Program Chairs Spring 2025

Program	Chair	Email	Office ext.	Location
American Studies	David Ruth	[email protected]	7640	412  Sutherland
Art	Yvonne Love	[email protected]	7867	229 Woodland
Biology	Les Murray	[email protected]	7940	228 Woodland
Business	Tom Stone	[email protected]		322 Sutherland
Business	Oak Pongsree (Associate Program Chair)	[email protected]		316 Rydal Executive Plaza
Computer Science	Vinayak Elangovan	[email protected]	7852	320 Rydal Executive  Plaza
Corporate Communication	Melvin Gupton	[email protected]		418 Sutherland
Criminal Justice	Sue Robinson	[email protected]	7397	310A Sutherland
Cybersecurity	Joe Oakes	[email protected]	267-633-3316	310 Rydal Executive Plaza
Data Sciences	Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden	[email protected]		Rydal Executive Plaza 317
Education	Jennifer Cressman-Hickox	[email protected]	7802	207 Cloverly
English	Thomas Heise	[email protected]		Sutherland 415
Finance	Tom Stone	[email protected]		322 Sutherland
Health Humanities	Pierce Salguero	[email protected]		334 Sutherland
History	David Ruth	[email protected]	7640	412 Sutherland
Integrative Arts	John Pachence	[email protected]	7593	339 Woodland
IT	June Lane	[email protected]	7509	320 Rydal Executive Plaza
Multidisciplinary Studies	Pierce Salguero	[email protected]		334 Sutherland
Nursing RN to B.S.N.	Brenda Holtzer	[email protected]	7398	301 Rydal Executive Plaza
Psychological and Social Sciences	Meghan Gillen	[email protected]		236K Woodland
Race and Ethnic Studies	Friederike Baer	[email protected]	7593	119C Sutherland
Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management (RPTM)	Jacob Benfield	[email protected]	7528	236 G Woodland
Rehabilitation and Human Services	Michael Lavetsky	[email protected]	7371	101 Cloverly
Science	Les Murray	[email protected]	7940	228 Woodland

Program Coordinators Spring 2025

Program	Coordinator	Email	Office Ext.	Location
World Languages	Rosa Chism	[email protected]	7447	313 Sutherland
Engineering	Masataka Okutsu	[email protected]	7562	217 Rydal
Multidisciplinary Engineering Design	Bob Avanzato	[email protected]	7358	202 Rydal
Chemistry and Physics	Kevin Cannon	[email protected]	7468	314 Woodland
Pre-Health	Chris Krewson	[email protected]	7618	330 Woodland
Mathematics and Statistics	Mike Tepper	[email protected]	7543	335 Sutherland
Communication Arts and Sciences	Lisa Chewning	[email protected]	7382	416 Sutherland
First Year Seminar	Stephen Cohen	[email protected]	7975	301 Sutherland
Academic Integration for Multilingual Student Success (AIMSS)	Rachel LaMance	[email protected]	7381	327 Sutherland
Honors	David Ruth	[email protected]	7640	412 Sutherland
Language Proficiency	Rosa Chism	[email protected]	7447	313 Sutherland
Writing	Lila Naydan	[email protected]	7585	333 Sutherland

 

Additional Program Directors and Coordinators Spring 2025

Program	Director/ Coordinator	Email	Office Ext.	Location
Global Programs	Beza Wossene (Director)	[email protected]	7657	Rm 2 Conference Center
Research	Jacob Benfield (Director)	[email protected]		236G Woodland
Invent PSU and Launchbox	Peter Hornberger (Coordinator)	[email protected]	267-633-3316	309 Rydal Executive Plaza
Undergraduate Research	Yi Yang (Coordinator)	[email protected]	7565	316 Woodland
Makerspace	Bill Cromar (Coordinator)	[email protected]	7330	214 Woodland
Art Gallery	John Thompson (Coordinator)	[email protected]	7549	214 Woodland

Division Heads

Friederike Baer, Ph.D.

Division Head, Arts and Humanities

Professor, History

Early American History, Public History, American Studies

[email protected]

215-881-7593

Sutherland, 119

Michael J. Bernstein, Ph.D.

(He, Him, His)

Interim Division Head for Social Sciences, Business and Education

Professor of Psychology, Psychological and Social Sciences

[email protected]

215-881-7479

Sutherland, 119 B

Judy Ozment, Ph.D.

Interim Division Head for Science and Engineering

Associate Professor, Chemistry

[email protected]

215-881-7318

Woodland, 218