Department Chairs Directory

Department Chairs and Program Directors by Division 2009-10

A pdf version of the 2009-10 Department and Program Chairs List is also available. You may contact department and program chairs at dept-chairs@gustavus.edu.

Education

Department	Chair	Year of 3-Year Term	Phone
Elementary & Secondary Education	Michele Koomen	1 Year Term	6057
Elementary & Secondary Education	Daniel Moos	1 Year Term	7448
Health & Exercise Science	Bruce VanDuser	2nd Year	7656
Library	Barbara Fister	2nd Year	7553
Nursing	Paula Swiggum	3rd Year	6127

Fine Arts

Department	Chair	Year of 3-Year Term	Phone
Art & Art History	Linnea Wren	3rd Year	7380
Communication Studies	Leila Brammer	1st Year	7366
Music	Michael Jorgensen	1 Year Term	7362
Theatre & Dance	Amy Seham	1st Year	7460

Humanities

Department	Chair	Year of 3-Year Term	Phone
Classics	Eric Dugdale	2nd Year	7161
English	Elizabeth Baer	1 Year Term	7324
History	Thomas Emmert	2nd Year	7432
Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures	Laurent Déchery	3rd Year	7383
Philosophy	Deane Curtin	1st Year	7644
Religion	John Cha	3rd Year	6167
Scandinavian Studies	Roland Thorstensson	2nd Year	7423

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Department	Chair	Year of 3-Year Term	Phone
Biology	Jon Grinnell	1 Year Term	7332
Biology	Pamela Kittelson	Fall 2009	7331
Chemistry	Brian O'Brien	2nd Year	7310
Geology	James Welsh	3rd Year	7335
Mathematics & Computer Science	Carolyn Dobler	3rd Year	7481
Physics	Paul Saulnier	1st Year	7306

Social Sciences

Department	Chair	Year of 3-Year Term	Phone
Economics & Management	Glenn Barnette	3rd Year	6120
Geography	Mark Bjelland	2nd Year	6283
Political Science	Jillian Locke	2nd Year	6226
Psychology	Jennifer Ackil	2nd Year	7418
Sociology & Anthropology	Richard Hilbert	1st Year	7428

Programs

Program	Director	Year of 3-Year Term	Phone
Curriculum II	Matthew Panciera	1st Year	7596
Environmental Studies	Jeffrey Jeremiason	1st Year	6235
First Term Seminar	Sujay Rao	3rd Year of 4-Year Term	7434
Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies	Peg O’Connor	2nd Year	7573
Japanese Studies	Toshiyuki Sakuragi	1st Year	7384
Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies	Nancy Hanway	3rd Year	7388
Peace Studies	Mimi Gerstbauer	2nd Year	7421
Russian Studies	Denis Crnković	Ongoing	7389