Department chairs and directors are the leaders within the college's academic units, and serve as liaisons between the administration and faculty. Chairs and directors are responsible for stimulating and encouraging diversity and professional growth among faculty and students.

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Academic Unit	Name	Title	Full Title (hidden column)	Phone	Email	Keywords (hidden column, sorted by type)
African American Studies and Research	April Langley	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-7248	langlea@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Anthropology	Jennifer Reynolds	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-5527	jenreyn@sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Biological Sciences	Tammi Richardson	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-2269	richar78@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Daniel Reger	Chair, Interim	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-2587	reger@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Criminology and Criminal Justice	Wendy Regoeczi	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-7065	regoeczi@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Earth, Ocean and Environment, School of	Peter Chametzky	Chair, Interim	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-9823	chametzk@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
English	Susan Courtney	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-7120	courtney@sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Geography	Jerry Mitchell	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-2986	mitchejt@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
History	Jessica Elfenbein	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-2392	jessicae@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC)	Kurt Goblirsch	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-4882	kggoblir@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Mathematics	Linyuan Lu	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-576-5800	lu@math.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Philosophy	Matthew Kisner	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-4166	kisner@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Physics and Astronomy	Alexey Petrov	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-4166	apetrov@sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Political Science	Kirk Randazzo	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-3109	randazzo@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Psychology	Nicole Zarrett	Chair, Interim	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-4638	zarrettn@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Religious Studies	Erin Roberts	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	401-481-2484	robertej@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Sociology	Brent Simpson	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-3123	bts@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Statistics	Joshua Tebbs	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-576-8765	tebbs@stat.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Theatre and Dance	Jim Hunter	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-1203	hunterj@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Visual Art and Design, School of	Laura Kissel	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-4236	kissel@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Women's and Gender Studies	Stephanie Mitchem	Chair, Interim	Acad. Department Chair	803-576-5995	mitchesy@sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Cardiovascular Technology	Lydia Matesic	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-2520	lmatesic@mailbox.sc.edu	Program Director
Film and Media Studies	Lauren Steimer	Program Director	Academic Program Director	803-777-4236	lsteimer@mailbox.sc.edu	Academic Program Director
Jewish Studies Program	Meir Muller	Program Director, Interim	Academic Program Director	803-777-7299	meir@sc.edu	Academic Program Director
Linguistics	Mila Tasseva-Kurktchieva	Program Director	Academic Program Director	803-777-8312	tassevak@mailbox.sc.edu	Academic Program Director
Master of Public Administration (MPA)	Neal Woods	Interim Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-7359	woodsn@mailbox.sc.edu	Interim Director
Museum Management	Lana Burgess	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-5486	lburgess@mailbox.sc.edu	Program Director
Neuroscience	Jessica Green	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-4595	greenjj3@mailbox.sc.edu	Program Director
Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology and Society	Allison Marsh Leah McClimans	Co-Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-0041 803-777-3731	marsha@mailbox.sc.edu lmm@sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Belle Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences	William Strosnider	Director, Interim	Centers/Institutes, Director	843-904-9031	bill@baruch.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Bioethics, Center for	George Khushf	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-7371	khushf@sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Colorectal Cancer Prevention Network (CCPN)	Annie Thibault	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-1231	thibaula@mailbox.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Electron Microscopy Center	Soumitra Ghoshroy	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-7085	ghoshroy@mailbox.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Humanities Collaborative	Holly Crocker	Faculty Leader	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-576-5957	hcrocker@mailbox.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
McCausland Center for Brain Imaging	Chris Rorden (co-director)	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-4137	rorden@mailbox.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
McKissick Museum	Jane Przybysz	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-7251	jprzybys@mailbox.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Mind and Brain, Institute for	Rutvik Desai	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-9029	rutvik@sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Science Education, Center for	Katherine Ryker Sean Yee	Co-Director  Co-Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-2768	rykerk@mailbox.sc.edu yee@math.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Southern Studies, Institute for	Mark Smith	Director	Academic Program Director	803-777-6362	mark-smith@sc.edu	Academic Program Director
SC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA)	Adam King	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-576-6577	aking000@mailbox.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Walker Institute of International and Area Studies	Carl Dahlmann	Director	Academic Program Director	803-777-2679	carl.dahlman@sc.edu	Academic Program Director