UNDERGRADUATE DIRECTORS

American Studies
Asim Ali
(301) 405-7621
aali@umd.edu 

Art
Patrick Craig
(301) 405-7790
pcraig@umd.edu 

Art History & Archaeology
Aneta Georgievska-Shine
(301) 405-1479
agshine@umd.edu 

Cinema & Media Studies
Caroline Eades
(301) 405-4029
ceades@umd.edu 

Classics
Jorge Bravo
(301) 405-2360
jbravo@umd.edu 

Communication
Leah Waks
(301) 405-6529
leahwaks@umd.edu 

English
Lee Konstantinou (Fall 2025)
(301) 405-3825
lkonstan@umd.edu

Christina Walter (Spring 2026) 
(301) 405-5825 
cmwalter@umd.edu 

History
Mircea Raianu
(301) 405-1062
mraianu@umd.edu 

Immersive Media Design
Justin Strom 
(301) 405-7790 
jstrom@umd.edu 

Jewish Studies
Maxine Grossman
(301) 405-4980
mgrossma@umd.edu 

Language: Arabic
Anny Gaul
(301) 405-4742
agaul@umd.edu 

Language: Chinese
Minglang Zhou
(301) 405-2855
mlzhou@umd.edu 

Language: French
Herve Campangne
(301) 405-4026
hcampang@umd.edu  

Valerie Orlando 
(301) 405-4025 
vorlando@umd.edu 

Language: German
Hester Baer
(301) 405-4101
hbaer@umd.edu 

Language: Hebrew
Avital Karpman
(301) 405-4975
akarpman@umd.edu 

Language: Italian
Giuseppe Falvo
(301) 405-4031
gfalvo@umd.edu 

Language: Japanese
Lindsay Yotsukura
(301) 405-4023
ly@umd.edu 

Language: Korean
Seong Minne Koh
(301) 405-0495
skoh@umd.edu 

Language: Persian
Ali Reza Abasi
(301) 405-3315
aabasi@umd.edu 

Language: Portuguese
Thayse Lima
(301) 405-6641
tlima@umd.edu 

Language: Russian
Elizabeth Papazian
(301) 405-4025
papazian@umd.edu 

Language: Spanish
Manlel Lacorte
(301) 405-8233 
mlacorte@umd.edu 

Linguistics
Tonia Bleam
(301) 405-4930
tbleam@umd.edu 

Music
Eric Kutz
(301) 405-5549
ekutz@umd.edu 

Philosophy
Rachel Singpurwalla
(301) 405-5844
rgks@umd.edu 

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Daniel Moller 
(301) 405-5689
dmoller@umd.edu 

Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
KenYatta Rogers
(301) 405-6688
kroger12@umd.edu 

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Neel Ahuja
(301) 405-6877
neel1@umd.edu