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
Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 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
Kerry Benson
Track Chair, Strategic Communications, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Theodore Bergman
Interim Chair, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering
Sarah Bishop
Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, Associate Director, Hall Center for the Humanities
Nathaniel Brunsell
Chair, Department of Geography, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Greg Burg
Director, Undergraduate Biology Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Marta Caminero-Santangelo
Interim Director, Hall Center for the Humanities, Professor, English Department, 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
Clint Chadwick
Area Director - Management and Entrepreneurship, Professor and Howard Fitch Research Fellow, School of Business
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
Vitaly Chernetsky
Director, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jay P. Childers
Chairperson, Communication Studies, Associate Professor, Interim Director of Graduate 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
Kathryn Conrad
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dave Darwin
Chair, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, School of Engineering
Stephen Dickey
Chair, Slavic Languages & Literatures, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Florence DiGennaro Reed
Applied Behavioral Science, Department of Applied Behavioral Science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dale Dorsey
Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, 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
David Fowle
Director, Environmental Studies Program, Dean's Professor, Geology, Environmental Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Victor Frost
Chair, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, School of Engineering
Marc Greenberg
Director, School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Andrea Greenhoot
Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, Office of the Provost, Professor, Gautt Teaching Scholar, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Donald Haider-Markel
Chair, Department of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Richard Hale
Spahr Professor and Chair, Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Associate Director, Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)
Robert Hanzlik
Professor, Interim Chair of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy
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 Theatre & Dance, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Andrea Herstowski
Chair, Department of Design, School of Architecture, Design & Planning
Steve Hillmer
Director, Analytics, Information Systems and Operations, School of Business
Mike Hock
Director, Center for Research on Learning, School of Education
Weizhang Huang
Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Caroline Jewers
Acting Director, School of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, 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
Kissan Joseph
Area Director, Marketing and Business Law, Professor and Stockton Fellow, School of Business
Neal Kingston
Director, Achievement and Assessment Institute, Research & Graduate Studies
Leonard Krishtalka
Director, Biodiversity Institute, Research & Graduate Studies
Brian Laird
Chair, Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Clarence Lang
Chair, Department of African & African American Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Steven Lee
Chair, Psychology & Research in Education, School of Education
Carlton Leuschen
Director, Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS), Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Engineering
Eve Levin
Chair, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Elizabeth MacGonagle
Director, Kansas African Studies Center, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Rolfe Mandel
Director, Kansas Geological Survey, University Distinguished Professor, Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Edward Martinko
Director, Kansas Biological Survey, Research & Graduate Studies
Lisa McLendon
News and Information Track Chair, Lecturer, School of Journalism
Joane P. Nagel
University Distinguished Professor and Department Chair, Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Shannon O'Lear
Director, Center for Global & International Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Rosemary O'Leary
Director, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor
Jonathan Perkins
Director, Ermal Garinger Academic Resource Center (EGARC), College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
William Picking
Director, Higuchi Biosciences Center, Research & Graduate Studies
Mabel Rice
Director, Child Language Doctoral Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Jennifer A. Roberts
Chair, Department of Geology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
David R. Roediger
Foundation Distinguished Professor and Chairperson, American Studies, 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
Milena Stanislavova
Interim Chair and Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
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
Holly Storkel
Chair, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Bala Subramaniam
Director, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, Research & Graduate Studies
Nicholas L. Syrett
Chair and Professor, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Susan Twombly
Chair, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, School of Education
Ilya Vakser
Director, Center for Bioinformatics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Lorie Vanchena
Academic Director, European Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Margot Versteeg
Interim Director of the Humanities Program, Associate Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 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
Michael Wehmeyer
Chair, Department of Special Education, Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor in Special Education, School of Education, Director and Senior Scientist, Beach Center on Disability
Joseph Weir
Chair, Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences, School of Education
Tara Welch
Chair, Department of Classics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Peter Welsh
Interim Director, Indigenous Studies, Director, Museum Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Stacey Swearingen White
Program Director, Professor, Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
C. Bryan Young
Director, University Honors Program, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
John Younger
Academic Director, Jewish Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Michael Zogry
Chairperson and Associate Professor, Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
