Academic Division
Chad Berry, Ph.D.
Academic Vice President and Dean of the Faculty
Goode Professor of Appalachian Studies; Professor of History
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1986;
M.A., Western Kentucky University, 1988;
Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington, 1995.
Berea, 2006
James Atkinson, M.S.
Director of Career Development;
B.A., Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1991;
M.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 2000.
Berea, 2011
Wanda K. Burch, M.Ed.
Registrar
B.A., Columbia International University, 1999;
M.Ed., Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, 2005.
Berea, 2010
Richard Cahill, Ph.D.
Director of International Education;
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Westmont College, 1988;
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990;
Ph.D., 1996.
Berea, 2005
Mark R. Cartmill, M.A.
Director of Athletics and Seabury Center
B.S., St. Lawrence University, 1975
M.A., Western Carolina University, 1983.
Berea, 2008
Wilma Chambers, B.A.
Director of Child Development Laboratory
B.A., Berea College, 1991.
Berea, 2004
Anne Chase, M.L.S.
Director of Library Services;
Associate Professor of Library Science
B.A., University of Louisville, 1981;
M.L.S., Indiana University, 1982.
Berea, 1995
Ashley Cochrane, M.S.
Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning through Service
B.A., University of Virginia, 1995;
M.S. University of Kentucky, 2001.
Berea, 2003
Chris Green, Ph.D.
Director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center;
Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies;
B.A, University of Kentucky, 1991; MFA, Indiana University, 1996;
M.S., 1998; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2004.
Berea, 2012
Luke Hodson, M.A.
Director of Admissions
B.S., Berea College, 2002.
M.A., Union College, 2007.
Berea, 2005
Monica Jones, M.A.
Director of the Black Cultural Center
B.A., Ohio University,1991; M.A., 2004.
Berea, 2012
Chris Lakes, M.S.
Coordinator of the First-Year Experience
B.A., Berea College, 1999; M.S., University of Tennessee, 2001.
Berea, 2001
Esther Livingston, M.S.
Director of Internships;
B.A., Midway College, 2001;
M.S., University of Kentucky, 2006.
Berea, 2011
Nancy Melton, M.A.
Director of Student Financial Aid Services
B.A., Berea College, 1972;
M.A., Morehead State University, 1979.
Berea, 2009
Leslie Ortquist-Ahrens, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Transformative Learning
Associate Professor of Comparitive Literature
B.A., Hope College, 1983
M.A., Indiana University, 1988, Ph.D.; 1999
Berea, 2012
Curtis T. Sandberg, M.S., M.P.A.
Director of Academic Services
B.S., University of Wyoming, 1992,
M.S., 1995; M.P.A., 2001.
Berea, 2007
Robert J. Smith, Ph.D
Director of Academic Assessment;
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., University of Arizona, 1997;
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1999; Ph.D., 2003.
Berea, 2003
Scott R. Steele, Ph.D.
Dean of Curriculum and Student Learning;
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Texas Christian University, 1990;
M.A., Texas A & M University, 1992; M.S., 1993;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997.
Berea, 2002
Linda Strong-Leek, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs;
Professor of Women’s Studies and General Studies;
B.A., North Carolina Central University, 1988;
M.A., 1990; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1994.
Berea, 2002
Alicestyne Turley, Ph.D.
Director of the Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education;
Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies;
B.A., Georgetown College, 1994; MPA, Mississippi State University, 1996; M.A., University of Kentucky, 2000, Ph.D., 2009.
Berea, 2012