Office of the Provost
Dr. Missy Alexander, Provost & V.P. of Academic Affairs
What is a Provost?
The Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost is the chief academic administrator at Western Connecticut State University and responsible for all aspects of the academic mission—from recruitment of students to the administration of the schools and other units that are central to the academic enterprise. The Provost collaborates with the President in setting academic priorities and provides leadership for the school and college deans and their faculties.
Read a Welcome from Dr. Missy Alexander, Provost & V.P. of Academic Affairs
Academic Deans | |
 Dr. Michelle Brown, Dean |  Mr. Brian Vernon, Dean |
 Dr. Joan Palladino, Interim Dean |
Department Chairs
Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences
Biology
Dr. Theodora Pinou
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(203)837-8793
Chemistry
Dr. Russell Selzer
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(203) 837-8448
Dr. Paula Secondo, associate chair
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(203) 837-8795
Communication & Media Arts
Dr. William Petkanas, co-chair
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(203)837-8255
Dr. Katie Lever-Mazzuto, co-chair
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(203)837-8872
Computer Science
Dr. Daniel Coffman
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(203) 837-8746
Dr. Gancho Ganchev, associate chair
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(203) 837-9349
History & World Perspectives
Dr. Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox, co-chair
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(203)837-8565
Dr. Joshua Rosenthal, co-chair
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(203) 837-8449
Mathematics
Dr. Michael Shoushani
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(203) 837-8745
Philosophy & Humanistic Studies
Dr. Çiğdem Usekes, co-chair
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(203) 837-3282
Dr. Anna Maria Malavisi, co-chair
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(203) 837-3271
Physics, Astronomy & Meteorology
Robert Eisenson
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(203) 837-8989
Dr. Dennis Dawson, associate chair
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(203) 837-8671
Psychology
Dr. Daniel Barrett
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(203) 837-8869
Dr. Patricia O’Neill, associate chair
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(203) 837-9383
Social Sciences
Dr. Carina Bandhauer
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(203) 837-8650
Dr. Christine Hegel-Cantarella, associate chair
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(203) 837-3914
World Languages & Cultures
Dr. Galina Bakhtiarova
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(203) 837-8734
Writing and Literature
Dr. Brian Clements
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(203) 837-8876
Ancell School of Business
Accounting
Dr. Michele W. Ganon
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(203) 837-8742
Finance
Dr. Annie Wong
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(203) 837-8577
Division of Justice & Law Administration
Dr. Kim Marino
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(203) 837-3973
Management
Dr. Stanley Bazan
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(203) 837-9238
Management Information Systems
Dr. Richard Montague
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(203) 837-9343
Marketing
Dr. Ronald Drozdenko
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(203) 837-8776
School of Professional Studies
Education & Educational Psychology
Dr. Katherine Roe, chair
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(203) 837-3263
Health Promotion and Exercise Science
Dr. Emily Stevens, chair
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(203) 837-3903
Ms. Krista Heybruck, associate chair
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(203) 837-3903
Nursing
Dr. Jeanette Lupinacci
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(203) 837-8570
Social Work
Dr. Karen McLean
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(203) 837-8937
School of Visual and Performing Arts
Art
Ken Scaglia
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(203) 837-3975
Music
Dr. Laurel Larsen
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(203) 837-8353
Jamie Begian, associate chair
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(203) 837-8637
Theatre Arts
Dr. Justin Cowan
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(203) 837-8476
Joni Johns-Lerner, associate chair
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(203) 837-3984