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Chairs & Directors

Directors of Undergraduate Studies
Directors of Graduate Studies
Center Directors
Honors Directors

Department Chairs

Department Name
American Studies Nancy Struna, Chair
Art John Ruppert, Chair
Art History & Archaeology Marjorie Venit, Acting Chair
Classics Hugh Lee, Chair
Communication Elizabeth Toth, Chair
English Kent Cartwright, Chair
History Richard Price, Chair
Jewish Studies
 Hayim Lapin, Director
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of
 Carol Mossman, Director
Linguistics Norbert Hornstein, Chair
Music, School of
 Robert Gibson, Director
Philosophy John Horty, Chair
Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, School of Daniel Wagner, Director
Women's Studies Seung-kyung Kim, Acting Chair

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Directors of Undergraduate Studies

Department Name Office Phone Email
American Studies R. Gordon Kelly 1109 Holzapfel Hall 301-405-1356 rgkelly@umd.edu
Art Jefferson Pinder 1M312 Art-Sociology Building 301-405-1449 jpinder1@umd.edu
Art History & Archaeology Joshua Shannon 4204 Art-Sociology Building 301-405-1485 shannon1@umd.edu
Classics Greg Staley 2407F Marie Mount Hall 301-405-2016 gstaley@umd.edu
Communication Leah Waks 2101B Skinner Building 301-405-6529 leahwaks@umd.edu
English Thomas Moser 2118 Tawes Hall 301-405-3825 tmoser@umd.edu
History Philip Soergel 2131B Francis Scott Key Hall 301-405-4272 psoergel@umd.edu
Jewish Studies Eliyana Adler 0142 Holzapfel Hall 301-405-7640 adler@umd.edu
Language: Arabic Alaa Elgibali 3121 Jimenez Hall 301-405-4025 elgibali@umd.edu
Language: Chinese Ming Lang Zhou 2106 Jimenez Hall 301-405-2855 mlzhou@umd.edu
Language: French Mary Ellen Scullen 3125 Jimenez Hall 301-405-4033 mscullen@umd.edu
Language: German Alene Moyer 3210 Jimenez Hall 301-405-4101 moyera@umd.edu
Language: Italian Joseph Falvo 3103 Jimenez Hall 301-405-4031 gfalvo@umd.edu
Language: Japanese
 Robert Ramsey 2106G Jimenez Hall 301-405-4256 ramsey@umd.edu
Language: Persian Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak 1220 Jimenez Hall 301-405-3147 karimi@umd.edu
Language: Portuguese
 Regina Igel 2210 Jimenez Hall 301-405-6457 ri@umd.edu
Language: Russian
 Elizabeth Papazian 4123 Jimenez Hall 301-405-4329 papazian@umd.edu
Language: Spanish Roberta Lavine 2102 Jimenez Hall 301-405-6443 rlavine@umd.edu
Linguistics Tonia Bleam 1401 Marie Mount Hall 301-405-4930 tbleam@umd.edu
Music Michael Hewitt 2130C CSPAC 301-405-5504 mphewitt@umd.edu
Philosophy Susan Dwyer 1110B Skinner Building 301-405-7867 dwyer@umd.edu
Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies
 Misha Kachman/ Anne Warren 2739 CSPAC/ 1935 CSPAC 301-405-6639/ 3187 mkachman@umd.edu
awarren@umd.edu
Women's Studies Laura Nichols 2101T Woods Hall 301-405-6827 lnichols@umd.edu

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Directors of Graduate Studies

Department Name Office Phone Email
American Studies Pscyhe Williams-Forson 1102 Holzapfel Hall 301-405-6931 amst-dgs@umd.edu
Art Brandon Morse 1211E Art-Sociology Building 301-405-1462 bmorse1@umd.edu
Art History & Archaeology Meredith Gill 4218A Art-Sociology Building 301-405-1491 mgill@umd.edu
Classics Judith Hallett 2407E Marie Mount Hall 301-405-2024 jeph@umd.edu
Communication Shawn Parry-Giles 2126 Skinner Building 301-405-6527 spg@umd.edu
Comparative Literature
 Zita Nunes 2116E Tawes Hall 301-405-3839 znunes@umd.edu
Creative Writing Stanley Plumly 3105 Tawes Hall 301-405-3815 splumly@umd.edu
English Sangeeta Ray 2116 Tawes Hall 301-405-3837 rays@umd.edu
History Julie Greene 2115 Francis Scott Key Hall 301-405-4268 jmg@umd.edu
Jewish Studies Hayim Lapin 0142 Holzapfel Hall 301-405-4296 hlapin@umd.edu
Language: Arabic Nahal Akbari-Saneh 2116B Susquehanna Hall 301-405-9910 nakbaris@umd.edu
Language: French Andrea Frisch 3106F Jimenez Hall 301-405-4028 afrisch@umd.edu
Language: German Peter Beicken 3215G Jimenez Hall 301-405-4098 beic@umd.edu
Language: Persian Valerie Anishchenchova 3202 Jimenez Hall 301-405-7620 vani@umd.edu
Language: Second Language Acquisition Kira Gor 2106E Jimenez Hall 301-405-0497 kiragor@umd.edu
Language: Spanish Regina Harrison 22036E Jimenez Hall 301-405-0185 reglee@umd.edu
Linguistics Howard Lasnik 1106 Marie Mount Hall 301-405-4929 lasnik@umd.edu
Music Gerald Fischbach 3120 CSPAC 301-405-5526 gf@umd.edu
Philosophy Christopher Morris 1102A Skinner Building 301-405-5692 cwmorris@umd.edu
Theatre, Dance and Performance Heather Nathans 2818 CSPAC 301-405-6687 hnathans@umd.edu
Women's Studies Seung-Kyung Kim 2101 Woods Hall 301-405-7293 skim2@umd.edu

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Center Directors

Center Name
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (CSPAC) Susan Farr
David C. Driskell Center Robert Steele
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) Neil Fraistat
National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) Catherine Ingold

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Honors Directors

Department Name Office Phone Email
American Studies R. Gordon Kelly 1109 Holzapfel Hall 301-405-1356 rgkelly@umd.edu
Art Dawn Gavin 1211E Art-Sociology Building 301-405-1465 dgavin@umd.edu
Art History & Archaeology Joshua Shannon 4204 Art-Sociology Building 301-405-1485 shannon1@umd.edu
Communication Leah Waks 2101B Skinner Building 301-405-6529 leahwaks@umd.edu
English Kimberly Coles 3127 Tawes Hall 301-405-9662 kcoles@umd.edu
History Phil Soergel 2131B Francis Scott Key Hall 301-405-4301 ameckst1@umd.edu
Jewish Studies
 Hayim Lapin 2101Q Francis Scott Key Hall 301-405-4296 hlapin@umd.edu
Language:  French
 Mary Ellen Scullen 3125 Jimenez Hall 301-405-4033 mscullen@umd.edu
Language: German
 Gabriele Strauch 1105 Jimenez Hall 301-405-0734 gstrauch@umd.edu
Language: Spanish
 Roberta Lavine 2102 Jimenez Hall 301-405-6443 rlavine@umd.edu
Linguistics
 Tonia Bleam 1401 Marie Mount Hall 301-405-4930 tbleam@umd.edu
Philosophy Susan Dwyer 1110B Skinner Building 301-405-7867 dwyer@umd.edu
Women's Studies
 Michelle Rowley 2101 Woods Hall 301-405-6877 mrowley1@umd.edu

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