Dr. Colin Potts, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, has appointed search committees for S&T’s academic dean positions. Each committee consists of 10 members, including faculty, staff, student and alumni representation.

The committees are working with the national search firm Buffkin Baker and the processes are being advised by the UM Executive Recruitment team. The searches will occur simultaneously, with the goal of having the three deans on board prior to the start of the fall 2022 semester.

The committee members are:

Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business (CASB) Search Committee

• Co-chair: Dr. Melanie Mormile, associate dean of research for CASB and professor of biological sciences
• Co-chair: Dr. John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history and political science

Committee members:

• Diane Read, manager of business administration for fiscal services
• Dr. Robin Verble, associate professor of biological sciences and field station director
• Dr. Agnes Vojta, teaching professor of physics
• Dr. Karen Head, director of arts and innovation and professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. V.A. Samaranayake, Chancellor’s Professor of mathematics and statistics
• Dr. Grace Yan, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Sami Swinfard, senior in biological sciences
• Ted Kelly, alumnus
• Committee assistant: Misty House, program support coordinator for the provost’s office.

Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) Search Committee

• Co-chair: Dr. Richard K. Brow, interim deputy provost for academic excellence and Curators’ Distinguished Professor of materials science
• Co-chair: Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, associate dean of faculty affairs for CEC and professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering

Committee members:

• Latesha Zach, manager of business administration for fiscal services
• Dr. Catherine Johnson, associate professor of explosives engineering
• Dr. Kristen Donnell, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Jonathan Kimball, professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Ricardo Morales, associate teaching professor of computer science
• Dr. Thomas Vojta, chair of physics and Curators’ Distinguished Professor
• Megan Proper, S&T student
• Jorge Ochoa, S&T alumnus
• Committee assistant: Megan Fowler, business support specialist for CEC

Founding Dean of the Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development Search Committee

Co-chair: Dr. Bonnie Bachman, professor of economics

Co-chair: Dr. Venkat Allada, professor of engineering management and systems engineering

Committee members:

• Lucretia Eaton, director of business administration for fiscal services
• Danny Tang, chief information officer
• Dr. Dan Reardon, associate professor of English and technical communication, and Missouri London Director of the English Teacher Education Program
• Dr. Joan Schuman, associate teaching professor of engineering management and systems engineering
• Dr. Mahelet Fikru, associate professor of economics
• Dr. Cassie Elrod, associate professor of business and information technology
• Vincent Yu, associate professor of business and information technology
• David Enke, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of engineering management and systems engineering
• Ashley-Ann Davis, Kummer Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Doctoral Fellow
• John Lovitt, alumnus
• Committee assistant: Krista Chambers, program support coordinator for the provost’s office

Get more details about the searches at provost.mst.edu/searches.