College of the Sciences

Administration and Organization
Dean: Kirk A. Johnson, PhD (Dean Hall, room 130)
Associate Dean: David M. Darda, PhD (Dean Hall, room 130

509-963-1866
Fax: 509-963-1977
www.cwu.edu/~cots/

The College of the Sciences (COTS) is comprised of 13 departments and 12 interdisciplinary programs representing disciplines in the behavioral, natural, and social sciences, and mathematics. The departments and programs of the college offer undergraduate baccalaureate degrees, master’s degrees and coursework at the graduate level, minors that supplement other degree programs, and a comprehensive range of service coursework. As an essential part of its mission, the college offers an extensive general education curriculum. The departments play a major role in Central’s teacher preparation programs, offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees for students preparing to be secondary teachers and providing coursework in educational foundations and discipline-specific content and methods.

Departments within the college are committed to teaching excellence, active engagement by faculty in research, scholarship and professional service activities, student involvement in research, community service, and employing practical applications of academic specializations.

Departments
All departments offer baccalaureate degree programs and, in some cases, minors and master’s degrees. In addition to consulting department/program headings in this catalog, students are encouraged to contact individual departments and program offices directly.

Anthropology and Museum Studies:
Kathleen Barlow, PhD
Dean Hall, room 357
509-963-3201
Biological Sciences:
Paul James, PhD
Science Building, room 338
509-963-2731
Chemistry:
JoAnn Peters, PhD
Science Building, room 302
509-963-2811
Computer Science:
James Schwing, PhD
Hebeler Hall, room 219
509-963-1495
Geography:
James Huckabay, PhD
Dean Hall, room 301
509-963-1188
Geological Sciences:
Wendy Bohrson, PhD
Lind Hall, room 220
509-963-2701
Law and Justice:
Charles Reasons, LLB
Psychology Building, room 463
509-963-3208
Mathematics:
Aaron Montgomery, PhD
Bouillon Hall, room 108
509-963-2103
Physics:
Michael Jackson, PhD
Lind Hall, room 201A
509-963-2727
Political Science:
Todd Schaefer, PhD
Psychology Building, room 414
509-963-2408
Psychology:
Stephanie Stein, PhD
Psychology Building, room 421
509-963-2381
Science Education:
Martha Kurtz, PhD
Science Building, room 107
509-963-2929
Sociology:
Hong Xiao, PhD
Farrell Hall, room 409
509-963-1305

Interdisciplinary Programs
These programs offer specialized coursework, interdisciplinary baccalaureate majors or minors, master’s degrees or research, and public service functions related to instruction.
American Indian Studies:
Delores Cleary, PhD
Farrell Hall, room 409
509-963-2172
Center for Excellence in Science and
Mathematics Education:
Martha Kurtz, PhD
Science Building, room 107
509-963-2929
Energy Studies:
Holly English
Dean Hall, room 324
509-963-1159
Environmental Studies:
Greg Brown, PhD
Dean Hall, room 322
509-963-3699
Ethnic Studies:
Delores Cleary, PhD
Farrell Hall, room 409
509-963-2172
Museum of Culture and Environment:
Bill Wood, PhD
Dean Hall, room 334
509-963-3209
Primate Behavior and Ecology Program:
Lori Sheeran, PhD
Dean Hall, room 335
509-963-1434
Public Policy:
Rex Wirth, PhD
Psychology Building, room 482
509-963-2353
Resource Management Program:
Karl Lillquist, PhD
Dean Hall, room 319
509-963-1184
Steve Hackenberger, PhD
Dean Hall, room 349
509-963-3224
Science Honors Research:
Audrey Huerta, PhD
Lind Hall, room 118-A
509-963-2718
Science Talent Expansion Program (STEP):
Wendy Bohrson, PhD
Lind Hall, room 101
509-963-2835
Women’s Studies:
Cynthia Coe, PhD
Language and Literature Bldg., room 318
509-963-2008

Affiliated Centers and Institutes
Center for Spatial Information:
Anthony Gabriel, PhD
Dean Hall, room 320
509-963-1166
Center for the Environment
Greg Brown, PhD
Dean Hall, room 322
509-963-3699
Central Washington Archaeological Survey,
Anthropology:
Patrick McCutcheon, PhD
Dean Hall, room 340
509-963-2075
Steve Hackenberger, PhD
Dean Hall, room 349
509-963-3224
Chimpanzee and Human Communication
Institute (CHCI):
Deborah Fouts, MS
Psychology Research Center
509-963-2244
Community Counseling and Psychological
Assessment Center:
Jeffrey Penick, PhD
Psychology Building, room 461
509-963-3669
Cultural Resources:
Pat Lubinski, PhD
Dean Hall, room 338
509-963-3601
Geodesy Laboratory and Pacific
Northwest Geodetic Array (PANGA)
Data Analysis Facility:
Tim Melbourne, PhD
Hebeler Hall, room 110A
509-963-2799
Health Career Education Resources:
Tracy Andrews, PhD
Dean Hall, room 351
509-963-3220
School Psychology Services:
Eugene Johnson, EdD
Psychology Building, room 121
509-963-2501