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The Office of the Dean of the Faculty is the academic administrative office of the college and the personnel office of the faculty. A permanent administrative staff supports the dean, the associate dean, and faculty on special appointments. A list of the staff and some of their functions follows. Also following is a list of departments reporting to the dean and lists of department chairs and program directors. 

Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday during the academic year; summer hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Name Position Email Office Phone
Jonathan Chenette Dean of the Faculty MN104 437-5300
Robert Suter Associate Dean of the Faculty suter MN105 437-5306
Marianne Begemann Associate Dean of the Faculty begemann MN107 437-5300
Ben Lotto Coordinator of Academic Facilities Development lotto RH311 437-7180
Anne Pike-Tay Director of Research Development Piketay BH005 437-5505
Molly Shanley Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching Center shanley LI-122 437-5957
Melissa Lape Coordinator of Academic Administration melape MN102 437-5301
Kathleen A. Brown Director of Academic Services kabrown MN110 437-5305
Veronica Peccia Executive Staff Assistant vepeccia MN104 437-5302
Pat Stickle Office Specialist pastickle MN104 437-5300
Mary Eddy Office Specialist - Faculty maeddy MN101 437-5307
Wendy Post Administrative Support wepostdof MN101 437-5308

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The Office of the Dean of the Faculty includes the following:

NAME POSITION Email OFFICE PHONE

Field Work

Peter Leonard Director of Field Work leonard MN165 437-5280

Registrar

Daniel Giannini Registrar dagiannini MN118 437-5276

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A. Department Chairs 2007/08

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Department Name Email Box
Anthropology Ms. Martha Kaplan makaplan Box 701
Art Ms. Eve D’Ambra evdambra Box 702
Athletics and Physical Education Ms. Sharon Beverly shbeverly Box 750
Biology Mr. Mark Schlessman schlessman Box 731
Chemistry Ms. Sarjit Kaur sakaur Box 748
Chinese and Japanese Mr. Wenwei Du wedu Box 285
Classics Mr. Rob Brown robrown Box 733
Computer Science Ms. Nancy Ide ide Box 732
Dance Ms. Jeanne Periolat Czula jeczula Box 743
Drama and Film
     Drama Ms. Denise Walen dewalen Box 734
     Film Mr. James Steerman jasteerman Box 741
Earth Science and Geography Mr. Brian Godfrey godfrey Box 735
Economics Ms. Shirley Johnson-Lans (a) sjlans Box 708
      Mr. Paul Johnson (acting b) pajohnson Box 708
Education Mr. Christopher Bjork chbjork Box 709
English Mr. Michael Joyce (co-chair) mijoyce Box 744
  Mr. Peter Antelyes (co-chair) antelyes Box 744
French and Francophone Studies Ms. Kathleen Hart kahart Box 705
German Studies Mr. Jeffrey Schneider jeschneider Box 256
Hispanic Studies Mr. Michael Aronna miaronna Box 266
History Ms. Rebecca Edwards reedwards Box 711
Italian Ms. Rodica Blumenfeld blumenfeld Box 267
Mathematics Mr. Ben Lotto lotto Box 257
Music Ms. Kathryn Libin kalibin Box 18
Philosophy Ms. Uma Narayan umnarayan Box 258
Physics and Astronomy Ms. Cindy Schwarz schwarz Box 745
Political Science Ms. Leah Haus lehaus Box 260
Psychology Ms. Carol Christensen christen Box 713
Religion Mr. Lawrence Mamiya mamiya Box 738
Russian Mr. Alex Klimoff klimoff Box 269
Sociology Mr. Robert McAulay mcaulay Box 275

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B. Multidisciplinary/Interdepartmental Programs 2007/08

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Program Director Email Box
Africana Studies Ms. Lisa Paravisini liparavisini Box 739
American Culture Mr. Bill Hoynes wihoynes Box 746
Asian Studies Ms. Seungsook Moon semoon Box 740
Biochemistry Mr. David Jemiolo jemiolo Box 483
Cognitive Science Ms. Gwen Broude broude Box 729
Environmental Studies Ms. Meg Ronsheim maronsheim Box 749
Independent Program Mr. Heesok Chang hechang Box 429
International Studies Ms. Pinar Batur pibatur Box 270
Jewish Studies Program Mr. Marc Epstein maepstein Box 253
Latin American and Latino/a Studies Ms. Katie Hite kahite Box 222
Media Studies Program Mr. Tom Ellman thellman Box 537
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Ms. Nancy Bisaha nabisaha Box 81
Neuroscience and Behavior Mr. Kevin Holloway keholloway Box 547
Science, Technology, and Society Ms. Janet Gray grayj Box 264
Urban Studies Mr. Leonard Nevarez lenevarez Box 274
Victorian Studies Ms. Beth Darlington bedarlington Box 323
Women's Studies Ms. Diane Harriford diharriford Box 265

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C. Other

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Program Director Email Box
College Course Ms. Marianne Begemann begemann Box 4
Self-Instructional Language Program (SILP) Ms. Gunila Feroe guferoe Box 492
Wimpfheimer Nursery School

Ms. Julie Riess juriess Box 492

Note: Committee descriptions and charge may be found in the Governance.