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Directors of Undergraduate Studies

Each department and program has a director of undergraduate studies (DUS) whose primary responsibility is to focus on the academic and intellectual development of declared majors and the undergraduate curriculum.

The 2023 - 2024 DUS meetings are scheduled at 12:30pm on the following Tuesdays:

2023: August 15th, September 19th, October 17th, November 14th, December 5th

2024: January 23rd, February 20th, March 26th, April 16th and May 7th

It is requested that a faculty department representative attend when the DUS is unable to meet.

For more information view the DUS Dashboard.

Department or Program* DUS Email
African American and Africana Studies Priscilla McCutcheon priscilla.mccutcheon@uky.edu 
Anthropology Juliana McDonald jmcdo2@uky.edu
Appalachian Studies Ann Kingsolver ann.kingsolver@uky.edu
Biology Kay Shenoy kay.shenoy@uky.edu
Chemistry Beth Guiton dus.chemistry@uky.edu 
Earth & Environmental Sciences Ryan Thigpen ryan.thigpen@uky.edu
Economics Darshak Patel darshak.patel@uky.edu
English Matt Godbey matthew.godbey@uky.edu
Environmental & Sustainability Studies Andy Wood andrew.wood@uky.edu
Foreign Language & International Economics Jianjun He jianjun.he@uky.edu
Gender & Women's Studies Charlie Zhang charlie.zhang@uky.edu
Geography Andy Wood andrew.wood@uky.edu
Health Society Pop. Ruth Beattie rebeat1@uky.edu
Hispanic Studies Heather Campbell-Speltz heather.campbellspeltz@uky.edu
History Melanie Goan melanie.goan@uky.edu
International Studies Bess Dawson bessdawson@uky.edu
Liberal Studies Josh Abboud j.abboud@uky.edu
Linguistics Andrew Byrd andrewbyrd@uky.edu
Mathematical Economics Adib Bagh adib.bagh@uky.edu
Mathematics Alberto Corso alberto.corso@uky.edu
MCLLC/Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Russian Julie Human julie.human@uky.edu
Neuroscience Lynda Sharrett-Field lsharrett@uky.edu
Philosophy Eric Sanday eric.sanday@uky.edu
Physics & Astronomy Ron Wilhelm ron.wilhelm@uky.edu
Political Science Jesse Johnson j.johnson@uky.edu
Psychology Andrea Friedrich amfrie0@email.uky.edu
Sociology Jordan Brown jordan.t.brown@uky.edu
Statistics Melissa Pittard melissa.pittard@uky.edu
Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies Kishonna Gray unicorn@uky.edu
US Culture and Business Practices Sarah Lyon sarah.lyon@uky.edu

 

If you have any questions regarding DUS meetings or appointments, please contact Colleen Knight at colleen.knight@uky.edu.