Academic Affairs Organizational Chart
Academic Cabinet
Chair
- Provost – Karen Abraham, Ph.D.
School Leadership
- College of Arts & Sciences – Jeff Coker
- Shenandoah Conservatory – Jeffery Marlatt, interim
- School of Business – Astrid Sheil
- School of Health Professions – Rose Schmieg, interim
- School of Nursing – Lisa Levinson
- School of Pharmacy – Robbie Kidd
Associate/Assistant Provosts
- Associate Provost – Amy Sarch
- Assistant Provost for Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity – Iain Pritchard, interim (23/24 academic year)
- Assistant Provost for Academic Innovation – Jessica Peacock
Directors and Other Voting Members
- International Programs – Bethany Galipeau-Konate
- Transformative Teaching & Learning (TTL) – Jess Clawson
- University Advising – Lydia Maynard, interim
- University Libraries – Andy Kulp
- Registrar – Emily Hollins
- Faculty Senate – Chase Mathison, vice president
- Executive Dean for Creativity & the Arts – Michael Stepniak
Non-Voting Members
- Director of Marketing Operations – Amanda Tintaya
- Director of Institutional Research & Assessment – Howard Ballentine
- Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer – Devon Taylor
- Assistant Vice President of Recruitment & Admissions – Andy Woodall
- Director of Grants & Research – Marguerite Landenburger
- Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students – Sue O’Driscoll
- Executive Director of Industry and Economic Engagement – Patricia Young
Recorder of Minutes
- Executive Assistant to the Provost – Emily Frost
Academic Department and Division Chairs
2023-24
College of Arts and Sciences Departments
- Biology – Elizabeth Cantwell
- Chemistry – Brett Kite
- English—Sarah Canfield
- Human and Environmental Health and Policy– Audra Gollenberg
- Exercise Science (Kinesiology) – Barry Parker
- Languages & Cultural Studies – Bryan Pearce-Gonzales
- Media & Communications – Matt Corr
- Division of Applied Technology – Ralph Wojtowicz
- Division of Applied Technology: Mathematics – Kevin Sinclair
- Social, Political, and Historical Studies – Eric Leonard (fall 2023), Michael Romano (spring 2024)
- Psychology – Laura (Krista) Zimmerman
- Division of Education & Leadership: Education Studies – Stephanie Malone
- Division of Education & Leadership: Leadership Studies – Sarah Daniel (fall 2023), Catherine Dunn Shiffman (spring 2024)
School of Business Divisions
- Information Systems & Analytics – Wenbin Tang
Conservatory Divisions:
- Conservatory Academics – Christopher Ruth
- Dance – Maurice Fraga
- Instrumental – Timothy Roberts
- Keyboard – John O’Conor
- Vocal/Choral – Kathryn Green
- Theatre – Scott Hudson, Kevin Covert, Cheryl Yancey (co-chairs)
School of Health Professions Division Directors:
- Athletic Training – Michele Pye, interim
- Occupational Therapy – Cathy Shanholtz
- Physical Therapy – Sheri Hale
- Physician Assistant Studies – Anne Schempp
- Public Health – Michelle Gamber
- Communication Sciences & Disorders – Katrina Miller
- Nutrition & Dietetics – Tammy Wagner
- Counselor Education – Brittany Sager-Heinrichs
Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing Departments:
- Undergraduate – Lisa Levinson
- Graduate – Roberta McCauley
Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy Departments:
- Biopharmaceutical Sciences – Art Harralson
- Pharmacy Practice – Jeremy Fox
- Pharmacogenomics – Art Harralson
Endowed Chairs
College of Arts and Sciences
- Henkel Family Endowed Chair in International Affairs – Eric Leonard, Ph.D.
- Hugh & Virginia McCormick Chair in Civil War History—Jonathan Noyalas, M.A.
- Lin Rong-San Chair in Communications—Gina Daddario, Ph.D.
- Stewart Bell Endowed Chair in History—Warren Hofstra, Ph.D.
School of Business
- Eldon R. Lindsay Professor of Economics & Finance—Clifford F. Thies, Ph.D.
Conservatory
- Anna Lee Van Buren Endowed Chair in Music—Garrick Zoeter, M.M.
- Charles B. Levitin Chair in Music Theater— Kevin Covert, B.F.A.
- Charlotte A. & Verne E. Collins Endowed Professorship – Jeffrey Marlatt, Ph.D.
- Christina Halpin Endowed Chair in Dance— Maurice Fraga, M.F.A.
- Harold Herman Endowed Chair in Piano—Patrick S. Brady
- Victor Brown Endowed Chair in Violin—Akemi Takayama, D.M.A.
School of Nursing
- Helen Zebarth Endowed Chair – Kathleen Eid-Heberle, Ph.D., RN, CNE