Directors of Undergraduate Programs

Each major in the College is overseen by a Director of the Undergraduate Program. Students with questions about courses offered by the department, major requirements, opportunities for majors, declaring a major, etc., should contact this person; click on the name to send an email. The individuals listed here are all faculty and should be formally addressed in email communications.

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African-American and African Studies

Lisa Shutt
434-924-3109
Minor Hall 227B

American Sign Language

Gregory Propp
434-924-6646
New Cabell Hall 255

American Studies

Jack Hamilton
434-243-4342
126 Wilson Hall

Anthropology

Adria LaViolette
434-982-2631
Brooks Hall 309

Archaeology

Tyler Jo Smith
434-243-8782
Fayweather Hall 318

Art History

Eric M. Ramírez-Weaver
434-924-7710
311 Fayerweather Hall

Art, Studio

Akemi Ohira 
434-924-7051
Ruffin Hall 226

Astronomy, Astronomy-Physics

 

Steven Majewski (Undergraduate B.S. Astronomy-Physics Major Advisor)
434-924-4893
Astronomy Building 251B

Ed Murphy (Undergraduate B.A. Astronomy Major Advisor)
[email protected]

Paul Torrey (Undergraduate Astronomy Minors Advisor)
[email protected]

Behavioral Neuroscience (BS)

Jay Hirsh
434-924-3390
Gilmer Hall 422

Bioethics (minor only)

Jarrett Zigon
434-924-7044
Brooks Hall 301

Biology

Jessamyn Manson
434-924-8831
PLSB 420

Biology, Human

Jennifer Guler
434-982-5481
PLSB 214

Chemistry

Laura Serbulea
434-924-0924
Chemistry 469

Classics

Coulter George

434-243-4917

Cocke Hall B028

Per Sederberg
Gilmer Hall 412

Computer Science BA

Tom Horton
434-982-2217
Rice Hall 401
Interested in declaring? Read https://bit.ly/bacs-declaring
For study-abroad issues, contact Charles Reiss, [email protected]

Drama

L. Douglas Grissom
434-243-7752
Drama Building 211

East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures & East Asian Studies

Anri Yasuda
434-982-2304
New Cabell Hall 171

Economics

Lee Coppock
434-924-6747
Monroe Hall 210

English

Susan Fraiman 
434-960-7337
Bryan Hall 210

Area Program in Poetry Writing
Brian Teare
Bryan Hall 433

Area Program in Literary Prose
Kevin Moffett
Bryan Hall 403

Environmental Sciences

Robert Davis
434-924-0579
Clark Hall 386-B

Environmental Thought and Practice

Paul Freedman
434-924-1372
Gibson Hall

French

Jennifer Tsien
434-243-8711
New Cabell Hall 337

German

Julia Gutterman
434-924-6696
New Cabell Hall 241

Global Studies

Global Public Health

Ruth Gaare Bernheim
434-924-8646
Hospital West 3181

Global Development Studies

David Edmunds
434-243-1694
Wilson Hall 125

Security and Justice

Peter Furia
434-924-1438
Gibson Hall 295

Environments and Sustainability

Phoebe Crisman
434-924-6898
Hotel A, B002

Middle East South Asia

Tessa Farmer
434-924-8460
New Cabell Hall 043B

Global Commerce in Culture and Society

Laura Goldblatt
335 Gibson Hall

History

Jennifer Sessions 
434-924-6405

Interdisciplinary Major

Shawn Lyons
434-924-3351
Monroe Hall 206

Italian

Sarah Annunziato
434-243- 2917
New Cabell Hall 482

Jewish Studies

Jennifer Geddes
434-924-6648
Gibson Hall S015

Latin American Studies

Eli Carter 
434-243-3032
New Cabel Hall 441

Linguistics

Mark Sicoli
Brooks Hall

Mathematics

Christian Gromoll
434-924-4152
Kerchof Hall 204

Media Studies

William Little
434-924-6623
Wilson Hall 204

Medieval Studies

Deborah McGrady
434-924-3924

Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages and Cultures         

Bilal Humeidan
434-924-3488
New Cabell Hall 127

Music

Fred Maus
Old Cabell Hall 202
email Professor Maus to arrange a meeting or to ask questions

Neuroscience

Jianhua "JC" Cang 
434-924-1117
Gilmer Hall 482

Philosophy

Ross P. Cameron
434-924-6922
Levering 108

Physics

Cass Sackett
434-924-6795
PLSB 104

Poetry

Lisa Russ Spaar 
434-924-6625
Bryan Hall 407

Political and Social Thought

Political Philosophy, Policy and Law

Politics

Psychology

Chris Mazurek
434-924-0447
Psychology Corner Location (West Complex) 2519D

Religious Studies

Noah Salomon
434-924-6705
Gibson Hall

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Mark Elson
434-924-3548
New Cabell Hall 261

Sociology

Elizabeth Gorman
Randall Hall 114

South Asian Languages and Cultures

See Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages and Cultures above

Spanish

Alicia López Operé 
434-243-9227

Statistics

Gretchen Martinet
434-924-3066
Halsey Hall 105

Women, Gender & Sexuality

Bonnie Hagerman
434-982-2961
Levering Hall 103