The onset of the 2024-25 academic year brings new courses, new students, and new leadership appointments in Arts & Sciences. Chairs and directors provide essential leadership and service to their respective units, and we are grateful to all current and past faculty members who have taken on these roles. This year, 10 departments and programs have named new leadership.
Comparative Literature and Thought
Incoming chair: Matt Erlin, professor of German
Outgoing chair: Lynne Tatlock, the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
Education
Incoming chair: Rowhea Elmesky, associate professor of education
Outgoing chair: Andrew C. Butler, professor of education
Film & Media Studies
Incoming director: Colin Burnett, associate professor of film and media studies
Outgoing director: Ian Bogost, the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor
Global Studies Program
Interim director: Steven B. Miles, professor of history
Tabea Linhard, director and professor of global studies, is on leave this year.
Jewish, Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies
Incoming chair: Jonathan Judaken, the Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History & Thought
Outgoing chair: Kit Wellman, professor of philosophy
Philosophy
Incoming chair: Lori Watson, professor of philosophy
Outgoing chair: Ron Mallon, professor of philosophy and philosophy-neuroscience-psychology
Philosophy, Neuroscience & Psychology
Incoming director: Casey O’Callaghan, professor of philosophy and philosophy-neuroscience-psychology
Outgoing director: Ron Mallon, professor of philosophy and philosophy-neuroscience-psychology
Public Health & Society
Inaugural directors: T.R. Kidder, the Edward S. and Tedi Macias Professor, and Lindsay Stark, professor of public health at the Brown School
Read more about the new Program in Public Health & Society
Romance Languages and Literatures
Incoming chair: Ignacio Infante, professor of comparative literature and thought, and romance languages and literatures - Spanish
Outgoing chair: Julie Singer, professor of French
Sociology
Incoming chair: Jake Rosenfeld, professor of sociology
Outgoing chair: David Cunningham, professor of sociology
