The Area Chairs of the Liberal Studies Program each represent one of the 14 areas of the LSP (i.e., seven core courses & seven learning domain areas). Area Chairs oversee committees, largely comprised of faculty (and some staff), who teach in their relevant unit areas. Area committee responsibilities include looking at new course proposals and drafting feedback on them, conducting annual assessments, reviewing syllabi, and sponsoring workshops and retreats to help develop both new and veteran instructors teaching in their LSP unit area.
The First-Year Program Office administers the Chicago Quarter Program and Focal Point Seminar. It is responsible for the enrollment of students in their CQ courses, as well as coordinating the scheduling of CQ and FPS courses. The Director of the First-Year Writing Program oversees the curriculum and administration of writing requirements, and the Director of the Quantitative Reasoning Program cooperatively administers the curriculum and course issues associated with the Quantitative Reasoning requirement.
If you are a DePaul faculty member interested in serving on an LSP area committee, please email
liberalstudies@depaul.edu.
LSP Area Committee Chairs
Chicago Quarter
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Colleen Doody
|
HST |
LAS |
2027 |
Focal Point Seminar
|
Chernoh Sesay |
REL |
LAS |
2028 |
First Year Writing
|
Tim Elliot
|
WRD |
LAS |
2025
|
Quantitative Reasoning
|
David Jabon
|
QRC |
CSH |
2025 |
Seminar on Race, Power, and Resistance
|
Tera Agyepong
|
HST |
LAS |
2025 |
Experiential Learning
|
James Mourey
|
MKT |
BUS |
2027 |
| Capstone |
David Sher
|
MAT
|
CSH
|
2027 |
Arts and Literature
|
Megan Heffernan
|
ENG
|
LAS |
2025 |
Historical Inquiry
|
Sara Kimble
|
SCPS |
SCPS |
2025
|
Math and Computing
|
MJ Davidson
|
CDM |
CDM |
2029
|
Philosophical Inquiry
|
Frédéric Seyler
|
PHL |
LAS |
2029
|
Religious Dimensions
|
Sheryl Overmyer |
CTH |
LAS |
2027 |
Scientific Inquiry
|
Sarah Connolly
|
BIO |
CSH |
2025 |
LSP Area Committee Membership
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Member
|
Unit
|
College
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Term End
|
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Colleen Doody, chair
|
History
|
LAS
|
2027
|
|
Rebecca Cameron
|
English
|
LAS
|
|
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Leah Bryant
|
Communication Studies
|
CMN
|
|
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Melissa Markley
|
Marketing
|
BUS
|
|
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Dan Stolar
|
English
|
LAS
|
|
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Karl Nass
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Mission and Ministry
|
|
|
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Mary Bridget Kustusch
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Physics
|
CSH
|
|
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Olga Salazar Pozos
|
Modern Languages
|
LAS
|
|
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Michael Edwards, ex-officio
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First-Year Program
|
|
|
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Yasmeen Nanlawala, ex-officio
|
New Student and Family Engagement
|
|
|
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Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
Chernoh Sesay, chair
|
Religious Studies
|
LAS
|
2028
|
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Susana Martinez
|
Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies
|
LAS
|
2028
|
|
Sanjukta Mukherjee
|
Women's and Gender Studies
|
LAS
|
2027
|
|
Molly Andolina
|
Political Science
|
LAS
|
2028
|
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Mark Pohlad
|
History
|
LAS
|
2028
|
|
David Brenders
|
Communication Studies
|
CMN
|
2028
|
|
Ana Schaposchnik
|
History
|
LAS
|
2029
|
|
Michael Edwards, ex-officio
|
First-Year Program
|
LAS
|
n/a
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
Tim Elliott, chair
|
Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
|
LAS
|
2026
|
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Michael Gallaway
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Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
|
LAS
|
2024
|
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Victoria Hohenzy
|
Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
|
LAS
|
2024
|
|
Maria Prikhodko
|
Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
|
LAS
|
2024
|
|
Monica Reyes
|
Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
|
LAS
|
2024
|
|
Julie Bokser, ex-officio
|
Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
|
LAS
|
n/a
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
David Jabon, chair
|
QRC
|
CSH
|
2023
|
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David Albritton
|
PSY
|
CSH
|
2023
|
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Quinetta Shelby
|
CHE
|
CSH
|
2023
|
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Terry Steinbach
|
CDM
|
CDM
|
2023
|
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Erik Tillman
|
PSC
|
LAS
|
2023
|
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Tracy Conner, ex-officio
|
QRC
|
CSH
|
n/a
|
|
Joanna Deszcz, ex-officio
|
QRC
|
CSH
|
n/a
|
|
James Scheidhauer, ex-officio
|
QRC
|
CSH
|
n/a
|
|
Ahmed Zayed, ex-officio
|
MAT
|
CSH
|
n/a
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
Tera Agyepong, chair
|
HST
|
LAS
|
2025
|
|
Barbara Willard
|
CMN
|
CMN
|
2023
|
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Ben Epstein
|
PSC
|
LAS
|
2025
|
|
Lourdes Torres
|
LST
|
LAS
|
2025
|
|
Joe Tafoya
|
PSC
|
LAS
|
2029
|
|
Michael Ediwards, ex-officio
|
First-Year Program
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
James Mourey, chair
|
Marketing
|
BUS
|
2027
|
|
Steve Harp
|
Art, Media, and Design
|
LAS
|
|
|
Sonya Crabtree-Nelson
|
Community Service Studies
|
LAS
|
|
|
Aaron Owen
|
School of Cinematic Arts
|
CDM
|
|
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Karl Nass
|
Mission and Ministry
|
n/a
|
|
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Michael Elias, ex-officio
|
Communication Studies
|
CMN
|
n/a
|
|
Martha McGivern, ex-officio
|
Study Abroad
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
David Sher, chair
|
Mathematics
|
CSH
|
2027
|
|
Valentina Tikoff
|
History
|
LAS
|
|
|
Jason Kalin
|
Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
|
LAS
|
|
|
Sydney Dillard
|
PR and Advertising
|
CMN
|
2026
|
|
Matthew Quinn
|
School of Cinematic Arts
|
CDM
|
2029
|
|
Marie Donovan
|
Teacher Education, Kinesiology, and Educational Studies
|
COE
|
2028
|
|
Joel Reynolds
|
School of Hospitality & Sports Business
|
BUS
|
2029
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
Megan Heffernan, chair
|
English
|
LAS
|
|
|
Jonathan Gross
|
English
|
LAS
|
|
|
Luisela Alvaray
|
Media and Popular Culture
|
CMN
|
2027
|
|
Jessica Larva
|
The Art School
|
LAS
|
2027
|
|
Jeff Mills
|
Theatre Performance
|
TTS
|
2027
|
|
Ambarien Alqadar
|
School of Cinematic Arts
|
CDM
|
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
Sara Kimble, chair
|
SCPS
|
SCPS
|
2026
|
|
John Berdell
|
ECON
|
LAS
|
2026
|
|
Gene Beiriger
|
HST
|
LAS
|
2027
|
|
Kelly Kessler
|
CMN
|
CMN
|
2028
|
|
Rajit Mazumder
|
HST
|
LAS
|
2028
|
|
Allison McCracken
|
AMS
|
LAS
|
2028
|
|
Margaret Storey
|
LAS
|
HST
|
2028
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
MJ Davidson, chair
|
School of Computing
|
CDM
|
2029
|
|
Julie Hwang
|
Geography
|
LAS
|
2029
|
|
Kendra Knight
|
Communication Studies
|
CMN
|
2029
|
|
Nick Ramsey
|
Mathematics
|
MAT
|
2029
|
|
Thiru Rmaraj
|
School of Computing
|
CDM
|
2029
|
|
Phil Yates
|
Mathematics
|
CSH
|
2029
|
|
Yan Li
|
Psychology
|
CSH
|
2029
|
|
Vacant
|
|
COE
|
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
Frédéric Seyler, chair
|
PHL
|
LAS
|
2023
|
|
Avery Goldman
|
PHL
|
LAS
|
2023
|
|
Evelyn Lulis
|
CDM
|
CDM
|
2024
|
|
Stephen Haymes
|
COE
|
COE
|
2025
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
Sheryl Overmyer, chair
|
Catholic Studies
|
LAS
|
2027
|
|
Yi Ding
|
Religious Studies
|
LAS
|
2027
|
|
Scott Moringiello
|
Catholic Studies
|
LAS
|
2028
|
|
Lisa Poirier
|
Religious Studies
|
LAS
|
2029
|
|
Alexei Sivertsev
|
Religious Studies
|
LAS
|
2029
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
Sarah Connolly, chair
|
Biology
|
CSH
|
2027
|
|
Eiron Cudaback
|
Health Sciences
|
CSH
|
2024
|
|
Rachel Scott
|
Anthropology
|
LAS
|
2027
|
|
Eric Norstrom
|
Neuroscience
|
CSH
|
2028
|
|
Gabriela Gonzalez Aviles
|
Psychology
|
CSH
|
2027
|
|
Ansuk Jeong
|
Psychology
|
CSH
|
2028
|
|
Member
|
Unit
|
College
|
Term End
|
|
Jill Hopke, chair
|
CMN
|
CMN
|
2027
|
|
Ben Epstein
|
PSC
|
LAS
|
2023
|
|
Kathy Grant
|
PSC
|
LAS
|
2024
|
|
Clement Adibe
|
PSC
|
LAS
|
2024
|
|
Peter Hastings
|
CDM
|
CDM
|
2025
|
|
Li Jin
|
MOL
|
LAS
|
2025
|
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