JSU Strategic Planning
Working Groups

The New Academy CORE MEMBERS

Dr. Velvelyn Foster, Chair
Dr. Debra A. Buchanan, Coordinator

  • Azevedo, Mario                        Associate Dean/Professor, School of Public Health
  • Banks, Barron                         Chapter Relations Specialist, Alumni Affairs
  • Bishop, Darcie                        Associate Professor, Music
  • Bishop, Dawn                         Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Braddy, Robert                        Athletic Director, Athletics
  • Brooks, Tammy                      Admin. Assistant, Undergraduate Studies
  • Brown, Walter                          Associate Professor, EPhD Program
  • Calhoun, Thomas                  Chair/Professor, Sociology & Criminal Justice
  • Carpenter-Rogers, Shirley   Secretary, Department of Mathematics
  • Chong, Gary                             Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Coleman, Mary                        Associate Dean, Liberal Arts and Director, University Scholars                                                    Center
  • Farah, Ibrahim                        Associate Professor, Department of Biology
  • Franklin, Jacquelyn                Professor, Department of Educational Leadership
  • Fults-McMurtery, Regina       Assistant Professor, School, Community & Rehabilitation
  • Gompa, Raghu                       Professor, Department of Mathematics
  • Gore, Curtis                             Coordinator of Graduate Admissions, Division of Graduate                                                    Studies
  • Jackson, Vera                         Director of JSU Residence Life
  • Lawrence, Kevin                     Student
  • Lee, Ken                                  Professor, Chemistry
  • Mack , Ally                                Dean, Division of International Studies
  • Malone, Miracle                      Student
  • McLeod, Stephen                   Assistant Professor, Department of English
  • Merem, Edmund                    Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning
  • Mills-Jones, Johnnie             College of Lifelong Learning
  • Moore, Loretta                         Chair/Professor, Department of Computer Science
  • Mosley, Alisa                           Assistant Professor, Department of Management
  • O’Banner-Jackson, Marie     Associate Dean, Division of Undergraduate Studies
  • Omoregie, Idehen                  Associate Vice President, Information Management
  • Owens-Sabir, Mahasin         Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
  • Perkins, James                      Associate Dean of CSET
  • Presley, Rita                            Associate Vice President, Sponsored Program
  • Rush, Linda                            Director, Undergrad Marketing and Recruitment
  • Sheriff-Taylor, Patricia           Director, 1st Year Experience, Division of Undergraduate Studies
  • Stammerjohan, Elizabeth     Assistant Professor, Marketing
  • Ware, Nikisha                         Director, Mississippi Learning Institute
  • Washington, Rodney             Associate Professor/Chair, Elementary and Early Childhood Education
  • Williams, Quinton                  Chair/Associate Professor, Physics, Atmospheric Sciences & Geosciences
  • Wren-Daniel, Meshonya       Chief Academic Advisor, Division of Undergraduate Studies