Chairs and Coordinators

• School of Graduate Studies

• Dean of Graduate Studies, Bryan Wallace, Ed.D.
• Director of Graduate Studies for Biology, Brian Nelms, PhD,
• Director of Graduate Studies for Chemistry, Steven Damo, PhD
• Director of Graduate Studies for Healthcare Management, Duncan M. Pelly, PhD
• Director of Graduate Studies for Executive Leadership, Duncan M. Pelly, PhD
• Director of Graduate Studies for Physics, Arnold Burger, PhD
• Director of Graduate Studies for Psychology, Sheila Peters, PhD
• Director of Graduate Studies for Social Justice, Tdka Kilimanjaro, PhD
• Exec. Dir. of the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-PhD Bridge Program, Lauren Campbell, PhD

• School of Humanities and Behavioral Social Sciences
  • Chair, Department of Arts and Languages: Katharine Burnett, Ph.D.
    • Art:LaKeisha Calvin, M.F.A., Discipline Coordinator
    • English: Katharine A. Burnett, Ph.D.,  Discipline Coordinator
    • Writing Center: Anne Roberts, Ph.D., Director
    • W.E.B. DuBois Honors Program:  LaTanya Rogers, Ph.D., Director
    • CORE:  Leslie Collins, Ph.D., Director
    • Psychology:  Shelia Peters, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
    • Education:  Larry Glover, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
  • Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences: Rolande Dathis, Ph.D.
    • Criminal Justice:  James Pratt, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
    • Homeland Security: James Pratt, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
    • Sociology:  Rolande Dathis, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
    • Social Justice (Associate of Arts): Shirley Brown, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
  • Chair, Department of History and Political Science:  Jennifer W. Adebanjo, Ph.D.
    • History: Patrick Rasico, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
    • Political Science: Jennifer W. Adebanjo, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
  • Chair, Department of Teacher Education: Keno Worthy, Ed.D.
  • Chair, Department of Music:  Gary Nash, Ph.D.
    • Anthony Williams, D.M.A., Discipline Coordinator
  • Chair, Department of Kinesiology and Social Work:  Andrea Stevenson, Ph.D.
    • Kinesiology: Andrea Stevenson, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
    • Social Work:  Brenda Norman, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
  • Chair, Department of History and Political Science:  Jennifer W. Adebanjo, Ph.D.
    • History:  Patrick Rasico, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
    • Political Science:  Jennifer W. Adebanjo, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
  • Chair, Department of Business Administration: Duncan Pelly, Ph.D.
    • Business:  Nicholas Umontuen, Manager, Business Administration
    • Business:  Obrimah Oghenova, Assistant Professor, Curriculum Developr
    • Business:  Sufyan Baksh, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Business and Executive Director of Innovation
• School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  
  • Chair, Department of Life and Physical Sciences: Steven Damo, Ph.D.
    • Biology: Saumya Ramanathan, PhD., Discipline Coordinator
    • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Brian Nelms, PhD., Discipline Coordinator
    • Chemistry: Dain Beezer, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
    • Physics: Bryan K. Wallace, Ed.D., Discipline Coordinator
  • Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science:  Sanjukta Hota, Ph.D.
    
    • Bioinformatics: Lei Qian, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
    • Computer Science: Lei Qian, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
    • Data Science: Ning Zhang, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
    • Mathematics: Sanjukta Hota, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator

* If Discipline Coordinator is not available, Department Chair coordinates the activities for the discipline.