College Leadership

Stephanie Shonekan

Dean, College of Arts and Humanities
Professor, Ethnomusicology, Musicology & Ethnomusicology
Affiliate Faculty, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Affiliate Faculty, American Studies

GerShun Avilez

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Graduate Education and Strategic Initiatives, College of Arts and Humanities
Professor, English
Associate Dean, Douglass Center

Francis Scott Key Hall 1102A
College Park MD, 20742

301-405-3803

Kelly Blake

Assistant Dean of Marketing and Communications, College of Arts and Humanities

1107-B Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park MD, 20742

301-405-6714

Laura Brown

Assistant Dean for Development, College of Arts and Humanities

1102 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park MD, 20742

301-405-6339

Kathleen Cavanaugh

Assistant Dean for Academic Technology and Administrative Operations, College of Arts and Humanities

Contact Kathy for:

IT: Funding, policies, support, IT security, privacy, Technology Advisory Committee

Personnel: Staff relations including performance review and development, and performance improvement. Liaison to Staff Council.

Equity: Inquiries regarding staff equity issues; equity administrator for staff searches.

1102 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-2116

Audran Downing

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Humanities
BTAA Courseshare Program, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

1120 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-2112

Craig Kier

Director, Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities
Professor, Voice & Opera
Professor, Conducting & Ensembles
Advisor, Maryland Opera Studio

1102B Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-2091

Lori Owen

Director of Facilities , College of Arts and Humanities

1102 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-2132

Trevor Parry-Giles

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research, College of Arts and Humanities
Professor, Communication

1102C Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park MD, 20742

301-405-7364 (ARHU)

Julie Wright

Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration, College of Arts and Humanities

1102 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-2101

Eric Adler

Professor and Chair, Classics

1210D Marie Mount Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-2019

Neda Atanasoski

Professor and Chair, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

3121 Susquehanna Hall
College Park MD, 20742

Amanda Bailey

ADVANCE Professor, English
Department Chair, English

2119 Tawes Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-3807

Jill Bradbury

Director, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

2811 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
College Park MD, 20742

Fabrizio Cariani

Professor and Chair, Philosophy

Maxine Grossman

Director and Associate Professor, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
Classics

0124C Taliaferro Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-4980

Ahmet Karamustafa

Professor and Department Chair, History
Professor of History, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Senior Advisor to PersDig@UMD , Roshan Institute for Persian Studies

3107A Taliaferro Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-4295

Jeffrey Lidz

Professor and Chair, Linguistics
Member, Maryland Language Science Center

1413 Marie Mount Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-8220

Brandon Morse

Associate Professor & Chair, Art

1211E Parren J. Mitchell Art-Sociology Building
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-1446

Shawn Parry-Giles

Chair, Communication
Professor, Communication

2126 Skinner Building
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-6527

Mary Ellen Scullen

Director, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Associate Professor of French, French
Member, Maryland Language Science Center

1105C Jiménez Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-6464

Michael Votta

Interim Director, School of Music
Professor, Conducting & Ensembles
Director, Bands
Director, UMD Wind Orchestra

2531A The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-5544

Psyche Williams-Forson

Professor and Chair, American Studies

1328E Tawes Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-6931

Karin Zitzewitz

Chair and Professor, Modern and Contemporary Art of India and Pakistan, Art History and Archaeology

1211-B Parren J. Mitchell Art-Sociology Building
College Park MD, 20742

301-405-1481

Connie DiJohnson

Lead Director, National Foreign Language Center

Terrence “Terry” Dwyer

Director, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Yi Ting Huang

Director, Maryland Language Science Center

Associate Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences

0141A Lefrak Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-4227

Taras Matla

Director, University of Maryland Art Gallery

Trevor Muñoz

Director, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

Jordana Saggese

Professor, Modern and Contemporary American Art, Art History and Archaeology
Director, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

1214 Cole Student Activities Building
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 314 2615

Ruth Zambrana

Distinguished University Professor, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Director, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity
Affiliate Professor, American Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity 

4111 Susquehanna Hall

4117 Susquehanna Hall
College Park MD, 20742

301-405-0451