Department and Program Chairs
Contact info for chairs and their assistants may be found in this table. The list of chairs for the spring 2018 semester is located here. 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
Department Chair; Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Acting Chair, 2017-2018; Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and 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)
Program Chair; Professor 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
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