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 |
Dr. David Martin, Dean |
Dr. Joan Palladino, Interim Dean |
 Mr. Brian Vernon, Dean School of Visual and Performing Arts vernonb@wcsu.edu Phone: (203) 837-8851 Visual and Performing Arts Center, Room 104A |
Department Chairs
Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences
Biology & Environmental Sciences
Dr. Theodora Pinou
pinout@wcsu.edu
(203)837-8793
Chemistry
Dr. Russell Selzer
selzerr@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8448
Dr. Paula Secondo, associate chair
secondop@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8795
Communication & Media Arts
Dr. William Petkanas, co-chair
petkanasw@wcsu.edu
(203)837-8255
Dr. Katie Lever-Mazzuto, co-chair
leverk@wcsu.edu
(203)837-8872
Computer Science
Dr. Gancho Ganchev
ganchevg@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-9349
Dr. Daniel Coffman, associate chair
coffmand@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8746
English
Dr. Shouhua Qi
qis@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-9048
History & Non-Western Cultures
Dr. Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox, co-chair
WilcoxW@wcsu.eduaym@wcsu.edu
(203)837-8565
Dr. Joshua Rosenthal, co-chair
rosenthalj@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8449
Mathematics
Dr. Stavros Christofi
christofis@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-9351
Philosophy & Humanistic Studies
Dr. Çiğdem Usekes, co-chair
usekesc@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-3282
Dr. Anna Maria Malavisi, co-chair
malavisia@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-3271
Physics, Astronomy & Meteorology
Robert Eisenson
eisensonr@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8989
Dr. Dennis Dawson, associate chair
dawsond@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8671
Social Sciences
Dr. Carina Bandhauer
BandhauerC@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8650
Dr. Christine Hegel-Cantarella, associate chair
hegelcantarellac@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-3914
World Languages & Literature
Dr. Galina Bakhtiarova
Bakhtiarovag@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8734
Writing, Linguistics, and Creative Process
Dr. Brian Clements
clementsb@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8876
Psychology
Dr. Daniel Barrett
barrettd@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8869
Ancell School of Business
Accounting
Dr. Michele W. Ganon
ganonm@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8742
Finance
Dr. Annie Wong
wonga@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8577
Division of Justice & Law Administration
Dr. George Kain
kaing@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8514
Management
Dr. Stanley Bazan
Bazans@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-9238
Management Information Systems
Dr. Richard Montague
Montaguer@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-9343
Marketing
Dr. Ronald Drozdenko
drozdenkor@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8776
School of Professional Studies
Education & Educational Psychology
Dr. Catherine O’Callaghan
ocallaghanc@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-3267
Health Promotion and Exercise Science
Dr. Robyn Housemann
Housemannr@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8882
Dr. Emily Stevens, associate chair
Stevense@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-3903
Nursing
Dr. Jeanette Lupinacci
lupinaccij@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8570
Social Work
Dr. Karen McLean
brownk@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8937
School of Visual and Performing Arts
Art
Catherine Vanaria
Vanariac@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-3919
Music
Dr. Laurel Larsen
larsonl@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8353
Jamie Begian, associate chair
BegianJ@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8637
Theatre Arts
Pamela McDaniel
mcdanielp@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8422
Dr. Justin Cowan, associate chair
cowanj@wcsu.edu
(203) 837-8476