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A 

Advanced Academy
Susan Colgate, 678-839-6249

African American

  • Black Males With Initiative, NAACP, MLK Distinguished Lecture Series—Dr. Said Sewell, 678-839-4997
  • Minority Affairs—Dr. Jack Jenkins, (678) 839-5940
  • Multicultural Achievement Program, EXCEL Center for Academic Success—DeLandra Hunter, 678-839-6280

Alumni Relations
Frank Pritchett, 678-839-6582

Anthropology
Dr. Julie Wieczkowski, 678-839-6478
Dr. Lisa Gezon, 678-839-6457

Archaeology

  • Artifacts, Collections, Waring Laboratory—Susan Fishman-Armstrong, 678-839-6305

Art

  • Art Gallery/Shows—Stephanie Smith and Kevin Shunn, 678-839-6521
  • Art History—Dr. Rita Tekippe, 678-839-4953
  • Interior Design—Sangwon Sohn, 678-839-4952

Athletics
Ed Murphy, 678-839-6533

Astronomy

  • Observatory—Robert Powell, 678-839-4095

B

Business Administration
Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna, 678-839-6642

  • MBA Programs—Dr. John Anderson, 678-839-4826
  • Economics—Dr. Joey Smith, 678-839-4779
  • Women in Business and Management—Mimi Rickard, 678-839-5025
  • Small Business Development Center—Jennifer Clendenin, 678-839-5080

C

Campus Building Projects
Lynn Agan, 678-839-6377

Careers, Alumni and Students
Wanda McGukin and Audrey Baird, 678-839-6589

Children

  • Early Child Development—Amy Ware, 678-839-5534
  • ChildSpirit Institute—Mary Hart, 678-839-0609

Climate Change
Dr. David Bush, 678-839-4057

Crisis Communications

  • Campus—Lisa Ledbetter, 678-839-6464
  • Students—Dr. Melanie McClellan, 678-839-6423
  • Police—Chief Tom Mackel, 678-839-6255

Criminology
Dr. John Fuller, 678-839-6328

Community Service
Vicki Hardin, 678-839-6591

  • Center for Public Service—Dr. Stanley Caress, 678-839-4989

Counseling

  • Disasters—Dr. Larry Schor, 678-839-0617

Culture Around the World

  • Mexico—Dr. Gary Van Valen, 678-839-6036
  • Middle East—Dr. Adel Abunawass, 678-839-6485
  • Latin America—Dr. Gary Van Valen, 678-839-6036
  • East Asian, Sino-Judaica—Dr. Jonathan Goldstein, 678-839-6034
  • India—Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna, 678-839-6443, Dr. Satyanarayana Swamy-Mruthinti, 678-839-4031
  • Southeast region—Dr. Ann McCleary, 678-839-6041
  • Latino immigrants—Dr. Jorge Gaytan, 678-839-4839
  • Great Britain—Dr. Tim Chowns, 678-839-4052

E

Economic Forecast Breakfast
Dr. David Boldt, 678-839-6477

Education
Dr. Kent Layton, 678-839-6570

  • K-12 Science and Mathematics—Dr. Gail Marshall, 678-839-6081, Dr. Sharmistha Basu-Dutt, 678-839-6018
  • K-12 Curriculum and Instruction—Dr. Jon Wiles, 678-839-6071, Dr. John vonEschenbach, 678-839-6060
  • Cherokee Rose Writing Project—Dr. Cathleen Doheny, 678-839-6064
  • Teaching Teachers How to Teach—Dr. Jon Wiles, 678-839-6071

Energy Conservation on Campus
Bob Watkins, 678-839-6580

Enrollment, Retention and Graduation
Dr. Scot Lingrell, 678-839-6423

Environment

  • Earth Day—Dr. Curtis Hollabaugh, 678-839-6479
  • Center for Water Resources—Dr. Randall Kath, 678-839-4063
  • Monitoring of Streams, Water Laboratory Analyst—Dr. Curtis Hollabaugh, 678-839-6479
  • Global Warming—Dr. David Bush, 678-839-4057

F

Foreign Languages
Dr. Denise Overfield, 678-839-6515

Fundraising

  • Stadium Campaign Drive—David Parkman, 678-839-3962

G

Global Warming
Dr. David Bush, 678-839-4057

Graduate Programs
Dr. Charles Clark, 678-839-6419

H

Health

  • Student Health—Dr. Leslie Cottrell and Tura Anthony, RN, 678-839-6452
  • Health Education for Students—Debra Dugan, 678-839-0642

History

  • Center for Public History, Music Regional Project—Dr. Ann McCleary, 678-839-6041
  • Irish History—Dr. Michael de Nie, 678-839-6033
  • Middle English History—Dr. Michael Crafton, 678-839-4875
  • Atlanta History—Dr. Steven Goodson, 678-839-6042
  • Middle East, Holocaust—Dr. Jonathan Goldstien, 678-839-6034
  • Latin America—Dr. Gary Van Valen, 678-839-6036
  • Civil War History, Antebellum History, Georgia History—Dr. Keith Bohannon, 678-839-6045 
  • Medieval European History, Early Modern European History, History of Science and Medicine—Dr. Charles W. Clark, 678-839-6419 

Honors College
Dr. Don Wagner, 678-839-6636

Housing and Real Estate
Dr. James Burton, 678-839-5023

I

Immigration, Migration
Dr. Jorge Gaytan, 678-839-4839

International Academic Programs
 Dr. William Schaniel, 678-839-4780

International UWG Students
Sylvia Shortt, 678-839-4780

L

Library

  • Special Collections—Diane Fulkerson, 678-839-6362
  • GALILEO, Library Services—Lorene Flanders, 678-839-6492

M

Media

  • Public Relations—Lisa Ledbetter and Kathleen Wagstaff, 678-839-6464
  • WUWG Radio, GPB—Kevin Sanders, 678-839-0688
  • UTV-13 Television Broadcasting—Connie Williams 678-839-6437

Migration, Immigration
Dr. Jorge Gaytan, 678-839-4839

Minority Affairs
Dr. Jack Jenkins, 678-839-5940

Minority Student Success
Delandra Hunter, 678-839-6280

Music

  • Music/Jazz Composition—Dr. Daniel Bakos, 678-839-6269
  • Jazz Improvisation—Mariano Pacetti, 678-839-6516
  • Jazz Percussion Group—Dr. Doug Overmier, 678-839-6267
  • Choir, Symphony—Dr. Kevin Hibbard, 678-839-6516
  • UWG Marching Band—Dr. Doug Overmier, 678-839-6267
  • Sunbelt Jazz Festival—Dr. Daniel Bakos, 678-839-6269

N

Nursing
Dr. Kathryn Grams, 678-839-5640

P

Pandemic Flu
Dr. Leslie Cottrell, 678-839-6452, Chief Tom Mackel 678-839-6255

Psychology
• Children—Dr. Tobin Hart, 678-839-0603
• ChildSpirit, Inc.—Mary Hart, 678-839-0609
• Counseling—Dr. Larry Schor, 678-839-0617

Physics

  • Nanotechnology—Dr. Robert Powell, 678-839-4095   
  • NASA, Georgia Space Grant Consortium—Dr. Ben de Mayo, 678-839-4097

Politics

  • Georgia Politicians, Georgia Political Heritage Project—Dr. Mel Steely, 678-839-6365
  • Newt Gingrich—Dr. Mel Steely, 678-839-6365

Police Department/Public Safety
 Chief Tom Mackel, 678-839-6255

S

Sciences-Undergraduate Research

  • Biology, Diabetes—Dr. Satyanarayana Swamy-Mruthinti, 678-839-4031
  • Chemistry—Dr. Andrew Leavitt, 678-839-6582, Dr. John Hansen, 678-839-6021, Dr. Farooq Khan, 678-839-6027
  • Environmental Studies—Dr. Stanley Caress, 678-839-4989
  • Geology-sediments—Dr. Tim Chowns, 678-839-4052
  • Hurricane Impact Study—Dr. David Bush, 678-839-4057
  • Water Quality, Water Resource Conference—Dr. Curtis Hollabaugh, 678-839-6479

Sports Broadcasting
Mitch Gray, 678-839-6542

Student Enrollment Management/Graduation/Recruitment
Dr. Scot Lingrell, 678-839-6423

T

Television Broadcasting
Connie Williams, 678-839-6437

Theatre

  • Townsend Center for the Performing Arts—Robert Jennings, 678-839-4722
  • West Georgia Theatre Group—Rochelle Elman, 678-839-4704

U

University System of Georgia

  • Board of Regents—Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna, 678-839-6642