College Units
Many faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates in the College of Arts & Letters conduct interdisciplinary research projects with a variety of institutes, centers, and special programs that advance scholarship across the College, the University, and the world. Academic support units offer students and faculty a wide variety of resources and funding opportunities.
Departments
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Department of Africana Studies
Department Chair
Mark Sanders -
Department of American Studies
Department Chair
Jason Ruiz -
Department of Anthropology
Department Chair
Lee Gettler -
Department of Art, Art History, and Design
Department Chair
Scott Shim -
Department of Classics
Department Chair
Luca Grillo -
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Department Chair
Xiaoshan Yang -
Department of Economics
Department Chair
Eric Sims -
Department of English
Department Chair
Laura Knoppers -
Department of Film, Television, and Theatre
Department Chair
Pamela Robertson Wojcik -
Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures
Department Chair
Tobias Boes -
Department of History
Department Chair
Elisabeth Köll -
Department of Irish Language and Literature
Department Chair
Sarah McKibben -
Department of Music
Department Chair
Berthold Hoeckner -
Department of Philosophy
Department Chair
Samuel Newlands -
Department of Political Science
Department Chair
Geoffrey C. Layman -
Department of Psychology
Department Chair
James Brockmole -
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Department Chair
Alison Rice -
Department of Sociology
Department Chair
William Carbonaro -
Department of Theology
Department Chair
Khaled Anatolios -
Program of Liberal Studies
Department Chair
Julia Marvin
Institutes
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Institute for Latino Studies
Director
Luis Fraga -
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts
Director
Kate Marshall -
Medieval Institute
Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute
Thomas E. Burman
Centers
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Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government
Director
Vincent Phillip Muñoz -
Center for Italian Studies
Albert J. and Helen M. Ravarino Family Director of Italian and Dante Studies
Theodore J. Cachey, Jr. -
Center for Philosophy of Religion
Director
Michael Rea -
Center for Research Computing
Director
Jaroslaw Nabrzyski -
Center for the Study of Religion and Society
Director
Kraig Beyerlein -
Center for the Study of Social Movements & Social Change
Director
Rory McVeigh -
Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
Co-directors
Darren Dochuk and David Lantigua -
deNicola Center for Ethics and Culture
Director
O. Carter Snead -
Devers Program in Dante Studies
Albert J. and Helen M. Ravarino Family Director of Italian and Dante Studies
Theodore J. Cachey, Jr. -
Initiative on Race and Resilience
Director
Mark Sanders -
John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values
Director
Robert Goulding -
Rooney Center for Study of American Democracy
Director
Matthew E.K. Hall -
William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families
Director
Kristin Valentino -
Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
Michael L. Smith Managing Director
Heather Reynolds
Special Programs
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Creative Computing Group
Director
William Donaruma -
Gender Studies Program
Director
Barbara Green -
Sacred Music at Notre Dame
Director
Peter Jeffery -
Shakespeare at Notre Dame
Mary Irene Ryan Family Executive Director
Scott Jackson -
University Writing Programs
Francis O'Malley Program Director
Patrick Clauss

Undergraduate Advising
The Office of Undergraduate Studies provides a range of student support services including orientation, advising, and discernment guidance.