Academic Administrators, Deans, Chairs, Committee Chairs, Directors, and Fellows 2021-2022
Office of the President
President Connie Ledoux Book
Vice President for Access and Success Jean Rattigan-Rohr Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Jeff Stein
Vice President and Associate Provost for Inclusive Excellence Randy Williams Vice President for Finance and Administration Janet Williams Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Board of Trustees Patrick Noltemeyer Office of the Provost
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Aswani Volety Senior Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs Tim Peeples Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Jennifer Platania Associate Provost for Academic Excellence and Operations Paul Miller Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning and
Executive Director of the Center for Engaged Learning Peter Felten Assistant Provost and Director of the Center for the
Advancement of Teaching and Learning Deandra Little
Academic Deans
Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences
Dean Gabie Smith
Associate Dean Nancy Harris
Associate Dean Angela Lewellyn
Associate Dean Kirby Wahl
Assistant Dean Amy Overman
School of Communications
Dean Rochelle Ford
Associate Dean Tony Weaver
Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education
Dean Ann Bullock
Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
Dean Raghu Tadepalli
Associate Dean Haya Ajjan
School of Health Sciences
Dean Becky Neiduski
Elon University School of Law
Dean Luke Bierman
Senior Associate Dean Alan Woodlief
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Sue Liemer
Associate Dean for Academic Success Wendy Scott
Associate Dean for Library and Information Services Kate McLeod Academic Affairs
Accreditation and Assessment Maurice Levesque, Director
Isabella Cannon Global Education Center Nick Gozik, Dean
Matt Buckmaster, Assistant Dean
Rhonda Waller, Executive Director of Global Engagement
Koenigsberger Learning Center Anne Bryan, Executive Director and Director of Academic Advising
Susan Wise, Director of Disabilities Resources James Holsinger, Director of Learning Assistance
Brandy Propst, Director of Elon 101
Library Joan Ruelle, Dean of the Carol
Grotnes Belk Library
Registrar Rod Parks, University Registrar
and Assistant Vice President Department Chairs
Accounting Danny Lanier
Art Michael Fels
Biology Linda Niedziela, Chair
Yuko Miyamoto, Associate Chair
Chemistry Kathy Matera
Cinema and Television Arts Naaemah Clark
Communication Design Ben Hannam
Computer Science Duke Hutchings
Economics Steve DeLoach
Education and Wellness Marna Winter
Carol Smith, spring 2022 (interim)
English Kevin Bourque, Chair
Kim Pyne, Associate Chair
Environmental Studies Robert Charest
Exercise Science Caroline Ketcham
Finance Chris Harris
History and Geography Rod Clare
Human Service Studies Bud Warner
Journalism Anthony Hatcher
Richard Landesberg, fall 2021 (interim)
Management and Entrepreneurship Rob Moorman, Chair
Brittany Mercado, Associate Chair
Marketing and International Business Coleman Rich
Mathematics and Statistics Crista Arangala
Music Hallie Hogan
Nursing Tiffany Morris
Performing Arts Lauren Kearns, Chair
Natalie Hart, spring 2022 (interim)
Natalie Hart, Associate Chair
Philosophy Stephen Bloch-Schulman
Physical Therapy Education Stephen Folger
Physician Assistant Studies Kim Stokes
Physics and Engineering Martin Kamela
Political Science and Policy Studies Sean Giovanello
Psychology David Buck
Public Health Studies Cindy Fair
Religious Studies Geoffrey Claussen
Sociology and Anthropology Alexis Franzese
Sport Management Cara Lucia
Strategic Communications Vanessa Bravo
World Languages and Cultures Sophie Adamson, Chair
Brandon Essary, Associate Chair Graduate Program Directors
DPT Program Stephen Folger
LSB Graduate Programs Kristy Ruiz
MBA Program Brian Lyons, Faculty
Coordinator
MS in Business Analytics Brian Lyons, Faculty
Coordinator
MS in Accounting Ifeoma Udeh, Faculty
Coordinator
M.Ed. Program Mary Knight-McKenna
Master in Higher Education Rozana Carducci
MA in Interactive Media Derek Lackaff
MS in Physician Assistant Studies Kim Stokes
Interdisciplinary Program Directors and Coordinators
African/African American Studies (Minor) Buffie Longmire-Avital
American Studies (Minor) Samuele Pardini
Arts Administration (Major) David McGraw
Asian Studies (Minor) Jooyun Hwang
Biochemistry (Major) Karl Sienerth
Classical Studies (Minor) Kristina Meinking
Communications Core Vic Costello
Criminal Justice Studies (Minor) Duane McClearn
Engineering Sirena Hargrove-Leak, Four-
Year Program
Scott Wolter, Dual-Degree Program
Geographic Information Systems (Minor) Ryan Kirk
German Studies (Minor) Scott Windham and Kristin
Lange
Independent Major Scott Windham
International and Global Studies (Major) Safia Swimelar, Coordinator Baris Kesgin, Associate Coordinator
Italian Studies (Minor) Brandon Essary
Jazz Studies (Minor) Hallie Hogan
Jewish Studies (Minor) Andrea Sinn
Latin American Studies (Minor) Pablo Celis-Castillo
Leadership Studies (Minor) Chris Leupold
LSB Dual Degree Programs Mark Kurt
Media Analytics (Major) Brian Walsh
Middle East Studies (Minor) Shereen Elgamal
Multimedia Authoring (Minor) Michele Kleckner
Neuroscience (Minor) Eric Bauer
Peace and Conflict Studies (Minor) Federico Pous
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (Minor) Joel Shelton Poverty and Social Justice Studies (Minor) Toddie Peters
Professional Writing Studies (Minor) Li Li
Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Studies (Minor) Shayna Mehas Academic Council
Staff with Faculty Rank Representative 2021-2022
Allison Bryan Part-time Faculty Representative 2021-2023
James Roberts Divisional Representatives 2021-2024
Rissa Trachman Polly Cornelius Kristen Doehler Chair-elect and Committee on Committees Chair Danny Lanier
Nicole Triche Patricia Perkins Cindy Bennett Heidi Hollingsworth David Levine Divisional Representatives 2019-2022
University-wide Chrystal Carpenter (at large)
CAS Megan Squire (at large)
CAS 2021-2022 Cora Palfy (at large)
Divisional Representatives 2020-2023
Chair Jason Husser
Kevin Otos
Handbook Subcommittee Chair Karl Sienerth
Julie Lellis Melissa Murfin
Lynda Butler-Storsved Administration/Ex-officio (non-voting)
President Connie Ledoux Book
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Aswani Volety
Curriculum Committee Chair Jason Kirk
Program Assistant Melissa McBane
Standing Committee Chairs
Academic Standing Committee Ryne Vankrevelen
Academic Technology Committee Christopher Waters, interim
Admissions Committee Jesse Akman
Athletics Committee Andrew Monteith
Elon Core Curriculum Council Jessica Gisclair
Faculty Research and Development Committee Vacant
Global Education Curriculum Committee Jeff Carpenter
Graduate Council Vickie Moore
Library Committee David Jiang
Post-Probationary Faculty Development Review Committee Michael Kingston
Promotions and Tenure Committee Lynn Huber
Religious and Spiritual Life Committee Vitaliy Strohush
Student Life Committee Elizabeth Bailey
Curriculum Committee (University) Jason Kirk
*Curriculum Committee (University)
Chair (Elon College) Jason Kirk
School of Education Carol Smith
School of Business Timothy Norvell
School of Communications Dan Haygood
Arts and Sciences - Social Sciences Hi-hua Chang
Arts and Sciences - Fine Arts and Humanities Natalie Hart
Arts and Sciences - Computing and Natural Sciences Svetlana Nepocatych
School of Health Sciences Antoinette Polito
Mathematics, Computing & Natural Sciences Svetlana Nepocatych
At-Large Patti Burns
At-Large Mina Garcia-Soormally
At-Large Vickie Moore
Provost Designee Jennifer Platania
Elon Core Curriculum Director Jennifer Platania (interim)
Dean of the Carol Grotnes Belk Library Joan Ruelle (without vote) University Registrar and Assistant Vice President Rodney Parks (without vote)
Associate Registrar Robin Straka (without vote)
Staff Advisory Council
Chair Doug Purnell
Administrative Staff Kristen Aquilino
Administrative Staff TJ Bowie - past chair
Administrative Staff Brian Dudiak
Administrative Staff Drew Hambright
Administrative Staff Adrian Carpenter
Administrative Staff Katie Wicke LaPlante
Office and Support Staff Mel Brown
Office and Support Staff Belinda Day
Office and Support Staff Jamie Canada
Office and Support Staff Joan Dawson
Office and Support Staff Monica Glover
Office and Support Staff - Vice Chair Joel Thomas
Physical Plant Staff Paul Adams
Physical Plant Staff Brandon Moore
Physical Plant Staff Ray Pruitt
Physical Plant Staff Susan Tripp
Senior Staff Jeff Stein
Senior Staff Kelli Shuman
Campus Directors
Academic-Residential Partnerships Shannon Lundeen
Center for Access and Success Jean Rattigan-Rohr
Elon Academy Terry Tomasek
Odyssey Scholars Program Marcus Elliott
Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning Deandra Little, Director Mary Jo Festle, Associate Director
Kelsey Bitting, Associate Director
Olivia Choplin, Associate Director
Center for Engaged Learning Peter Felten, Executive Director Jessie Moore, Director
Center for Environmental Studies Michael Strickland
Center for Leadership Melanie Bullock
Center for Organizational Analytics Manoj Chari
Center for Race, Ethnicity & Diversity Education (CREDE) Sylvia Muñoz, Director Center for Research on Global Education Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society (CSRCS) Brian Pennington
Center for Writing Excellence Paula Rosinski, Writing Across the University
Julia Bleakney, The Writing Center
Chandler Family Professional Sales Center Raghu Tadepalli (Interim)
Civic Engagement Scholars Program Jen Uno
Cultural and Special Programs Jeff Clark, Executive Director
Design Thinking Danielle Lake
Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Alyssa Martina
El Centro, the Spanish Center Sylvia Muñoz
Elon Core Curriculum Jen Platania, interim Executive
Director
COR 1100 Paula Patch
ENG 1100 Heather Lindenman
STS 1100 Ryne Vankrevelen
COR Capstones Scott Windham
Assistant Director of Assessment Kristina Meinking
Elon University Poll Jason Husser
Executive Education
Love School of Business Vacant
Fellows Programs
Honors Program Lynn Huber, Director
Barbara Gaither, Associate Director
Elon College Fellows Kim Epting
Business Fellows Tina Das
Teaching Fellows Jeffrey Carpenter
Communications Fellows Dave Bockino
Leadership Fellows Chris Leupold
Gender and LGBTQIA Center Luis Garay
Health Professions Yuko Miyamoto
Information Technology Pat Donohue, Assistant CIO and
Director of Campus Technology Support
Kelly Reimer, Senior Director of Teaching and Learning
Technologies
Gary Sheehan, Information Security Director
Imagining the Internet Center Janna Anderson, Executive
Director
Kernodle Center for Civic Life Bob Frigo
Liberal Arts Forum Samuele Pardini
Lumen Prize Ben Evans
Multifaith Scholars Amy Allocco
National & International Fellowships Ann Cahill
Nonprofit Management Erika Lopina
Office of Inclusive Excellence Education and Development Carla Fullwood
Peace Corps Prep Program Jennifer Eidum
Program for Ethnographic Research & Community Studies
(PERCS) Robert Perdue
Pre-Law Elisha Savchak-Trogdon
Project Pericles Mat Gendle, Director
April Post, Associate Director
Sponsored Programs Bonnie Bruno, Director
Jenny Chapman, Grants Coordinator
Student Professional Development Center Tom Brinkley, Executive Director
Sunshine Center for Open Government Brooks Fuller
Sustainability Elaine Durr
Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life Joel Harter
Undergraduate Research Meredith Allison, Director
Jen Hamel, interim Associate Director
Qian Xu, Associate Director
William Garrard Reed Finance Center Kate Upton
Faculty Fellows
Faculty Administrative Fellow Vacant
Faculty Fellow for the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education (CREDE)
Damion Blake
Faculty Fellow for Civic Engagement Carrie Eaves
Faculty Fellow for Leadership Raj Ghoshal
Faculty Development Fellow for Service Learning Phillip Motley
Faculty Fellow for Sustainability Samantha DiRosa
Faculty Fellow for Technology Kyle Altmann
Elon College Faculty Fellow for Internships CJ Fleming Updated 8.3.21
