Academic Chairs & Program Directors

Africana Studies
Xolela Mangcu, 202-994-6349

American Studies
Tom Guglielmo, 202-994-3170

Anthropology
Alexander Dent, 202-994-5084

Art History
Barbara von Barghahn, 202-994-8653

Art Therapy
Heidi Bardot, 703-299-4157

Biological Sciences
Damien O'Halloran, 202-994-6989

Chemistry
Chris Cahill, 202-994-6959

Classical & Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Mohssen Esseesy

Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
Lauren Onkey, Director
Mary Coughlin, Deputy Director

Data Science
Ryan Engstrom, 202-994-7979

Design
Siobhan Rigg, 202-994-9207

East Asian Languages & Literatures
Immanuel Kim (Fall 2022)
Liana Chen (Spring 2023)

Economics
Stephen Smith, 202-994-8086

English
Maria Frawley, 202-994-6180

English for Academic Purposes
Megan Siczek, 202-994-5815

Film Studies
Elisabeth Anker, 202-994-7489

Forensic Psychology
Andrew Moskowitz

Forensic Sciences
Daniele Podini, 202-242-5758

Geography
David Rain, 202-994-8523

Geology
Cathy Forster, 202-994-1008

History
Daniel Schwartz, 202-994-2397

Interior Architecture
Stephanie Travis, 202-992-6699

Judaic Studies
Robert Eisen

Mathematics
Frank Baginski, 202-994-4857

Museum Studies
Laura Schiavo, 202-994-4947

Music
Loren Kajikawa

Organizational Sciences & Communication
Meina Liu, 202-994-1870

Peace Studies
Derek Malone-France, 202-242-5359

Philosophy
Tadeusz Zawidzki, 202-994-6444

Physics
Chryssa Kouveliotou, 202-994-5898

Political Science
Eric Lawrence, 202-994-4826

Professional Psychology Program
Loring Ingraham, 202-994-4712

Psychological & Brain Sciences
Sarah Shomstein, 202-994-6313

Religion
Irene Oh, 202-994-1675

Romance, German & Slavic Languages & Literature
Masha Belenky, 202-994-6937

School of Media & Public Affairs
Silvio Waisbord, 202-994-1464

Sociology
Hiromi Ishizawa, 202-994-6897

Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Shelley Brundage, 202-994-5008

Statistics
Judy Wang, Director
Qing Pan, Deputy Director

Studio Arts
Dean Kessman, 202-994-6514

TheatreDance
Carl Gudenius

Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration
Mary Tschirhart, Director
Chris Carrigan, Deputy Director

University Writing Program
Gordon Mantler, 202-242-5156

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Ashwini Tambe

Graduate Program Directors