2024-2025 Catalog

Program Deans

Accounting

Program Dean, Assistant Vice Provost - Carla Henryhand, PhD, Organization and Management, Capella University; MBA, Business Administration, University of Phoenix; MS, Accounting, Strayer University; BS, Accounting, University of South Carolina 

Business, Undergraduate  

Program Dean, Assistant Vice Provost - Ben Luce, EdD, Educational Leadership, The University of New England; MFA, Creative Writing, University of Southern Maine; BA, Media Studies, University of Southern Maine

Program Dean, Assistant Vice Provost - Tamara Mangum, PhD, Applied Management and Decision Sciences, Walden University; MA, Criminal Justice, Rutgers University; BS, Criminal Justice, North Carolina Central University

Business, Graduate 

Program Dean, Assistant Vice Provost - JoeAnn Parker, EdD, Leadership & Professional Practice, Trevecca Nazarene University; MBA, Human Resource Management, Liberty University; BA, Business Administration, Saint Leo University

Criminal Justice

Program Dean, Assistant Vice Provost - Paul Fontaine, MS, Criminal Justice, University of Alabama; BS, Criminal Justice, Athens State University; AA, Police Science, Calhoun Community College

Education

Program Dean, Assistant Vice Provost - Joe Ann Pace, PhD, Business Administration and Human Resource Management, Capella University; MS, Aeronautical Science, Curriculum Development, Instructional Systems Design, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University; BS Aeronautical Science, Aeronautical/Aero Systems Safety, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

General Education

Executive Dean- Nicole Morris, EdD, Higher Education, University of Memphis; MEd, Curriculum and Instruction, Austin Peay State University; BS, Education, University of Memphis

Program Dean, Assistant Vice Provost - Chelsie Swepson, PhD, Biomedical Sciences, Meharry Medical College, BS, Biology, Fayetteville State University

Program Dean, Assistant Vice Provost -  Wanda Tillman, PhD, Organization and Management, Capella University; MA, Management, Webster University; BA, Public Affairs, Columbia College

Health Services and Public Administration

Senior Dean, Assistant Vice Provost - Trevor Belcher, PhD, Psychology, Capella University; MS, Psychology, Capella University; BS, Ministry/Theology, Mid-America Christian University

Information Technology

Senior Program Dean - Carlo Sapijaszko, EdD, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Central Florida; MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Calgary; BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary

Honors & Student and Alumni Experience

Executive Dean - Kathleen Thompson, DBA (candidate), Strategy and Innovation, Capella University; MBA, Jack Welch Management Institute, Strayer University; BS, Criminal Justice-Forensic Behavioral Analysis, Kennesaw State University

Senior Dean of Student Experience - Damita Goods, DBA, Management, Argosy University; MBA, Management, Trevecca Nazarene University; MS, Human Resources, Trevecca Nazarene University; MBA, Healthcare, Western Governor's University; BA, Management and Human Relations, Trevecca Nazarene University

Dean of Honors and Graduate Student Experience - Ashley Collins, MBA, Human Resource Management, Strayer University; BS, Management, Virginia State University