{"id":85,"date":"2020-09-29T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-study-away\/departmentalstaffcontacts\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:20:53","slug":"departmentalstaffcontacts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/study-away\/facultystaff\/departmentalstaffcontacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Departmental &amp; Staff Contacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each academic department and concentration has a faculty member who serves as a Study Away Faculty Liaison in order to maintain strong connections and facilitate communications with the Center for Study Away. Liaisons provide invaluable feedback as it relates to the approved program list, program evaluations, and academic fit. Meetings with the liaisons are conducted throughout the academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, each department and concentration has a designated contact person at the Center for Study Away. Their role is to maintain a strong connection with the department liaison, stay up-to-date on requirements for their subject, and think strategically about how study away program offerings serve each department and concentration. Faculty wishing to contact the CSA may find the staff liaison for their department to be a good place to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Department\/Concentration<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Faculty Liaison to Study Away 25-26<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>CSA Staff Liaison<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>African Studies<\/td><td>Lisa Mueller; <br>Moustapha Diop<br>(email address &#8211; El Hadji Diop)<\/td><td>Justin Kader<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>American Studies<\/td><td>Duchess Harris<\/td><td>Justin Kader<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anthropology<\/td><td>Olga Gonzalez<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art and Art History<\/td><td>Chris Willcox<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Asian Languages and Cultures<\/td><td>Rivi Handler-Spitz (Chinese);<br>Ritsuko Larson (Japanese)<\/td><td>Justin Kader<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Asian Studies<\/td><td>Chuen-Fung Wong<\/td><td>Justin Kader<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Biology<\/td><td>Sarah Boyer<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chemistry<\/td><td>Susan Green<\/td><td>Alainna Swenson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Classical Mediterranean and Middle East<\/td><td>Beth Severy-Hoven<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cognitive Science<\/td><td>Susan Fox<\/td><td>Alainna Swenson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Community and Global Health<\/td><td>Ron Barrett<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Critical Theory<\/td><td>David Moore<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Economics<\/td><td>Amy Damon<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Educational Studies<\/td><td>Brian Lozenski<\/td><td>Justin Kader<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>English<\/td><td>Coral Lumbley<\/td><td>Alainna Swenson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Environmental Studies<\/td><td>Jerald Dosch<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Food, Agriculture, and Society<\/td><td>Bill Moseley<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>French and Francophone Studies<\/td><td>Andrew Billing<\/td><td>Alainna Swenson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Geography<\/td><td>Bill Moseley<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Geology<\/td><td>Alan Chapman<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>German<\/td><td>David Martyn<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Global Indigenous Studies<\/td><td>Katie Phillips<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>History<\/td><td>Duchess Harris<\/td><td>Justin Kader<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Human Rights and Humanitarianism<\/td><td>James Dawes<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>International Development<\/td><td>Lisa Mueller<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>International Studies<\/td><td>David Moore<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Latin American Studies<\/td><td>Erika Busse-Cardenas<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Legal Studies<\/td><td>Patrick Schmidt<\/td><td>Alainna Swenson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Linguistics<\/td><td>Marianne Milligan (fall);<br>Zuoyu Tian (spring)<\/td><td>Justin Kader<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science and Data Science<\/td><td>Susan Fox (Computer Science);<br>Kristin Heysse (Mathematics);<br>Alicia Johnson (Statistics &amp; Data Science)<\/td><td>Alainna Swenson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Media and Cultural Studies<\/td><td>John Kim<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Civilization<\/td><td>Serdar Yal\u00e7in<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Music<\/td><td>Inga Chinilina<\/td><td>Alainna Swenson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neuroscience (former Neuroscience studies)<\/td><td>Darcy Burgund<\/td><td>Alainna Swenson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Philosophy<\/td><td>Geoff Gorham<\/td><td>Justin Kader<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Physics and Astronomy<\/td><td>James Heyman<\/td><td>Alainna Swenson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Political Science<\/td><td>Wendy Weber<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Psychology<\/td><td>Brian Rood<\/td><td>Alainna Swenson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Religious Studies<\/td><td>Susanna Drake<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Russian Studies<\/td><td>Julia Chadaga<\/td><td>Justin Kader<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sociology<\/td><td>Erika Busse-Cardenas<\/td><td>Justin Kader<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spanish &amp; Portuguese<\/td><td>Rosa Rull-Montoya;<br>Bianca Gimeno Escudero<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Theater and Dance<\/td><td>Mina Kinukawa<\/td><td>Sarah Tolman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Urban Studies<\/td><td>I-Chun Catherine Chang<\/td><td>Shanti Freitas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Women&#8217;s Gender, and Sexuality Studies<\/td><td>Melanie Yazzie<\/td><td>Justin Kader<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each academic department and concentration has a faculty member who serves as a Study Away Faculty Liaison in order to maintain strong connections and facilitate communications with the Center for Study Away. 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