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The Dean's Corner

Chip Oscarson

Dean of Humanities
4002 JFSB
801-422-9037
oscarson@byu.edu

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.

Dean's Office


Ray Clifford

Associate Dean, Director for the Center for Language Studies
Affiliated Faculty, Second Language Teaching
3086 JFSB
(801) 422-1201
rayc@byu.edu

Corry Cropper

Associate Dean, Professor, French & Italian
4019 JFSB
(801) 422-4484
cropper@byu.edu

Grant Lundberg

Associate Dean, Professor, German & Russian
3097 JFSB
(801) 422-2615
grant_lundberg@byu.edu

Leslee Thorne-Murphy

Associate Dean, Professor, English
4002B JFSB
(801) 422-1506
leslee_thorne-murphy@byu.edu

Sherami Jara

Assistant Dean, Director, Liberal Arts Advisement & Careers
1041 JFSB
(801) 422-0983
sherami_jara@byu.edu

Jared Christensen

Assistant Dean, Controller
4002 JFSB
(801) 422-3665
jared_christensen@byu.edu

Josh Perkey

Assistant Dean, Communications
4198 JFSB
(801) 422-2824
josh.perkey@byu.edu

Shasta Hamilton

Assistant to the Dean
4002 JFSB
(801) 422-2779
shasta_hamilton@byu.edu