Officers and Committees
Dean’s Cabinet
Angela Brenton, Dean
Jamie Byrne, Associate Dean
Thomas Guyette, Chair, Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology
Jeff Walker, Chair, Department of Criminal Justice
Hunter Bacot, Director, Institute of Government
Linda Pledger, Interim Director, School of Mass Communication
Benjamin Fry, General Manager, KLRE/KUAR
Howard Turney, Director, School of Social Work
Robert Ulmer, Chair, Department of Speech Communication
College Council
Timothy Edwards, Mass Communication–Chair
Nanette Nicholson, Audiology and Speech Pathology
Kilby Raptopoulos, Criminal Justice
David Sink, Institute of Government
Kristin McIntyre, Speech Communication
LaVerne Bell-Tolliver, Social Work
Malcolm Glover, KLRE/KUAR
Curriculum Committee
Avinash Thombre, Speech Communication–Chair
Stacey Mahurin, Audiology and Speech Pathology
Jim Golden, Criminal Justice
Roby Robertson, Institute of Government Dale Zacher, Mass Communication
Lillie Wichinsky, Social Work
Technology Committee
–Chair
Tab Reinhold, Criminal Justice CPS IT Sam Atcherson, Audiology and Speech Pathology
Jim Golden, Criminal Justice Meagan Jordan, Institute of Government Ben Fry, KLRE/KUAR
Mark Giese, Mass Communication
David Weekley, Mass Communication
Brett Besag, MidSouth Catherine Crisp, Social Work
Cheryl Johnston, Speech Communication
Recruitment and Retention Committee
Greg Robinson, Audiology and Speech Pathology –Chair
Karen Wisdom, Criminal Justice
Dianne Wigand, Institute of Government
Amy Barnes, Mass Communication
Mark Giese, Mass Communication (Alternate) Greg Smith, Social Work
Melissa Johnston, Speech Communication
Natalie Holley, Speech Communication (Alternate)
Student Assessment Committee
Betholyn Gentry, Audiology and Speech Pathology
, Criminal Justice
Dianne Wigand, Institute of Government
Kwasi Boateng, Mass Communication
Kim Jones, Social Work
Avinash Thombre, Speech Communication
Faculty Senators Laura Smith-Olinde, Audiology and Speech Pathology Jim Golden, Criminal Justice
Roby Robertson, Institute of Government Amy Barnes, Mass Communication Sonny Rhodes, Mass Communication Shannon Collier-Tenison, Social Work
Lillie Wichinsky, Social Work (Alternate) Avinash Thombre, Speech Communication
Undergraduate Council Johanna Thomas, Social Work Jay Williams, Social Work
Graduate Council
Stacy Moak, Criminal Justice Lillie Wichinsky, Social Work John Miller, Social Work (Alternate) Kristen McIntyre, Speech Communication
Appeals Council
Carolyn Turturro, Social Work & Gerontology
Tenure Committee *Richard Zraick, Audiology & Speech Pathology *Donna Kelly, Audiology & Speech Pathology *Also serves on the Appeals Council
Committee on Committees
Rosalie Otters, Social Work
Greg Smith, Social Work (Alternate)
Library Committee Bruce Plopper, Mass Communication Chris Lloyd, Social Work