Provost Office & Academic Affairs Directory
Dr. David Russomanno
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
Phone: 901.678.2119
E-mail: drussmnn@memphis.edu
Office: 360 Administration Building
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Academic Affairs Administration
Dr. Carol Danehower
Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs,
Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate
Education
vdanehwr@memphis.edu
901.678.5112
Dr. Kandi Hill-Clarke
Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs &
Leadership Development
kyhill@memphis.edu
901.678.2434
Helen Johnson
Chief of Staff, Provost's Office
hjohnson@memphis.edu
901.678.5928
Michael Hutchinson
Vice Provost Fellow
mdhtchns@memphis.edu
901.678.2228
Academic Affairs Finance
Cassandra Dinwiddie
Director of Academic Affairs Finance
cdinwidd@memphis.edu
901.678.4799
Chaundra Walker
Business Officer - Academic Affairs
cdhgghis@memphis.edu
901.678.5054
Key Administrators
Melinda Carlson
Vice President for Student
Affairs
Dr. Colton Cockrum
Sr. Associate Vice Provost,
Institutional Effectiveness
Dr. Brian W. Meredith
Vice President for
Enrollment Management
Dr. Balaji Krishnan
Vice Provost for
International Affairs
Dr. Sally Parish
Vice Provost &
Director of Schools
Dr. Deborah Perron Tollefsen
Vice Provost & Dean,
Graduate School
Dr. Eric A. Bailey
Interim Senior Associate
Vice Provost, Student
Academic Success
Courtney Brafford
Executive Director
UofM Global
Tracy P. Robinson
Executive Director
Center for Regional Economic Enrichment
Deans of Colleges & Schools
Dr. Gary Emmert
Interim Dean, College of
Arts & Sciences
Dr. Robert Garrett
Dean, Fogelman College of
Business & Economics
Dr. Linda Jarmulowicz
Dean, School of
Communication Sciences
& Disorders
Dr. Michael T. Miller
Dean, College of
Education
Dr. Okenwa Okoli
Dean, Herff College of
Engineering
Dr. Debra Burns
Dean, College of
Communication & Fine Arts
Dr. Richard Bloomer
Dean, College of Health
Sciences and Interim
COO, UofM Lambuth
Dr. Linda Haddad
Dean, Loewenberg College
of Nursing
Dr. Radesh Palakurthi
Dean, Kemmons Wilson
School of Hospitality
& Resort Management
Jim Strickland
Dean, Cecil C. Humphreys
School of Law
Dr. Joanne Gikas
Interim Dean, College of
Professional & Liberal Studies
Dr. Deborah Perron Tollefsen
Vice Provost & Dean,
Graduate School
Dr. Melinda Jones
Director, Helen Hardin
Honors College
Dr. Gerald Chaudron
Executive Director
University Libraries
