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:
Timothy Englund, 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:
Delores Cleary, 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.

American Indian Studies:
Toni Culjak, PhD
Language and Literature, room 408D
509-963-1531

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 326
509-963-1159

Environmental Studies:
Anne Johansen, PhD
Science, room 207D
509-963-2164

Ethnic Studies:
Nelson Pichardo, PhD
Farrell Hall, room 440
509-963-1348

Museum of Culture and Environment:
Kathleen Barlow, PhD
Dean Hall, room 357
509-963-3201

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:
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):
Mary Lee Jensvold, PhD
Psychology Research Center
509-963-2215
Bonnie Hendrickson, MS
509-963-2363

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