Staff Directory
The School of Professional & Continuing Studies implements its programs through its full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, instructors, staff and leaders. This page is organized by department and includes full-time and part-time staff along with full-time faculty. Adjunct faculty are listed elsewhere, and professional education instructors and Osher course leaders are included in our Think Again and Osher Institute course schedules and catalogs.
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Academic & Student Affairs (Degree Programs)
Name Title Phone Tom Shields Associate Dean 289-8524 Tammy Alexander Academic Advisor 289-1748 Kelli Bradford Admissions Coordinator 287-6572 Beth Ann Howard Program Manager/Interim Academic Advisor 287-1810 Gretchen Flynn Morris Director, Strategic Management 289-1747 Joel Hanel Accreditation & Assessment Specialist 662-3087 Kris Waikart Administrative Coordinator 289-8133 Becca Shelton SPCS Career Advisor (through Career Services) 289-8547 -
Administrative Support
Name Title Phone Kay R. Robertson Assistant to the Dean 287-6364 Theresa Keefe Customer Service Representative 289-8133 -
Administrative, Technical & Financial Services
Name Title Phone Tom Walsh Senior Director 287-1926 Danica J. Rios Manager 662-3104 Suzy Sleman Business Operations Coordinator 287-1208 Anna Kay Travis Operations Coordinator 287-6676 -
Center for Leadership in Education
Name Title Phone Dr. Kate Cassada Director 289-8754 Claudia J. Mills Coordinator 287-1899 Dr. Dana Jackson Coordinator, Next Generation Leadership Academy 289-8133 -
Deans of the School
Name Title Phone Dr. Jamelle Wilson Dean 289-8135 Dr. David E. Kitchen
Associate Dean, Professional Education & Special Programs 289-8382 Dr. Tom Shields Associate Dean, Academic & Student Affairs 289-8524 -
Faculty Appointments
Name Title Phone Dr. Kate Cassada Associate Professor & Assistant Chair, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies; Director, Center for Leadership in Education 289-8754 Dr. Ann Hodges Chair, Paralegal Studies & Professor of Law Emerita 287-6858 Dr. Dana Jackson Assistant Professor & Director of Clinical Practice, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies 289-8404 Dr. Laura Kuti Assistant Professor & Assistant Chair, Teacher Education 287-6621 Dr. Lionel Mew Assistant Professor & Chair, Information Systems 289-8944 Gretchen Flynn Morris HR Management Instructor & Director, Strategic Management for Academic & Student Affairs 289-1747 Dr. Jim Narduzzi University Professor & Dean Emeritus 364-0110 Dr. Tracy Nicholson Assistant Professor & Chair, HR Management Dr. Erik Nielson Professor, Liberal Arts & Assistant Chair, Master of Liberal Arts 287-1245 Dr. Daniel M. Roberts, Jr. Professor & Chair, Liberal Arts 287-6037 Dr. Andrew Schoeneman Assistant Professor & Chair, Nonprofit Studies 289-8681 Dr. Tom Shields Associate Professor & Chair, Graduate Education; Associate Dean, Academic & Student Affairs 289-8524 Dr. Bob Spires Assistant Professor, Education 289-8431 -
Marketing & Engagement
Name Title Phone James D. Campbell Senior Director 287-6633 Erica L. De Pompeo Student Recruitment Coordinator 287-1291 Daniel L. Hocutt Web Manager 287-6658 Vivian Marcoccio Graphics Coordinator 287-6835 Philip J. Melita Communications Coordinator 287-6897 John Zinn Director, Enrollment Management & Strategic Partnerships 287-6378 -
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Name Title Phone Peggy Watson Director 287-6344 Barbara Apostle Program Assistant 289-8582 Amy Edwards Stewardship Assistant 287-1946 Nell Smith Coordinator 287-6608 -
Partners in the Arts
Name Title Phone Rob McAdams Director 955-4012 Stacy Hull Coordinator 955-4016 McKenna Brady Project Coordinator -
Professional Education
Name Title Phone George Chieffo Senior Program Manager, Professional Education 289-8937 Mary Catherine Raymond Senior Program Manager, Professional Education, IOP & Youth 287-6302 Bobby Faithful Program Manager, Brewing Education 289-8133 Amy Kemp Coordinator, Professional Education 287-6331 -
Program Chairs (Degree Programs)
Name Title Phone Dr. Erik Nielson Assistant Chair, Master of Liberal Arts 287-1245 Dr. Ann Hodges Chair, Paralegal Studies 289-8909 Dr. Lionel Mew Chair, Information Systems 289-8944 Dr. Daniel M. Roberts Jr., Chair, Liberal Arts 287-6037 Dr. Tom Shields Chair, Graduate Education 289-8524 Dr. Tracy Nicholson Chair, HR Management 287-1246 -
Program Coordinators & Assistants (Degree Programs)
Name Title Phone Jada Banks Coordinator, Portfolio Preparation 289-8133 Miriam Blackmon Admissions Coordinator, Master of Teaching 289-8427 Julia Burke Manager, Master of Teaching, Curriculum & Instruction and Teacher Professional Development 484-1584 Liza Carpenter Administrative Coordinator, Education 289-8428 Susan “Happy” Herbert Coordinator, Online Writing Lab (OWL) 289-8133 Beth Ann Howard Manager, Credit Programs (HRM, ISYS, Liberal Arts, NPS & Paralegal); Interim Academic Advisor 287-1810 Claudia Mills Coordinator, ELPS & Center for Leadership in Education 287-1899 -
Summer Studies (Degree Programs)
Name Title Phone Summer Degree Programs Cheryl Genovese Manager 289-8134