Academic Departments

Department	Chair	Email	Phone
Art and Design	Monte Gerlach, M.S.	gerlach@sxu.edu	773-298-3082
Biological Sciences	Randolph Krohmer, Ph.D.	krohmer@sxu.edu	773-298-3527
Chemistry	Alak Chakravorty, Ph.D.	chakravorty@sxu.edu	773-298-3526
Communication	Greg Coutts, Ph.D. (acting chair)	coutts@sxu.edu	773-298-3207
Communication Sciences and Disorders	William Sennett, Ph.D.	sennett@sxu.edu	773-298-3567
Computer Science	Jean Mehta D.A.	mehta@sxu.edu	773-298-3392
English and Foreign Languages	Nelson Hathcock, Ph.D. (Acting Chair)	hathcock@sxu.edu	773-298-3235
History and Political Science	Michael Clark, Ph.D.	clark@sxu.edu	773-298-3282
Mathematics	Barbara Becker, D.A.	becker@sxu.edu	773-298-3385
Music	Greg Coutts, Ph.D.	coutts@sxu.edu	773-298-3424
Philosophy	Jason Aleksander, Ph.D.	aleksander@sxu.edu	773-298-3242
Physical Education	Janice Pape, M.ED.	pape@sxu.edu	773-298-3483
Psychology	Julie Deisinger, Ph.D.	deisinger@sxu.edu	773-298-3474
Religious Studies	Michael Bathgate, Ph.D.	bathgate@sxu.edu	773-298-3027
Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice	Elijah Ward, Ph.D.	eward@sxu.edu	773-298-3453

Academic Programs

Program	Director/Coordinator	Email	Phone
African American Studies	Colleen O'Hara Elijah Ward, Ph.D.	ohara@sxu.edu eward@sxu.edu	773-298-3391
Environmental and Sustainability Studies	Colleen O'Hara Christopher Appelt, Ph.D.	ess@sxu.edu	773-298-3391
General Education Program	Michael O'Keeffe, Ph.D	okeeffe@sxu.edu	773-298-3394
Honors Program	Mary Beth Tegan, Ph.D.	tegan@sxu.edu	773-298-3240
Latino/Latin American Studies	Olga Vilella, Ph.D.	vilella@sxu.edu	773-298-3274
Middle Eastern Studies	Colleen O'Hara	mes@sxu.edu	773-298-3391
Pre-Health	Tatiana Tatum Parker, Ph.D.	tatum@sxu.edu	773-298-3498
Pre-Law	Colleen O'Hara	prelaw@sxu.edu	773-298-3391
Pastoral Ministry Institute	Graziano Marcheschi, Ph.D	marcheschi@sxu.edu	773-341-5734
Women and Gender Studies	Colleen O'Hara Tatiana Tatum-Parker	wgst@sxu.edu	773-298-3391