Each academic department at Midwestern State University has an appointed department chair. The chair is a faculty member who teaches and serves as administrative leader of an academic department. Department chairs are responsible for managing departmental affairs and act as a liaison between the faculty and the university's administration.
2025-2026 Department Chairs
Dillard College of Business Administration:
Dr. Pablo Garcia-Fuentes, Economics, Finance, and General Business
Dr. Yang Xu, Management and Marketing
Dr. Grace Zhang, Accounting, Business Analytics and Information Systems, and Legal Studies
West College of Education and Professional Studies:
Dr. Suzanne Lindt, Undergraduate Education
Dr. Wendy Helmcamp, Clinical Mental Health Education
Dr. Kelly Medellin, BAAS Program and Adult Education
Dr. Stephanie Zamora Robles, Graduate Education
Fain College of Fine Arts:
Dr. Jennifer Amox, Music
Ms. Leah Gose, Art
Mr. Eric Koger, Theatre
Dr. Jim Sernoe, Mass Communication
Gunn College of Health Sciences and Human Services:
Dr. Jennifer Anderson, Respiratory Care/Health Services Administration
Ms. Catherine Earley, Social Work
Dr. Robin Lockhart, Nursing
Dr. Nathan Moran, Criminal Justice
Dr. Michael Olson, Athletic Training/Exercise Physiology
Dr. Lynette Watts, Radiologic Sciences
Ms. Jill Young, Dental Hygiene
Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences:
Dr. Michael Vandehey, Psychology
Dr. Mary Draper, History
Dr. Sally Henschel, English, Humanities, and Philosophy
Dr. Jeffrey Oxford, World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Beverly Stiles, Sociology
Dr. Linda Veazey, Political Science
McCoy College of Science, Mathematics and Engineering:
Dr. Joel Brant, Biology
Dr. Sarah Cobb, Mathematics
Dr. Raj Desai, Engineering
Dr. Chris Hansen, Chemistry/Physics
Dr. Jonathan Price, Geosciences
Dr. Catherine Stringfellow, Computer Science