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Laura Belmonte, Dean of the Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

Laura Belmonte
Laura Belmonte, Dean of the Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

Laura A. Belmonte is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences and Professor of History at Virginia Tech. She received her A.B. in History and Political Science from the University of Georgia and her M.A. and Ph.D. in History from the University of Virginia.

Before accepting the deanship at Virginia Tech in 2019, she taught at Oklahoma State University for twenty-three years. Her administrative roles included Director of American Studies, Head of the Department of History, and Associate Dean for Personnel and Instruction for the College of Arts and Sciences. She has extensive non-profit board experience and has served on the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation from 2009 to 2019. In 2021-2022, she served as President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). Her SHAFR experience also includes terms on the SHAFR national council, the editorial board of Diplomatic History, the Nominating Committee, the Link-Kuehl Prize Committee, the Committee on the Status of Women, and other ad hoc committees.


Departments, Schools, and ROTC Programs

Brian Britt, Director of the Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought

Brian Britt

Lisa Tucker, Professor and Head for the Department of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management

Lisa Tucker

John Tedesco, Professor and Director of the School of Communication

John Tedesco

Kelly Pender, Professor and Chair for the Department of English

Kelly Pender

Jennifer Hart, Professor and Chair for the Department of History

Jennifer Hart, Professor and Chair of the Department of History

Paul Springer, Professor and Head of the Department of Human Development and Family Science

Paul Springer

Janell Watson, Professor of French, Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

Janell Watson, Professor of French, Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

Kelly Trogdon, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy

Kelly Trogdon, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy

Timothy W. Luke, University Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science

Timothy W. Luke, University Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science

Matthew R. Gabriele, Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion and Culture

Matthew Gabriele

Saul Halfon, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society

Saul Halfon, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society

Jennifer Johnson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology

Jennifer Johnson

Office of the Dean Leadership

Farida Jalalzai, Associate Dean for Global Initiatives and Engagement and Professor of Political Science

Farida Jalalzai