Administration Departmental Administration consists of a Chair, four Associate Chairs, the Director of Undergraduate Programs, and a number of committees led by faculty who in turn are supported by the staff. The current Chair is Mel Hochster . The Chair is the overall leader of the Department with ultimate responsibility for hiring faculty and staff and administering the educational and research programs of the Department. He shares some of these responsibilities with the Executive Committee, which he chairs. The Associate Chair for Graduate Students, currently Sergey Fomin, is responsible for the admission and financial aid of graduate students as well as general oversight of their welfare. The Associate Chair for Education, currently Curtis Huntington, is responsible for the educational program of the Department. He assigns faculty to courses and chairs the Education Committee, which is the final arbiter of changes in courses and degree programs. Andreas Blass is the Associate Chair for Regular Faculty Appointments and is responsible for tenure-track/tenured faculty. He assists with hiring, promotions, awards, and appointments for this group of faculty. Richard Canary is the Associate Chair for Term Faculty Appointments. He is responsible for the hiring/mentoring of postdoctoral faculty. The Director of Undergraduate Programs, currently Stephen DeBacker , is in charge of both the freshman-sophomore program, which serves students planning to concentrate in many areas, and the junior-senior program which is largely for students concentrating in mathematics. The Doctoral Committee, currently chaired by Peter Scott , oversees students in the Doctoral Program. He works with the doctoral committee to make decisions concerning the passing of the qualifying review and the preliminary exam and the acceptability of dissertations for mathematics students. He works with the Director of the AIM program, Peter Miller, to mentor and guide Ph.D. students through their program at Michigan. The Director of the Mathematics Laboratory is Irina Arakelian. She is responsible for managing the tutors and tutoring hours for students taking mathematics courses. Many other administrative jobs in the Department are handled by standing faculty committees (pdf). The support staff is under the general supervision of the Key Administrator, Doreen Fussman. She assists the Chair in administrative matters, manages budgets and expenditures from Department resources, and is responsible for overall staffing. Research grant proposals and grant management are the main assignments of Laura Hornbeck, our Finance Manager. Jeff Kopmanis is the manager of our computing services. He and his staff, along with student workers, maintain the department computer labs, desktop computers, and research computing services. Tara McQueen is the Director of Student Services. She and her staff provide a wide range of services to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as support the academic programs of the department. She is also responsible for the MMSS program. The remaining members of the support staff can be found on the Staff page.