Divisions, Departments and Programs
The School of Arts and Sciences comprises 23 academic departments, organized under four academic divisions. In addition, the School of Arts and Sciences comprises 28 interdepartmental programs. Each program is administered by a council in one of the school's four academic divisions.
Division of Creative Arts
Programs dedicated to the belief that art is a vital aspect of the human condition and an essential component of interdisciplinary learning.
Division Head: Aida Wong, Professor of Fine Arts and East Asian Studies
Manager, Admin and Operations (Interim): Martha Cronin
Division of Humanities
Engages the ideas, texts, images and language cultures that have shaped human experience across time and place.
Division Head: Caren Irr, Kevy and Hortense Kaiserman Professor in the Humanities
Manager, Admin and Operations (Interim): Martha Cronin
| Name | Chair/Director | Academic Administrator |
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Darlene Brooks Hedstrom, Department Chair Caitlin Gillespie, Latin Program Director |
Jodie Parmer | |
| Comparative Literature and Culture Program | Pu Wang | Armine Avetisyan |
| East Asian Studies Program | Matthew Fraleigh | Gene Carbonell |
| Department of English | John Burt | Lisa Pannella |
| European Cultural Studies Program | Stephen Dowden | Gene Carbonell |
| Film, Television and Interactive Media Program | Paul Morrison | Armine Avetisyan |
| Department of German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literature |
Stephen Dowden, Department Chair Prof. Xiwen Lu, Chinese Language Program Director Sabine von Mering, German Studies Program Director Prof. Hisae Fujiwara, Japanese Language Program Director Prof. Eun-Jo Lee, Korean Language Program Director Irina Dubinina, Russian Studies Program Director |
Gene Carbonell |
| History of Ideas Program | David Katz | Julie Seeger |
| Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies Program | Javier Urcid | Armine Avetisyan |
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program | Dorothy Kim | Lisa Pannella |
| Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies |
Carl El-Tobgui, Department Chair and Director of Arabic Program Sara Hascal, Hebrew Program Director Ellen Kellman, Yiddish Program Director |
Jodie Parmer |
| Department of Philosophy | Kate Moran | Julie Seeger |
| Religious Studies Program | Kristen Lucken | Armine Avetisyan |
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Catherine Theobald, Department Chair Paola Servino, Italian Studies Director Hollie Harder, French and Francophone Studies Director Elena Gonzalez Ros, Hispanic Studies Director |
Gene Carbonell |
| South Asian Studies Program | Brian Horton | Gene Carbonell |
| University Writing Program | Lisa Rourke | Jodie Parmer |
Division of Science
Combines world-class research with a first-rate liberal arts education in an intimate setting where faculty and students work closely.
Division Head: Susan Birren, Zalman Abraham Kekst Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Division of Science Operations: Heather Felton
| Name | Chair/Director | Academic Administrator |
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| Department of Biochemistry | Doug Theobald | Natasha Baker |
| Biological Physics Program | Guillaume Duclos | Wendy (Yiqing) Xin |
| Department of Biology | Bruce Goode | Erin Bailey |
| Department of Chemistry | Thomas Pochapsky | Courtney Maurer |
| Department of Computer Science | Nianwen Xue | Michael Golitsyn |
| Linguistics and Computational Linguistics Program | James Pustejovsky | Noah Sullivan |
| Engineering Program | Seth Fraden and Avital Rodal | |
| Department of Mathematics | Jonathan Touboul | Martha Lagace |
| Neuroscience Program | Paul Miller | Erin Bailey |
| Department of Physics | Gabriella Sciolla | Wendy (Yiqing) Xin |
| Department of Psychology | Angela Gutchess | Phil Gnatowski |
Division of Social Sciences
Provides students with the skills and perspectives they will need to become engaged citizens and discerning consumers of information.
Division Head: Elizabeth Brainerd, Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in Economics and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Manager, Admin and Operations: Laura Woolf
| Name | Chair/Director | Academic Administrator |
|---|---|---|
| Department of African and African American Studies | Faith Smith | R. Mason |
| American Studies Program | Maura Farrelly | Leslie Yancich |
| Department of Anthropology | Janet McIntosh | Lauren Jordahl (Graduate) and Barbara Strauss (Undergraduate) |
| Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies Program | Yuri Doolan | R. Mason |
| Business Program | Dan Bergstresser | Karen Muise |
| Department of Economics | Nidhiya Menon | Leslie Yancich |
| Education Program | Leah Gordon | Eileen Kell (Graduate) and Leslie Yancich (Undergraduate) |
| Environmental Studies Program | Colleen Hitchcock | Barbara Strauss |
| Health: Science, Society and Policy Program | Darren Zinner | Barbara Strauss |
| Department of History | Michael Willrich | Lauren Jordahl (Graduate) and Melissa McKenna (Undergraduate) |
| Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program | Liora Norwich | Marla Olsberg |
| International and Global Studies Program | Elanah Uretsky | Melissa McKenna |
| Journalism Program | Neil Swidey | Barbara Strauss |
| Legal Studies Program | Rosalind Kabrhel | Melissa McKenna |
| Peace, Conflict and Coexistence Studies Program | Melissa Stimell | Leslie Yancich |
| Department of Politics | Jill Greenlee | Lauren Jordahl (Graduate) and Melissa McKenna (Undergraduate) |
| Social Justice and Social Policy Program | Melissa Stimell | Leslie Yancich |
| Department of Sociology | Sarah Mayorga | Lauren Jordahl (Graduate) and R. Mason (Undergraduate) |
| Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies | ChaeRan Freeze | Eileen Kell (Graduate) and R. Mason (Undergraduate) |
| Women's Studies Research Center | Harleen Singh |