School and College Faculty Contacts

College of Arts & Science

Dan Morgan

Faculty Director of Immersion Vanderbilt

Associate Dean; Principal Senior Lecturer of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Katherine Blue Carroll

Immersion Coordinator for Political Science, Public Policy Studies, and Religious Studies (incl. Islamic & Arabic Studies)

Associate Professor of Political Science; Associate Director of Public Policy Studies

katherine.carroll@vanderbilt.edu

Elizabeth Catania

Immersion Coordinator for Biological Sciences, Neuroscience, and Psychology

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Neuroscience; Director of Undergraduate Studies in Neuroscience

elizabeth.catania@vanderbilt.edu

Courtney Caudle Travers

Immersion Coordinator for Communication Studies, History (including LHS and Econ-History), and Philosophy

Senior Lecturer; Director of Internships in Communication Studies

courtney.travers@vanderbilt.edu

Lily Claiborne

Immersion Coordinator for Climate Studies, Earth and Environmental Science, and Sociology

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Earth & Environmental Sciences

lily.claiborne@vanderbilt.edu

Chalene Helmuth

Immersion Coordinator for French and Italian; German, Russian, and East European Studies; Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies; and Spanish and Portuguese

Associate Professor of the Practice of Spanish & Portuguese; Director of the Arts & Science Center for Languages

chalene.helmuth@vanderbilt.edu

Willis Hulings

Immersion Coordinator for American Studies, Business Studies, and Medicine, Health, and Society

Associate Professor of the Practice of Managerial Studies

willis.hulings@vanderbilt.edu

Heather Luea

Immersion Coordinator for Classical and Mediterranean Studies, Economics, and Jewish Studies

Senior Lecturer of Economics

heather.m.luea@vanderbilt.edu

Elizabeth Meadows

Immersion Coordinator for African American and Diaspora Studies; English; Gender and Sexuality Studies

Principal Senior Lecturer of English; Associate Director of the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities

elizabeth.s.meadows@vanderbilt.edu

Prasad L. Polavarapu

Immersion Coordinator for Biochemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics

Professor of Chemistry

prasad.l.polavarapu@vanderbilt.edu

Sheri Shaneyfelt

Immersion Coordinator for Art, European Studies, and History of Art and Architecture

Principal Senior Lecturer of History of Art & Architecture

sheri.shaneyfelt@vanderbilt.edu

Kalman Varga

Immersion Coordinator for Anthropology, Communication of Science and Technology, and Physics and Astronomy

Professor of Physics; Vice Chair of the Department of Physics & Astronomy

kalman.varga@vanderbilt.edu

Jonathan Waters

Immersion Coordinator for Asian Studies (incl. Chinese and Japanese), Cinema and Media Arts, and Theatre

Associate Chair, Cinema & Media Arts; Principal Senior Lecturer, Cinema and Media Arts; Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education

j.waters@vanderbilt.edu

Blair School of Music

Tucker Biddlecombe

Immersion Coordinator

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Associate Professor of Choral Studies and Director of Choral Activities

tucker.biddlecombe@vanderbilt.edu

Brian Utley

Immersion Coordinator

Principal Senior Lecturer of Woodwinds

brian.utley@vanderbilt.edu

Divinity School

James Byrd

Immersion Coordinator

Professor of American Religious History; Cal Turner Chancellor's Chair of Wesleyan Studies; Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research

james.p.byrd@vanderbilt.edu

Owen School of Management

David Owens

Immersion Coordinator

Evans Family Executive Director of the Wond'ry; Professor of the Practice of Organizational Studies; Professor of the Practice of Engineering Management

david.owens@vanderbilt.edu