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Chairs and Directors

Department Chairs and Program Directors 2026-2027

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 ​Hebe Guardiola-Diaz email ​860-297-2351
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 Elise Castillo email 860-297-4170
​Engineering ​Clayton Byers ​email ​860-297-5239
​English ​​Ciaran Berry email ​860-297-4079
Environmental Science Arianne Bazilio email 860-297-5242
Film Studies Karen.Humphreys (co-director) email 860-297-4237
Madalene Spezialetti (co-director) email 860-297-2519
​History ​​Thomas Wickman email 860-297-2393
Human Rights Benjamin Carbonetti email 860-297-2325
International Studies Yipeng Shen email 860-297-2167
Jewish Studies Adi Katz email 860-297-2153
Language and Culture Studies Kifah Hanna (spring) email 860-297-2096
Priscilla Melendez (acting fall) email 860-297-4176
​Mathematics ​Mary Sandoval ​email ​860-297-2062
​Music ​Christopher Swist email ​860-297-2370
Neuroscience Molly Helt email 860-297-2240
​Philosophy Kari Theurer ​email ​860-297-2494
​Physics ​David Branning ​email ​860-297-4048
​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 (spring) email 860-297-5233
Lynn Sullivan (acting fall) email 860-297-5171
​Theater and Dance ​​Rebecca Pappas email 860-297-4093
Urban Studies Xiangming Chen email 860-297-5170
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Zayde Antrim 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 Academic and Experiential Advising Leanna Barlow email 860-297-2573
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 ​Jacques Lesure ​email ​860-297-2407
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
Health Fellows Program Julia Bekanich email 860-297-2159
Humanities Gateway Program Julia Goesser Assaiante (co-director) email 860-297-4221
​ ​Gabriel Hornung (co-director) ​email ​860-297-2039
InterArts Ethan Rutherford (co-director) email 860-297-5264
Prakash Younger (co-director) email 860-297-4003
​​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