Department Chairs
2022-2023
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: Ling Zhang
- Film: John Young
- Media Studies: Jason Pine
- New Media: Michael Bell Smith
- Playwriting: Peggy Stafford
- Screenwriting: Dean Bell
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: Virginia Breen
- Language and Culture: Gari Laguardia and Alfredo Garcia Pardo
- Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies: Leandro Benmergui
- Liberal Arts (BALA): Aviva Taubenfeld
- Literature: Anthony Domestico
- Philosophy: Jennie Uleman
School of Natural and Social Sciences
Director: Rudolf Gaudio
Department Chairs
- Anthropology: Lorraine Plourde
- Biology: Jan Factor
- Biochemistry and Chemistry: Stephen Cooke
- Economics: Cedric Ceulemans
- Environmental Studies: Ryan Taylor
- Mathematics/Computer Science: Knarik Tunyan
- Political Science: Sam Galloway
- Psychology: Stephen Flusberg
- Sociology: Kristen Karlberg
School of the Arts
Conservatory of Dance
Director: Nelly van Bommel
Department Chair
- Dance (BFA): Darrah Carr
Conservatory of Music
Director: Jenny Undercofler
Department Chairs
- Classical Music (Instrumental Performance, Composition, Voice/Opera Studies): Tara O’Connor
- Jazz Studies: David DeJesus
- Music and Technology (Studio Composition, Studio Production): Peter Denenberg
- Academic Studies (Music History, Theory, Solfège, and Keyboard Studies): Stephen Buck
Conservatory of Theatre Arts
Director: Jack Tamburri
Department Chairs
- Acting: Liam Joynt and Maggie Surovell
- Theatre Design/Technology: David Grill and Lori Wekselblatt
- Theatre and Performance: Rachel Dickstein
School of Art+Design
Director: Christopher Robbins
Department Chairs
- Graphic Design: Robin Lynch
- Painting and Drawing: Sharon Horvath
- Photography: Joshua Lutz
- Printmaking: Stella Ebner
- Sculpture: Rachel Owens
- Foundation: Janine Polak
- Visual Arts (BSVA): Stephen Maine
- Visual Arts (MFA): Faye Hirsch
School of Liberal Studies
Interim Director: Ragnhild Utheim
Department Chairs
- Liberal Studies: Ragnhild Utheim
- Legal Studies: Ragnhild Utheim
Arts Management and Entrepreneurship
Department Chairs
- Arts Management (BA): Maria Guralnik
- Entrepreneurship in the Arts , MA (Online): Jordan Shue
Interdisciplinary Programs
Department Chairs
- Asian Studies (minor): Renqiu Yu
- Chinese (minor): Renqui Yu
- Jewish Studies (minor): Lisa Keller
- Gender Studies: Shaka McGlotten
- Global Black Studies (minor): Shaka McGlotten
- Museum Studies (minor): Laura Chmielewski
- Contemplative Studies (minor): Joshua Lutz and Matthew Immergut
- Legal Issues in Society (minor): Laura Ricciardi
- Linguistics (minor): Alfredo Garcia Pardo
- Film/Video Production (minor): John Young