Directory of Chairs & Program Directors

Tami Albin
Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in Humanities, Libraries

Perry Alexander
Director, Information and Telecommunication Technology Center, Research & Graduate Studies

Santa Arias
Director, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Tamara Baker
Interim Director, Gerontology Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Mary Banwart
Director, Institute for Leadership Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Michael Baskett
Chair, Department of Film & Media Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Thomas Beisecker
Chair, Department of Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Genelle Belmas
Track Chair, News and Information, School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Dave Benson
Acting Chair, Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Kerry Benson
Track Chair, Strategic Communications, School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Theodore Bergman
Chair, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering

J. Christopher Brown
Director, Department of Environmental Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Nathaniel Brunsell
Chair, Department of Geography, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Greg Burg
Director, Undergraduate Biology Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Steven B. Case
Director, Center for STEM Learning, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

David Cateforis
Chair, Department of Art History, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Jae Chang
Interim Chair, Department of Architecture, School of Architecture, Design & Planning

So-Min Cheong
Director, Center for East Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Maggie Childs
Chair , Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

John Colombo
Director, Life Span Institute, Research & Graduate Studies

Dave Darwin
Chair, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, School of Engineering

Stephen Dickey
Chair, Slavic Languages & Literatures, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Alexander Diener
Acting Director, Center for Russian & Eastern European & Eurasian Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Florence DiGennaro Reed
Applied Behavioral Science, Department of Applied Behavioral Science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Arienne Dwyer
Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in Humanities

Arienne Dwyer
Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in Humanities, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Susan Egan
Chair, Molecular Biosciences, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Hume Feldman
Chair, Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Stephanie Fitzgerald
Director, Indigenous Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Victor Frost
Chair, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, School of Engineering

Stevin Gehrke
Acting Chair, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering

Prasad Gogineni
Director, Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, Research & Graduate Studies

Luis González
Chair, Department of Geology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Pamela Gordon
Interim Chair, Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Marc Greenberg
Director, School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Andrea Greenhoot
Director, Center for Teaching Excellene, Office of the Provost

Donald Haider-Markel
Chair, Department of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Jennifer Hamer
Chair, American Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Christopher Haufler
Chair, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Bruce Hayes
Chair, Department of French & Italian, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Michelle Heffner Hayes
Chair, Department of Dance, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Andrea Herstowski
Chair, Department of Design, School of Architecture, Design & Planning

Steve Hillmer
Director, Finance, Economics and Decision Sciences, School of Business

Mike Hock
Director, Center for Research on Learning, School of Education

Nicole Hodges Persley
Acting Chair, Department of Theatre, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

John Hoopes
Chair, Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Paul Johnson
Director, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Keith Jones
Area Director, Accounting and Information Systems, School of Business

Mary Anne Jordan
Chair, Department of Visual Art, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Ted Juhl
Chair, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Daniel Katz
Chair, Department of Mathematics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Neal Kingston
Director, Achievement and Assessment Institute, Research & Graduate Studies

Elizabeth Kozleski
Chair, Special Education, School of Education

Leonard Krishtalka
Director, Biodiversity Institute, Research & Graduate Studies

Clarence Lang
Chair, Department of African & African American Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Steven Lee
Chair, Psychology & Research in Education, School of Education

Eve Levin
Chair, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Elizabeth MacGonagle
Director, Kansas African Studies Center, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Rolf Mandel
Interim Director, Kansas Geological Survey, Research & Graduate Studies

Edward Martinko
Director, Kansas Biological Survey, Research & Graduate Studies

Thomas Mulinazzi
Chair, Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering, School of Engineering

Anna Neill
Chair, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Shannon O'Lear
Director, Center for Global & International Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Jorge Pérez
Chair, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

William Picking
Director, Higuchi Biosciences Center, Research & Graduate Studies

Glenn Prescott
Chair, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, School of Engineering

Thomas Prisinzano
Chair, Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy

Mabel Rice
Director, Child Language Doctoral Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Reginald Robinson
Director, School of Public Affairs & Administration, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Eduardo Rosa-Molinar
Director, Microscopy and Analytical Imaging Resources Core (MAI) Laboratory, Research & Graduate Studies

Brian Rosenblum
Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in Humanities

Christian Schöneich
Chair, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy

Joan Sereno
Chair, Department of Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Surendra Singh
Director, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Business Law, School of Business

William Staples
Chair, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Christopher Steadham
Director, Wheat Law Library, School of Law

Ric Steele
Director, Clincial Child Psychology Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Daniel Stevenson
Chair, Department of Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Holly Storkel
Chair, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Bala Subramaniam
Director, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, Research & Graduate Studies

John Symons
Chair, Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Susan Twombly
Chair, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, School of Education

Sally Utech
Interim Director, Hall Center for the Humanities, Research & Graduate Studies

Ilya Vakser
Director, Center for Bioinformatics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Lorie Vanchena
Academic Director, European Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Michael Vitevitch
Interim Chair, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Nina Vyatkina
Chair, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Laurence Weatherley
Chair, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering

Joseph Weir
Chair, Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences, School of Education

Tara Welch
Chair, Department of Classics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Peter Welsh
Director, Museum Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Stacey Swearingen White
Chair, Department of Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Design & Planning

C. Bryan Young
Director, University Honors Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

John Younger
Academic Director, Jewish Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Sandra Zimdars-Swartz
Director, Department of Humanities & Western Civilization, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences