Board of Trustees

Chair

Mr. Gregory B. Morrison (2004)

Vice-Chair

Mr. Leonard Walker (2005)

Secretary

Mrs. Stephanie Russell (MBA '93) (2013)

Trustees

Mr. John Hope Bryant (2020)     
Mr. James H. Colon (2013)                 
Mr. Salvador Diaz-Verson, Jr. (1995)                 
Mr. Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. (AU ’86) (2010)   
Mr. Ernest G. Green (1999)     
Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson  (2016)   
Mr. Tharon Johnson (CAU ‘01) (2013)     
Ms. Ingrid Saunders Jones (2003)     
Ms. Wendy Lewis (2012)                                                                                                                                                                    Ms. Valerie R. Love (2020)     
Mr. Michael E. Melton (2007)
Dr. William F. Pickard (2022)
Mr. Al B. Reid (CC ‘83) (2019)
Ms. Bobbie K. Sandford (CC ‘63) (2012)
Mr. Isaac J. Snype, Jr.  (CC ‘76) (2004)
Mr. Errol B. Taylor (2016)
Dr. Alvin T. Trotter (CC ‘63) (2004)
Mrs. Charmaine Ward-Millner (2020)
Mr. Derrick M. Williams (CC ‘81) (2004)
Ms. Carolyn M. Young (CC ‘66) (2004)

Trustees Emeritus

Dr. Delores P. Aldridge (CC ’63, AU ’66)                                                                                                                                            Mrs. Juanita Powell Baranco                                                                                                                                                          Dr. Harold E. Doley, Jr.                                                                                                                                                                        Dr. Eldridge W. McMillian (CC ’54)

Faculty Delegates to the Board of Trustees

Dr. William Boone
Dr. Kurt Young

Student Delegates to the Board of Trustees

Mr. Ki' Adre Thomas
Ms. Destinee Wells

Ex-Officio

George T. French, Jr., Ph.D.
President

Administrative Officers

Executive Cabinet

George T. French, Jr., Ph.D.
President

Silvanus J. Udoka, Ph.D., P.E., Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs (Interim)
Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Eli H. Phillips, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

LaTanya Merritt
Associate Vice President/CFO and Chief Strategy Officer (Interim)

Debra Hoyt
Sr. Vice President, Organization Development and Chief People Officer

Richard L. Lucas, Jr.                                                                                                                                                                    Vice President of Institutional Advancement

Sam D. Burston                                                                                                                                                                           Vice President, University Relations and External Affairs                     

Bonita Dukes
Vice President of Facilities Management

Jennifer L. Ervin, Esq.                                                                                                                                                               General Counsel

Lauren V. Lopez, Ph.D.                                                                                                                                                                  Vice President for Planning, Assessment and Institutional Research/SACSCOC Institutional Accreditation Liaison 

Jerald J. Woolfolk, Ed.D.                                                                                                                                                                Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs (Interim)

Jamie T. Pleasant, Ph.D.                                                                                                                                                                   Dean of Graduate Education 

Lorri L. Saddler, Ed.D.                                                                                                                                                                    Vice President for Alumni Relations and Engagement 

Cherise Y. Peters                                                                                                                                                                            Vice President for Enrollment Management and Retention     

Debra A. Williams                                                                                                                                                                           Associate Vice President and Chief of Police       

Warren Christopher                                                                                                                                                                       Executive Director, Administrative Services and Logistics   

Charles F. Cooper                                                                                                                                                                          Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology and Communications                                                                   

Deans

Jenny Jones, Ph.D.
Whitney M. Young, Jr. School of Social Work

Jaideep Chaudhary, Ph.D.
School of Arts and Sciences

J. Fidel Turner, Jr., Ph.D.
School of Education

Mesfin Bezuneh, Ph.D.
 School of Business Administration (Interim)

Administrative Leadership Team

Calvin Brown, Ed.D.
Associate Provost

Perry Herrington                                                                                                                                                                               Executive Director, Title III Program

Mary Hooper, Ph.D.
Associate Provost, Online Learning and Continuing

Faculty Roster

2020-2022

Fisseha Abebe
Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Toronto

J. Robert Adams
Interim Chair/Associate Professor, Music
School of Arts and Sciences
D.M.A., University of Illinois

Chike Akua
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
School of Education
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Mustapha Alhassan
Associate Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia

Kasim Alli
Professor & Robert W. Woodruff Chair,
Finance
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Godwin Ananaba
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Atlanta University

Tom Apaiwongse
Professor, Marketing
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

Billi Arnett
Assistant Professor, Art
School of Arts and Sciences
M.B.A., Kaplan University

Rosalind Arthur-Andoh
Assistant Professor, English and Modern
Languages
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Mary Ashong
Assistant Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr. School of Social Work
M.S.W., New York University

Timothy Askew
Professor, English and Modern Languages
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Emory University

Christopher Bass
Associate Professor, Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Kanika Bell
Associate Professor, Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Auburn University

Georgene Bess-Montgomery
Interim Chair/Associate Professor, English
and Modern Languages
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park

Mesfin Bezuneh
Professor & Carnegie Chair in Business and
Economics, Department of Economics
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Daniel Black
Professor, African American, Africana
Women’s Studies, and History
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Temple University

William Boone
Associate Professor, Political Science
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Atlanta University

Mark Boozer
Associate Professor, Music
School of Arts and Sciences
M.M., Northwestern University

Nathan Bowen
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Raphael Boyd
Professor, Management
School of Business Administration
J.D., North Carolina Central University

Lori Boyer
Associate Professor, Management
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of Florida

Paul D. Brown
Chair/Associate Professor
Supply Chain Management
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Paul M. Brown
Associate Professor, English and Modern Languages
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Emory University

Xiu Bu
Professor, Chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Nanjing University

Charlie Carter
Associate Professor, Economics
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of Illinois

Rico Chapman
Director of Humanities/Assistant
Dean/Associate Professor, African American, Africana Women’s Studies, and History
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Howard University

Jaideep Chaudhary
Associate Dean /Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Agra University

Hsin-Chu Chen
Associate Professor, Cyber Physical Systems
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Illinois

Gary Chung
Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Purdue University

Bekir Cinar
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Virginia

Obie Clayton
Edmund Asa M. Ware Distinguished
Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Emory University

Joseph Coble
Professor, Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Florida State University

Barbara Harris Combs
Interim Chair/Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Margaret Counts-Spriggs
Associate Dean, and Associate Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Atlanta University

Rebecca Dashiell-Mitchell
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
School of Education
Ed.D., Clark Atlanta University

Edward Davis
Professor & Christine McEachern Smith Chair, Supply Chain Management
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Jimmy Davis
Assistant Professor, Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Shadonna Davis
Assistant Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Kelly B. DeLong
Associate Professor, English and Modern Languages
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Eric Duke
Chair/Associate Professor, African American, Africana Women’s Studies, and History
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D. Michigan State University

Philip Dunston
Chair/Associate Professor, Religion and Philosophy
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Herbert Eichelberger
Associate Professor, Mass Media Arts
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Emory University

Ndirika Ekuma-Nkama
Assistant Professor, Art
School of Arts and Sciences
M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design

Ralph Ellis
Professor, Religion and Philosophy
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Duquesne University

Henry Elonge
Chair/Associate Professor, Public Administration
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University at Albany,
State University of New York

Jaime Ferran
Assistant Professor, English and Modern Languages
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Norman Fischer
Associate Professor, Religion and Philosophy
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Emory University

David Gable
Associate Professor, Music
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Chicago

Roy George
Chair/Professor, Cyber Physical Systems
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Tulane University

Hashim Gibrill
Associate Professor, Political Science
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Atlanta University

Crystal Giddings Jackson
Chair/Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
School of Education
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Rajul Gokarn
Associate Professor, Accounting
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Eve Graves
Chair/Associate Professor, Theatre and Communication Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

Danielle Gray-Singh
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Tulane University

Sheila Gregory
Professor, Educational Leadership
School of Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Darrell Groves
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
School of Education
Ph.D., Temple University

Issifu Harruna
Professor, Chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Atlanta University

Jacquita Henderson
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
School of Education
Ed.D., Clark Atlanta University

Siriyama (Kanthi) Herath
Associate Professor, Accounting
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Wollongong University, Australia

Christopher Hickey
Interim Chair/Professor, Art
School of Arts and Sciences
M.F.A., University of Nebraska

Barbara Hill
Associate Dean/Chair/Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
School of Education
Ed.D., Clark Atlanta University

Cimona Hinton
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Meharry Medical College

Crystal Hudson
Interim Chair/Associate Professor
Finance
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Kim Lee Hughes
Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
School of Education
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Anwer Hussain
Instructor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
B.S., University of Dhaka

Conrad Ingram
Interim Chair/Associate Professor, Chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of the West Indies

Veda Jairrels
Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
School of Education
Ph.D., University of Alabama

Isabella Jenkins
Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
School of Education
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Nathan Jideama
Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Atlanta University

Leonissa Johnson
Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
School of Education
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Jenny J. Jones
Dean/Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Morgan State University

Kellye Jones
Associate Professor, Management
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Ohio University

Kenya Jones
Associate Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Morgan State University

Temesgen Kebede
Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of California at Irvine

Ishrat Khan
Professor, Chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Florida

Shafiq A. Khan
Professor/Eminent Scholar, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Karolinska Institute

Young Kim
Professor, Supply Chain Management
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Youseung Kim
Associate Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., University of Chicago

R. Ivis King
Assistant Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Courtney Lamar
Associate Professor, Cyber Physical Systems
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Florida State University

Shonda Lawrence
Associate Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane
Addams College of Social Work

Torina Lewis
Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Geou-Yarh Liou
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Michigan State University

Eric Little
Assistant Professor, Theatre and Communication Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
M.F.A., Louisiana State University

David Logan
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Tennessee

April Lundy
Associate Professor, Mass Media Arts
School of Arts and Sciences
M.F.A., Georgia State University

Richard Lyle
Associate Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Brandeis University

Felicia Mayfield
Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
School of Education
Ph.D., University of Florida

Renee McCoy
Lecturer, Accounting
School of Business Administration
M.B.A., Clark Atlanta University

James McJunkins
Associate Professor, Mass Media Arts
School of Arts and Sciences
M.S., Columbia University

Sharifeh Mehrabi
Instructor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Ronald Mickens
Fuller E. Calloway Distinguished Professor, Physics
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Eric Mintz
Professor, Chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

Michelle Mitchell
Assistant Professor, Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Kent State University

Laurent Monye
Professor, English and Modern Languages
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Université de Nancy II

Mia Moore
Instructor, Cyber Physical Systems
School of Arts and Sciences
M.S., Georgia State University

Timothy Moore
Chair/Professor, Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Howard University

Gwendolyn Morgan
Assistant Professor, English and Modern Languages
School of Arts and Sciences
M.A., Atlanta University

Richard Morton
Associate Professor, African American, Africana Women’s Studies, and History
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Illinois

Alfred Msezane
Professor, Physics
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Western Ontario

Paul Musey
Interim Chair/Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., McGill University

Valerie Odero-Marah
Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Iowa

Olugbemiga Olatidoye
Professor, Cyber Physical Systems
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Eyitayo Onifade
Associate Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Michigan State University

Viktor Osinubi
Associate Professor, English and Modern Languages
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Lancaster

Wanda Owens
Associate Professor, Finance
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Oyebade Oyerinde
Associate Professor, Public Administration
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington

Lynne Patten
Associate Professor, Management
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Arizona State University

Charmayne Patterson
Associate Professor, African American, Africana Women’s Studies, and History
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Georgia State University

James Patterson
Associate Professor/Director Jazz Orchestra, Music
School of Arts and Sciences
M.M., University of Michigan

Jeffrey Phillips
Associate Professor, Accounting
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Marlissa Phillips
Assistant Professor, Accounting
School of Business Administration
DBA Candidate, University of Liverpool

Charles Pierre
Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., American University

Terri Platt
Associate Professor, Political Science
School of Arts and Sciences,
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Jamie Pleasant
Associate Dean and Professor, Marketing
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Diane Plummer
Associate Professor, Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Curtis Powell
Associate Professor, Music
School of Arts and Sciences
D.M.A., University of Mississippi

Joann Powell
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Meharry Medical College

Emeline Renz
Instructor, Sociology/Criminal Justice
School of Arts and Sciences
M.A., University of Albany State

Sabrina Riles
Assistant Professor, Public Administration
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D. University of Georgia

Yosalida Rivero-Zaritzky
Associate Professor, English and Modern Languages
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Arizona

Sandra Rucker
Interim Chair/Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Mohammad Sazegarnejad
Lecturer, Cyber Physical Systems
School of Arts and Sciences
M.S., Clark Atlanta University

Thomas M. Scott
Associate Professor, Religion and Philosophy
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Harvard University Divinity School

Stephanie Sears
Assistant Professor, African American, Africana Women’s Studies, and History
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Emory University

Elbert Shell
Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
School of Education
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Joi Showell
Lecturer, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Khalil Shujaee
Professor, Cyber Physical Systems
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Alicia Simon
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminal
Justice Administration
School of Arts and Sciences
Ed.D., Clark Atlanta University

Tonya Smalls
Assistant Professor, Accounting
School of Business Administration
D.B.A., Kennesaw State University

Alice Stephens
Associate Professor, Mass Media Arts
School of Arts and Sciences
M.FA. /Ph.D., Florida State University

Cynthanie Sumpter
Assistant Professor, Art
School of Arts and Sciences
M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design

Lin Sun
Associate Professor, Art
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., New York University

Medha Talpade
Professor, Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Alabama

Dinadayalane Tandabany
Associate Professor, Chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Pondicherry University

Swaraj Tayal
Professor, Physics
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Roorkee

Danille Taylor
Dean/Professor, African American, Africana Women’s Studies, and History
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Brown University

Sandra Taylor
Professor, Sociology & Criminal Justice Administration
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Washington State University

Daniel Teodorescu
Professor, Educational Leadership
School of Education
Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany

Doris Terrell
Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
School of Education
Ph.D., North Dakota State University

Maziki Thame
Associate Professor, Political Science
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of West Indies

William Thomas
Lecturer, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Southern California University

Ruby Thompson
Professor, Emeritus, Curriculum and Instruction
School of Education
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Sheila Toppin
Associate Professor, Public Administration
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Valdosta State University

J. Fidel Turner
Dean/Professor
School of Education
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Silvanus J. Udoka
Dean/Professor
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

Aubrey Underwood
Assistant Professor, African American, Africana Women’s Studies, and History
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Donald Vest
Interim Chair/Associate Professor,
Marketing and Management
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Alma Vinyard
Associate Professor, English and Modern Languages
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Alice Walker
Lecturer, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Jackson State University

Erika Walker Cash
Lecturer, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
J.D., Washington and Lee University

Xiao-Qian Wang
Professor, Physics
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., International School for Advanced Studies

Zhengxin Wang
Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Peking University

Sean Warner
Professor, Educational Leadership
School of Education
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Corinne Warrener
Associate Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Rutgers University

Fang-Yi Flora Wei
Assistant Professor, Mass Media Arts
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Memphis

Yolanda West
Assistant Professor, Theatre and Communication Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
M.A., Lasalle University

Celeste White
Lecturer, Sociology/Criminal Justice
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Gerry White
Assistant Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Michael Williams
Interim Chair/Professor, Physics
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Stanford University

Myron Williams
Associate Professor, Chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

LeVon Wilson
Professor, Management
School of Business Administration
J.D./Ed.D., North Carolina State University

Evelyn Winston-Dadzie
Professor, Management
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., Duke University

Darrin Wright
Associate Professor, Social Work
Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Hui Wu
Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology

Garry Yates
Interim Chair/Associate Professor, Mass
Media Arts
School of Arts and Sciences
M.F.A., Indiana University

Zelealem Yiheyis
Professor, Economics
School of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of Manitoba

Jae-Koo Yoo
Lecturer, Supply Chain Management
School of Business Administration
M.B.A., Clark Atlanta University

James Young
Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
School of Education
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

John Young
Associate Professor, Finance
School of Business Administration
D.B.A., Nova Southeastern University

Kurt Young
Interim Chair/Associate Professor,
Political Science
School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University