Chairs
Department and program chairs typically rotate on a five year basis.
Chairs of departments play significant roles in:
- The promotion and tenure process
- The development of annual budgets
- Organizing the annual schedule of courses
- Staffing
- All other leadership roles in departments
Chairs and Directors meet several times a year as a group chaired by the Dean of the College.
Department Chairs & Academic Program Directors 2024-2025
American Studies: Sean Patrick O'Rourke
African & African-American Studies: Emmitt Riley
Anthropology: Deon Miles (Fall), Celeste Ray (Spring)
Art, Art History, & Visual Studies: Jessica Wohl
Asian Studies: Alison Miller
Biochemistry: Clint Smith
Biology: Elise A. Kikis
Business: Eric Zinn
Chemistry: Rob Bachman
Classics: Daniel Holmes
Earth & Environmental Systems: Martin A. Knoll
Economics: Aaron Elrod
English & Creative Writing: Matthew Irvin
Environmental Arts & Humanities: David Haskell
French & French Studies: Kathryn Mills
German & German Studies: Richard Apgar
History: Kelly J. Whitmer
Integrated Program in the Environment: Deborah McGrath
Interdisciplinary Humanities: Derek Ettensohn
International & Global Studies: Nicholas Roberts (Fall), Emmanuel Aseidu-Acquah (Spring)
Italian: (see Spanish & Italian)
Mathematics & Computer Science: Catherine Cavagnaro
Medieval Studies & Early Modern Studies: Ross Macdonald
Music: Stephen Ray Miller
Neuroscience: Chris Shelley
Philosophy: Mark Hopwood (Fall), Jim Peters (Spring)
Physics & Astronomy: Randy Peterson
Politics: Rae Manacsa
Psychology: Kate Cammack
Religious Studies: Eric Thurman
Rhetoric: Sean Patrick O'Rourke
Russian: Mark Preslar
Spanish & Italian: David Colbert-Goicoa (Fall), Arturo Marquez-Gomez (Spring)
Theatre & Dance: Jim Crawford
Women's & Gender Studies: Melody Lehn
(updated 8/28/24)
