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)
Anthropology	Jennifer Reynolds	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-2392	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	Brandon Applegate	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-7065	applegab@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Earth, Ocean and Environment, School of	Alicia Wilson	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-4590	awilson@geol.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	Christopher Tollefsen	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-4166	ctollefs@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Physics and Astronomy	Michael Dickson	Chair, Interim	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-4166	dickson@sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Political Science	Kirk Randazzo	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-3109	randazzo@mailbox.sc.edu	Acad. Department Chair
Psychology	Jane Roberts	Chair	Acad. Department Chair	803-777-4638	jerobert@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
Air Force ROTC, Aerospace Studies	Race Steinfort	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-3447	steinfoe@mailbox.sc.edu	Program Director Military
African American Studies and Research, Institute for	Qiana Whitted Kim Simmons	Co-Director	Academic Program Director	803-777-7248 803-777-0822	whittedq@mailbox.sc.edu ksimmons@mailbox.sc.edu	Academic Program Director
Army ROTC, Military Science	Daniel Rausch	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-3644	dlrausch@mailbox.sc.edu	Program Director Military
Cardiovascular Technology	Christy Friend	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-576-6024	chfriend@mailbox.sc.edu	Program Director
Dance Program	Jennifer Deckert	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-576-5609	jdeckert@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
Humanities Collaborative	Holly Crocker	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-576-5962	hcrocker@mailbox.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Jewish Studies Program	Federica Schoeman	Program Director	Academic Program Director	803-777-7227	clementi@mailbox.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)	Xuhong Su	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-2691	suxuhong@mailbox.sc.edu	Program Director Graduate
Museum Management	Lana Burgess	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-5486	lburgess@mailbox.sc.edu	Program Director
Navy ROTC, Naval Science	John Compton	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-4124	navyrotc@mailbox.sc.edu	Program Director
Women's and Gender Studies	Ed Madden	Program Director, Interim	Academic Program Director	803-576-5995	maddene@mailbox.sc.edu	Academic 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
Asian Studies, Center for	Robert Cox	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-4558	coxrh@mailbox.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Belle Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences	James Pinckney	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-7133	pinckne3@mailbox.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Bioethics, Center for	George Khushf	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-7371	khushf@sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Civil Rights History and Research, Center for	Bobby Donaldson	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-6282	bdonaldson@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
Interdisciplinary Mathematics Institute	Pencho Petrushev	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-4224	pencho@math.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	Doug Wedell	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-4258	wedell@mailbox.sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, Director
Science Education, Center for	Bert Ely	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-2768	ely@biol.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 Academy of Science	Don Jordan	Director	Centers/Institutes, Director	803-777-7007	djordan@sc.edu	Centers/Institutes, 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	Joshua Grace	Director, Interim	Academic Program Director	803-777-2679	gracejr@mailbox.sc.edu	Academic Program Director