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Division of Academic Affairs

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Chaudron Gille, Ph.D.

  • Executive Assistant to the SVP - Ramona Robinson
  • Academic Affairs Business Manager - Melissa Walton
  • Professor of Practice – James Jarrard

Vice Provost

Steven Lloyd, Ph.D.

  • Associate VP, International Program/ Executive Director of Global Engagement - Sheila Schulte
  • Associate Dean, Academic Affairs (Oconee) - Chris Barnes, Ph.D.
  • Associate Dean, Academic Affairs – Ann Marie Francis
  • Director of Teaching, Learning and Leadership - Roger Runquist, Ed.D.
  • Executive Director, Distance Education & Technology Integration - Irene Kokkala, Ph.D.

Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Research Administration & Chief Research Officer

Holly Verhasselt, Ph.D.

  • Administrative Assistant to the Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Research Administration & Chief Research Officer  - Sherry Boatfield
  • Accreditation & Assessment Director - Betsy Cantrell
  • Institutional Research Director - Linda Rowland
  • Faculty Records Coordinator – Vicky Anderson
  • Director of Sponsored Programs - Yolanda Carr, Ed.D.
  • Accreditation Analyst – Kaitlyn Boyne

Associate Provost for Undergraduate Programs

Eugene Van Sickle, Ph.D.

  • Executive Director of Student Information Systems & Operations (Registrar) – Brett Merritt
  • Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs – Nathan Price

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of University College

LaJuan Simpson-Wilkey, Ph.D.

  • Assistant to the AVP & Dean - Marie Navarro
  • Executive Director, Academic Advising- Melissa Adams
  • Associate Dean, University College – Heather Scott
  • Director, Learning Support - Courtney Hall
  • Director, Interdisciplinary Studies & Academic Coaching - Missy Hernandez, Ed.D
  • Director, Dual Enrollment – Latrell Carr
  • Director, Pre-College Access Programs – Norma Dunbar

Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of Honors

Anastasia Lin, Ph.D.

  • Program Coordinator - Allison Grundel
  • Program Director – Julianne Reynolds
  • Administrative Assistant III – Amanda Graham
  • Coordinator, Nationally Competitive Scholarship – Brittany Barron

Dean of Graduate Studies 

Troy Terry, Ph.D.

  • Assistant to the Dean – Adrianna Abernathy

Academic Deans

  • College of Arts & Letters - Elisabeth Burgess, Ph.D.
  • College of Education - Sheri Hardee, Ph.D.
  • College of Health & Wellness - Carolynn DeSandre, Ph.D.
  • College of Science & Mathematics - John Leyba, Ph.D.
  • Mike Cottrell College of Business - Rachel Smith, Ph.D.
  • Dean, Institute for Environmental Spatial Analysis - Jeff Turk, Ph.D.
  • Dean, Libraries - Joy Bolt

Executive Director of Evergreen Learning

Renee Hayes
  • Associate Director, Continuing Education – Teresa Moore
  • Director, Testing – Bethany Breunig
  • Administrative Support Manager, Healthy Aging – Candace Lovell

Director of University Press

Bonnie (BJ) Robinson, Ph.D.

  • Managing Editor - Corey Parson

Organizational Updates

Contact the Office of Human Resources to update organizational charts for the academic and administration departments listed.