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Spring 2025

Division Program  Director Faculty Administrative Support
Arts
Chair: Julia Rosenbaum 
Architecture  Ross Exo Adams, co-director 
Ivonne Santoyo-Orozco, co-director 
Caryn Milliot
Art History and Visual Culture Katherine Boivin Erin Koch
Dance Tara Lorenzen Jennifer Lown
Film and Electronic Arts Ephraim Asili, Director
Joshua Glick, Associate Director
Julia Sforza
Music James Bagwell James Mongan
Photography Stephen Shore  Sara Winston
Studio Arts Nayland Blake, co-director 
Daniella Dooling, co-director 
Paige Mead
Theater Miriam Felton-Dansky, Director
Chiori Miyagawa, Associate Director 
Jennifer Lown
Languages and Literature
Chair: Matthew Mutter
Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literatures Thomas Wild 
Stephanie Kufner, coordinator
Lory Gray
Linnea Marik
 
Literature Marisa Libbon
Written Arts Dinaw Mengestu  Megan Brien
Science, Mathematics, and Computing
Chair: Brooke Jude
Biology Cathy Collins Megan Karcher
Chemistry Christopher LaFratta (sabb F24)
Computer Science Sven Anderson
Mathematics Ethan Bloch
Physics Antonios Kontos
Psychology Frank Scalzo 
Social Studies
Chair: Michelle Murray
 
Anthropology Laura Kunreuther Melissa Germano
Samantha Perricci




 
Economics Michael Martell
Economics and Finance Dimitri Papadimitriou
Historical Studies Rob Culp
Philosophy Jay Elliott 
Political Studies Simon Gilhooley
Religion Shai Secunda
Dominique Townsend (LOA 24-25)
Sociology Allison McKim
Interdivisional Programs
Directors
American and Indigenous Studies Peter L'Official 
Asian Studies Nathan Shockey Lory Gray
Linnea Marik 
(L&L Division)
Classical Studies Lauren Curtis 
Environmental and Urban Studies  Alex Benson
French Studies Eric Trudel  Lory Gray
Linnea Marik 
(L&L Division)
German Studies Thomas Wild
Global and International Studies Ani Mitra Melissa Germano
Samantha Perricci
(SST Division)
Human Rights Thomas Keenan Danielle Riou
(SST Division)
Italian Studies Franco Baldasso Lory Gray
Linnea Marik 
(L&L Division)
Middle Eastern Studies  Dina Ramadan
Russian and Eurasian Studies Marina Kostalevsky 
Spanish Studies Patricia Lopez-Gay
Interdivisional Concentrations
Directors
Africana Studies John Ryle Melissa Germano
Samantha Perricci
(SST Division)
Environmental Studies  Beate Liepert Brittney James 
(SMC Division)
Experimental Humanities Krista Caballero, co-director
Laura Kunreuther, co-director
Susan Merriam, co-director
Anna Hallett Gutierrez
(ARTS Division)
Gender and Sexuality Studies Robert Weston Melissa Germano
Samantha Perricci
(SST Division)
Irish and Celtic Studies Deirdre d’Albertis Lory Gray
Linnea Marik
(L&L Division)
Jewish Studies Shai Secunda Melissa Germano
Samantha Perricci
(SST Division)
Latin American and Iberian Studies Miles Rodriguez Lory Gray
Linnea Marik
(L&L Division)
Medieval Studies Marisa Libbon
Mind, Brain, and Behavior Sven Anderson  Megan Karcher
(SMC Division)
Science, Technology, and Society Gregory Moynahan 
Theology Susan Aberth Erin Koch
(ARTS Division)
Victorian Studies Stephen Graham  Lory Gray
Linnea Marik
(L&L DIvision)
Nondivisional Arendt Center Roger Berkowitz Tina Stanton
Bard Prison Initiative Max Kenner Linda Steubesand
Citizen Science Mary Krembs Caryn Milliot
First-Year Seminar Leon Botstein, co-director 
Robert Cioffi, co-director
Simon Gilhooley, co-director
Kathryn Tabb, co-director
Julie Cerulli
Language and Thinking Erica Kaufman TBD
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