The Dean's Corner

Meet your Dean

Christopher (Chip) Oscarson completed his BA and MA at Brigham Young University in History and Comparative Literature before going to the University of California, Berkeley where he completed a PhD in Scandinavian languages and literatures with a designated emphasis in film. His has a joint appointment at BYU in both Interdisciplinary Humanities as well as Scandinavian Studies. He worked for ten years as the director of the BYU Scandinavian Studies Program, is treasurer for the Association of Swedish Teachers and Researchers in America (ASTRA), and was on the executive board for the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS) 2013-2017. He is currently the coordinator for the university International Cinema Studies Program and one of the co-directors for the International Cinema Program.