Academic Catalog

2024-2025

Officers of the Administration and Department Chairs

Officers of the Administration

Brian O. Hemphill, Ph.D., President

Ashley Schumaker, M.A., Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategic Operations

Brian Payne, Ph.D., Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Chad A. Reed, M.P.A., Vice President for Administration and Finance

Nina R. Gonser, M.B.A., Vice President for Digital Transformation and Technology

September Sanderlin, M.S.Ed., Vice President for Human Resources, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Annie Gibson, M.P.A., Vice President for Government Relations

Kenneth Fridley, Ph.D., Vice President for Research

Brandi Hephner LaBanc, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Enrollment, Engagement & Services

Alonzo C. Brandon, B.S., Vice President for University Advancement

Jaime L. Hunt, M.S., Vice President for University Communications and Chief Marketing Officer

Laura Delbrugge, Ph.D.,  Dean of the College of Arts and Letters

Erika Marsillac, Ph.D., Interim Dean of the Strome College of Business

Tammi Dice, Ph.D., Dean of the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies

Jeffrey W. Fergus, Ph.D., Interim Dean of the Batten College of Engineering and Technology

Bonnie Van Lunen, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Health Sciences & Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Gail Dodge, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Sciences

Shuntay Tarver, Ph.D., Dean of the Perry Honors College

Karen Karlowicz, Ed.D., Interim Dean of the School of Nursing

Li-Wu Chen, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Public Health

Holly Handley, Ph.D., Interim Dean of Interdisciplinary Schools

Shana Pribesh, Ph.D., Interim Dean of the Graduate School

Timothy Hackman, M.L.S., M.A., Dean of University Libraries

Department and School Chairs

BRUCE RUBIN, Ph.D., Accountancy (Interim)

JOHN ROTH, M.F.A., Art

HOLLY GAFF, Ph.D., Biological Sciences

CRAIG BAYSE, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry

SANDEEP KUMAR, Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering

TIM ANDERSON, Ph.D., Communication and Theatre Arts

JAMES BLANDO, Ph.D., Community and Environmental Health (Interim)

RAVI MUKKAMALA, Ph.D., Computer Science

MARK REHFUSS, Ph.D., Counseling and Human Services

DANIEL TAKABI, Ph.D., School of Cybersecurity

FRANK LIU, Ph.D., School of Data Science

ANN BRUHN, M.S., Dental Hygiene

ROBERT MCNAB, Ph.D., Economics

MICHAEL (MICKEY) KOSLOSKI, Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Workforce Development

OSCAR GONZALEZ, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

ANDRES SOUSA-POZA, Ph.D., Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

VUKICA JOVANOVIC, Ph.D., Engineering Technology

VERONICA WATSON, Ph.D., English

DANIEL M. RUSSELL, Ph.D., School of Exercise Science

BRUCE RUBIN, Ph.D., Finance

INGO HEIDBRINK, Ph.D., History

XIHE ZHU, Ph.D., Human Movement Studies and Special Education

WEIYONG ZHANG, Ph.D., Information Technology & Decision Sciences

SHAOMIN LI, Ph.D., Management

CHUANYI TANG, Ph.D., Marketing

GORDON MELROSE, Ph.D., Mathematics and Statistics

To be named, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 

HAROLD RIETHMAN, Ph.D., Medical Diagnostic and Translational Sciences

BRANDON A. SHAH, M.S., M.B.A., Military Science and Leadership

NANCY KLEIN, Ph.D., Music

BRIAN C. BECKER, B.A., M.B.A., Naval Science

RODGER HARVEY, Ph.D., Ocean and Earth Sciences (Interim)

NICOLE WILLOCK, Ph.D., Philosophy and Religious Studies (Interim)

SEBASTIAN KUHN, Ph.D., Physics

JONATHAN LEIB, Ph.D., Political Science and Geography

GEORGE NOELL, Ph.D., Psychology

JOHN LOMBARD, Ph.D., Public Service (Interim)

PATRICIA LAVERDURE, Ph.D., Rehabilitation Sciences

RUTH TRIPLETT, Ph.D., Sociology and Criminal Justice

STACIE RAYMER, Ph.D., School of Speech-Language Pathology

SHANA PRIBESH, Ph.D., STEM Education and Professional Studies

KUNTAL BHATTACHARYYA, Ph.D., School of Supply Chain, Logistics, and Maritime Operations

JAMIE COLWELL, Ph.D., Teaching and Learning

ELIZABETH GROENEVELD, Ph.D., Women's and Gender Studies

ELIZABETH BLACK, Ph.D., World Languages and Cultures