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