College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Advising - Zulauf Hall 201 - 815-753-0114

CLAS Departmental Advising Contacts

Listed below are the names of the department chairs and principal undergraduate advising contacts within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For each department, the list provides the department name, the name of the chair, the office location and telephone number of the chair, and, where applicable, the faculty and staff advising contacts for undergraduates.

Please Note: Because this information changes on a periodic basis, it is always appropriate to contact the office telephone number listed for the department if one is having difficulty contacting the individual named as advising contact.

Department Chair  Phone Undergraduate Advisor  Phone
Anthropology
SB 102
Kendall Thu 753-0246 Kendall Thu 753-0246 
Biological Sciences
MO 349
Barrie Bode 753-0433

Ken Gasser

Jon Miller
(Teacher Certification)

753-7815

753-7828

Chemistry and Biochemistry
FR 319
Jon Carnahan 753-1181

David Ballantine

Judy Boisen
(Teacher Certification)

753-6857

753-6819

Communication
WH 209
Gary Burns
753-7108 Gretchen Bisplinghoff (Dir. of UG Studies)

Susan Oppenborn
(UG Program Advisor)

Deena Kerwin or Madelyn Anderson
(pre-COMS)
753-7005



753-5354



753-7104
Computer Science
PM 460
Nicholas Karonis 753-0349 Penny McIntire 753-6495
Economics
ZH 515
Virginia Wilcox-Gok 753-6957 Susan Porter-Hudak 753-6983
English
RH 214
Amy Levin 753-0615 Kathleen Renk (Dir. of UG Studies)

Michael Day
(Freshman Year Comp.)

Judith Pokorny 
(Teacher Certification)
753-6601



753-6603



753-6609
Environmental Studies Health Services Building 321 Melissa Lenczewski, Acting Director
753-6563 753-6563
Foreign Languages and Literatures
WH 111
Katharina Barbe
753-1259

Linda Saborio  (French, Italian, Spanish & Portuguese)


John Bentley  (German, Slavic, Asian & Classics)

Karen Lichtman  (Teacher Certification)

753-6448





753-6451


753-6449

Geography
DH 118
Andrew Krmenec 753-6826 Andrew Krmenec

Dave Changnon (MET)
753-6826

753-6835
Geology and Environmental Geosciences
DH 312
Colin Booth 753-0523 Judy Boisen      (Science Ed & Cert) 

Reed Scherer       (Env. Geosciences)



Mark Frank     (Geology Emphasis)
753-6819




753-7951



753-6449
History
ZH 715
Beatrix Hoffman 753-0858 E. Taylor Atkins

Eric Jones

Frank Bell (Teacher Certification for History & Social Sciences)

Kathryn Maley (Teacher Certification for History & Social Sciences)
753-6699

753-0131

753-6807




753-5903
Mathematical Sciences
WH 320 
Bernard Harris 753-6725 Qingkai Kong

Bonnie Kersten (Teacher Certification)
753-6739

753-0566
Division of Statistics
DU 366
Rama Lingham, Director
753-6773 Sanjib Basu 753-6799
NGO Leadership & Development Center
ZH 116
Nancy Castle, Director
753-4410
753-4410
Philosophy
ZH 915
David Buller 753-6403 Steve Daskal 753-6410
Physics
FW 204 or 206
Larry Lurio 753-6492 Suzanne Willis

Judy Boisen (Teacher Certification)
753-6481

753-6819
Political Science
ZH 415
Matt Streb 753-7040 Danielle Grimelli 753-7045
Division of Public Administration Kurt Thurmaier 753-0311  Andrea Radasanu  
Psychology
PM 400
Gregory Waas 753-7065 Leslie (Matuszewich) Friedman
753-7072
Sociology
ZH 815
Kirk Miller 753-1194 Kristie Bongiovanni 753-6437
Women's Studies
RH 103
Kristen Myers, Director 753-1038