Provost Search Committees

A three-committee search process will be used to assure substantial involvement by the university community including a search committee, a committee of the deans of the colleges, and the Strategic Planning Organization Team.

Search Committee

CHAIR: Sal Sanders, Dean, College of Graduate Studies

Joy Polkabla Byers, Director, Campus Rec & Intramural Sports

Jeffrey Coldren, Professor and Chair, Psychology

Katrena S. Davidson, Controller

David C. Deibel, member of the YSU Board of Trustees

Adam C. Earnheardt, Professor and Chair, Communication

Kendra Fowler, Associate Professor, Marketing

Julia M. Gergits, Professor, English

Sherri Harper Woods, Assistant Professor, Social Work

Victoria E. Kress, Professor, Counseling, School Psychology & Education

Hazel Marie, Professor and Chair, Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Alicia Prieto Langarica, Associate Professor, Mathematics & Statistics

Patrick T. Spearman, Associate Professor, Teacher Education

William G. Vendemia, Professor, Management

Nancy Wagner, Professor and Chair, Nursing

Alice Wang, Associate Professor, Dana School of Music


Committee of Deans

CHAIR: Dr. Betty Jo Licata, Dean, Williamson College of Business Administration

Charles Howell, Dean, Beeghly College of Education

Tammy King, Acting Dean, Bitonte College of Health and Human Services

Phyllis M. Paul, Dean, Cliffe College of Creative Arts & Communication

Kristine L. Blair, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Wim F. A. Steelant, Dean, College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Amy Cossentino, Director, Honors College


Strategic Planning Organization Team

CHAIR: Mike Sherman, Special Assistant to the President

Moataz M. Abdelrasoul, Undergraduate Student, Pre-Law and Political Science major

Coskun Bayrak, Chair and Professor of Computer Science and Information Services

Claire Berardini, Associate Provost for Student Success

Kristine Blair, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and professor of EnglishAmy Crawford, Professor of Telecommunication Studies

Chet Cooper, Chair of Academic Senate and Professor of Biological Sciences

Dana Davis, Chair of Social Work and Assistant Professor of Social Work

Tim Francisco, Professor of English

Rodney Harden, YSU-ACE Vice President and Network Technician

Jacci Johnson, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions

Sepideh Khavari, Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Ken Learman, Professor of Physical Therapy

David Morgan, Professor, Dana School Of Music

Jenn Pintar, Associate Provost for Academic Administration and Professor of Kinesiology and Sport Science

James “Ted” Roberts, member of the YSU Board of Trustees and Senior Counsel of Roth, Blair, Roberts, Strasfeld & Lodge

Molly Seals, member of the YSU Board of Trustees and Retired System Vice President of Human Resources Program Delivery at Mercy Health Youngstown

AJ Sumell, YSU-OEA President and Professor of Economics