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Schools, Departments and Programs

Brandeis University consists of distinct schools that are dedicated to preparing students for the global, digital, and knowledge economy.

School of Arts, Humanities and Culture

Academic Dean: Harleen Singh, Associate Professor of Literature, and Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Name	Chair/Director	Academic Administrator	Contact
Center for German and European Studies	Sabine von Mering	Sonja Catano	cges@brandeis.edu
Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies	Darlene Brooks Hedstrom	Jodie Parmer	classics@brandeis.edu
Creativity, the Arts, and Social Transformation	Toni Shapiro-Phim	Armine Avetisyan	cast@brandeis.edu
East Asian Studies	Matthew Fraleigh	Gene Carbonell	eas@brandeis.edu
English	David Sherman	Lisa Pannella	english@brandeis.edu
European Cultural Studies	Stephen Dowden	Gene Carbonell	ecstudies@brandeis.edu
Film, Television, and Interactive Media	Paul Morrison	Armine Avetisyan	film@brandeis.edu
Fine Arts	Joe Wardwell, Studio Art Jonathan Unglaub, Art History	Lisa Pannella	finearts@brandeis.edu
German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literature	Stephen Dowden	Gene Carbonell	grall@brandeis.edu
History of Ideas	David Katz	Julie Seeger	historyofideas@brandeis.edu
Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies	Javier Urcid	Armine Avetisyan	lacls@brandeis.edu
Mandel Center for Humanities	Ilana Szobel	Esha Senchaudhuri
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	Darlene Brooks Hedstrom	Lisa Pannella	mers@brandeis.edu
Music	Michael Heller	Julie Seeger	music@brandeis.edu
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies	Carl El-Tobgui	Jodie Parmer	nejs@brandeis.edu
Philosophy	Kate Moran	Julie Seeger	philosophia@brandeis.edu
Romance Studies	Catherine Theobald	Gene Carbonell	roms@brandeis.edu
Theater Arts	Cameron Anderson	Julie Seeger	theater@brandeis.edu
University Writing Program	Lisa Rourke Katrin Fischer (Fall 25)	Jodie Parmer	uwp@brandeis.edu
Women’s Studies Research Center	Harleen Singh	Kristen Mullin	wsrc@brandeis.edu
World Literatures	David Powelstock	Armine Avetisyan	coml@brandeis.edu

School of Business and Economics

Academic Dean: Linda Bui, Professor of Economics

Name	Chair/Director	Academic Administrator
Brandeis International Business School	Anna Scherbina Program Director, MA in International Economics and Finance Aldo Musacchio Program Director, Master of Business Administration Ahmad Namini Program Director, Master of Science in Business Analytics Davide Pettenuzzo Program Director, Master of Science in Finance Alice Hsiaw Program Director, PhD in International Economics and Finance
Business	Dan Bergstresser	Andrea Luna-Purbollari
Economics	Elizabeth Brainerd	Leslie Yancich

Name

Chair/Director

Academic Administrator

Brandeis International Business School

Anna Scherbina
Program Director, MA in International Economics and Finance

Aldo Musacchio
Program Director, Master of Business Administration

Ahmad Namini
Program Director, Master of Science in Business Analytics

Davide Pettenuzzo
Program Director, Master of Science in Finance

Alice Hsiaw
Program Director, PhD in International Economics and Finance

Business

Dan Bergstresser

Andrea Luna-Purbollari

Economics

Elizabeth Brainerd

Leslie Yancich

School of Science, Engineering and Technology

Academic Dean: Susan Birren, Zalman Abraham Kekst Professor of Neuroscience

Name	Chair/Director	Academic Administrator	Contact
Biochemistry	Douglas Theobald	Natasha Baker	biochemistry@brandeis.edu
Biological Physics	Ben Rogers	Wendy (Yiqing) Xin	biologicalphysics@brandeis.edu
Biology	Bruce Goode	Sarah Horowitz	biology@brandeis.edu
Chemistry	Isaac Krauss	Courtney Maurer	chemofc@brandeis.edu
Computer Science	Nianwen Xue	Michael Golitsyn	compsci@brandeis.edu
Engineering	Ben Rogers	Wendy (Yiqing) Xin	engineering@brandeis.edu
Environmental Studies	Colleen Hitchcock	Barbara Strauss	environmental@brandeis.edu
Linguistics and Computational Linguistics	James Pustejovsky	Noah Sullivan	lingcl@brandeis.edu
Mathematics	Jonathan Touboul	Martha Lagace	mathdepartment@brandeis.edu
Neuroscience	Paul Miller	Erin Bailey	neuroscience@brandeis.edu
Physics	Gabriella Sciolla	Wendy (Yiqing) Xin	physics@brandeis.edu
Psychology	Angela Gutchess	Phil Gnatowski	psychology@brandeis.edu
Quantitative Biology	Paul Garrity and Jane Kondev	Laura St. Clair	qbio@brandeis.edu

School of Social Sciences and Social Policy

Academic Dean: Sara Shostak, Professor of Sociology and Health: Science, Society & Policy

Name	Chair/Director	Academic Administrator	Contact
African and African American Studies	Faith Smith	R. Mason	aaas@brandeis.edu
American Studies	Maura Farrelly	Leslie Yancich	americanstudies@brandeis.edu
Anthropology	Sarah Lamb	Barbara Strauss	anthropology@brandeis.edu
Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies	V. Varun Chaudhry	R. Mason	aapis@brandeis.edu
Education	Jonathan Krasner	Leslie Yancich	teacher-education@brandeis.edu
Health: Science, Society and Policy	Darren Zinner	Barbara Strauss	hssp@brandeis.edu
Heller School of Social Policy and Management	Alexandra Piñeros-Shields, Master of Public Policy A.K. Nandakumar,MA in Global Sustainability Policy and Management & MS in Global Health Policy and Management Jody Hoffer Gittell, PhD in Social Policy
History	Michael Willrich	Melissa McKenna	historia@brandeis.edu
Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program	Liora Norwich	Jennifer Goldsmith	hornstein@brandeis.edu
International and Global Studies	Elanah Uretsky	Melissa McKenna	igs@brandeis.edu
Journalism	Neil Swidey	Barbara Strauss	journalism@brandeis.edu
Legal Studies	Rosalind Kabrhel	Melissa McKenna	legalstudies@brandeis.edu
Politics	Jill Greenlee	Melissa McKenna	politicsdept@brandeis.edu
Religious Studies	Kristen Lucken	Armine Avetisyan	religiousstudies@brandeis.edu
Sociology	Sarah Mayorga	R. Mason	sociology@brandeis.edu
South Asian Studies	Brian Horton	Gene Carbonell	southasianstudies@brandeis.edu
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies	Sabine von Mering	R. Mason	wgstudies@brandeis.edu