Department Chairs List

Department Chairs and Program Directors 2024-25

A pdf version of the Department Chairs and Program Directors List is also available. You may contact department chairs and program directors at dept-chairs@gustavus.edu.

Department Chair Phone Email
 Art and Art History Priscilla Briggs 7018 pbriggs@gustavus.edu
Biology Yuta Kawarasaki 6348 ykawaras@gustavus.edu
Business and Economics Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Co-Chair 6120 mpodemsk@gustavus.edu
Business and Economics Cathy Harms, Co-Chair 6141 charms@gustavus.edu
Chemistry Amanda Nienow, Co-Chair 7327 anienow@gustavus.edu
Chemistry Dwight Stoll, Co-Chair 6304 dstoll@gustavus.edu
Communication Studies Sarah Wolter 7365 swolter2@gustavus.edu
Education Amy Vizenor 7455 avizenor@gustavus.edu
English Becky Fremo, Co-Chair 7392 rtfremo@gustavus.edu
English Matt Rasmussen, Co-Chair 6052 mrasmuss@gustavus.edu
Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences Julie Bartley, Co-Chair 7307 jbartley@gustavus.edu
Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences Jeff La Frenierre, Co-Chair 6332 jlafreni@gustavus.edu
Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Seán Easton 7396 seaston@gustavus.edu
Health and Exercise Science Aaron Banks 7616 abanks@gustavus.edu
History Glenn Kranking 7435 kranking@gustavus.edu
Library Jeff Jenson 7572 jjenson@gustavus.edu
Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics Thomas LoFaro 7463 tlofaro@gustavus.edu
Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Carlos Mejia Suarez 7385 cmejia@gustavus.edu
 Music Justin Knoepfel, Co-Chair 7360 jknoepfe@gustavus.edu
Music Dave Stamps, Co-Chair 7439 dstamps@gustavus.edu
Nursing Heidi Meyer 6094 hmeyer2@gustavus.edu
Philosophy Lisa Heldke 7029 heldke@gustavus.edu
Physics Kyle Chambers 7541 kchamber@gustavus.edu
Political Science Chris Gilbert 6093 cgilbert@gustavus.edu
Psychological Science Marie Walker 7412 mwalker@gustavus.edu
Religion Blake Couey 7475 jcouey@gustavus.edu
Scandinavian Studies Kjerstin Moody 7423 kmoody@gustavus.edu
Sociology and Anthropology Kyle Chambers 7541 kchamber@gustavus.edu
Theatre and Dance Henry MacCarthy, Co-Chair 7352 hmaccart@gustavus.edu
Theatre and Dance

 Melissa Rolnick, Co-Chair 7642 mrolnick@gustavus.edu

Interdisciplinary Program Director Phone Email
African/Africana Diaspora Studies Kate Keller 7432 kkeller2@gustavus.edu
Arts Entrepreneurship Dave Stamps 7439 dstamps@gustavus.edu
Athletic Training Mary Westby 6462 mjoos@gustavus.edu
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Jeffrey Dahlseid 6129 dahlseid@gustavus.edu
Comparative Literature Carlos Mejía Suárez 7385 cmejia@gustavus.edu
Eastern European and Eurasian Studies Annalise Rivas 7389 annaliserivas@gustavus.edu
Film and Media Studies Sean Cobb 6085 scobb@gustavus.edu
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Sharon Marquart 7388 smarqua2@gustavus.edu
Japanese Studies Toshiyuki Sakuragi 7384 sakuragi@gustavus.edu
Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Angelique Dwyer 7419 adwyer@gustavus.edu
Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies Mimi Gerstbauer, Co-Director 7421 mgerstba@gustavus.edu
Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies Joaquin Villanueva, Co-Director 6283 jvillanu@gustavus.edu
Public Health Karl Larson, Co-Director (Spring 2025) 7591 klarson3@gustavus.edu
Public Health Sarah Ruble, Co-Director 7541 sruble@gustavus.edu
Sport Management Hayley Russell (Fall 2024) 6062 hrussell@gustavus.edu
Sport Management TBD (Spring 2025)    
General Education Program Director Phone Email
 Challenge Seminar  Laura Burrack  7325  lburrack@gustavus.edu
 First Term Seminar  Thia Cooper  6296  tcooper@gustavus.edu