Department Chairs through the Years

Chair Years
Robert R. Wilson 1936-1948
Robert S. Rankin 1948-1960, 1961-1964
John H. Hallowell 1960-1961*, 1964-1971
Ralph Braitbanti 1971-1972*
James D. Barber 1972-1977
Hugh Hall 1977-1978
Ole Holsti 1978-1983
Peter Fish 1981-1982*
Allan Kornberg 1983-1989, 1991-1992
John Aldrich 1990-1991*, 1992-1996, 1999-2000*
Peter Lange 1996-1999
Michael Munger 2000-2006, 2007-2010
Michael Gillespie 2006-2007*
Karen Remmer 2010-2013
Jack Knight 2013-2015

Georg Vanberg

2015-2021

Kerry Haynie 2021-2022
Michael Munger 2022-current*

*Acting Chair