College Structure

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.

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health

    Dr. Charles J. Hardy, Founding Dean

    Center for Rural Health and Research

    Dr. Stuart Tedders, Director

  7. 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

  8. Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies

    Dr. Timothy P. Mack, Dean