Search Committee

Melody Tankersley, Senior Vice President and Provost, serves as the chair of the search committee, which includes:

  • Sara Bayramzadeh, Coordinator and Elliot Professor, Architecture and Environmental Design
  • Lori Burchard, Director, Sponsored Programs
  • Rick Ferdig, Professor, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies
  • Tony Hardin, Director, School of Theatre and Dance
  • Joycelyn Harrison, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs, College of Aeronautics and Engineering
  • Versie Johnson-Mallard, Dean, College of Nursing
  • Deric Kenne, Professor and Interim Director, Center for Public Policy and Health
  • Oleg Lavrentovich, Trustees Research Professor
  • Laura Leff, Chair, Biological Sciences
  • Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Harun Rashid, Ph.D. Candidate and Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science
  • C. Lockwood Reynolds, Professor, Economics
  • Lance Williams, Director of Operations and Special Projects, KSU Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center

Coordinating the search are:

  • Charlene Reed, Vice President and University Secretary
  • Karen Keenan, Associate Chief of Staff
  • Diana Boldon, Senior Assistant to the President