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

Vice Provost

Steven Lloyd, Ph.D.

• Associate VP for International Program/ Executive Director of Global Engagement- Sheila Schulte
• Assistant VP for Academic Affairs (Blue Ridge) - Mike Rogers, Ph.D.
• Assistant Dean for Academic Administration (Cumming) – Ann Marie Francis, Ph.D.
• Associate Dean Academic Administration (Oconee) - Chris Barnes, Ph.D.
• Director of Teaching, Learning and Leadership - Roger Runquist, Ed.D.
• Executive Director, Distance Education & Technology Integration - Irene Kokkala, Ph.D.
• Director, Institute for Healthy Aging - Pamela Elfenbein, 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 – Caity Walker
• 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

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
• Director, Supplemental Instruction - Sarah Dean
• Director, Learning Support - Courtney Hall
• Director, Interdisciplinary Studies & Academic Coaching - Missy Hernandez, Ed.D
• Interim Director, Academic Student Success - University College - Hannah England
• Director, Tutoring Services - Kristie Kiser, Ed.D.
• Director, College Assistance Migrant Program - Danielle Eafford
• Director, High School Equivalency Program - Nallely Guerrero

Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of Honors

Anastasia Lin, Ph.D.

• Program Coordinator - Allison Grundel
• Program Director – Julianne Reynolds
• Administrative Assistant III – Lilie Holtzclaw
• 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 Science & Professions - Carolynn DeSandre, Ph.D.
• College of Science & Mathematics - John Leyba, Ph.D.
• Mike Cottrell College of Business - Mary Gowan, Ph.D.
• Dean, Institute for Environmental Spatial Analysis - Jeff Turk, Ph.D.
• Dean, Libraries - Joy Bolt

Interim Director of Professional and Continuing Education

• Marketing/Graphic Design Specialist – Derek Powers 
• Program Development Specialist – Shannon Chandler 

Director of University Press

Bonnie (BJ) Robinson, Ph.D.

• Managing Editor - Corey Parson