COVID-19 Work Groups
Communications Work Group
- Chair: Cory Major, Director, First Gen Student Success
- Amanda Young, Associate Professor, Communication and Film
- Brandon Fuentes, Student
- Colette Williams, Assistant Director, University Process Improvement
- Darrell Turner, Associate Athletic Director, Sports Medicine
- Fedoria Rugless, Research Assistant Professor; Director of Research, Church Health
- Jazmine Phillips, Assistant Director, Marketing and Communication
- Latrice Pichon, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Marian Levy, Associate Dean & Professor, School of Public Health
- Sara Ann Kelly, Chief Clerk, Student Government Association
Formed for Fall 2020:
We have formed an Academic Affairs Fall Preparedness Steering Committee with three working groups to advise University leadership on the steps needed to be ready for the fall semester. One group will review our current remote instruction model for any needed adjustments. A second group will recommend measures that ensures the health of our students, faculty and staff for on-ground courses this fall, with needed limitations or restrictions. A third group will look at how we can best provide student support and social interactions under either of these scenarios or a hybrid model. Additional working groups will be formed as needed.
The steering committee will be led by Executive Vice President and Provost, Dr. Tom Nenon. Each of the working groups will be comprised of faculty members from public health and other disciplines, appropriate support staff members and undergraduate and graduate students.
The steering committee and working groups are as follows:
Steering Committee
- Chair: Dr. Tom Nenon, Executive Vice President and Provost
- Dr. Jeffrey Marchetta, Faculty Senate President
- Dr. James Gurney, Professor in the School of Public Health
- Dr. Karen Weddle-West, Vice President for Academic Student Success
- Dr Jasbir Dhaliwal, Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation
- Dr. Justin Lawhead, Dean of Students and Chief Health and Safety Officer
- Dr. Robert Jackson, Chief Information Officer
- Raaj Kurapati, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Remote Instruction
- Chair: Dr. Sue Hull-Toye, Information Technology Services
- Roy Bowery, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
- Amanda Savage, Department of History, Online Program Coordinator
- Tom Banning, Department of Engineering Technology
- Dr. Andrew Tawfik, Department of Instructional Design and Technology
- Courtney Brafford, UofM Global
- Sara Kelly, Undergraduate Student
- Bonnie Oliver-Brandon, Graduate Student - DLS
On-Campus Instruction with Restrictions
- Chair: Dr. Darla Keel, Registrar
- Dr. Joy Hoffmann, College of Nursing
- Raminder Lotay, Division of Research and Innovation
- Dr. Ladrica Menson-Furr, English & Director of African and African-American Studies
- Dr. Arleen Hill, Department of Earth Sciences
- Dr. Andrew Olney, Institute for Intelligent Systems and Psychology
- Kennedie Green, Undergraduate Student
- Joshua Smith, Graduate Student
Student Support and Activities
- Chair: Ryan Crews, Academic Student Success
- Kaylon Bradford, Student Life
- Arielle Fair-Brown, Student Outreach and Support
- Dr. Marian Levy, School of Public Health
- Dr. Fedoria Rugless, School of Health Studies
- Vanessa Brock, Academic Advising Center
- Desiree Dyson, Student Government Association
- Mahbubul Hasan, Graduate Student Association
In addition, Business and Finance has formed two working groups charged with examining how we safely return to work (Workforce) and a Facilities group to ensure that our facilities are properly reviewed and managed as faculty, staff and students return to campus. The composition of these two working groups is as follows:
Workforce
- Chair: Maria Alam, Human Resources
- Dr. Vikki Nolan, School of Public Health
- Courtney Shelton, Conference & Event Services
- Kathy Johnson, Physical Plant/Space Planning
- Dr. Sally Parish, Educational Initiatives
- Dr. Jane Clement, Student Health Center
- Tiffany Baker, Director of OIE and Chief Compliance Officer
- Dr. Justin Lawhead, Dean of Students and Chief Health and Safety Officer
- Dr. Niles Reddick, Lambuth Campus
Facilities
- Chair: Ron Brooks, Vice President for Physical Plant
- Dr. Aram Dobalian, School of Public Health
- Al Simpson, Environmental Health and Safety
- Kathy Johnson, Physical Plant/Space Planning
- Robin Stewart, Dining (Chartwells)
- Dr. Justin Lawhead, Dean of Students and Chief Health and Safety Officer
- Dr. Niles Reddick, Lambuth Campus
- Matt Goudreau, Athletics
- Pam Cash, University Operations
- Dr. John Evans, Libraries