School of Arts and Sciences

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

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

Name Chair/Director Academic Administrator
Creativity, the Arts and Social Transformation Program Toni Shapiro-Phim Armine Avetisyan
Department of Fine Arts Peter Kalb and Joe Wardwell Lisa Pannella
Department of Music Yu-Hui Chang Julie Seeger
Department of Theater Arts Cameron Anderson Julie Seeger

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

Department of Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies

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

Department of Romance Studies

 

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
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