Department Chairs & Deans for Study Abroad

Please use this as a guide as you contact Department Chairs or other appropriate faculty members for course approvals. The Center for Global Education will email you to:

1. Indicate that you can start getting official course approvals
2. Inform you of the process for that term

Once you receive that email, you can move forward with obtaining approvals/signatures for your semester or summer abroad. This will likely be in mid- to late October for the following spring semester and mid- to late March for the following summer term and fall semester.

Andre B. Lacy School of Business

• Associate Dean, Dr. Bill Templeton, 317-940-9419, Dougan Hall, room 455F
• Advising for Study Abroad Programs in Germany only - Robert Bennett, 317-940-9502, Dougan Hall, room 440

College of Communication

• Associate Dean, Dr. Suzanne Reading, 317-940-9492 Fairbanks Building, room 218C
• Music Industry/Creative Media & Entertainment/Web Design & Development/Sports Media/Journalism, Dr. Lee Farquhar, 317-940-3280, Fairbanks Building , room 008
• Communication & Media Studies, Organizational Communication and Leadership, Critical Communication & Media Studies, Dr. Ann Savage,  317-940-5974, Fairbanks Building, room 254
• Communication Sciences & Disorders, Dr. Tonya Bergeson, 317-940-5975, Jordan Hall, room 246K
• Strategic Communication, Dr. Abbey Levenshus, 317-940-9823, Fairbanks Building, room 238

After all departmental approvals have been obtained, communication courses need to be approved by Dr. Reading.

College of Education

• Assistant Dean, Dr. Angela Mager, 317-940-9963, South Campus Main Building, Room 105

All education courses must first be approved by your academic advisor within COE. 

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• African Studies, Dr. Robin Turner, 317-940-8559, Jordan Hall, room 347C
• Biological Sciences, Dr. Phillip Villani, 317-940-8334, Holcomb Building, room 165
• Chemistry, Dr. Geoffrey Hoops, 317-940-9147, Holcomb Building, room 325
• Computer Science, Dr. Jonathan Sorenson, 317-940-9765, Fairbanks Building, room 142
• Engineering, Jessica McCormick, 317-940-9859, Holcomb Building, room 341A
• English, Dr. Lee Garver, 317-940-9859, Jordan Hall, room 309
• History and Anthropology, Dr. Vivian Deno, 317-940-9681, Jordan Hall, Room 382A
• Interdisciplinary Programs:
  • Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Dr. Terri Carney, 317-940-8438, Jordan Hall, room 391A
  • International Studies,  Dr. Elise Edwards, 317-940-9743, Jordan Hall, room 382A
  • Peace & Conflict Studies, Dr.  Robin Turner, 317-940-8559, Jordan Hall, room 347C
  • STES (Science, Technology, & Environmental Studies), Dr. Carmen Salsbury, 317-940-9879, Holcomb Building, room 152
• Mathematics & Actuarial Science,  Dr. Scott Kaschner, 317-940-8975, Jordan Hall, room 270A
• Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures (all languages), Dr. Eloise Sureau,  317-940-9588, Jordan Hall, room 388
• Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, Dr. Tiberiu Popa, 317-940-9052, Jordan Hall, room 202C
• Physics and Astronomy, Dr. Gonzalo Ordonez, 317-940-8310, Holcomb Building, room 261
• Political Science, Dr. Robin Turner, 317-940-8559, Jordan Hall, room 347C
• Psychology, Dr. Joel Martin, 317-940-9871, Jordan Hall, room 288
• Sociology & Criminology, Dr. Stephen Barnard, 317-940-8077, Jordan Hall, room 371C

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

• Pharmacy Program Director, Dr. Kimberly Beck, 317-940-9325, Pharmacy & Health Sciences Building, room 313C

All Pharmacy courses need to be approved by Dr. Beck.

Jordan College of the Arts

• Associate Dean, Wendy Meaden, 317-940-9961, Lilly Hall, room 138
• Art, Steve Nyktas, Chair, 317-940-3054, Jordan College Annex, room 111A
• Arts Administration: Brenda Johnston, Chair, 317-940-6043, Lilly Hall, room 019
• Dance, Larry Attaway, 317-940-9662, Lilly Hall, room 052
• Music, David Murray, 317-940-9988, Lilly Hall, room 225
• Theatre, Diane Timmerman, 317-940-9875 Lilly Hall, room 161

Core Approval for Study Abroad

• AR—Contact the department teaching the class, such as MA, CS.
• GHS—Contact the GHS Director, Dr.Ageeth Sluis , 317-940-9045, Jordan Hall, room 349
• NW—Contact the department teaching the class, such as BI, PS.
• PCA
  - Contact department of English for PCA-EN courses
  - For all other PCA courses, contact Associate Dean of JCA Wendy Meaden, 317-940-9961, Lilly Hall, room 138
• PWB—Contact the College of Education, Dr. Mindy Welch, 317-940-9550, Hinkle Fieldhouse, room 1227
• SW—Contact the department teaching the class, such as SO, JR, COB, PO, etc.
• TI—Contact the department teaching the class, such as CL, EN, PL, RL, STS, etc.
• ICR—Contact the department teaching the class, such as CL, EN, PL, RL, STS, etc.

Faculty Director of the Core Curriculum, TBD, contact core@butler.edu.

All Core courses will need approval from the Faculty Director of the Core Curriculum, in addition to the area director or department chair. 

For more information please contact: core@butler.edu.

Updated on 9/20/2021.