College Leadership
Dean
Stephanie Shonekan
Dean, College of Arts and Humanities
Professor, Ethnomusicology, Musicology & Ethnomusicology
Affiliate Faculty, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Associate Deans, Assistant Deans and Directors
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
Kelly Blake
Assistant Dean of Marketing and Communications, College of Arts and Humanities
1107-B Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Laura Brown
Assistant Dean for Development, College of Arts and Humanities
1102 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Kathleen Cavanaugh
Assistant Dean for Academic Technology and Administrative Operations, College of Arts and Humanities
1102 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
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
Craig Kier
Director, Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities
Associate Professor, Voice & Opera
Associate Professor, Conducting & Ensembles
Advisor, Maryland Opera Studio
1102B Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Lori Owen
Director of Facilities , College of Arts and Humanities
1102 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
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
Julie Wright
Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration, College of Arts and Humanities
1102 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Department Heads
Eric Adler
Professor and Chair, Classics
1210D Marie Mount Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
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
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
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
Jeffrey Lidz
Professor and Chair, Linguistics
1413 Marie Mount Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Brandon Morse
Associate Professor & Chair, Art
1211E Parren J. Mitchell Art-Sociology Building
College Park
MD,
20742
Shawn Parry-Giles
Professor and Chair, Communication
2126 Skinner Building
College Park
MD,
20742
Mary Ellen Scullen
Director, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Associate Professor of French, French
1105C Jiménez Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
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
Psyche Williams-Forson
Professor and Chair, American Studies
1328E Tawes Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
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
Center Directors
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
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
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
4117 Susquehanna Hall
College Park
MD,
20742