Department Chairs

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Department and Program Chairs 2021-2022

Africana Studies
TBA
Holly Sharac

Art & Art History
Art History: Associate Professor Jessica Maier
Art Studio: Associate Professor Ligia Bouton
Melissa Burke

Asian Studies
Associate Professor Calvin Chen
Denise Falk

Astronomy
Professor M. Darby Dyar
Loryn Engelbrecht

Biochemistry
Professor Darren Hamilton (co-chair)
Associate Professor Amy Camp (co-chair)
Dina Bevivino

Biological Sciences
Professor Martha Hoopes
Susan LaBarre

Chemistry
Associate Professor Donald Cotter
Dina Bevivino

Classics & Italian
Professor Geoff Sumi
Denise Falk 

Computer Science
Professor Audrey St. John
Wendy Queiros

Critical Social Thought
Associate Professor Iyko Day
Sue Rusiecki

Dance
Professor Charles Flachs
Nicole Amrani

Economics
Professor Lucas Wilson
TBD

English
Professor Elizabeth Young
Shana Hansell

Environmental Studies
Associate Professor Timothy Farnham
Debra Labonte

Film Media Theater
Professor Karen Remmler
Amanda Dumais

French
Professor Catherine Le Gouis
Stacey Pare

Gender Studies
Associate Professor Iyko Day
Bridget Barrett

Geology & Geography
Professor Michelle Markley
Debra LaBonte

German Studies
Professor Karen Remmler
Dominique Rampton

History
Desmond Fitz-Gibbon
Holly Sharac

International Relations
Professor Sohail Hashmi 
Linda Chesky Fernandes

Jewish Studies
Professor Mara Benjamin
Natalina Tulik 

Mathematics and Statistics
Associate Professor Dylan Shepardson
Connell Heady

Music
Professor Bode Omojola (fall)
Associate Professor Tian Ng (spring)
Lynn Barszcz

Neuroscience and Behavior
Associate Professor Jared Schwartzer
Dianne Baranowski

Philosophy
Professor James Harold 
Natalina Tulik

Physical Education and Athletics
Senior Lecturer Miriam Esber
Louise Labrie

Physics
Associate Professor Alexi Arango
Loryn Engelbrecht

Politics
Associate Professor Andrew Reiter
Linda Chesky Fernandes

Psychology and Education
Associate Professor Mara Breen (co-chair)
Associate Professor KC Haydon (co-chair)
Janet Crosby, Psychology
Cheryl McGraw, Education

Religion
Professor Susanne Mrozik
Natalina Tulik

Romance Languages and Cultures
Professor Ombretta Frau (fall)
Justin Crumbaugh (spring)
Cara Lapenas

Russian/Russian and Eurasian Studies
Professor Peter Scotto
Dominique Rampton

Sociology & Anthropology
Professor Kenneth Tucker (fall)
Professor Patricia Banks (spring)
Michelle Pietras

Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies
Professor Nieves Romero-Diaz
Cara Lapenas