Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Heads

African American Studies

Marlo D. Davis, Ph.D.
Director, African American Studies
Associate Professor of English, African American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Phone: (765) 494-6295
Email: mdavid@purdue.edu

American Studies

Rayvon Fouche, Ph.D.
Director, American Studies & Asian American Studies
Associate Professor, American Studies
Phone: (765) 496- 7161
Email: rfouche@purdue.edu

Comparative Literature

Beate Allert, Ph.D.
Director, Comparative Literature
Professor, School of Languages and Cultures
Phone: (765) 494-3865
Email: allert@purdue.edu

Biomedical Sciences

Harm HogenEsch, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Programs, School of Veterinary Medicine,
Professor of Immunopathology, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, and
Head of Biomedical Sciences
Phone: 765-496-3487
Email: hogenesch@purdue.edu

Biomedical Sciences

Young L. Kim, Ph.D.
Co-Chair of Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Phone: 765-496-2445
Email: youngkim@purdue.edu

Biomedical Sciences

Russell Main, Ph.D.
Co-Chair of Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor of Basic Medical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Phone: 765-494-0898
Email: rmain@purdue.edu

Computational Programs

Tony R. Hazbun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Phone: (765) 494-3675
E-mail: lhazbun@purdue.edu

Ecological Sciences & Engineering

Linda Lee, Ph.D.
Ecological Science & Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Program Head
Professor and Associate Head, Department of Agronomy
Phone: (765) 494-8612
E-mail: lslee@purdue.edu

Food Science

    Brian Farkas, Ph.D.
    Head & Professor of Food Science
    Phone: (765) 494-8256
    E-mail: bfarkas@purdue.edu

Gerontology

Kenneth Ferraro, Ph.D.
Director, Center on Aging and the Life Course
Distinguished Professor of Sociology
Phone: (765) 494-4707
Email: ferraro@purdue.edu

Information Security

Gene Spafford, Ph.D.
Executive Director, The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Phone: (765) 494-7825
Email: spaf@cerias.purdue.edu

Information Security

Victor Raskin, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, English and Linguistics
Professor, Computer Science (courtesy)
CERIAS Fellow
Phone: (765) 494-3782
Email: vraskin@purdue.edu

Ingestive Behavior

Richard (Rick) D. Mattes, M.P.H., Ph.D., R.D.
Director, Ingestive Behavior Research Center
Distinguished Professor of Foods and Nutrition
Phone: (765) 494-0662
Email: mattes@purdue.edu

Life Sciences

Jason Cannon, Ph.D.
Chair, Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Science (PULSe)
Associate Professor, Toxicology
Phone: (765) 494-0794
Email: cannonjr@purdue.edu

Linguistics

Dr. Alejandro Cuza-Blanco, Ph.D.
Linguistics Program Head
Professor, Communication
Phone: (765) 496-9629
Email: acuza@purdue.edu 

Linguistics

Elaine Francis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English and Linguistics
Phone: (765) 494-5834
Email: ejfranci@purdue.edu

Nutrition

Kim Buhman, Ph.D.
Professor, Nutrition Science
Phone: (765) 496-6872
Email: kbuhman@purdue.edu

Philosophy and Literature

Venetria K. Patton, Ph.D.
Head, School of Interdisciplinary Studies; 
Professor School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Provost Fellow for Diversity & Inclusion
Phone: (765) 494-6969 /(765) 494-3409
Email: vpatton@purdue.edu 

Public Health Graduate Program

Richard (Rick) D. Mattes, M.P.H., Ph.D., R.D.
Distinguished Professor of Foods and Nutrition
Phone: (765) 494-0662
Email: mattes@purdue.edu

School of Interdisciplinary Studies

Alfred (Al) Lopez, PhD
Professor of English, Associate Director of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Director of Latin American and Latino Studies
Phone: (765) 494-2764
Email: alopez@purdue.edu

Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Jennifer Freeman Marshall, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of English
Phone: (765) 494-6295
Email: jlfreem@purdue.edu