JSU Strategic Planning
Working Groups


Assessment Working Group Members

Dr. Felix Okojie. Chair

  • Banks, Pamela                       Associate Professor, Psychology
  • Bingham, Juett                        Director of Metro Learning Centers
  • Buchanan, Debra                   Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs
  • Conner, Phillisa                      Senior Accountant II
  • Daniels, Linda                        Director of Development
  • Davis, Melvin                           Director of Mississippi Urban Research Center
  • Didia, Dal                                 Associate Professor, Economics, Finance & General Business
  • Evans, Nicole                          Director of Institutional Research
  • Fadavi, Mehri                           Associate Professor, Physics/Atmospheric Science
  • Franklin, Jerrdean                  Quality Assurance Specialist, MURC
  • Gardner, Dorris                       Dean of Graduate Studies
  • Gentry, Laverne                       Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
  • Gentry, Ruben                         Professor, Academic Affairs
  • Giles, Frank                             Professor, Community & Rehabilitation
  • Gompa, Vijaya                         Associate Professor, Mathematics
  • Grierson, Patricia                    Editorial Associate
  • Hadley, Fredrick                      Library Technical Assistant II
  • Harris, Tracy                            Assistant Professor, Elementary & Early Childhood Education
  • Hongtao, Yu                             Chair/Professor, Chemistry
  • Humphrey, Jacqueline          Assistant to the Dean of School of Science & Technology
  • Irvin, Lurlene                            Director of Center for Business Development & Economic                                                    Research                                                        
  • Jackson, Tommiea                Assistant Manager, Public Relations
  • Johnson, Barbara                  Associate Professor, Jake Ayers Research Institute    McClinton, Jeton                     Assistant Professor, Educational Leadershi
  • Mohamed, Abdul                    Dean Emeritus CSET
  • Nwagwu, Emeka                    Chair/Professor, Health Care Administration
  • O’Banner-Jackson, Marie     Associate Dean, Division of Undergraduate Studies
  • Overman, Elizabeth                Assistant Professor, History
  • Patterson, Robert                   Senior IT Associate
  • Payton, Marinelle                    Associate Professor, Public Health
  • Robinson, Dollye                    Dean, College of Liberal Arts
  • Schroeder, Julie                     Assistant Professor, Social Work Program-PhD
  • Shahbazi, Mohammad          Acting Chair/Associate Professor, Allied Health
  • Skelton, Gordon                      Associate Professor, Computer Engineering
  • Smith, Donald                         Director/Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
  • Swanier, Shelton                    Director, School of Science & Technology
  • Taylor, Vivian                           Professor, Elementary & Early Childhood Education
  • Tchounwou, Paul                   Associate Dean/Professor, Biology