Academic Affairs Organizational Structure

Academic Affairs Organizational Chart

Academic Affairs Organizational Chart

Academic Affairs Colleges & Schools

Academic Cabinet

Chair 

• Provost – Karen Abraham

School Leadership

• College of Arts & Sciences – Jeff Coker; Andrea Smith, acting
• Conservatory & Arts Academy – Jennifer Steele
• School of Business – Jeff Coker, interim
• School of Health Professions – Sheri Hale, interim
• School of Nursing – Lisa Levinson
• School of Pharmacy – Robbie Kidd 

Associate/Assistant Provosts

• Associate Provost – Amy Sarch
• Assistant Provost for Inclusion & Belonging – Akemi Takayama (through August 2028)
• Assistant  Provost for Academic Innovation – Jessica Peacock (through August 2026)

Directors and Other Voting Members

• Faculty Senate, Vice President – Jennifer Flitton Adams
• Institution Research & Assessment – Howard Ballentine
• International Programs – Bethany Galipeau-Konate
• Registrar – Emily Hollins
• Transformative Teaching & Learning (TTL) – Jess Clawson
• University Advising – Lydia Maynard
• University Libraries – Andy Kulp

Non-Voting Members

• Director of Marketing Operations – Amanda Tintaya
• Assoc. Vice President and Chief Information Officer – Devon Taylor
• Assoc. Vice President for Recruitment & Admissions – Katie Olivo
• Assoc. Dean of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management – Amy Sine
• Director of Grants & Research – Kelly Nemzek
• Executive Director of Industry and Economic Engagement – Patricia Young

Recorder of Minutes

• Executive Assistant to the Provost – Emily Frost

Academic Department and Division Chairs

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College of Arts and Sciences Departments

• Biology – Beth Jones
• Chemistry – Brett Kite
• English – Christin Taylor
• Human and Environmental Health and Policy – Audra Gollenberg
• Exercise Science – Barry Parker
• Language & Cultural Studies – Adela Borrallo-Solis   
• Media & Communications – Gina Daddario
• Division of Advanced Technology – Ralph Wojtowicz
• Division of Advanced Technology: Mathematical Sciences – Kevin Sinclair
• Division of Advanced Technology: Engineering – Darren Bly
• Social, Political and Historical Studies – Michael Romano
• Psychology – Rodney Bragdon
• Social & Criminal Justice – Jon Gettman
• Division of Education & Leadership: Education Studies – Stephanie Malone
• Division of Education & Leadership: Leadership Studies – Sarah Daniel
• Pre-Health – Jacob Manley

School of Business Divisions

• Information Systems & Analytics – Wenbin Tang
• Management Studies & Marketing – Montressa Washington
• Sport Management & Esports – Brian Wigley

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 (co-chairs)

School of Health Professions Division Directors:

• Athletic Training – Michele Pye
• Occupational Therapy
  • MSOT Loudoun – Callie Victor
  • MSOT Weekend – Lindsay Leigh
  • OTD – Michael Bermudez
• Physical Therapy – Aaron Hartstein, interim
• Physician Assistant Studies – Erika Francis
• 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 – Yvonne Braithwaite and Lesley McCorry, co-chairs
• Graduate – Roberta McCauley

Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy Departments:

• Biopharmaceutical Sciences – Art Harralson
• Pharmacy Practice – Amber Wesner
• 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.
• Mirza Family Endowed Chair of Global Studies – Michelle Gamber, DrPH, M.A.
• Stewart Bell Endowed Chair in History – Warren Hofstra, Ph.D.

School of Business

• Baxa Family Chair for Stakeholder Capitalism – Giles Jackson, Ph.D.
• Eldon R. Lindsay Professor of Economics & Finance – Clifford F. Thies, Ph.D.
• Byrd Endowed Chair in Business Communication & Technology – Michael Magro, Ph.D.
• Lilian Cook Braun Endowed Chair in Accounting – Yunita Anwar, Ph.D.
• Yount, Hyde, & Barbour, P.C. Endowed Chair in Accounting – Martin Mulyad, Ph.D.

Conservatory

• Anna Lee Van Buren Endowed Chair in Music – Garrick Zoeter, M.M.
• Charles B. Levitin Chair in Musical Theatre – 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.
• Doris Ann Powell Harrison Chair in Piano – John O’Conor, D.M.A.
• Harold Herman Chair in Musical Theatre – 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