of Psychology
Amy Graves Munroe
Department Chair
Department of Romance Languages and Literature
Robert Adelman
Department Chair
Department of Sociology
Anne Burnidge
Department Chair
Department of Theatre and Dance
Shaun Irlam
Department Chair
Department of Transnational Studies
For information on individual faculty members, please visit Department and Program websites.