Majors and Minors

Abbreviation Key

B.S. = Bachelor of Science Degree
B.A. = Bachelor of Arts Degree
M.S. = Master of Science Degree
M.A. = Master of Arts Degree
M.S.W. = Master of Social Work
Ph.D. = Doctor of Philosophy
S.S.P. = Specialist in School Psychology
Teach.Cert. = Teacher Certification Process
T.E.S.O.L. = Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Advisors

African -American Studies

Advisor: Dr. Ronald Gifford
Room 321 Schroeder Hall
Campus Box 4420
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4420
(309) 438-8298

African Studies

Director: Dr. Agbenyega Adedze
Room 315 Schroeder Hall
Campus Box 4420
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4420
(309) 438-8367

Advisor: Dr. Ronald Gifford
Room 321 Schroeder Hall
Campus Box 4420
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4420
(309) 438-8298

School of Biological Sciences

School Director: Dr. H. Tak Cheung
Room 210 Julian Hall
Campus Box 4120
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4120
(309) 438-3087
Fax:  (309) 438-3722
Biology Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Megan Larson, JH 210F mrlarso@ilstu.edu
Biology Advisor (Graduate) -
     Dr. Alan Katz, FSA 131 ajkatz@ilstu.edu
Biology Teacher Education Advisor -
     Elisa Palmer, SLB 231 elpalme@ilstu.edu

Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Program

Director: Dr. Kevin Edwards kaedwar@ilstu.edu
Room 252 Science Laboratory Building
Campus Box 4120
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4120
(309) 438-7689
Fax:  (309) 438-3722

Department of Chemistry

Interim Department Chair: Dr. John Baur
Room 214 Julian Hall
Campus Box 4160
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4160
(309) 438-7661
Fax:  (309) 438-5538
Chemistry Lead Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Dr. Sharon Weldon,  SLB 209 slweldo@ilstu.edu
Chemistry Advisors (Undergraduate) -
     Dr. David Cedeño, SLB 211 dcedeno@ilstu.edu
     Dr. Shawn Hitchcock, SLB 317 hitchcock@ilstu.edu
     Dr. Robert Quandt, SLB 324 rwquand@ilstu.edu
Chemistry Education Advisor -
     Dr. Sharon Weldon,  SLB 209 slweldo@ilstu.edu
     Elisha Swanson,  JH 219 enswans@ilstu.edu
     Sara McCubbins,  JH 219 samccub@ilstu.edu
Graduate Coordinator (Advisor) -
     Dr. John Hansen, SLB 315 jfhanse@ilstu.edu
Director of Graduate Admissions and Recruiting -
     Dr. Jean Standard, JH 222A standard@ilstu.edu

Children's Studies

Advisor: Dr. Roberta Seelinger Trites seeling@ilstu.edu
Room 409 Stevenson Hall
Campus Box 4240
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4240
(309) 438-3651

Cognitive Science minor

Director: Dr. David Anderson dlanders@ilstu.edu
Department of Philosophy
Room 323H Stevenson Hall
Campus Box 4540
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4540
(309) 438-7175
Fax: (309) 438-8028

School of Communication

School Director: Dr. Larry Long
Room 434 Fell Hall
Campus Box 4480
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4480
(309) 438-3671
Fax:  (309) 438-3048
Academic Advisement
Room 450 Fell Hall
(309) 438-7080
Journalism, Mass Communication, Public Relations, Communication Studies (Undergraduate), and Communication Studies Teacher Education (Undergraduate)
Undergraduate Advisor -
     Contact the Communication Advisement Center at (309) 438-7080 communication@ilstu.edu
Graduate Advisor -
     Dr. Mark Comadena, Fell 427 mecomad@ilstu.edu

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Department Chair: Dr. Joseph Smaldino
Room 204 Fairchild Hall
Campus Box 4720
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4720
(309) 438-8643
Fax: (309) 438-5221
Communication Sciences and Disorders Advisor:
    Heidi Verticchio, (309) 438-3266, FH 217B hrfritz@ilstu.edu

Department of Economics

Acting Department Chair: Dr. Neil Skaggs
Room 425 Stevenson Hall
Campus Box 4200
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4200
(309) 438-8625
Fax:  (309) 438-5228
Economics Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Dr. Lon Carlson, STV 428 econupd@ilstu.edu
Economics Advisor (Graduate) -
     Dr. Hassan Mohammadi, STV 432 hmohamma@ilstu.edu

Department of English

Department Chair: Dr. Joan Mullin jmullin@ilstu.edu
Room 409 Stevenson Hall
Campus Box 4240
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4240
(309) 438-3667
Fax:  (309) 438-5414

Associate Chair -
     Dr. James Kalmbach, (309) 438-7648 kalmbach@ilstu.edu
English, TESOL, and Writing Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Mark Vegter,  (309) 438-5783 mavegte@ilstu.edu
English Advisor (Graduate) -
     Dr. Christopher De Santis ccdesan@ilstu.edu
English Education Advisor -
     Ryan Gray krgray2@ilstu.edu

Environmental Studies minor

Advisor: Dr. Amy Bloom ambloom@ilstu.edu
Department of Geography/Geology
Room 432 Felmley Hall Annex
Campus Box 4400
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4400
(309) 438-8115
Fax:  (309) 438-5310

Ethnic Studies minor

Advisor: Susan Kalter smkalte@ilstu.edu
Department of English
Room 424J Stevenson Hall
Campus Box 4240
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4240
(309) 438-8660
Fax:  (309) 438-5414

Department of Geography/Geology

Department Chair: Dr. David Malone
Room 206 Felmley Hall
Campus Box 4400
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4400
(309) 438-7649
Fax:  (309) 438-5310
Geography Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Jill FreundThomas, (309) 438-8403, FHS 200B jfthoma@ilstu.edu
Geology Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Dr. David Malone, FSA 442 dhmalon@ilstu.edu
Geography Education
     Jill Freund Thomas, (309) 438-8403, FHS 200B jfthoma@ilstu.edu
Hydrogeology Advisor (Graduate) -
     Dr. Eric Peterson, (309) 438-7865, FSA 435 ewpeter@ilstu.edu
Earth and Space Science Education
     Jill Freund Thomas, (309) 438-8403, FHS 200B jfthoma@ilstu.edu
Environmental Studies Advisor (minor) -
     Dr. Amy Bloom, (309) 438-8115, FSA 432 ambloom@ilstu.edu
Tourism Studies Advisor (minor) -
     Jill FreundThomas, (309) 438-8403, FHS 200B jfthoma@ilstu.edu
    

Department of History

History/History-Social Sciences Education Programs

Interim Department Chair: Dr. Anthony Crubaugh acrubau@ilstu.edu
Room 301 Schroeder Hall
Campus Box 4420
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4420
(309) 438-5641
Fax:  (309) 438-5607
WWW: (History Dept) http://www.history.ilstu.edu/
WWW: (History and Social Science Ed.) http://www.history.ilstu.edu/historyed/
History/Assistant to Chair/Departmental Advisor/Instructional Assistant Professor -
     Dr. Ronald Gifford, SCH 321 rmgiffo@ilstu.edu
History/Social Sciences/Teacher Education Advisor -
     Dr. Dan Stump, SCH 305 dhstump@ilstu.edu
History Advisor (Graduate) -
     Clifton Jones, SCH 324 chjones@ilstu.edu
Director, Student Teacher Placement/History/Social Sciences/Teacher Education Advisor-
     Fred Walk, SCH 306C fhwalk@ilstu.edu
Urban Studies Advisor (minor) -
     *

Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

For programs in French, German, East Asian Studies (Chinese and Japanese), FLES (Foreign Languages in the Elementary School), Italian, Latin*, Spanish.
Department Chair: Dr. Daniel Everett
Room 329 Williams Hall
Campus Box 4300
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4300
(309) 438-3604
Fax: (309) 438-8038
WWW: http://www.llc.ilstu.edu
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Laura Edwards, WIH 344 lcedwar@ilstu.edu
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Advisor (Graduate) -
     Dr. Maria Pao, WIH 119 mtpao@ilstu.edu
*(The department is not accepting applications for the Latin minor during the 2009-2010 academic year.)

Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program

Director: Dr. Maura Toro-Morn
Room 361 Schroeder Hall
Campus Box 4660
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4660
(309) 438-8290

Advisor: Janet Claus jlclaus@ilstu.edu
Academic Advisement
Room 340 Fell Hall
Campus Box 4060
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-3400
(309) 438-7604
Fax: (309) 438-3787

Department of Mathematics

Department Chair: Dr. George Seelinger
Room 313 Stevenson Hall
Campus Box 4520
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4520
(309) 438-8781
Fax:  (309) 438-5866
WWW: http://www.math.ilstu.edu/
Mathematics Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Dr. Roger Eggleton roger@math.ilstu.edu
     Dr. Saad El-Zanati saad@math.ilstu.edu
     Dr. Beverly Rich bsrich@math.ilstu.edu
Statistics Advisor -
     Dr. Jinadasa Gamage jina@math.ilstu.edu
Actuarial Science Advisor -
     Dr. Krzys Ostaszewski krzysio@math.ilstu.edu
Mathematics Education Advisors (Undergraduate) -
     Dr. Beverly Rich bsrich@math.ilstu.edu
     Dr. Tami Martin tsmartin@math.ilstu.edu
Non-Mathematics Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Dianne Brewer dianne@math.ilstu.edu
Mathematics Advisor (Graduate) -
     Dr. Mike Plantholt mikep@math.ilstu.edu
Ph.D. Mathematics Education Advisor -
     Dr. Cynthia Langrall langrall@math.ilstu.edu

Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies

Director: Dr. Ali Riaz ariaz@ilstu.edu
Room 401 Schroeder Hall
Campus Box 4600
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4600
(309) 438-8638

Advisor: Erik Rankin etranki@ilstu.edu
Room 401A Schroeder Hall
Campus Box 4600
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4600
(309) 438-3709

Native American Studies minor

Advisor: Susan Kalter smkalte@ilstu.edu
Department of English
Room 424J Stevenson Hall
Campus Box 4240
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4240
(309) 438-8660
Fax:  (309) 438-5414

Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies minor

Director: Dr. Michaelene D. Cox mcox@ilstu.edu
Department of Politics and Government
Room 425 Schroeder Hall
Campus Box 4600
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4600
(309) 438-8923
Fax:  (309) 438-7638

Department of Philosophy

Department Chair: Dr. James Swindler
Room 412 Stevenson Hall
Campus Box 4540
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4540
(309) 438-7665
Fax:  (309) 438-8028
Philosophy Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Dr. Chris Horvath, STV 323F chorvath@ilstu.edu
     Dr. Todd Stewart, STV 343 tstewar@ilstu.edu
     Iris Baird, STV 412 iebaird@ilstu.edu
Coordinator of Religious Studies (minor) -
     Dr. Daniel Breyer, STV 323B dbreyer@ilstu.edu

Department of Physics

Department Chair: Dr. Richard F. Martin, Jr.
Room 311 Moulton Hall
Campus Box 4560
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4560
(309) 438-8756
Fax:  (309) 438-5413
Physics Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Grace Johns, (309) 438-8758, MLT 311A johns@phy.ilstu.edu
Physics Teacher Education Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Ken Wester, (309) 438-2957, MLT 322 wester@phy.ilstu.edu

Department of Politics and Government

Department Chair: Dr. Ali Riaz ariaz@ilstu.edu
Room 401 Schroeder Hall
Campus Box 4600
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4600
(309) 438-8638
Fax:  (309) 438-7638
Politics and Government Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Erik Rankin, SCH 401A etranki@ilstu.edu
Legal Studies Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Thomas McClure, SCH 406 temcclu@ilstu.edu
Politics and Government Advisor (Graduate) -
     Dr. Julie Webber, SCH 410 jawebbe@ilstu.edu
Pre-Law Advisor -
     Dr. Robert Bradley, SCH 407B rbradley@ilstu.edu

Department of Psychology

Interim Department Chair: Dr. J. Scott Jordan jsjorda@ilstu.edu
Room 435 DeGarmo Hall
Campus Box 4620
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4620
(309) 438-8651
Fax:  (309) 438-5789
Undergraduate Coordinator -
    Dr. J. Cooper Cutting, DEC 435 jccutti@ilstu.edu
Undergraduate Advising -
     Dr. Karen Mark, DEG 423 kimark@ilstu.edu and Raz Steward, DEG 421 rlstew2@ilstu.edu
Graduate Program in Psychology -
     Graduate Psychology Office, DEG 448 psygrad@ilstu.edu

Graduate Programs specializations:
     School Psychology - Dr. Mark Swerdlik meswerd@ilstu.edu
     Clinical-Counseling Psychology - Dr. Karen Mark kimark@ilstu.edu
     Developmental Psychology - Dr. Marla Reese-Weber mjreese@ilstu.edu
     Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences - Dr. Dawn McBride dmmcbri@ilstu.edu
     Quantitative Psychology- Dr. Matthew Hesson-McInnis mshesso@ilstu.edu
     Industrial/Organizational-Social Psychology - Dr. Kimberly Schneider ktschne@ilstu.edu

Psychological Services Center, Fairchild 4th Floor - psc@ilstu.edu

School of Social Work

School Director: Dr. Wanda Bracy
Room 313 Rachel Cooper
Campus Box 4650
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4650
(309) 438-3631
Fax:  (309) 438-5880
Director of Student Services -
     Patty Berndt, (309) 438-3924, RC 317 pdbern2@ilstu.edu
Director of Field Placement
     Judith Sevel, (309) 438-3733, RC 310 jasevel@ilstu.edu
Director of Recruitment and Admissions
     Tuwana Wingfield, (309) 438-5005, RC 315 twingfi@ilstu.edu

Department of Sociology/Anthropology

Department Chair: Dr. Fred Smith fsmith@ilstu.edu
Room 332 Schroeder Hall
Campus Box 4660
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4660
(309) 438-8668
Fax:  (309) 438-5378
Sociology and Anthropology Advisor (Undergraduate) -
     Teri Farr-Behnke, SCH 344 tjfarr@ilstu.edu
Sociology Advisor (Graduate) -
     Dr. Marion Willetts, SCH 358 mcwille@ilstu.edu
Archaeology Advisor (Graduate) -
     Dr. James Skibo, SCH 341 jmskibo@ilstu.edu
Gerontology Advisor (Minor) -
     Dr. Chris Wellin, SCH 383 cwellin@ilstu.edu
Anthropology Program Coordinator (Undergraduate) -
    Dr. Jim Stanlaw, SCH 354 stanlaw@ilstu.edu

Tourism Studies minor

Advisor: Jill Freund Thomas jfthoma@ilstu.edu
Department of Geography/Geology
Room 200B Felmley Hall
Campus Box 4400
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4400
(309) 438-8403
Fax:  (309) 438-5310

Urban Studies Minor

Advisor:
Department of History
Room 301 Schroeder Hall
Campus Box 4420
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4420
(309) 438-5641
Fax:  (309) 438-5607

Women's and Gender Studies Program minor

Director: Dr. Alison Bailey
Room 231 Rachel Cooper
Campus Box 4260
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois 61790-4260
(309) 438-2947
Fax:  (309) 438-5104
Women and Gender Studies Assistant Director and Advisor -
     Dr. Rebecca Chase rchase@ilstu.edu