Department & School Chairs

2025-2026

Department

Chair

Email

Civil & Environmental Engineering Sandeep Kumar skumar@odu.edu
Electrical & Computer Engineering Oscar Gonzalez ogonzale@odu.edu
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Ertunga Cem Ozelkan eozelkan@odu.edu
Engineering Technology Vukica Jovanovic v2jovano@odu.edu
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Marwan Al-Haik malhaik@odu.edu
Center For Bioelectronics Gymama Slaughter gslaught@odu.edu
Frank Reidy Research Center For Bioelectrics Andrei Pakhomov apakhomo@odu.edu

Department/School

Chair

 Email

Art John Roth jroth@odu.edu
Communication & Theatre Arts Tim Anderson tjanders@odu.edu
English Veronica Watson vwatson@odu.edu
History Tim Orr (Interim) torr@odu.edu
F. Ludwig Diehn School of Music Nancy Klein nklein@odu.edu
Philosophy & Religious Studies Nicole Willock nwillock@odu.edu
Political Science & Geography Tom Allen tallen@odu.edu
Sociology & Criminal Justice Ruth Triplett rtriplet@odu.edu
Women & Gender Studies Elizabeth Groeneveld egroenev@odu.edu
World Languages & Cultures Elizabeth Black eblack@odu.edu

Department

Chair

Email

Biological Sciences Holly Gaff hgaff@odu.edu
Chemistry & Biochemistry Craig Bayse cbayse@odu.edu
Computer Science Ravi Mukkamala rmukkama@odu.edu
Mathematics & Statistics Gordon Melrose gmelrose@odu.edu
Ocean & Earth Sciences Kevin Yeager kyeager@odu.edu
Physics Sebastian Kuhn skuhn@odu.edu
Psychology George Noell gnoell@odu.edu

Department

Chair

Email

Counseling & Human Services Mark Rehfuss mrehfuss@odu.edu
Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Mickey Kosloski mkoslosk@odu.edu
Human Movement Studies & Special Education Xihe Zhu x2zhu@odu.edu
STEM Education & Professional Studies Shana Pribesh spribesh@odu.edu
Teaching & Learning Angela Eckhoff aeckhoff@odu.edu
Center For Educational Partnerships Joanna Garner jkgarner@odu.edu

School

Chair

Email

Dental Hygiene Brenda Bradshaw bbradsha@odu.edu
Exercise Science Daniel Russell dmrussel@odu.edu
Medical Diagnostic & Translational Sciences Harold Riethman hriethma@odu.edu
Rehabilitation Sciences Patricia Laverdure plaverdu@odu.edu
Speech-Language Pathology Stacie Raymer sraymer@odu.edu

Department

Chair

Email

Advanced Practice Nursing Jane Carrington (Interim) jmcarrin@odu.edu
Professional Nursing Lynn Wiles lwiles@odu.edu

School

Chair

Email

School of Cybersecurity Daniel Takabi dtakabi@odu.edu
School of Data Science Frank Liu fliu@odu.edu
School of Supply Chain, Logistics, & Maritime Operations Kuntal Bhattacharyya kbhattac@odu.edu

Department

Chair

Email

Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health James Blando jblando@odu.edu
Health Behavior, Policy, and Management Brian Martin (Interim)  martinbc@odu.edu

Department/School

Chair

Email

Economics Robert McNab rmcnab@odu.edu
Finance Bruce Rubin brubin@odu.edu
Information Technology & Decision Sciences Weiyong Zhang wyzhang@odu.edu
Management Shaomin Li sli@odu.edu
Marketing Chuanyi Tang ctang@odu.edu
School of Accountancy Hong "Kim" Duong (Interim)  hkduong@odu.edu
School of Public Service Bruce McDonald bmcdonal@odu.edu

Department

Name

Email

Brickell Medical Sciences Akos Delneky delnekab@odu.edu
Learning Commons & Branch Libraries Victoria Heiduschke vheidusc@odu.edu
Libraries Education & Assessment Lucinda Wittkower lrush@odu.edu
Libraries Engagement Jennifer Hoyt jhoyt@odu.edu
Research and Scholarly Communication Dorothy Lockaby dlockaby@odu.edu
Resource Description & Maintenance Leanne Hillery lhillery@odu.edu
Resource Fulfillment Robert Tench ftench@odu.edu
Special Collections & University Archives Jessica Ritchie jhritchi@odu.edu
Systems Development Holli Kubly hkubly@odu.edu

Last revised Monday, November 10, 2025

Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent to Maite Wilson