School and College Chairs

College of Arts and Sciences

Dean Leonidas G. Bachas

Department	Chair	Email
Anthropology	William Pestle	w.pestle@miami.edu
Art and Art History	Nathan Timpano	ntimpano@miami.edu
Biology	Athula Wikramanayake	athula@miami.edu
Chemistry	Marc Knecht	knecht@miami.edu
Classics	John Paul Russo	jprusso@miami.edu
Computer Science	Victor Milenkovic	vjm@cs.miami.edu
English	Thomas Goodmann	tgoodmann@miami.edu
Geography and Sustainable Development	Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva	jxc1446@miami.edu
History	Hermann Beck	hbeck@miami.edu
International Studies	Richard Weisskoff	rweisskoff@miami.edu
Mathematics	Robert Stephen Cantrell	r.cantrell@miami.edu
Modern Languages and Literatures	Logan Connors	lxc888@miami.edu
Philosophy	Mark Rowlands	mrowlands@miami.edu
Physics	Massimiliano Galeazzi	m.galeazzi@miami.edu
Political Science	Casey Klofstad	c.klofstad@miami.edu
Psychology	Philip McCabe	pmccabe@miami.edu
Religious Studies	Daniel Pals	dpals@miami.edu
Sociology and Criminology	Nicole Leeper Piquero	nxl491@miami.edu
Theatre Arts	Michiko Kitayama Skinner	mkitayama@miami.edu
Writing Studies	Ben Lauren	bsl58@miami.edu

Miami Herbert Business School

Interim Dean Ann M. Olazábal

Department	Chair	Email
Accounting	Miguel Minutti-Meza	mminutti@miami.edu
Business Law	Patricia Sanchez Abril	pabril@miami.edu
Business Technology	Robert Plant	rplant@miami.edu
Economics	David Andolfatto	davidandolfatto@miami.edu
Finance	Indraneel Chakraborty	i.chakraborty@miami.edu
Health Management and Policy	Michael French	mfrench@miami.edu
Management	Linda Neider	lneider@miami.edu
Management Science	Lan Wang	lxw611@miami.edu
Marketing	Caglar Irmak	irmak@miami.edu

School of Communication

Dean Karin Gwinn Wilkins

Department	Chair	Email
Cinematic Arts	Konstantia Kontaxis	kkontaxis@miami.edu
Communication Studies	Diane Millette	millette@miami.edu
Interactive Media	Kim Grinfeder	grinfeder@miami.edu
Journalism and Media Management	Sam Terilli	sterilli@miami.edu
Strategic Communication	Alyse Lancaster	alancaster@miami.edu

School of Education and Human Development

Dean Laura Kohn-Wood

Department	Chair	Email
Educational and Psychological Studies	Willis Jones	wxj149@miami.edu
Kinesiology and Sport Sciences	Kevin Jacobs	k.jacobs@miami.edu
Teaching and Learning	Bruce Baker	bdb119@miami.edu

College of Engineering

Dean Pratim Biswas

Department	Chair	Email
Biomedical Engineering	Fabrice Manns	fmanns@miami.edu
Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering	David Chin	dchin@miami.edu
Civil and Architectural Engineering	Antonio Nanni	nanni@miami.edu
Electrical and Computer Engineering	Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb	mottaleb@miami.edu
Industrial and Systems Engineering	Vincent Omachonu	vomachonu@miami.edu
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Qingda Yang	qdyang@miami.edu

Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Dean Roni Avissar

Department	Chair	Email
Atmospheric Sciences	Paquita Zuidema	pzuidema@miami.edu
Environmental Science and Policy	David Letson	d.letson@miami.edu
Marine Biology and Ecology	Martin Grosell	mgrosell@miami.edu
Marine Geosciences	Sam Purkis	spurkis@rsmas.miami.edu
Ocean Sciences	Brian Haus	b.haus@maimi.edu

Miller School of Medicine

Dean Henri R. Ford

Department	Chair	Email
Anesthesiology	Keith Candiotti	kcandiot@miami.edu
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Sylvia Daunert	sdaunert@miami.edu
Cell Biology	Glen Barber	gbarber@miami.edu
Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery	Robert S. Kirsner	rkirsner@miami.edu
Family Medicine and Community Health	Edward Robert Schwartz	eschwartz@miami.edu
Graduate Medical Education	Latha Chandran	lxc1222@miami.edu
Health Informatics and Deputy University Librarian	Azizi Seixas	axs8514@miami.edu
Human Genetics	Mustafa Tekin	mtekin@miami.edu
Interventional Radiology	Shivank Bhatia	sbhatia1@miami.edu
Medicine	Roy E. Weiss	rew25@miami.edu
Microbiology and Immunology	Thomas Malek	tmalek@miami.edu
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology	Kerry L. Burnstein	kburnstein@miami.edu
Neurology	Jose Romano	jromano@miami.edu
Neurological Surgery	Allan Levi	alevi@miami.edu
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences	Michael Paidas	mxp1440@miami.edu
Ophthalmology	Eduardo C. Alfonso	ealfonso@miami.edu
Orthopedics	Francis Hornicek	fjh21@miami.edu
Otolaryngology	Fred F. Telischi	ftelischi@med.miami.edu
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Merce Jorda	mjorda@miami.edu
Pediatrics	Glenn Flores	gxf358@miami.edu
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	Andrew Sherman	asherman@miami.edu
Physical Therapy	Neva Kirk-Sanchez	nkirksanchez@miami.edu
Physiology and Biophysics	Henri Ford	hford@miami.edu
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	Barbara Coffey	bjc134@miami.edu
Public Health Sciences	David Lee	dlee@miami.edu
Radiation Oncology	Alan Pollack	apollack@miami.edu
Radiology	Alexander McKinney	axm3216@miami.edu
Surgery	Laurence Sands	lsands@miami.edu
Urology	Dipen J. Parekh	parekhd@miami.edu

Frost School of Music

Dean Shelton G. Berg

Department	Chair	Email
Instrumental Performance	Robert Carnochan	rmc199@miami.edu
Keyboard Performance	Naoko Takao	n.takao@miami.edu
Music Education and Music Therapy	Don Coffman	d.coffman1@miami.edu
Music Media and Industry	Reynaldo Sanchez	rsanchez@miami.edu
Musicology	David Ake	daa75@miami.edu
Studio Music and Jazz	John Daversa	j.daversa@miami.edu
Theory and Composition	Charles Mason	c.mason@miami.edu
Vocal Performance	Frank Ragsdale	f.ragsdale@umiami.edu

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