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Chairs and Directors

Department chairs and program directors are the leaders within the college's academic units, and serve as liaisons between the administration and faculty. Chairs and directors are responsible for stimulating and encouraging diversity and professional growth among faculty and students.

Search by keyword or name to find the director or chair of a specific program, school, center, or institute in the College of Arts and Sciences. Select a link below to filter the list.

Academic Unit Name Title Email Phone Keywords
African American Studies April Langley Chair langlea@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-7248 DepartmentChair
Anthropology Marc Moskowitz Chair MOSKOWIT@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-5527 DepartmentChair
Biological Sciences Tammi Richardson Chair richar78@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-6389 DepartmentChair
Chemistry and Biochemistry Qian Wang Chair wang263@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-2682 DepartmentChair
Criminology and Criminal Justice Wendy Regoeczi Chair regoeczi@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-6537 DepartmentChair
English Language and Literature Susan Courtney Chair sccourtn@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-7120 DepartmentChair
Geography Jerry Mitchell Chair mitchejt@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-0328 DepartmentChair
History Jessica Elfenbein Chair jessicae@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-3282 DepartmentChair
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Paul Malovrh Chair malovrh@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-4882 DepartmentChair
Mathematics Matthew Boylan Interim Chair boylan@math.sc.edu 803-777-7542 DepartmentChair
Philosophy Matthew Kisner Chair kisner@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-4166 DepartmentChair
Physics and Astronomy Alexey Petrov Chair apetrov@sc.edu 803-777-4983 DepartmentChair
Political Science Brent Simpson Interim Chair BTS@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-3109 DepartmentChair
Psychology Nicole Zarrett Chair zarrettn@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-4638 DepartmentChair
Religious Studies Adam Schor Chair schor@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-3729 DepartmentChair
School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment Gene Yogodzinski Interim Director gyogodzin@geol.sc.edu 803-777-9823 DepartmentChair
School of Visual Art and Design Laura Kissel Director kissel@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-4236 DepartmentChair
Sociology Matthew Brashears Chair brasheam@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-6988 DepartmentChair
Statistics Edsel Pena Chair pena@stat.sc.edu 803-777-5346 DepartmentChair
Theatre and Dance Stephanie Milling Chair smilling@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-0768 DepartmentChair
Women’s and Gender Studies Leland Spencer Chair spencelg@sc.edu 803-576-5995 DepartmentChair
Baruch Institute Jill Stewart Director jill.stewart@baruch.sc.edu TBD CenterDirector
Cardiovascular Technology Lydia Matesic Chair lmatesic@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-2520 ProgramDirector
Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopment Research Center Jane Roberts Executive Director jerobert@mailbox.sc.edu   CenterDirector
Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopment Research Center Caitlin Hudac Steering Committee Chair chudac@mailbox.sc.edu 773-848-8848 CenterDirector
Center for Bioethics         CenterDirector
Center for Science Education Katherine Ryker, Co-Director Sean Yee, Co-Director Chair kryker@seoe.sc.edu yee@math.sc.edu 803-777-9513
803-777-6884		 CenterDirector
Colorectal Cancer Prevention Network Annie Thibault Chair thibaula@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-1231 CenterDirector
Electron Microscopy Center Vacant Chair TBD 803-777-7085 CenterDirector
Film and Media Studies Program  Lauren Steimer Director lsteimer@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-4236 ProgramDirector
Humanities Collaborative Holly Crocker Chair hcrocker@mailbox.sc.edu 803-576-5957 CenterDirector
Institute for Mind and Brain Rutvik Desai Chair rutvik@sc.edu 803-777-9029 CenterDirector
Institute for Southern Studies  Mark Smith Director smithmm@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-6362 ProgramDirector
Jewish Studies Program  Saskia Coenen Snyder Director saskiacs@sc.edu 803-777-7472 ProgramDirector
Linguistics Program  Emily Manetta Director emanetta@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-8312 ProgramDirector
Master of Public Administration (MPA) Carla Flink Director flinkc@mailbox.sc.edu 210-827-4923 ProgramDirector
McCausland Center for Brain Imaging Chris Rorden Chair rorden@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-4137 CenterDirector
McKissick Museum Lana Burgess, Interim Chair lburgess@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-7251 CenterDirector
Museum Management Lana Burgess Chair lburgess@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-5486 ProgramDirector
Neuroscience Jessica Green Chair greenjj3@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-4595 ProgramDirector
SC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Adam King Chair aking000@mailbox.sc.edu 803-576-6577 CenterDirector
Walker Institute  Carl Dahlman Director carl.dahlman@sc.edu 803-777-2679 CenterDirector,ProgramDirector

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