The academic credit programs of the University are administered by eight colleges. They are the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, the College of Business Administration, the College of Education, the College of Health and Human Sciences, the College of Information Technology, the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, the Allen E. Paulson College of Science and Technology, and the Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies. Except for the College of Graduate Studies and the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, each of these is subdivided into schools or departments. A dean directs each college, a director or chair each school, and a chair each department. The following organizational structure provides for the degrees, fields of study, and courses set out in this catalog.
- College of Business Administration
Dr. Ronald E. Shiffler, Dean
School of Accountancy
Dr. Charles Harter, Director
Department of Finance and Quantitative Analysis
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Department of Management, Marketing, and Logistics
Dr. Glen Riecken, Chair
School of Economic Development
Dr. William Amponsah, Director
- College of Education
Dr. Cindi Chance, Dean
Department of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading
Dr. Cordelia Zinskie, Chair
Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development
Dr. Randal Carlson, Chair
Department of Teaching and Learning
Dr. Ronnie Sheppard, Chair
- College of Health and Human Sciences
Dr. Frederick Whitt, Dean
Department of Hospitality, Tourism, and Family and Consumer Sciences
Dr. Henry Eisenhart, Chair
Department of Health and Kinesiology
Dr. A. Barry Joyner, Chair
School of Nursing
Dr. Jean E. Bartels, Chair
- College of Information Technology
Dr. James Bradford, Founding Dean
Department of Computer Sciences
Dr. James Harris, Chair
Department of Information Systems
Dr. Susan Rebstock Williams, Chair
Department of Information Technology
Dr. J. Arthur Gowan, Chair
- College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Jane Rhoades Hudak, Dean
Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art
Ms. Patricia Carter, Chair
Department of Communication Arts
Dr. Pamela Bourland-Davis, Chair
Department of Foreign Languages
Dr. Donnie Richards, Chair
Department of History
Dr. Sandra Peacock, Chair
Department of Literature and Philosophy
Dr. David Dudley, Chair
Department of Music
Dr. Curtis E. Ricker, Acting Chair
Department of Political Science
Dr. Richard L. Pacelle, Jr., Chair
Department of Psychology
Dr. John Murray, Chair
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Dr. Sue Moore, Chair
Department of Writing and Linguistics
Dr. Martha Pennington, Chair
- Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Dr. Charles J. Hardy, Founding Dean
Center for Rural Health and Research
Dr. Stuart Tedders, Director
- Allen E. Paulson College of Science and Technology
Dr. Bret Danilowicz, Dean
Department of Biology
Dr. Stephen Vives, Chair
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Mary Kathleen Boyd, Chair
Department of Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology
Dr. Brian C. Moore, Chair
Department of Geology and Geography
Dr. Dallas Rhodes, Chair
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Martha Abell, Chair
Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology
Dr. Mohammad Davoud, Chair
Department of Military Science
Col. James E. Handley, Chair
Department of Physics
Dr. Mark Edwards, Chair
Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology
Dr. James Oliver, Director
- Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies
Dr. Timothy P. Mack, Dean