Here’s a list of CALS academic department chairs for the 2024-2025 year. Departments with new chairs this year are in bold.

Agricultural and Applied Economics: Guanming Shi
Animal and Dairy Sciences: Hasan Khatib (interim, starting Dec. 2024); Kent Weigel, chair, July – Dec 2024
Bacteriology: Katrina Forest
Biochemistry: Brian G. Fox
Biological Systems Engineering: Anita Thompson
Community and Environmental Sociology: Nan Enstad
Entomology: Russell Groves
Food Science: Scott A. Rankin
Forest and Wildlife Ecology: Timothy Van Deelen
Genetics: Francisco J. Pelegri
Life Sciences Communication: Dominique Brossard
Nutritional Sciences: Scott A. Rankin (Interim)
Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences: Patrick J. Krysan
Plant Pathology: Amanda J. Gevens
Soil Science: Doug Soldat