Chairs and Directors

Department chairs and 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	Full Title (hidden column)	Phone	Email	Keywords (hidden column, sorted by type)
African American Studies	April Langley	Chair	Chair	803-777-7248	langlea@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Anthropology	Jennifer Reynolds	Chair	Chair	803-777-5527	jenreyn@sc.edu	Chair
Biological Sciences	Tammi Richardson	Chair	Chair	803-777-6389	richar78@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Qian Wang	Chair	Chair	803-777-2682	wang263@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Criminology and Criminal Justice	Wendy Regoeczi	Chair	Chair	803-777-6537	regoeczi@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
English	Susan Courtney	Chair	Chair	803-777-7120	sccourtn@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Geography	Jerry Mitchell	Chair	Chair	803-777-0328	mitchejt@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
History	Jessica Elfenbein	Chair	Chair	803-777-3282	jessicae@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures	Paul Malovrh	Chair	Chair	803-777-4882	malovrh@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Mathematics	Linyuan (Lincoln) Lu	Chair	Chair	803-777-4154	lu@math.sc.edu	Chair
Philosophy	Matthew Kisner	Chair	Chair	803-777-4166	kisner@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Physics and Astronomy	Alexey Petrov	Chair	Chair	803-777-4166	apetrov@sc.edu	Chair
Political Science	Kirk Randazzo	Chair	Chair	803-777-3109	randazzo@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Psychology	Nicole Zarrett	Chair	Chair	803-777-4638	zarrettn@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Religious Studies	Erin Roberts	Chair	Chair	803-777-3729	erinroberts@sc.edu	Chair
School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment	Peter Chametzky	Interim Director	Chair	803-777-9823	chametzk@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
School of Visual Art and Design	Laura Kissel	Director	Chair	803-777-4236	kissel@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Sociology	Matthew Brashears	Chair	Chair	803-777-6988	brasheam@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Statistics	David Hitchcock, Interim Chair	Chair	Chair	803-777-5346	hitchcock@stat.sc.edu	Chair
Theatre and Dance	Stephanie Milling	Chair	Chair	803-777-0768	smilling@mailbox.sc.edu	Chair
Women’s and Gender Studies	Stephanie Mitchem, Interim Chair	Chair	Chair	803-576-5995	mitchesy@sc.edu	Chair
Baruch Institute	Bill Strosnider, Interim Director	Director	Centers	843-904-9031	strosniw@mailbox.sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
Ann Johnson Institute	Allison Marsh, Co-Director Leah McClimans, Co-Director	Director	Centers	803-777-0041	marsha@mailbox.sc.edu lmm@sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
Cardiovascular Technology	Lydia Matesic	Director	Centers	803-777-2520	lmatesic@mailbox.sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
Colorectal Cancer Prevention Network	Annie Thibault, Director	Director	Centers	803-777-1231	thibaula@mailbox.sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
Electron Microscopy Center	Soumitra Ghoshroy	Director	Centers	803-777-7085	ghoshroy@sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
Humanities Collaborative	Holly Crocker	Director	Centers	803-576-5957	hcrocker@mailbox.sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
Institute for Mind and Brain	Rutvik Desai, Interim Director	Director	Centers	803-777-9029	rutvik@sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
McCausland Center for Brain Imaging	Chris Rorden	Director	Centers	803-777-4137	rorden@mailbox.sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
McKissick Museum	Lana Burgess	Interim Director	Centers	803-777-5486	lburgess@mailbox.sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
Neuroscience	Jessica Green	Director	Centers	803-777-4595	greenjj3@mailbox.sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
SC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology	Adam King	Director	Centers	803-576-6577	aking000@mailbox.sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
Science Ed, Center for	Katherine Ryker, Co-Director Sean Yee, Co-Director	Director	Centers	803-777-9513 803-777-6884	kryker@seoe.sc.edu yee@math.sc.edu	Programs, Center, and Institute Directors
Film and Media Studies Program	Lauren Steimer	Director	Program	803-777-4236	lsteimer@mailbox.sc.edu	Academic Program Directors
Jewish Studies Program	Saskia Coenen Snyder	Director	Program	803-777-7472	saskiacs@sc.edu	Academic Program Directors
Linguistics Program	Mila Tasseva-Kurktchieva	Director	Program	803-777-8312	tassevak@mailbox.sc.edu	Academic Program Directors
Southern Studies, Institute for	Mark Smith	Director	Program	803-777-6362	smithmm@mailbox.sc.edu	Academic Program Directors
Walker Institute of International and Area Studies	Carl Dahlman	Director	Program	803-777-4558	carl.dahlman@sc.edu	Academic Program Directors

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