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
Academic Affairs Administration
Carol Danehower
Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs
Chair, University Undergraduate Council
vdanehwr@memphis.edu | 901.678.5112
Helen Johnson
Director of Academic Affairs Administration
hjohnson@memphis.edu | 901.678.5928
Academic Affairs Finance
Cassandra Dinwiddie
Director of Academic Affairs Finance
cdinwidd@memphis.edu
901.678.4799
Chaundra Walker
Business Officer I - Academic Affairs
cdhgghis@memphis.edu
901.678.5054
Deans of Colleges & Schools
Dr. Abby Parrill-Baker
College of Arts & Sciences
aparrill@memphis.edu
Dr. Robert Garrett
Fogelman College of
Business & Economics
rgrrett8@memphis.edu
Dr. Linda Jarmulowicz
School of Communication
Sciences & Disorders
ljrmlwcz@memphis.edu
Dr. Kandi Hill-Clarke
College of Education
k.hill-clarke@memphis.edu
Dr. Okenwa Okoli
Herff College of
Engineering
O.Okoli@memphis.edu
Dr. Ryan Fisher (Interim)
College of Communication
& Fine Arts
rfisher3@memphis.edu
Dr. Richard Bloomer
College of Health Sciences
rbloomer@memphis.edu
Dr. Linda Haddad
Loewenberg College of
Nursing
lhaddad@memphis.edu
Dr. Radesh Palakurthi
Kemmons Wilson School
of Hospitality & Resort
Management
rplkrthi@memphis.edu
Dr. Richard Irwin
College of Professional &
Liberal Studies
rirwin@memphis.edu
Dr. Deborah Perron Tollefsen
Vice Provost & Dean,
Graduate School
dtollfsn@memphis.edu
Dr. Melinda Jones
Helen Hardin Honors College
mljones6@memphis.edu
Dr. John Evans
University Libraries
jevans@memphis.edu
Dr. Niles Reddick
UofM Lambuth
nmrddick@memphis.edu
Key Administrators
Dr. Karen Weddle-West
Vice President for Student
Academic Success
kweddle@memphis.edu
Dr. Balaji Krishnan
Vice Provost for
International Affairs
krishnan@memphis.edu
Dr. Sally Parish
Associate Vice Provost for
Educational Initiatives
sdgates@memphis.edu
Dr. Colton Cockrum
Assistant Vice Provost of
Institutional Effectiveness,
Accreditation & Academic
Assessment
ccockrum@memphis.edu
Dr. Eric A. Bailey
Assistant Vice President of
Student Academic Success
eabailey@memphis.edu
Dr. Justin Lawhead
Dean of Students,
Vice Provost for Student
Development & Wellness
jtlawhed@memphis.edu
