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
Name | Department or Program | Chair/Director | Administrator |
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Creativity, the Arts and Social Transformation | Program | Toni Shapiro-Phim | Armine Avetisyan |
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Department | Jonathan Unglaub and Tory Fair | Christine Dunant Kahn |
Music | Department | Eric Chasalow | Katie Ball |
Theater Arts | Department | Cameron Anderson | Deborah Rosenstein |
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
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: Bulbul Chakraborty, Enid and Nate Ancell Professor of Physics
Name | Department/Program | Chair/Director | Administrator |
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Biochemistry | Department | Doug Theobald | Natasha Baker |
Biological Physics | Program | Ben Rogers | Laura Woolf |
Biology | Department | Liz Hedstrom | Erin Bailey |
Chemistry | Department | Thomas Pochapsky | Courtney Maurer |
Computer Science | Department | Nianwen Xue | Michael Golitsyn |
Mathematics | Department | Olivier Bernardi | Catherine Broderick |
Neuroscience | Program | Paul Miller | Daniel Bellow |
Physics | Department | Gabriella Sciolla | Laura Woolf |
Psychology | Department | Paul DiZio | 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: Charles Golden, Professor of Anthropology
Name | Department/Program | Chair/Director | Administrator |
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African and African American Studies | Department | Faith Smith | R. Mason |
American Studies | Program | Maura Farrelly | TBD |
Anthropology | Department | Sarah Lamb | Laurel Carpenter |
Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies | Program | Yuri Doolan | Alexandra Brandon |
Business | Program | Dan Bergstresser | Karen Muise |
Economics | Department | Nidhiya Menon | Leslie Yancich |
Education | Program | Leah Gordon | Eileen Kell |
Environmental Studies | Program | Colleen Hitchcock | Jasmine Dottin |
Health: Science, Society and Policy | Program | Darren Zinner | Kathryn Howell |
History | Department | Greg Freeze | Martha Cronin |
Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program | Program | Fern Chertok | Marla Olsberg |
International and Global Studies | Program | Elanah Uretsky | Jasmine Dottin |
Journalism | Program | Neil Swidey | TBD |
Legal Studies | Program | Rosalind Kabrhel | Melissa McKenna |
Linguistics and Computational Linguistics | Program | James Pustejovsky | Saebom SooHoo |
Peace, Conflict and Coexistence Studies | Program | Melissa Stimell | Lauren Jordahl |
Politics | Department | Eva Bellin | Rosanne Colocouris |
Social Justice and Social Policy | Program | Melissa Stimell | Lauren Jordahl |
Sociology | Department | Sarah Mayorga | Cheryl Hansen |
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies | Department | ChaeRan Freeze | Alexandra Brandon |
Women's Studies Research Center | Program | Harleen Singh |