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Dean—Dianne Harris
Divisional Dean for Arts—Gabriel Solis
Divisional Dean for Humanities—Brian Reed
Divisional Dean for Natural Sciences—Daniel Pollack
Divisional Dean for Social Science—Andrea Woody
Associate Dean for Advancement—Kevin Thompson
Associate Dean for Equity, Justice, and Inclusion—Maya Angela Smith
Associate Dean for Finance and Administration—Linda Nelson
Associate Dean for Personnel—Peter Denis
Associate Dean for Research—Xiaosong Li
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education—Kevin Mihata
Senior Director for Marketing and Communications—Lance Kissler
Schools
Art, Art History, Design
Director—Annabelle Gould
Drama
Director—Scott Magelssen
International Studies
Director—Daniel Hoffman
Music
Interim Director—Joël Durand
Departments, Divisions, and Programs
American Ethnic Studies
Chair—Alexes Harris
American Indian Studies
Chair—Charlotte Coté
Anthropology
Chair—Sven Haakanson
Applied Mathematics
Chair—Tom Trogdon
Asian Languages and Literature
Chair—Chan Lü
Astronomy
Chair—Jessica Werk
Biology
Chair—Martha Bosma
Chemistry
Chair—Alshakim Nelson
Cinema and Media Studies
Chair—Stephen Groening
Classics
Chair—Alexander Hollmann
Communication
Chair—Christine Harold
Comparative History of Ideas
Director—Jose Antonio Lucero
Dance
Chair—Christina Sunardi
Digital Arts and Experimental Media
Director—Juan Pampin
Economics
Chair—Eric Zivot
English
Chair—Habiba Ibrahim
French and Italian Studies
Chair—Geoffrey Turnovsky
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Chair—Amanda Swaar
Geography
Chair—Sarah Elwood
German Studies
Chair—Ellwood Wiggins
History
Chair—Adam Warren
Law, Societies, and Justice
Director—Jamie Mayerfeld
Linguistics
Chair—Richard Wright
Mathematics
Chair—Max Lieblich
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Chair—Stephanie Selover
Philosophy
Chair—Sara Goering
Physics
Chair—Subhadeep Gupta
Political Science
Chair—Rachel Cichowski
Psychology
Chair—Joseph Sisneros
Scandinavian Studies
Chair—Marianne Stechner-Hansen
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Chair—Gordana Crnkovic
Sociology
Chair—Kyle Crowder
Spanish and Portuguese Studies
Chair—Sarah Stroup
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Chair—Sarah Kover
Statistics
Chair—Abel Rodriguez
Selected Centers and Institutes
Astrobiology
Director—
Child and Family Well-Being, Center for
Director—Liliana Lengua
Demography and Ecology, Center for the Study of
Director—Sara Curran
Disability Studies (LSJ)
Director—Mark Harniss
Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics (CENPA)
Director—David Hertzog
Human Rights
Director—Angelina Godoy
Humanities, Simpson Center for the
Director—Lynn Thomas
Integrated Social Sciences
Directors—Meg Spratt and Mel Wensel
Labor Studies, Harry Bridges Center for
Chair—Moon-Ho Jung
Language Learning Center
Director—Russell Hugo
Learning and Brain Sciences
Co-Directors—Patricia Kuhl and Andrew Meltzoff
Nuclear Theory, Institute for
Director—Sanjay Reddy
Odegaard Writing and Research Center
Director—Mandy Macklin
Social Science Computation and Research
Director—Jerald Herting
Statistics and the Social Sciences
Director—Elena Erosheva
UW Women’s Center
Director—Sutapa Basu
Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR)
Director—Jake Grumbach
Museums and Performance Halls
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Director—Sara Gonzalez
Henry Art Gallery
Director—Kris Lewis
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Director—Jordan Jones
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts
Executive Director—Michelle Witt
January 5, 2026