Academic Affairs Organization

Senior Vice President & Vice President for Academic Affairs: Bryon Lee Grigsby, Ph.D.

Deans and Directors:

• College of Arts and Sciences/School of Education and Human Development: Calvin H. Allen, Jr., Ph.D., Dean
• Harry F. Byrd Jr. School of Business: Miles Davis, Ph.D., Dean
• Shenandoah Conservatory: Michael Stepniak, EdD., Dean
• Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing: Kathryn Ganske, Ph.D., Dean
  • Division of Respiratory Care: Bev Watson, M.S., Director
• Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy:  Alan B. McKay, Ph.D., Dean
• School of Health Professions
  • Divisions of Athletic Training:  Rose A. Schmieg, D.H.Sc., Director
  • Division of Occupational Therapy: Leslie Davidson, Ph.D., Interim Director
  • Division of Physical Therapy: Karen Abraham, Ph.D., Director
  • Division of Physician Assistant Studies: Rachel A. Carlson, EdD, MSBS, PA-C, Associate Professor & Director

2012-13 Division & Department Chairs:

Arts and Sciences

• Biology – Laura Haubrick
• Chemistry – Diep Ca
• Communications/Writing – Gina Daddario
• English and Foreign Languages – Bryan Pearce-Gonzalez
• Environmental Sciences/Public Health/Outdoor Programs – Josh Kincaid
• History/Religion/Art – Barry Penn-Hollar
• Kinesiology – Brian Wigley
• Mathematics/Physics – Darren Bly
• Political Science/Criminal Justice/Sociology – Eric Leonard
• Psychology – Rodney Bragdon

Conservatory

• Dance – Erica Helm
• Instrumental – Bob Larson
• Keyboard – Elizabeth Caluda
• Musical Academics – David Zerull
• Theatre – Will Ingham
• Vocal/Choral – Karen Keating (Fall 2012)/Michael Forest (Spring 2013)

Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business

• Information and Analysis – Lili Zhu
• Management Sciences – Giles Jackson

Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy

• Pharmacy Practice – Dawn Havrda, Chair
• Biopharmaceutical Sciences – Robbie Kidd
• Pharmacogenomics – James Green

 

2012-13 Endowed Chairs:

College of Arts and Sciences

• Stewart Bell Chair in History—Warren Hofstra, Ph.D.
• Hugh & Virginia McCormick Chair in Civil War History—pending
• Lin Rong San Chair in Communications—Gina Daddario, Ph.D.
• Henkel Family Endowed Chair in International Affairs – Eric Leonard, Ph.D.

Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business

• Yount, Hyde & Barbour Endowed Chair in Accounting—L. Mark Tyree, Ed.D.
• Eldon R. Lindsay Professor of Economics and Finance—Clifford F. Thies, Ph.D.
• Byrd Chair in Information Systems and Computer Technology—Robert Bonometti, Ph.D.
• Lillian Cook Braun Chair in Accounting—Charles J. Pineno, Ph.D.
• George Edward Durell Chair of Management—Miles K. Davis, Ph.D.
  

Shenandoah Conservatory

• Charles Levitan Chair in Music Theatre— Thomas Albert, D.M.A.
• Christina Halpin Endowed Chair in Dance—Gerald Alan Arnett, M.F.A.
• Harold Herman Endowed Chair in Musical Theatre—William McConnell Bozman, M.F.A.
• Harrison Endowed Chair in Piano—Robert Larson, D.M.A
• Charlotte A. & Verne E. Collins Endowed Professorship—Jeffrey Marlatt, Ph.D.
• Victor Brown Endowed Chair in Violin—Akemi Takayama
• Anna Lee Van Buren Endowed Chair in Clarinet—Garrick Zoeter, D.M.A.

Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing

• Helen Zebarth Chair in Nursing—Patricia Krauskopf, Ph.D., R.N., C.F.N.P.

Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy

• Henry Lawrence DeZeng, Jr. Chair in Pharmacy Informatics—James Green

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