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Department Chairs and Program Directors 2025-2026

Department Chairs and Program Directors

American Studies Davarian Baldwin email 860-297-2590
Anthropology Timothy Landry ​email ​860-297-2322
Art History Kristin Triff email 860-297-2506
​Biology ​Lisa-Anne Foster email ​860-297-2349
Chemistry Michelle Kovarik email 860-297-5275
Classical Studies Vincent Tomasso email 860-297-2559
​Computer Science ​Ewa Syta ​email ​860-297-4204
Economics Christopher Hoag (chair) email 860-297-4078
​ ​Mark Stater (associate chair) ​email 860-297-2462
Educational Studies Stefanie Wong email 860-297-2626
​Engineering ​Lin Cheng ​email ​860-297-4117
​English ​​Sarah Bilston email ​860-297-2340
Environmental Science Christoph Geiss email 860-297-4191
Film Studies Prakash Younger email 860-297-4003
​History ​​Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre email 860-297-2427
Human Rights Benjamin Carbonetti email 860-297-2325
International Studies Seth Markle email 860-297-4290
Jewish Studies Adi Katz email 860-297-2153
Language and Culture Studies Kifah Hanna (fall) email 860-297-2096
Priscilla Melendez (acting spring) email 860-297-4176
​Mathematics ​Per Sebastian Skardal ​email ​860-297-2299
​Music ​Christopher Swist (acting) email ​860-297-2370
Neuroscience Luis Martinez email 860-297-2565
​Philosophy Kari Theurer ​email ​860-297-2494
​Physical Education ​Kristen Noone ​email ​860-297-2059
​Physics ​Barbara Walden ​email ​860-297-5324
​Political Science ​Stefanie Chambers ​email ​860-297-5293
​Psychology ​Laura Holt ​email ​860-297-4019
Public Policy and Law Abigail Williamson email 860-297-2571
​Religious Studies
 ​Mareike Koertner ​email ​860-297-4102
​​Sociology Alyson Spurgas ​email ​860-297-4072
Studio Arts Pablo Delano email 860-297-5233
​Theater and Dance ​​Rebecca Pappas email 860-297-4093
Urban Studies Xiangming Chen email 860-297-5170
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Robert Corber (spring) email 860-297-5340
Zayde Antrim (acting fall) email 860-297-2230

Non-Major Academic Program Directors

​Aetna Quantitative Center ​Kaitlyn Gingras ​email ​860-297-2522
​Allan K. Smith Center for Writing and Rhetoric ​Tennyson O’Donnell ​email ​860-297-2206
Austin Arts Center Deborah Goffe email 860-297-2447
Center for Caribbean Studies Dario Euraque (co-director) email 860-297-2398
Amanda Guzmán (co-director) email 860-297-2562
Center for Hartford Engagement and Research (CHER) Liliana Polley email 860-297-4266
​Center for Urban and Global Studies ​Garth Myers ​email ​860-297-4273
​Community Learning and Community Action Gateway ​Erica Crowley ​email ​860-297-5223
Formal Organizations Edward Stringham email 860-297-2437
​Global Health Humanities Gateway ​Diana Paulin (co-director) ​email ​860-297-2451
​ ​Erin Frymire (co-director) ​email ​860-297-2382
​Graduate Studies – English ​Daniel Mrozowski ​email ​860-297-4169
Graduate Studies – American Studies Karen Li Miller email 860-297-2561
Graduate Studies – Public Policy Sean Fitzpatrick email 860-297-4124
Humanities Gateway Program Julia Goesser Assaiante (co-director) email 860-297-4221
​ ​Gabriel Hornung (co-director) ​email ​860-297-2039
InterArts Ciaran Berry (co-director) email 860-297-4079
Lynn Sullivan (co-director) email 860-297-5171
​​Interdisciplinary Science Program (ISP) ​Alison Draper ​email 860-297-5189
Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life Leslie Ribovich email 860-297-2384
Liberal Arts Action Lab Derin Atalay email 860-297-5166