department head

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“There is no other department head in the movie business that has that kind of pressure where people’s lives are at stake,” Gill told The Times last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

The following April, a curator was hired to check every single item - although under the supervision of department head, Peter Higgs.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

The department head for anthropology at UW, Murphy is a biological anthropologist specializing in bioarchaeology and committed to multidisciplinary approaches within anthropology.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

In the spring of 2021, after a period of land-based assignments, Alkonis, a Southern California native, was preparing for a deployment as a department head on the USS Benfold, a missile destroyer.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023

Dana had to make a tough call as the department head when she decided to shut down the project.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller