UNDERGRADUATE DIRECTORS
American Studies
Asim Ali
(301) 405-7621
aali@umd.edu
Art
Shannon Collis
(301) 405-7790
scollis@umd.edu
Art History & Archaeology
Aneta Georgievska-Shine
(301) 405-1479
agshine@umd.edu
Cinema & Media Studies
Eric Zakim
(301) 405-4025
zakim@umd.edu
Classics
Jorge Bravo
(301) 405-2360
jbravo@umd.edu
Communication
Leah Waks
(301) 405-6529
leahwaks@umd.edu
English
Kim Coles
kcoles@umd.edu
Global Culture and Thought
Federica Soddu
fsoddu@umd.edu
History
Mircea Raianu
(301) 405-1062
mraianu@umd.edu
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
Eric Pacuit
(301) 405-0302
epacuit@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
Valerie Anishchenkova (Fall 2026)
(301) 405-7620
vani@umd.edu
Anny Gaul (Spring 2027)
(301) 405-4742
agaul@umd.edu
Language: Chinese
Guiling Hu
(301) 405-4541
ghu@umd.edu
Language: French
Hervé Campangne
(301) 405-4026
hcampang@umd.edu
Andrew Frisch
(301) 405-4028
afrisch@umd.edu
Language: German
Julie Koser
(301) 405-4107
jkoser@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) 405-6441
tlima@umd.edu
Language: Russian
Elizabeth Papazian
(301) 405-4025
papazian@umd.edu
Language: Spanish
Manel Lacorte (Fall 2026)
(301) 405-8233
mlacorte@umd.edu
Eyda Merediz (Spring 2027)
(301) 405-6451
emerediz@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
Public Service Interpreting and Translation
Shawn Parry-Giles
(301) 405-6527
spg@umd.edu
Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
KenYatta Rogers
(301) 405-6688
kroger12@umd.edu
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Sydney F Lewis
(301) 405-6877
sflewis@umd.edu