Anthropology

Mackenzee Souers uses a dustpan to remove loose dirt from the dig site.

Location: 231 Lake Michigan Hall
Phone: 616-331-2325
Email: antdept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Michael Wroblewski
Email: wroblewm@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Barbie Young
Emailyoungb@gvsu.edu 

Anthropology Website

Biology

Part of the GVSU corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) named "The Beast" at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids on Tuesday, June 18, 2024.

Location: 3300a P. Douglas Kindschi Hall of Science
Phone: 616-331-2470
Email: biodept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Joseph Jacquot
Email: jacquotj@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Barb Ellis
Emailellisb@gvsu.edu 

Biology Website

Biomedical Sciences

Summer Scholars student Derek Tonello works on his research project which focuses on trace amine associated receptor 1 and vulnerability to methamphetamine use disorders while in Kindschi Hall of Science on July 15, 2021. Tonello is studying biomedical sciences at Grand Valley State University.   (Photo release on file)

Location: 212 Henry Hall
Phone: (616) 331-3318
Email: biomeddept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair (Interim): Dr. Deb Burg
Email: burgd@gvsu.edu

Department Secretary: Sheri Greene
Emailgreenesh@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Katie Haynes
Emailhaynkath@gvsu.edu

Biomedical Sciences Website

Cell & Molecular Biology

Cells magnified and colored teal

Location: 3300a P. Douglas Kindschi Hall of Science
Phone: 616-331-2315
Email: cmb@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Mark Staves
Email: stavesm@gvsu.edu

Cell and Molecular Biology Website

Chemistry

Student works in Chemistry lab in full PPE and is holding a breaker of clear liquid

Location: 312 Padnos Hall of Science
Phone: 616-331-3317
Email: chmdept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Thomas Pentecost
Email: pentecot@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Jennifer Glaab
Email: glaabj@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Meghan Prindle
Email: prindlem@gvsu.edu

Chemistry Website

Classics

Picture of Gemma Augustea painted stone art

Location: 211 Lake Huron Hall
Phone: 616-331-3600
Email: cladept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Charles Pazdernik
Email: pazdernc@gvsu.edu

Classics Website

School of Communications

Professor Carl Brown teaches COM 201 to his students in the GVSU Arboritum

Location: 290 Lake Superior Hall
Phone: 616-331-3668
Email: comdept@gvsu.edu

Director: Dr. Richard Besel
Email: beselri@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Pamela De Windt
Emaildewindtp@gvsu.edu

School of Communications Website

English

A colorful display of books on a shelf including the Grimm's Fairy Tales

Location: 235 Lake Huron Hall
Phone: 616-331-3400
Email: engdept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Shinian Wu
Email: wus@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Jennie Reed
Emailreedj2@gvsu.edu

English Website

Geography and Sustainable Planning

A framed giclée of the Grand Canyon, United States Geographical Survey, 2009, hangs inside Mackinac Hall in the geography and sustainable planning department at GVSU.

Location: B-4-105 Mackinac Hall
Phone: 616-331-3065
Email: gpydept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Jim Penn
Email: pennji@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Amanda Reader
Emailreadera@gvsu.edu

Geography and Sustainable Planning Website

Geology

Following ‘The Peters’ adventurous lead, students walk through shallow waters at Zion National Park to go climb a giant rock.

Location: 118 Padnos Hall of Science 
Phone: 616-331-3728
Email: geodept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair (Interim): Dr. Merritt DeLano- Taylor
Email: taylomer@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Mitzi Loving-Johnson
Emaillovingm@gvsu.edu

Geology Website

History

A row of extremely old books

Location: D-1-160 Mackinac Hall
Phone: 616-331-3298
Email: hstdept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Michael Huner
Email: hunerm@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Elizabeth Ehlers 
Emailkovacse@gvsu.edu

History Website

Mathematics

Someone's hand drawing equations on a chalk board

Location: A-2-178 Mackinac Hall 
Phone: 616-331-2040
Email: mthdept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Esther Billings
Email: billinge@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Ana Vanbragt
Emailvanbraga@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Gabriella Barajas
Emailbarajaga@gvsu.edu

Mathematics Website

Modern Languages & Literatures

A zoomed in photo of a decoration for the Global Language and Culture Festival, multiple countries' flags represented

Location: B-2-243 Mackinac Hall
Phone: 616-331-3203
Email: moddept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Janel Pettes Guikema
Email: pettesj@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Lolita Salindong 
Emailsalindol@gvsu.edu

Modern Languages and Literatures Website

Movement Science

Six dummy skeletons for practice for movement science

Location: 4400 Kindschi Hall of Science
Phone: 616-331-3515
Email: movdept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Sally Ross
Email: rosssa@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Will Clark
Emailclarkwe@gvsu.edu 

Movement Science Website

Music, Theatre, and Dance

Pictured from behind, two students play their brass instruments

Location: 1300 Thomas J. and Marcia J. Haas Center for Performing Arts
Phone: 616-331-3484
Email: mtd@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Kevin Tutt
Email: tuttk@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Rebecca Casler
Emailcaslerre@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Kristi Fosdick
Emailfosdickk@gvsu.edu

Music, Theatre, and Dance Website

Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Elementary Teaching (PCKET)

black and white photo of child giving a high five to a teacher outside of the frame

Location: 235 Lake Huron Hall
Phone: (616) 331-3400
Email: pcket@gvsu.edu

PCKET Program Director: Dr. Tamara Shreiner
Email: shreinet@gvsu.edu

Multidisciplinary Program Assistant: Heather Shenefield
Email: shenefih@gvsu.edu

PCKET Website

Philosophy

Gold statue wearing a blindfold holding the scales of justice in one hand and a sword in the other

Location: B-3-105 Mackinac Hall
Phone: 616-331-2114
Email: phidept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Andrew Spear
Email: speara@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Allyssa Wetzel
Emailwetzelal@gvsu.edu 

Philosophy Website

Physics

Generic physics stock image of atom

Location: 117 Padnos Hall of Science
Phone: 616-331-2274
Email: physics@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Richard Vallery 
Email: valleryr@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Linda Noel
Emailnoell@gvsu.edu

Physics Website

Political Science

Stock image of gold scales of justice, gavel, and blank books

Location: 1121 AuSable Hall
Phone: 616-331-2320
Email: plsdept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair (Interim): Dr. Mark Richards
Email: richardm@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Ashley Savage
Emailsavageas@gvsu.edu

Political Science Website

Psychology

Stock image of an AI looking brain and neurons firing

Location: 2224 AuSable Hall
Phone: 616-331-2195
Email: psydept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Mary Bower Russa
Email: bowerm@gvsu.edu 

Academic Department Coordinator: Sam Condon
Emailcondosam@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Auna Dwelle-Olson
Emaildwelleoa@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Cindy Warner
Emailwarnercy@gvsu.edu

Psychology Website

Sociology

Professor Jennifer Stewart teaching Sociology of Food to small group of students

Location: 2172 AuSable Hall
Phone: 616-331-3730
Email: socdept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Jeff Rothstein
Email: rothstej@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Jessica Parks
Emailparksj2@gvsu.edu

Sociology Website

Statistics

Different types of generic graphs layered over one another in blue, no actual numbers or variables displayed

Location: A-1-178 Mackinac Hall
Phone: 616-331-3355
Email: stadept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Paul Stephenson
Email: stephenp@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Brienne Forgette
Emailforgetbr@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Gabriella Barajas
Emailbarajaga@gvsu.edu

Statistics Website

Visual and Media Arts

Veronica Clapp works on a two-part ceramics piece in the Calder Arts Center. “I like the history of it and working with my hands. It’s really satisfying,” she said. Clapp, a nontraditional GVSU student, said she was taking the class for fun.   (Photo release on file)

Location: 1105 Alexander Calder Art Center
Phone: 616-331-3486
Email: vma@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Norwood Viviano
Email: vivianon@gvsu.edu

Office Assistant: Jenna Bench
Emailstehouje@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Alicia Delacruz
Emaildelacali@gvsu.edu

Visual Arts and Media Website

Writing

Students working together at a desk on a writing assignment at the writing center, students' chests and hands visible along with their computers

Location: 326 Lake Ontario Hall
Phone: 616-331-3411
Email: wrtdept@gvsu.edu

Department Chair: Dr. Amy Ferdinandt Stolley
Email: stolleam@gvsu.edu

Academic Department Coordinator: Audrey Kelly
Emailkellyaud@gvsu.edu

Writing Website


Annis Water Resources Institute

Student in a black wetsuit holding a sample lake algae/grass in their hands

Location: Lake Michigan Center 740 W. Shoreline Dr. Muskegon, Michigan 49441
Phone: (616) 331-3749
Email: awri@gvsu.edu

Executive Director and Professor:
Dr. Stuart Jones
Email: jonesstu@gvsu.edu

AWRI Assistant: Tonya Brown
Email: browtony@gvsu.edu

Office Coordinator: Heidi Feldpausch
Email: feldpauh@gvsu.edu

AWRI SecretaryCheryl Kastas
Email: kastasc@gvsu.edu

AWRI Website

Autism Center (START)

START logo - Statewide Autism Resources and Training

Location: START Project 401 W. Fulton St. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504
Phone: (616) 331-6480
Email: autismed@gvsu.edu

Project Director: Dr. Amy Matthews
Email: matthewa@gvsu.edu

Project Manager: Jana Benjamin
Email: benjamj1@gvsu.edu

Office Coordinator: Melissa Kurek
Emailkurekm@gvsu.edu

 Statewide Autism Resources and Training Website

CLAS Academic Advising Center

Hallway sign for CLAS Academic Advising Center in focus and the rest of the hallway out of focus

Location: C-1-120 Mackinac Hall & C-1-140 Mackinac Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8585
Email: advstu@gvsu.edu

Interim Director: Ashley Shannon
Email: shannoas@gvsu.edu

Office Coordinator: Joseph Stoddard
Emailstoddajo@gvsu.edu

CLAS Academic Advising Website

Center for Experiential Learning

Information technology student Annelise Trout works in the server lab in Mackinac Hall on Grand Valley’s Allendale Campus.

Location: B-3-226 Mackinac Hall

Director: Dr. Debbie Herrington
Email: herringd@gvsu.edu

Assistant Director: Dr. Dana Hebreard
Emailhebreard@gvsu.edu

Office Assistant: Kerry Hawley 
Emailhawleyke@gvsu.edu

CCEL Website

Regional Math & Science Center

Three children pose in a poster board sign that says "I'm an Engineer"

Location: B-3-226 Mackinac Hall
Phone: (616) 331-2267
Email: gvsurmsc@gvsu.edu

Director: Dr. Debbie Herrington
Email: herringd@gvsu.edu

Program Assistant: Olga Kryger
Email: krygero@gvsu.edu

Office Assistant: Shelly Micho
Email: michos@gvsu.edu

Regional Math and Science Center Website

 

Tutoring and Reading Center

Madison Eye, right, tutors Makaela Harris, left, on anatomy and physiology in the new Tutoring and Reading Center in Henry Hall September 27.

Location: 112 Henry Hall
Phone: (616) 331-3451
Email: tutoring@gvsu.edu

Director: Keigh-Cee Bell
Email: bellkei@gvsu.edu

Professional Support Staff: Fran Cain
Email: cainf@gvsu.edu

Tutoring and Reading Center

 



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