Faculty in the college make up 68% of total academic personnel, while staff account for 70% of the campus total. As the largest academic unit, we strive to support and fulfill the University of California's mission of teaching, research and public service. The resources in this section support that mission and provide resources for our departments. 

Directory of Current Chairs and Business Officers

Department/Program

Email

Art

 

Chair: Shana Moulton

smoulton@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Suzanne Dougherty

sdougherty@ucsb.edu

 

 

Art Museum

 

Director: Gabriel Ritter

gritter@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Suzanne Dougherty

sdougherty@ucsb.edu

 

 

Carsey-Wolf Center

 

Director: Ross Melnick

rmelnick@filmandmedia.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Savannah Parison

savannah@filmandmedia.ucsb.edu

 

 

Classics

 

Chair: Rose MacLean

rmaclean@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Ryan Kelley

ryankelley@hfa.ucsb.edu

 

 

Comparative Literature

 

Chair: André Corrêa de Sá

acorreadesa@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Whitney Ater

whitneylater@ucsb.edu

 

 

East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies

 

Chair: William Fleming

wfleming@eastasian.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Ryan Kelley

ryankelley@hfa.ucsb.edu

 

 

English

 

Chair: Jim Kearney

kearney@english.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Alex Clarke

a_clarke@ucsb.edu

 

 

English for Multilingual Students

 

Director: Karyn Kessler

kkessler@linguistics.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Alex Clarke

a_clarke@ucsb.edu

 

 

Film & Media Studies

 

Chair: Laila Shereen Sakr

lailashereensakr@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Savannah Parison

savannah@filmandmedia.ucsb.edu

 

 

French & Italian

 

Chair: Stephanie Malia Hom

smh@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Whitney Ater

whitneylater@ucsb.edu

 

 

Germanic & Slavic Studies

 

Chair: Sven Spieker

spieker@gss.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Whitney Ater

whitneylater@ucsb.edu

 

 

History

 

Chair: Salim Yaqub

syaqub@history.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Ryan Kelley

ryankelley@hfa.ucsb.edu

 

 

History of Art & Architecture

 

Chair: Jenni Sorkin

jms@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Suzanne Dougherty

sdougherty@ucsb.edu

 

 

Interdisciplinary Humanities Center

 

Director: Susan Derwin

derwin@ihc.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Samantha Oglesby

samantha@ihc.ucsb.edu

 

 

Latin American & Iberian Studies

 

Director: Juan Cobo

jcobo@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Whitney Ater

whitneylater@ucsb.edu

 

 

Linguistics

 

Chair: Eric Campbell

ecampbell@linguistics.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Alex Clarke

a_clarke@ucsb.edu

 

 

Media Arts & Technology

 

Chair: Marcos Novak

marcos@mat.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Lisa Thwing

lthwing@ucsb.edu

 

 

Music

 

Chair: Mark Meadow

mameadow@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: David Holmes

holmesdl@ucsb.edu

 

 

Philosophy

 

Chair: Colin Allen

colinallen@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Alex Clarke

a_clarke@ucsb.edu

 

 

Religious Studies

 

Chair: Vesna Wallace

vwallace@religion.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Ryan Kelley

ryankelley@hfa.ucsb.edu

 

 

Spanish & Portuguese

 

Chair: Juan Pablo Lupi

juan.lupi@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Whitney Ater

whitneylater@ucsb.edu

 

 

Theater and Dance

 

Chair: Brandon Whited

brandon_whited@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Lauren Marquez

laurenmarquez@ucsb.edu

 

 

Walter Capps Center

 

Director: Greg Johnson

gjohnson@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Ryan Kelley

ryankelley@hfa.ucsb.edu

 

 

Writing Program

 

Director: Paul Rogers

paulrogers@writing.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Alex Clarke

a_clarke@ucsb.edu

Department/Program

Email

Interdisciplinary Program in Quantitative Biosciences

 

Chair: Cristina Marchetti

cmarchetti@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Sophie Streichan

sophiestreichan@ucsb.edu

 

 

Chemistry and Biochemistry

 

Chair: Alison Butler

butler@chem.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Heather Gardner

gardner@chem.ucsb.edu

 

 

Dynamical Neuroscience Graduate Program

 

Chair: Spencer LaVere Smith

sls@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Shannon Rivard

skrivard@ucsb.edu

 

 

Earth Science

 

Chair: Alexander Simms

asimms@geol.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Jaima Ortega

jaima@geol.ucsb.edu

 

 

Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology

 

Chair: Todd Oakley

oakley@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Andi Jorgensen

andrea.jorgensen@lifesci.ucsb.edu

 

 

Environmental Studies

 

Chair: Simone Pulver

pulver@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Katie Rendon

krrendon@ucsb.edu

 

 

Geography

 

Chair: Dar Roberts

dar@geog.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Alycia Lewis

alycia@geog.ucsb.edu

 

 

Marine Science Graduate Program

 

Chair: Nick Nidzieko

nidzieko@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Andi Jorgensen

andrea.jorgensen@lifesci.ucsb.edu

 

 

Mathematics

 

Chair: Björn Birnir

birnir@math.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Ceanna Bowman

ceannabowman@ucsb.edu

 

 

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

 

Chair: Christopher Hayes

hayescs@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Tania Dunson

tdunson@ucsb.edu

 

 

Physics

 

Chair: David Stuart

davidstuart@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Christine Griffin

cgriffin@ucsb.edu

 

 

Psychological and Brain Sciences

 

Chair: James Roney

roney@psych.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Shannon Rivard

skrivard@ucsb.edu

 

 

Statistics & Applied Probability

 

Chair: Tomoyuki Ichiba

ichiba@pstat.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Kallie McFerron

kalliemcferron@ucsb.edu

Department/Program

Email

Anthropology

 

Chair: Douglas J. Kennett

kennett@anth.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Anh-Thy Nguyen

anhthy@ucsb.edu

 

 

Asian American Studies

 

Chair: Sameer Pandya

pandya@asamst.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Toni Martinez

tmartinez00@ucsb.edu

 

 

Black Studies

 

Chair: Keith Mayes

keithmayes@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Theresa Rodriguez

theresarodriguez@ucsb.edu

 

 

Chicana/o Studies

 

Chair: Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval

ralpharmbruster@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Alan Mojarro Franco

alansmojarrofranco@chicst.ucsb.edu

 

 

Communication

 

Chair: Tamara Afifi

tafifi@comm.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Casey Hankey

crhankey@comm.ucsb.edu

 

 

Economics

 

Chair: Erik Eyster

erikeyster@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Joan Giovannone

joan.giovannone@ucsb.edu

 

 

Exercise & Sport Studies

 

Chair: Laury Oaks

oaks@femst.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Stephanie Kump

stephanie.kump@essr.ucsb.edu

 

 

Feminist Studies

 

Chair: Leila Rupp

lrupp@femst.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Rosa Pinter

rosa.pinter@ucsb.edu

 

 

Global Studies

 

Chair: Javiera Barandiaran

jba@global.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Vacant

N/A

 

 

Military Science

 

Chair: LTC Timothy J. Downing

tjd@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Vacant

N/A

 

 

Political Science

 

Chair: Raymond Orr

rorr@ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Debra Nordyke

dnordyke@ucsb.edu

 

 

Sociology

 

Chair: Lisa Hajjar

lhajjar@soc.ucsb.edu

Business Officer: Lisa Blanco

lblanco@soc.ucsb.edu