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MCC Daily Tribune

Department Chairs for the 2023-2024 Academic Year

The following academic department chair elections were held and overseen by SCAA as outlined in Section 5.1 of the Faculty Senate Resolutions on Wednesday, March 8. 

  • Anthropology/History/Political Science/Sociology
  • Business Administration
  • Education and Human Services
  • English/Philosophy
  • ESOL/Transitional Studies
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Law and Criminal Justice

As a result of these elections, the following academic department chair roster is approved for the 2023-2024 academic year. 

Academic Department Chairs 2023-2024
(Listed as Department followed by the Chair.)

  • Anthropology/History/Political Science/Sociology: Nayda Pares-Kane
  • Applied Technologies: Kevin French
  • Biology: James Murphy 
  • Business Administration/Economics: Todd Korol
  • Chemistry/Geosciences: Jessica Barone
  • Education and Human Services: Richard Costanza
  • Engineering Science/Physics: Christopher Kumar
  • Engineering Technologies: William Hunt
  • English/Philosophy: Catharine Ganze-Smith
  • ESOL/Transitional Studies: Eric Berg
  • Health and Physical Education: Douglas Henneberg
  • Health Professions: Marsha Bower
  • Hospitality: Rebecca Griffin
  • Information and Computer Technologies: Jeffrey Dunker
  • Law and Criminal Justice: Adrian Smalls
  • Mathematics: Mark Ernsthausen
  • Nursing: Colleen Caruana
  • Psychology: Rebecca Horwitz
  • Visual and Performing Arts: Jason Flack
  • World Languages and Cultures: Cristina Rowley

Margaret Semmer
Academic and Student Affairs
03/28/2023