Department Chairs
2024-2025
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Film and Media Studies
Director: Paula Halperin
Department Chairs
- Cinema and Television Studies: Nathan Holmes
- Film: Lawrence O’Neil
- Media Studies: Shaka McGlotten
- New Media: Michael Bell Smith
- Playwriting and Screenwriting: Peggy Stafford and Beau Thorne
School of Humanities
Director: Aviva Taubenfeld
Department Chairs
- Art History: Paul Kaplan (BA) and Jonah Westerman (MA)
- Creative Writing: Mehdi Okasi
- Communications: Megan Rossman
- College and Expository Writing: Emily Sausen
- History: Christian Bailey
- Journalism: Ross Daly
- Language and Culture: Gari Laguardia
- Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies: Leandro Benmergui
- Liberal Arts (BALA): Aviva Taubenfeld
- English and Global Literatures: Mariel Rodney
- Philosophy and Critical Thought: Emiliano Diaz
School of Natural and Social Sciences
Director: Meagan Curtis
Department Chairs
- Anthropology: Lorraine Plourde
- Biology: Mark Jonas
- Biochemistry and Chemistry: Stephen Cooke
- Economics: Cedric Ceulemans
- Environmental Studies: Ryan Taylor
- Mathematics/Computer Science: Athar Abdul-Quader
- Political Science: Sam Galloway
- Psychology: Jessica Carnevale
- Sociology: Alexis Silver
School of Liberal Studies
Director: Ragnhild Utheim
Department Chairs
- Global Studies: Melissa Forstrom
- Law and Justice Studies: Jennifer Uleman
- Arts Management (BA): Jordan Shue
- Arts and Cultural Management, MA: Jordan Shue
- General Studies: Kerry Manzo
School of the Arts
Conservatory of Dance
Director: Darrah Carr
Department Chair
- Dance (BFA): Nelly Van Bommel
Conservatory of Music
Director: Paul Boyd
Department Chairs
- Classical Music (Instrumental Performance, Composition, Voice/Opera Studies):Mina Kim
- Jazz Studies: Adam Birnbaum
- Studio Production: Peter Denenberg
- Studio Composition: Rebecca Haviland and Adam Pietrykowski
- Voice and Opera Studies: Jacque Trussel
- Academic Studies (Music History, Theory, Solfège, and Keyboard Studies): Stephen Buck
Conservatory of Theatre Arts
Director: Rebecca Rich
Department Chairs
- Acting: Liam Joynt and Maggie Surovell
- Theatre Design/Technology: David Grill and Lori Wekselblatt
- Theatre and Performance: Rachel Dickstein and Jordan Schildcrout
School of Art+Design
Director: Cassandra Hooper
Department Chairs
- Graphic Design: Hakan Topal
- Painting and Drawing: Elizabeth Flood
- Photography: Joshua Lutz
- Printmaking: Amanda Thackray
- Sculpture: Rachel Owens
- Foundation: Janine Polak
- Visual Arts (BSVA): Dave Walsh
- Visual Arts (MFA): Julian Kreimer
Interdisciplinary Programs
Department Chairs
- Asian Studies (minor): Christian Bailey
- Chinese (minor): Xiang He
- Education Studies (minor) Ragnhild Utheim
- Gender Studies: Shaka McGlotten
- Global Black Studies (minor): Krystal Perkins
- Jewish Studies (minor): Lisa Keller
- Museum Studies (minor): Jane Kromm
- Contemplative Studies (minor): Joshua Lutz and Matthew Immergut
- Law and Justice Studies (minor): Laura Ricciardi
- Linguistics (minor):
- Film/Video Production (minor): John Young