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• Has been prepared for employers by Virginia Tech Career Services because we couldn't find anything this concise on the university website.
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College/Department Dean/Head/Chair/Etc Title Phone
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dr. Alan Grant Dean (540) 231-4152
Agricultural & Applied Economics
 Dr. Kevin J. Boyle Head (540) 231-2907
Agricultural & Extension Education Dr. Rick D. Rudd Head (540) 231-6836
Animal & Poultry Sciences Dr. David E. Gerrard Head (540) 231-9157
Biochemistry Dr. Peter J. Kennelly Head (540) 231-6315
Biological Systems Engineering
(co-housed in College of Engineering)		 Dr. Mary Leigh Wolfe Head (540) 231-6092
Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences Dr. Tom Thompson Head (540) 231-9775
Dairy Science Dr. Michael Akers Head (540) 231-6331
Entomology Dr. Loke T. Kok Head (540) 231-6341
Food Science & Technology Dr. Joe Marcy Head (540) 231-7850
Horticulture Dr. Roger Harris Head (540) 231-5451
Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise Dr. Susan Hutson Head (540) 231-8766
Plant Pathology, Physiology, & Weed Science Dr. Elizabeth A Grabau Head (540) 231-6361
College of Architecture and Urban Studies
College of Architecture and Urban Studies Dr. Jack Davis Dean (540) 231-6416
School of Architecture + Design Prof. William Galloway Director (540) 231-4172
• Architecture Prof. Kathryn Clarke Albright Chair Foundation Program (540) 231-2514
• Industrial Design Prof. Ed Dorsa Chair (540) 231-4928
• Interior Design Prof. Gregory Tew Chair (540) 231-3207
• Landscape Architecture Prof. Brian Katen Chair (540) 231-7505
School of Public & International Affairs Prof. Anne Khademian Director (540) 231-2291
• Government & International Affairs Dr. Tim Luke Chair (540) 231-6633
• Center for Public Administration & Policy Dr. Brian Cook Chair (540) 231-3438
• Urban Affairs & Planning Dr. Thomas Sanchez Chair (540) 231-5425
School of Visual Arts Dr. Kevin Concannon Director (540) 231-5547
Myers-Lawson School of Construction
(co-housed in College of Engineering)		 Dr. Brian Kleiner Director (540) 231-4926
Pamplin College of Business
Pamplin College of Business Dr. Richard E. Sorensen Dean (540) 231-6601
Accounting & Information Systems Dr. Robert Brown Head (540) 231-6591
Business Information Technology Dr. Bernard W. Taylor III Head (540) 231-6596
Economics
(Dept housed in College of Science which offers ECAS major, B.A.; ECON major, B.S. offered in College of Business)		 Dr. Hans Haller Head (540) 231-7591
Finance, Insurance, & Business Law Dr. Raman Kumar Head (540) 231-5904
Hospitality & Tourism Management Dr. Richard Perdue Head (540) 231-5515
Management Dr. Anju Seth Head (540) 231-6353
Marketing Dr. Kent Nakamoto Head (540) 231-6949
College of Engineering
College of Engineering Dr. Richard Benson Dean (540) 231-9752
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering Dr. Robert Canfield Interim Head (540) 231-2314
Biological Systems Engineering
(co-housed in College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)		 Dr. Mary Leigh Wolfe Head (540) 231-6092
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences Dr. Stefan Duma Head (540) 231-8191
Chemical Engineering Dr. John Walz Head (540) 231-4213
Civil & Environmental Engineering Dr. Sam Easterling Head (540) 231-5143
Computer Science Dr. Barbara Ryder Head (540) 231-8452
Electrical & Computer Engineering Dr. Scott Midkiff Head (540) 231-7494
Engineering Education Dr. Stephanie Adams Head (540) 231-6555
Industrial & Systems Engineering Dr. G. Don Taylor Head (540) 231-9079
Materials Science & Engineering Dr. David Clark Head (540) 231-6640
Mechanical Engineering Dr. Kenneth Ball Head (540) 231-6661
Mining & Minerals Engineering Dr. Gregory Adel Head (540) 231-6671
Myers-Lawson School of Construction
(co-housed in College of Architecture & Urban Studies)		 Dr. Brian Kleiner Director (540) 231-4926
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences Prof. Sue Ott Rowlands Dean (540) 231-6779
School of Education Dr. Susan G. Magliaro Director (540) 231-1802
• Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dr. David Alexander Chair (540) 231-9723
• Learning Sciences & Technologies Dr. Patricia Kelly Chair (540) 231-7279
• Teaching and Learning Dr. Susan Asselin Chair (540) 231-8206
Air Force ROTC (Military Aerospace Studies) staff   (540) 231-6404
Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management Dr. Julia Beamish Head (540) 231-6164
• Apparel major faculty    
• Housing major | Res Prop Mgt | Housing faculty    
• Resource Mgt major faculty    
Army ROTC (Military Science)      
Communication Dr. Robert Denton Head (540) 231-7166
English Dr. Joseph Eska Chair (540) 231-8466
Foreign Languages and Literatures Dr. Richard Shryock Chair (540) 231-5361
History Dr. Mark Barrow Chair (540) 231-4099
Human Development Dr. Anisa Zvonkovic Head (540) 231-4794
International Studies Dr. Yannis Stivachtis Director (540) 231-5874
Music Dr. Jay Crone Head (540) 231-5685
Navy ROTC (Naval Science) staff   (540) 231-7883
Philosophy Dr. James Klagge Head (540) 231-8487
Political Science Dr. Timothy Luke Chair (540) 231-6571
Religion & Culture
(formerly Interdisciplinary Studies)		 Dr. Peter Schmitthenner Chair (540) 231-8377
Science & Technology in Society Dr. Ellsworth Fuhrman Chair (540) 231-8966
Sociology Dr. John Ryan Chair (540) 231-9396
Theatre & Cinema Prof. Patty Raun Head (540) 231-4204
School of Performing Arts & Cinema Ms. Jane Harrison Office Mgr (540) 231-5921
College of Natural Resources & Environment
College of Natural Resources & Environment Dr. Paul Winistorfer Dean (540) 231-8853
Fish & Wildlife Conservation
 Dr. Eric Hallerman Head (540) 231-5573
Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation Dr. Janaki R.R. Alavalapati Head (540) 231-5676
• Forestry major faculty    
• Natural Resources Conservation major Dr. Bruce Hull Career Adv (540) 231-7272
Geography Dr. Bill Carstensen Head (540) 231-2600
Sustainable Biomaterials (effective 2/1/12; formerly Wood Science & Forest Products) Dr. Barry Goodell Head (540) 231-8853
College of Science
College of Science Dr. Lay Nam Chang Dean (540) 231-7515
Biological Sciences Dr. Brenda Winkel Head (540) 231-3013
Chemistry Dr. James M. Tanko Chair (540) 231-6687
Economics
(Dept housed in College of Science which offers ECAS major, B.A.; ECON major, B.S. offered in College of Business)		 Dr. Hans Haller Head (540) 231-7591
Geosciences Dr. Nancy Ross Head (540) 231-4680
Mathematics Dr. Peter Haskell Head (540) 231-6536
Physics Dr. Beate Schmittmann Chair (540) 231-6518
Psychology Dr. Robert Stephens Chair (540) 231-6304
Statistics Dr. Eric Smith Head (540) 231-5657