FAS Department and Program Chairs for 2023-24

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

[Summary: This message lists the FAS department and program chairs for 2023-2024 and provides links to additional information about these colleagues.]

To: FAS Faculty; FAS Lead Administrators, Operations Managers, and Chair’s Assistants
Cc: FAS Steering, FAS Dean’s Office, SEAS Dean’s Office, GSAS Dean’s Office, Yale College Dean’s Office, OFAS, President’s Office, Provost’s Office, OPAC, University Cabinet

Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to share with you the list of chairs of Faculty of Arts and Sciences departments and programs for 2023-24. See below. You can learn more about these colleagues on the FAS website. A downloadable contact table of FAS chairs and chair’s assistants is also available (you must log in to Box using your NetID for access).

I am grateful to our chairs for their service to their units and to Yale, and it is a privilege to work with such an outstanding group of colleagues. Please join me in thanking them for their leadership, their service, and all that they do on behalf of the FAS.

With gratitude,

Tamar

Tamar Szabó Gendler
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy
Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science

FAS Department and Program Chairs, 2023-24
Department/Program Chair
African American Studies Phillip Atiba Solomon
American Studies Laura Barraclough
Anthropology Douglas Rogers
Applied Mathematics Vladimir Rokhlin
Astronomy Priyamvada Natarajan
Archaelogical Studies Richard Burger
Chemistry Kurt Zilm
Classics Kirk Freudenburg
Cognitive Science Joshua Knobe
Comparative Literature Martin Hägglund
Rudiger Campe (Acting Chair, Spring 2024)
Early Modern Studies Marisa Bass
Earth and Planetary Sciences Maureen Long
East Asian Languages and Literatures Aaron Gerow
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Thomas Near
Economics Tony Smith
English Jessica Brantley
Ethics, Politics, and Economics Ana De La O Torres
Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Ana Ramos-Zayas
Film and Media Studies Fatima Naqvi
John MacKay (Acting Chair, Spring 2024)
French Maurice Samuels
Germanic Languages and Literatures Paul North
History Alan Mikhail
History of Art Milette Gaifman
History of Science and Medicine Bill Rankin
Humanities Francesco Casetti (Program Chair, Fall 2023)
Italian Studies Jane Tylus
Jewish Studies Eliyahu Stern
Linguistics Raffaella Zanuttini
Mathematics Wilhelm Schlag
Medieval Studies Emily Thornbury
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Ronald Breaker
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Scott Holley
Music Gundula Kreuzer (Acting Chair, 2023-24)
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Nadine Moeller
Philosophy Paul Franks
Physics Karsten Heeger
Political Science Gregory Huber
Psychology Jutta Joormann
Religious Studies Frank Griffel
Slavic Languages and Literatures Edyta Bojanowska
Sociology Philip Gorski
Spanish and Portuguese Jesus Velasco
Stephen Pitti (Acting Chair, Spring 2024)
Statistics and Data Science Joseph Chang
Theater and Performance Studies Shane Vogel
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Roderick Ferguson
Regina Kunzel (Acting Chair, Fall 2023)