Directors & Coordinators

Directors

Travis Ryan, PhD, Faculty Director, Core Curriculum
tryan@butler.edu

Bill Watts, PhD, Director, First-Year Seminar
wwatts@butler.edu

Sholeh Shahrokhi, PhD, Director, Global & Historical Studies
sshahrok@butler.edu

Donald Braid, PhD, Director, Center for Citizenship and Community—Indianapolis Community Requirement
dbraid@butler.edu

Terri Carney, PhD, Director, Social Justice and Diversity
tcarney@butler.edu

Areas of Inquiry Coordinators 

Karen Holmes, PhD, Analytic Reasoning (AR) 
kholmes@butler.edu
Libby Davis, PhD, Natural World (NW)
efdavis@butler.edu
Jason Goldsmith, PhD, Perspectives in the Creative Arts (PCA)
jngoldsm@butler.edu

Mindy Welch, PhD, Physical Well-Being (PWB)
mwelch@butler.edu

Allision Harthcock, PhD, Social World (SW)
aharthco@butler.edu 

Brynnar Swenson, PhD, Texts & Ideas (TI)
bswenson@butler.edu

For more information on these positions, please visit the Core Position Descriptions FAQ.