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.
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
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
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