Our interdisciplinary programs are an important part of the liberal arts experience and our research centers are integral to our research mission. Thank you to the following individuals who have agreed to serve as chairs for these programs and centers during the 2019-20 academic year.
Interdisciplinary Programs
- Africana Studies: Dawn Duke, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures
- American Studies: Lynn Sacco, Professor, Department of History
- Asian Studies: Shellen Wu, Associate Professor, Department of History
- Cinema Studies: Maria Stehle, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures
- Judaic Studies: Helene Sinnreich, Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Kristen Block, Associate Professor, Department of History
- Linguistics: Harriet Bowden, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures
- Medieval Studies: Gregor Kalas, Associate Professor, School of Architecture
- Middle East Studies: Krista Wiegand, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
- Women, Gender, Sexuality: Patrick Grzanka, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Research Centers
- MARCO Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Gregor Kalas, Associate Professor, School of Architecture
- Study of Social Justice: Harry Dahms, Professor, Department of Sociology
- Forensic Anthropology Center: Dawnie Steadman, Professor, Department of Anthropology
- Genome Science & Technology: Albrecht von Arnim, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
- The Institute for Environmental Modeling: Lou Gross, Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Humanities Center: Amy Elias, Professor, Department of English
- Study of War & Society: Vejas Liulevicius, Professor, Department of History
- Plant Research Center: Andreas Nebenfuehr, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology (co-director: Neal Stewart, professor of plant sciences)
- NIMBioS: Lou Gross, Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology