Department chairs and program 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 | Keywords (hidden column, sorted by type) |
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| Anthropology | Jennifer Reynolds | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-2392 | jenreyn@sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Biological Sciences | Jeff Twiss | Chair, Interim | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-4141 | twiss@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry | Ken Shimizu | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-6523 | shimizu@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Criminology and Criminal Justice | Brandon Applegate | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-7065 | applegab@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Earth, Ocean and Environment, School of | Tom Owens | Chair, Interim | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-4590 | owens@seoe.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| English | Nina Levine | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-7120 | levinen@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Geography | Caroline Nagel | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-5234 | cnagel@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| History | Jessica Elfenbein | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-2392 | jessicae@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC) | Nicholas Vazsonyi | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-9734 | nvazsony@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Mathematics | Linyuan Lu | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-576-5800 | lu@math.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Naval Science | Robert Osterhoudt | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-4124 | navyrotc@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Philosophy | Christopher Tollefsen | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-4166 | ctollefs@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Physics and Astronomy | Ralf Gothe | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-9025 | gothe@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Political Science | Kirk Randazzo | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-3109 | randazzo@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Psychology | Jane Roberts | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-4638 | jerobert@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Religious Studies | Erin Roberts | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 401-481-2484 | robertej@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Sociology | Douglas Anderton | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-6988 | danderto@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Statistics | Joshua Tebbs | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-576-8765 | tebbs@stat.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Theatre and Dance | Stephanie Milling | Chair, Interim | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-0768 | smilling@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Visual Art and Design, School of | Laura Kissel | Chair | Acad. Department Chair | 803-777-4236 | kissel@mailbox.sc.edu | Acad. Department Chair |
| Aerospace Studies, Air Force ROTC | Marc Langohr | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-3448 | langohr@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director Military |
| African American Studies | Qiana Whitted | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-7248 | whittedq@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director |
| Army ROTC, Military Science | Louis Frketic | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-3644 | frketic@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director Military |
| Cardiovascular Technology | Loren Knapp | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-2993 | lwknapp@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director |
| Comparative Literature | Jie Guo | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-6472 | guoji@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director LLC |
| Dance Program | Stephanie Milling | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-0768 | smilling@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director |
| Film and Media Studies | Laura Kissel | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-4236 | kissel@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director |
| Global Studies | Agnes Mueller | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-8444 | acmuelle@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director |
| Jewish Studies Program | Federica Clementi | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-7227 | clementi@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director |
| Linguistics | Mila Tasseva-Kurktchieva | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-8312 | tassevak@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director |
| Master of Public Administration (MPA) | Xuhong Su | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-2691 | suxuhong@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director Graduate |
| Museum Management | Lana Burgess | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-5486 | lburgess@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director |
| Naval Science | Douglas Walker | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-4124 | walkerdh@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director |
| Women's and Gender Studies | Carla Pfeffer | Program Director | Academic Program Director | 803-777-4008 | pfefferc@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Program Director |
| African American Research | Kim Simmons | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-4832 | ksimmons@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology and Society | Allison Marsh | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-0041 | marsha@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Asian Studies, Center for | Robert Cox | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-4558 | coxrh@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Belle Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences | James Pinckney | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-7133 | pinckne3@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Bioethics, Center for | George Khushf | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-7371 | khushf@sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Civil Rights History, Center for | Bobby Donaldson | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-6282 | bdonaldson@sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Confucius Institute | Tan Ye | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-6908 | yet@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Digital Humanities | Matt Simmons | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-2340 | simmonwm@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Electron Microscopy Center | Soumitra Ghoshroy | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-7085 | ghoshroy@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Innovative Teaching Incubator | Christy Friend | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-576-6024 | chfriend@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Interdisciplinary Mathematics Institute | Pencho Petrushev | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-4224 | pencho@math.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| McCausland Center for Brain Imaging | Chris Rorden (co-director) | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-4137 | rorden@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| McKissick Museum | Jane Przybysz | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-7251 | jprzybys@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Mind and Brain, Institute for | Doug Wedell | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-4258 | wedell@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Science Education, Center for | Bert Ely | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-2768 | ely@biol.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Southern Studies, Institute for | Robert Brinkmeyer | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-2340 | brinkmey@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| SC Academy of Science | Don Jordan | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-7007 | djordan@sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| SC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) | Steve Smith | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-576-6569 | smiths@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |
| Walker Institute of International and Area Studies | Bob Cox | Director | Centers/Institutes, Director | 803-777-4558 | coxrh@mailbox.sc.edu | Centers/Institutes, Director |