University Department Chairs

College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences 

Chair Department Email Office Phone 
Kenrett Jefferson-Moore Department of Agribusiness, Applied Economics, and Agriscience Education jykenret@crnabiz.com (336)-285-4829
Radiah Minor Department of Animal Science rcminor@crnabiz.com (336) 285-4787
Valarie McMillan Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (Interim) vmcmilla@crnabiz.com (336) 285-4859
Niroj Aryal Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design naryal@crnabiz.com  (336)-285-3832
 

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences

Chair Department Email Office Phone 
Carla Coates Department of Criminal Justice cdcoates@crnabiz.com (336)-285-2362
Kimberly Harper Department of English kharper@crnabiz.com  (336)-285-3506
Arwin Smallwood Department of History and Political Science asmallwo@crnabiz.com  (336)-285-2048
John Henry  Department of Visual and Peforming Arts- Theatre Department (Interim) jphenry@crnabiz.com  (336)285-2010
Jeffery Mack Department of Liberal Studies (Interim) jdmack@crnabiz.com (336)-285-3529
Yahya Kamalipour  Department of Journalism and Mass Communications ykamalip@crnabiz.com  (336)285-3439 
 

Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics

Chair Department Email Office Phone 
Peter Theuri Department of Accounting and Finance pmtheuri@crnabiz.com  (336)-285-3370 
Pankaj Chaudhary Department of Business Information Systems and Analytics  pchaudhary@crnabiz.com (336)-285-3396
Scott Simkins Department of Economics simkinss@crnabiz.com (336) 285-3047
Isaiah Ugboro Department of Management ugboroi@crnabiz.com  (336)285-3366
Joseph Huscroft Jr. Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management jrhuscroftjr@crnabiz.com (336)-285-3386
 

College of Education

Chair Department Email Office Phone 
Caroline Booth Department of Counseling csbooth@crnabiz.com (336)285-4394
Gerrelyn Patterson Department of Educator Preparation gcpatterson@crnabiz.com (336)285-4411
Geleana Alston Department of Leadership Studies and Adult Education  gdalston@crnabiz.com (336)-285-2150
 

College of Engineering

Chair Department Email Office Phone 
Jianzhong Lou  Department of Chemical, Biological and Bioengineering lou@crnabiz.com (336) 285-3223
Manoj Jha Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (Interim) mkjha@crnabiz.com  (336)-285-3678
Marwan Bikdash Department of Computational Science and Engineering bikdash@crnabiz.com (336)-285-3249
Kaushik Roy Department of Computer Science kroy@crnabiz.com (336) 285-3691
John Kelly  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering  jck@crnabiz.com  (336)-285-2458
Om Prakash Yadav Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering  oyadav@crnabiz.com (336) 285-3759
Frederick Ferguson Department of Mechanical Engineering fferguso@crnabiz.com (336)-285-3743
 

The John R. and Kathy R. Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences

Chair Department Email Office Phone 
Trent Larson Department of Kinesiology (Interim) tlarson@crnabiz.com (336)-285-3550
George Robinson Department of Psychology grobinso@crnabiz.com (336)-285-2275
Arnold Barnes Department of Social Work and Sociology abarnes@crnabiz.com (336)-285-2296
Jason Mose Department of Health Services Management (Interim) jnmose@crnabiz.com (336)-285-3596
Tiffany Morris  School of Nursing RN-BSN Director tdmorris@crnabiz.com  (336)-285-3585
Deana McQuitty Speech (Coordinator) dlmcquit@crnabiz.com (336)-285-3525
Nicole Burwell  Department of Physician Assistant Studies (Program Director) nbburwell@crnabiz.com  (336)-285-2216
 

College of Science and Technology

Chair Department Email Office Phone 
Aixi Zhou Department of Applied Engineering and Technology azhou@crnabiz.com (336)-285-3158
Checo Rorie Department of Biology cjrorie@crnabiz.com (336)-285-2160
Alesia Ferguson Department of Built Environment acferguson@crnabiz.com ( 336) 285-3101
Zerihun Assefa Department of Chemistry zassefa@crnabiz.com (336)-285-2255
Evelyn Sowells-Boone Department of Computer Systems Technology (Interim) es992760@crnabiz.com (336)-285-3145
Guoqing Tang Department of Mathematics tang@crnabiz.com (336)-285-2089
Ashot Gasparian Department of Physics (Interim) agaspari@crnabiz.com (336)-285-2106
Jenora Waterman  Department of Applied Science and Technology  jdwaterm@crnabiz.com  (336)-285-2329
 

Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

Chair Department Email Office Phone 
Emanuel Waddell Department of Nanoengineering eawaddell@crnabiz.com (336)-285-2837
 

Library

Chair Department Email Office Phone 
Forrest Foster Library Services ffoster@crnabiz.com (336)-334-7617