{"id":75,"date":"2013-11-05T09:55:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T15:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/provost\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2025-12-22T14:27:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:27:45","slug":"ad-chairs-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/provost\/ad-chairs-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Associate Deans, Department Chairs, and Program Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h2>Academic Year 2025-26<\/h2>\n<h4>Fine Arts<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Associate Dean \u2013 Alison Feldt<\/li>\n<li>Chair, Department of Art and Art History \u2013 Peter Nelson<\/li>\n<li>Chair, Department of Dance \u2013 Heather Klopchin<\/li>\n<li>Chair, Department of Music \u2013 Louis Epstein<\/li>\n<li>Associate Chair, Department of Music \u2013 Tracey Engleman<\/li>\n<li>Chair, Department of Theater \u2013 Monica Murray<\/li>\n<li>Director, Musical Theater \u2013 Marita Stryker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: revert; 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