Twenty-one faculty members have accepted new leadership positions in departments and other academic units within the College of LAS for the 2024-25 academic year.
Executive officers lead each of the almost 70 departments, programs, schools, centers, and other academic units within the College of LAS.
Included among the new executive officers is a new associate dean who has been appointed starting with the 2024-25 academic year. Associate deans help manage operations across the college.
The new executive officer appointments are as follows:
Toby Beauchamp, chair, Department of Gender & Women's Studies
Adrian Burgos, chair, Department of History
Eric Calderwood, director, Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Jose Capino, interim head, Department of Asian American Studies
Yuguo Chen, interim chair, Department of Statistics
Angela De Fulvio, director, Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security
Katy Heath, head, Department of Plant Biology
Jessica Greenberg, acting director, European Union Center
Waïl Hassan, head, Department of Comparative & World Literature
Feng Liang, interim director, Program of Actuarial and Risk Management Sciences (began in January)
Robert Morrissey, associate dean for technology and online learning
Justine Murison, head, Department of English
Andrew Orta, acting director, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Lindsay Russell, director, Center for Writing Studies
Dan Shao, head, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures (began in January)
Ryan Shosted, director, Program in Translation & Interpreting Studies
Gisela Sin, acting director, Illinois Global Institute
Carol Symes, director, Program in Medieval Studies (began in January)
Ariana Traill, head, Department of Classics
Matthew Winters, director, Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies
Min Zhan, director, Women & Gender in Global Perspectives Program
