Graduate Program Directors

Due to the wide variety of graduate programs offered by the McCausland College of Arts and Sciences, specific details of each program are found on the individual unit pages. Select a department below to find information on degree requirements, funding, graduate student spotlights and more.

Academic Unit	Name	Title	Email	Phone	Keywords
African American Studies	April Langley	Chair	langlea@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-7248	DepartmentChair
Anthropology	Marc Moskowitz	Chair	MOSKOWIT@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-5527	DepartmentChair
Biological Sciences	Tammi Richardson	Chair	richar78@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-6389	DepartmentChair
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Qian Wang	Chair	wang263@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-2682	DepartmentChair
Criminology and Criminal Justice	Wendy Regoeczi	Chair	regoeczi@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-6537	DepartmentChair
English Language and Literature	Susan Courtney	Chair	sccourtn@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-7120	DepartmentChair
Geography	Jerry Mitchell	Chair	mitchejt@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-0328	DepartmentChair
History	Jessica Elfenbein	Chair	jessicae@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-3282	DepartmentChair
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures	Paul Malovrh	Chair	malovrh@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-4882	DepartmentChair
Mathematics	Dr. Linyuan “Lincoln” Lu	Chair	lu@math.sc.edu	803-576-5800	DepartmentChair
Philosophy	Matthew Kisner	Chair	kisner@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-4166	DepartmentChair
Physics and Astronomy	Alexey Petrov	Chair	apetrov@sc.edu	803-777-4983	DepartmentChair
Political Science	Brent Simpson	Interim Chair	BTS@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-3109	DepartmentChair
Psychology	Nicole Zarrett	Chair	zarrettn@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-4638	DepartmentChair
Religious Studies	Adam Schor	Chair	schor@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-3729	DepartmentChair
School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment	Gene Yogodzinski	Interim Director	gyogodzin@geol.sc.edu	803-777-9823	DepartmentChair
School of Visual Art and Design	Laura Kissel	Director	kissel@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-4236	DepartmentChair
Sociology	Matthew Brashears	Chair	brasheam@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-6988	DepartmentChair
Statistics	Edsel Pena	Chair	pena@stat.sc.edu	803-777-5346	DepartmentChair
Theatre and Dance	Stephanie Milling	Chair	smilling@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-0768	DepartmentChair
Women’s and Gender Studies	Leland Spencer	Chair	spencelg@sc.edu	803-576-5995	DepartmentChair
Baruch Institute	Jill Stewart	Director	jill.stewart@baruch.sc.edu	TBD	CenterDirector
Cardiovascular Technology	Lydia Matesic	Chair	lmatesic@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-2520	ProgramDirector
Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopment Research Center	Jane Roberts	Executive Director	jerobert@mailbox.sc.edu		CenterDirector
Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopment Research Center	Caitlin Hudac	Steering Committee Chair	chudac@mailbox.sc.edu	773-848-8848	CenterDirector
Center for Bioethics					CenterDirector
Center for Science Education	Katherine Ryker, Co-Director Sean Yee, Co-Director	Chair	kryker@seoe.sc.edu yee@math.sc.edu	803-777-9513 803-777-6884	CenterDirector
Colorectal Cancer Prevention Network	Annie Thibault	Chair	thibaula@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-1231	CenterDirector
Electron Microscopy Center	Vacant	Chair	TBD	803-777-7085	CenterDirector
Film and Media Studies Program	Lauren Steimer	Director	lsteimer@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-4236	ProgramDirector
Humanities Collaborative	Holly Crocker	Chair	hcrocker@mailbox.sc.edu	803-576-5957	CenterDirector
Institute for Mind and Brain	Rutvik Desai	Chair	rutvik@sc.edu	803-777-9029	CenterDirector
Institute for Southern Studies	Dr. Mark Smith	Director	smithmm@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-5195	ProgramDirector
Jewish Studies Program	Saskia Coenen Snyder	Director	saskiacs@sc.edu	803-777-7472	ProgramDirector
Linguistics Program	Emily Manetta	Director	emanetta@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-8312	ProgramDirector
Master of Public Administration (MPA)	Carla Flink	Director	flinkc@mailbox.sc.edu	210-827-4923	ProgramDirector
McCausland Center for Brain Imaging	Chris Rorden	Chair	rorden@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-4137	CenterDirector
McKissick Museum	Lana Burgess, Interim	Chair	lburgess@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-7251	CenterDirector
Museum Management	Lana Burgess	Chair	lburgess@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-5486	ProgramDirector
Neuroscience	Jessica Green	Chair	greenjj3@mailbox.sc.edu	803-777-4595	ProgramDirector
SC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology	Adam King	Chair	aking000@mailbox.sc.edu	803-576-6577	CenterDirector
Walker Institute	Carl Dahlman	Director	carl.dahlman@sc.edu	803-777-2679	CenterDirector,ProgramDirector