Department Chairs and Program Leads

College of Arts and Sciences
           
Art


Karen Gutowski-
Zimmerman
Communication, Journalism, and Film

Peg Achterman
English

April Middeljans
History

Rebecca Hughes
Languages, Cultures, and Linguistics

Michelle Beauclair
Master of Fine Arts

Scott Cairns
Music

Carlene Brown

Philosophy

Rebekah Rice
Theatre

Candace Vance
Biology


Cara Wall-Scheffler
Jenny Tenlen
Chemistry

Karisa Pierce
Engineering and Computer Science Director

Melani Plett
Computer Science & Computer Engineering

Carlos Arias
Electrical Engineering

Melani Plett
Mechanical Engineering & General Engineering

Dan Keene
Family and Consumer Sciences

Jaeil Lee
Joey Freeman

Mathematics

John Hossler (Fall '23)
Brian Gill (Starting Winter '24)
Physics



Kara Gray
John Lindberg
Sociology


Jennifer McKinney
Kevin Neuhouser
Business, Government, and Economics
           
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies

Charity Osborn
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies

Gary Karns
Education
           
Director of Center for Global Curriculum Studies
TBD
Director of Undergraduate Teacher Education

Krystle Jalalian-Chursky
Director of Field Placements

Emily Huff
Special Education

Jorge Preciado
Assistant Dean for Education (Certification)

Pete Renn
Assistant Dean for Education (Graduate)

Scott Beers
Educational Leadership

Julie Antilla 
Literacy, Language, & Equity

Kris Gritter
Director of Graduate Teacher Education

Jill Heiney-Smith
Digital Educational Leadership

David Wicks
Program Manager of the
Center for Professional Education

Jenn Brown
Director of Doctoral Program

TBD
Curriculum and Instruction/ELL and Bilingual Education

Grace Blum
Director of Assessment

Robin Henrikson
General Education
           
Director of General Education

Andrew Ryder
Director of Campus Writing

Traynor Hansen
Director of Honors Program

Joshua Tom
Health Sciences
           
Interim Dean for Undergraduate Nursing

Erla Champ-Gibson
Interim Graduate Program Director

 

Lorena Guerrero
Chair, Health and Human Performance

Dale Cannavan
Psychology, Family, and Community
           
Associate Dean for Research, SPFC

Lynette Bikos
Undergraduate, Psychology Chair

Baine Craft
Graduate, Clinical Psychology Chair

Lynette Bikos 
Graduate, Industrial/Organizational Psychology Chair

Paul Yost
Graduate, Marriage and Family Therapy Chair

Peter Rivera
Graduate, Medical Family Therapy Director

Anne Prouty
Graduate, Research Psychology Chair

Jenny Lee Vaydich
Director of Research, Research Psychology Jessica Fossum
Director of Practicum, Clinical Psychology

Joel Jin
Director of Internship, Clinical Psychology

Thane Erickson
Director of Research, Clinical Psychology

Keyne Law
Director of Applied Learning and Development, 
Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Paul Yost
Director of Research,
Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Jorge Lumbreras
Director of Practicum,
Marriage and Family Therapy

Hee-Sun Cheon
Director of Internship,
Marriage and Family Therapy

Peter Rivera
Director of Internship, Undergraduate Psychology

Marcia Webb
Director of Research, Undergraduate Psychology

Brittany Tausen
Director of Laboratories, SPFC Baine Craft
Theology
           
Associate Dean, Academic Programs

Dave Nienhuis

 
Ministry and Practical Theology

Mike Langford
Scripture

Sara Koenig
Theological Studies

Doug Koskela

This page is updated for the 2023-24 academic year as of November 2, 2023.

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