Department and Program Chairs
Contact info for chairs and their assistants may be found in this table. Departments and programs marked with † are cross-divisional.
Humanities
African American Studies†
Department Chair; Professor of English, African American Studies & American Studies
Comparative Literature
Department Chair; Professor of Comparative Literature & Humanities
East Asian Languages and Literatures
Department Chair; Professor of East Asian Languages & Literatures
Film and Media Studies
Department Chair; Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of Humanities; Professor of Film Studies
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Department Chair; Professor of Germanic Language and Literature
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Department Chair; Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Religious Studies
Department Chair; Professor of Religious Studies, American Studies, History, & Divinity
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Department Chair; Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Film Studies
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Program)†
Program Chair; Professor of WGSS, American Studies, & Anthropology
Social Science
Economics
Department Chair; Douglass & Marion Campbell Professor of Economics & Computer Science
Political Science
Department Chair; Nilekani Professor of India & South Asian Studies & Professor of Political Science & International Affairs
Psychology
Department Chair; Charles C & Dorathea S Dilley Professor of Psychology & Linguistics
Science
Applied Physics
Department Chair; William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Applied Physics & Physics & of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Chemistry
Department Chair; Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Acting Chair, 2017-2018; Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Department Chair; Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Geology and Geophysics
Department Chair; Henry Barnard Davis Memorial Professor of Geology & Geophysics
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Department Chair; Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry; Professor of Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Department Chair; Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
School of Engineering & Applied Science
Biomedical Engineering
Department Chair; John C. Malone Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Department Chair; Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Department Chair; John C. Malone Professor of Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Department Chair; Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science; Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Additional Program Chairs
Applied Mathematics (Program)
Program Chair; James E. English Professor of Mathematics & Applied Math
Cognitive Science (Program)†
Program Chair; Brooks & Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Science
Ethics, Politics, and Economics (Program)†
Director; Damon Wells Professor of Political Science
Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (Program)†
Program Chair; William Robertson Coe Professor of American Studies and Professor of African American Studies and of History
History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health (Program)
Acting Chair (Fall 2017); Avalon Professor in the History of Medicine, Professor of American Studies and of History
History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health (Program)
Program Chair; Professor of History
Medieval Studies (Program)
Program Chair; John M. Schiff Prof of English, Prof of French & Music
Renaissance Studies (Program)
Program Chair; T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History & Religious Studies