Administration and Faculty

Officers of Administration

John M. McCardell Jr.
A.B., Washington and Lee, Ph.D., Harvard University
Vice-Chancellor and President

John Swallow
, B.A., M.S., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Provost

John Joseph Gatta Jr., B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Dean of the College

John Vincent Reishman, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Director of Summer School

Eric E. Hartman, M.S.
Dean of Students

Thomas E. Macfie Jr., B.A., M. Div.
University Chaplain and Dean of All Saints’ Chapel

Jerry Forster, B.S., M. S., Ed.D.
Treasurer & Vice President for Finance and Administration

Jay Fisher, B.A., J.D.
Vice President for University Advancement

Lee Ann Afton-Backlund
, B.S., M.Ed.
Dean of Admission

Beth A. Cragar, B.S.
Associate Dean of Admission for Financial Aid

Vicki G. Sells
, B.A, Ed.D.
Associate Provost & University Librarian

Paul G. Wiley II
, B.A., B.M.E., & M. M., Ed.D.
University Registrar

John Vineyard, B.A.
Director of Physical Plant Services

Mark F. Webb
, M.B.A.
Director of Athletics


Summer School Faculty


John Vincent Reishman

B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Jesse Spaulding Professor of English Literature and Director of Summer School

Frederick Hailey Croom
B.S., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Mathematics

Thomas Dean Spaccarelli

Diploma de Estudios Hispánicos, Universidad de Granada; A.B., University of Illinois at Chicago Circle; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor of Spanish

Martin Albert Knoll
B.A., The University of the South; M.S. Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., University of Texas
Professor of Geology

John R. Palisano

B.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Professor of Biology

Scott Howard Wilson
B.A. Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor of Political Science

Christopher H. Conn
B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., Syracuse University
Professor of Philosophy

Houston Bryan Roberson

B.A., Mars Hill College; M.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of History

Stephen Boykin Raulston

B.A., University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Professor of Spanish

Christopher Michael McDonough

B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Classical Languages

Helen V. Bateman
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of Psychology

Robert A. Ott Jr.
B.A., Bellarmine University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland
Assistant Professor of Economics

Manuel Alberto Chinchilla

B.A., Louisiana State University, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Virginia Lauryl Tucker

B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of English

Jessica Faye Wohl

B.F.A., The Kansas City Art Institute, M.F.A., The University of Georgia
Assistant Professor of Art and Art History