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Department Chairs and Program Directors 2023-2024

Department Chairs and Program Directors

American Studies Dr. Christina Heatherton, Acting Director email 860-297-2345
Dr. Thomas Wickman, Acting Associate Director email 860-297-2393
Anthropology Dr. Shafqat Hussain ​email ​860-297-2358
Art History Dr. Kristin Triff email 860-297-2506
​Biology ​Dr. Lisa-Anne Foster email ​860-297-2349
​Chemistry ​Dr. Timothy Curran ​email 860-297-5276
Classical Studies Dr. Vincent Tomasso email 860-297-2559
​Computer Science ​Dr. Madalene Spezialetti ​email ​860-297-2519
​Economics ​Dr. Diane Zannoni ​email 860-297-2488
Dr. Mark Stater (associate chair) email 860-297-2462
Educational Studies Dr. Jack Dougherty (fall) email 860-297-2296
Dr. Stefanie Wong (spring) email 860-297-2626
​Engineering ​Dr. Lin Cheng ​email ​860-297-4117
​English ​​Dr. Sarah Bilston email ​860-297-2340
Environmental Science Dr. Christoph Geiss email 860-297-4191
Film Studies Dr. Prakash Younger email 860-297-4003
​History ​​Dr. Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre email 860-297-2427
Human Rights Dr. Benjamin Carbonetti email 860-297-2325
International Studies Dr. Seth Markle email 860-297-4290
Jewish Studies Dr. Samuel Kassow email 860-297-2390
​Language and Culture Studies ​Dr. Sara Kippur (fall) ​email ​860-297-2095
Dr. Kifah Hanna (spring) email 860-297-2096
​Mathematics ​Dr. Per Sebastian Skardal ​email ​860-297-2299
​Music ​Dr. Eric Galm email ​860-297-4201
Neuroscience Dr. Luis Martinez (fall) email 860-297-2565
Dr. Molly Helt (acting spring) email 860-297-2240
​Philosophy Dr. Todd Ryan ​email ​860-297-5157
​Physical Education ​Mr. Drew Galbraith ​email ​860-297-2057
​Physics ​Dr. Barbara Walden ​email ​860-297-5324
​Political Science ​Dr. Stefanie Chambers ​email ​860-297-5293
​Psychology ​Dr. Dina Anselmi ​email ​860-297-2236
Public Policy and Law Dr. Abigail Williamson (fall) email 860-297-2571
Dr. Stefanie Chambers (spring) email 860-297-5293
​Religious Studies
 ​Dr. Tamsin Jones ​email ​860-297-2567
​​Sociology Dr. Johnny Williams ​email ​860-297-2467
Studio Arts Ms. Lynn Sullivan email 860-297-5171
​Theater and Dance ​​Mr. Peter Kyle email 860-297-5362
Urban Studies Dr. Xiangming Chen email 860-297-5170
Dr. Garth Myers (acting, AY) email 860-297-4273
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Dr. Robert Corber email 860-297-5340

Non-Major Academic Program Directors

​Aetna Quantitative Center ​Ms. Kaitlyn Gingras ​email ​860-297-2522
​Allan K. Smith Center for Writing and Rhetoric ​Dr. Tennyson O’Donnell ​email ​860-297-2206
Center for Hartford Engagement and Research (CHER) and Liberal Arts Action Lab Dr. Laura Minor email 860-297-2556
​Center for Urban and Global Studies, Cities Program ​Dr. Garth Myers ​email ​860-297-4273
​Community Learning Initiative and Community Action Gateway ​Ms. Erica Crowley ​email ​860-297-5223
​Global Health Humanities Gateway ​Dr. Diana Paulin (co-director) ​email ​860-297-2451
​ ​Dr. Erin Frymire (co-director) ​email ​860-297-2382
​Graduate Studies Program and English Graduate Studies Program ​Dr. Daniel Mrozowski ​email ​860-297-4169
Graduate Studies – American Studies Dr. Christina Heatherton email 860-297-2345
Graduate Studies – Public Policy Dr. Sean Fitzpatrick email 860-297-4124
Humanities Gateway Program Dr. Julia Goesser Assaiante (co-director) email 860-297-4221
​ ​Dr. Gabriel Hornung (co-director) ​email ​860-297-2039
InterArts Ms. Rebecca Pappas (co-director) email 860-297-4093
Ms. Lynn Sullivan (co-director) ​email 860-297-5171
​​Interdisciplinary Science Program (ISP) ​Dr. Alison Draper ​email 860-297-5189