Department and Program Contacts

Keith Griffler (interim spring 2026)
Department Chair
1010C Clemens Hall
(716) 645-0802
griffler@buffalo.edu

Deborah Pierce-Tate
Department Administrator 

Sharon Beckford-Foster
Director of Graduate Studies
sbeckfor@buffalo.edu

Keith Griffler
Director of Undergraduate Studies
griffler@buffalo.edu

Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel
Department Chair
380 Academic Complex
(716) 645-0430
noreenvo@buffalo.edu

Fred Klaits
Director of Graduate Studies
fklaits@buffalo.edu

Stephanie Poindexter
Director of Undergraduate Studies
sapoinde@buffalo.edu

Stephanie Rothenberg
Department Chair
202 Center for the Arts
(716) 645-6878
sjr6@buffalo.edu

Maximillian Goldfarb
Director of Graduate Studies
mg229@buffalo.edu

Matthew Kenyon 
Director of Undergraduate Studies
mkenyon@buffalo.edu

Constance DeVereaux
Program Director
302C Clemens Hall
(716) 645-2437
cdeverea@buffalo.edu

Walter Hakala
Program Director
412 Clemens Hall
(716) 645-0763
walterha@buffalo.edu

Laura Rusche
Department Chair
109 Cooke Hall
(716) 645-0264
lrusche@buffalo.edu

Matthew Xu-Friedman
Director of Graduate Studies
mx@buffalo.edu

Sarah Walker
Director of Recruitment and Admissions Biology
walker47@buffalo.edu

David Hoekstra
Director of the MA program Biology
dhoek@buffalo.edu

Meredith Scheider
Director of Undergraduate Studies
mjs32@buffalo.edu

Javid Rzayev
Department Chair
359 Natural Sciences Complex
(716) 645-6800
jrzayev@buffalo.edu

Timothy Cook
Director of Graduate Studies
trcook@buffalo.edu

Andrew Murkin
Director of Undergraduate Studies
amurkin@buffalo.edu

Alessandro Sebastiani 
Department Chair
338 Academic Center
(716) 645-0462
as424@buffalo.edu

David Teegarden
Director of Graduate Studies
dat6@buffalo.edu

John Dugan
Director of Undergraduate Studies
jdugan@buffalo.edu

Melanie Green
Department Chair
359 Baldy Hall
(716) 645-2141
mcgreen2@buffalo.edu

Arthur Raney
Director of Graduate Studies
araney@buffalo.edu

Lance Rintamaki 
Director of Undergraduate Studies
rlance@buffalo.edu

Jessica Huber
Department Chair
122B Cary Hall
(716) 829-5558
jehuber@buffalo.edu

Ling-Yu Guo
Director of Graduate Studies
lingyugu@buffalo.edu

Alison Hendricks
Director of Undergraduate Studies
ahendric@buffalo.edu

David Johnson
Department Chair
712 Clemens Hall
(716) 645-2573
dj@buffalo.edu

Andrea Pitts
Director of Graduate Studies
apitts@buffalo.edu

Krzysztof Ziarek
Director of Undergraduate Studies
kziarek@buffalo.edu

Tracy Gregg
Department Chair
419 Hochstetter Hall
(716) 645-4328
tgregg@buffalo.edu

Richelle M. Allen-King
Director of Graduate Studies
richelle@buffalo.edu

James Boyle
Director of Undergraduate Studies
jamesboy@buffalo.edu

Zhiqiang Liu
Department Chair
415 Fronczak Hall
(716) 645-8688
zqliu@buffalo.edu

Neel Rao
Director of Graduate Studies
neelrao@buffalo.edu

Joanne McLaughlin
Director of Undergraduate Studies
jsmclaug@buffalo.edu

Ruth Mack
Department Chair 
306 Clemens Hall
(716) 645-2575
ruthmack@buffalo.edu

Randy Schiff
Director of Graduate Studies
rpschiff@buffalo.edu

Judith Goldman
Director of Graduate Admissions
judithgo@buffalo.edu

Walter Hakala
Director of Undergraduate Studies
walterha@buffalo.edu

Kirk Jalbert
Department Chair 
602 Clemens Hall
(716) 645-6777
kjalbert@buffalo.edu

Kirk Jalbert
Director of Graduate Studies
kjalbert@buffalo.edu

Susan Clark
Director of Sustainability Leadership (MS)
sclark1@buffalo.edu

Nicholas Henshue
Director of Undergraduate Studies
njhenshu@buffalo.edu

Leo Wang
Department Chair
105 Wilkeson Quad
(716) 645-2722
lewang@buffalo.edu

Yingjie Hu
Director of Graduate Studies
yhu42@buffalo.edu

Abigail Cooke
Director of Undergraduate Studies
amcooke@buffalo.edu

Marion Werner
Department Chair (interim)
1030 Clemens Hall
(716) 645-2929
wernerm@buffalo.edu

Elisabeth Paquette
Director of Graduate Studies
epaquett@buffalo.edu

Elisabeth Paquette
Director of Undergraduate Studies
epaquett@buffalo.edu

Carole Emberton
Department Chair
577 Park Hall
(716) 645-8405
emberton@buffalo.edu

Robin Mitchell
Director of Graduate Studies
robinmit@buffalo.edu

Cari Casteel
Director of Undergraduate Studies
caricast@buffalo.edu

Mishuana Goeman
Tonawanda Band of Seneca
Department Chair
508 Clemens Hall
(716) 645-7923
mishuana@buffalo.edu 

Robert Caldwell
Director of Graduate Studies
rcaldwel@buffalo.edu 

Jason Corwin
Director of Undergraduate Studies
jcorwin@buffalo.edu 

Noam Pines
Department Chair
712 Clemens Hall
(716) 645-3695
noampine@buffalo.edu

Richard Cohen
Director of Graduate Studies
racohen@buffalo.edu

Alexandra Zirkle
Director of Undergraduate Studies
azirkle@buffalo.edu

Rui Chaves
Department Chair
604 Baldy Hall
(716) 645-0133
rchaves@buffalo.edu

David Fertig
Director of Graduate Studies
Director, German
fertig@buffalo.edu

Rui Chaves
Director of Graduate Studies for the MA in Computational Linguistics 
rchaves@buffalo.edu

Christian DiCanio
Director of Graduate Admissions
cdicanio@buffalo.edu

Jodie Ackerman
Director, American Sign Language
jodieack@buffalo.edu

Chuan Lin
Director, Chinese
clin97@buffalo.edu

Mitsuaki Shimojo
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Director, Japanese
shimojo@buffalo.edu

Hyein Amber Kim
Director, Korean
hkim55@buffalo.edu

Edward Snell
Department Chair
120 Bonner Hall
(716) 881-7573
esnell@buffalo.edu

Jung-Hun Seo
Director of Graduate Studies
junghuns@buffalo.edu

Daniel Sage
Department Chair
244 Mathematics Building
(716) 645-6284
dsage@buffalo.edu

Cagatay Kutluhan
Director of Graduate Studies
mathdgs@buffalo.edu

Johanna Mangahas
Director of Undergraduate Studies
mangahas@buffalo.edu

David Pape
Department Chair
250 Center for the Arts
(716) 645-0939
depape@buffalo.edu

Paige Sarlin
Director of Graduate Studies
paigesar@buffalo.edu

Daniel Colleran
Director of Undergraduate Studies
dec8@buffalo.edu

Eric Huebner
Department Chair
220 Baird Hall
(716) 645-0637
erichueb@buffalo.edu

Derek Strykowski 
Director of Graduate Studies
drstryko@buffalo.edu

Claudia Brown
Director of Undergraduate Studies
cbrown34@buffalo.edu

Ryan Muldoon
Department Chair
135 Park Hall
(716) 645-2444
rmuldoon@buffalo.edu

Stewart Duncan
Director of Graduate Studies
sduncan@buffalo.edu

Sarah Vincent 
Director of Undergraduate Studies
skvin@buffalo.edu

Justin Bruner
Program Director
135 Park Hall
(716) 645-2444
jbruner@buffalo.edu

Ryan Muldoon
Director of Undergraduate Studies
rmuldoon@buffalo.edu

Xuedong Hu
Department Chair
305 Fronczak Hall
(716) 645-5444
xhu@buffalo.edu

Priya Banerjee
Director of Graduate Studies
prbanerj@buffalo.edu

John Cerne
Director of Undergraduate Studies
jcerne@buffalo.edu

Jacob Kathman
Department Chair
508 Park Hall
(716) 645-8445
kathman@buffalo.edu

Conor Dowling
Director of Graduate Studies
cdowling@buffalo.edu

Rachael Hinkle
Director of Undergraduate Studies
rkhinkle@buffalo.edu

Jennifer Read
Department Chair
204 Park Hall
(716) 645-0193
jpread@buffalo.edu 

Craig Colder
Director of Graduate Studies
ccolder@buffalo.edu

Micheal Dent
Director of Undergraduate Studies
mdent@buffalo.edu

Amy Graves Monroe
Department Chair
910 Clemens Hall
(716) 645-2191
acgraves@buffalo.edu

Carlos Amador
Director of Graduate Studies
carlosam@buffalo.edu

Stephanie Schmidt
Director of Undergraduate Studies
ss573@buffalo.edu

Kim VanDerLinden
Program Director
203 Clemens Hall
(716) 645-0590
kimvande@buffalo.edu

Kristen Schultz Lee
Department Chair
430 Park Hall
(716) 645-2417
kslee4@buffalo.edu

Ashley Barr
Director of Graduate Studies
abbarr@buffalo.edu

Sarah Ford
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
smford3@buffalo.edu

Jared Strohl
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
jaredstr@buffalo.edu

Meredith Conti
Department Chair
280C Alumni Arena
(716) 645-0601
maconti@buffalo.edu

Kellen Hoxworth
Director of Graduate Studies
hoxworth@buffalo.edu

James Beaudry
Director of Undergraduate Studies
jbeaudry@buffalo.edu