Academic Division
Scott R. Steele, Ph.D.
Provost
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
Matthew Saderholm, Ph.D.
Dean of Faculty; Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Berea College, 1992;
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998.
Berea, 1999
Richard Cahill, Ph.D.
Director of Francis and Louise Hutchins Center for International Education
Professor of History
B.A., Westmont College, 1988;
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990;
Ph.D., 1996.
Berea, 2005
Clara Chapman, B.A.
Interim Director of Institutional Research and Assessment
B.A., Berea College, 1993.
Berea, 1996
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
Judy Ginter, M.B.A.
Registrar
B.A., Wake Forest University, 1981;
M.B.A., 1996.
Berea, 2016
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
Calvin Gross, M.S.L.I.S.
Director of Library Services
B.A., Berea College, 1986;
M.S.L.I.S., University of Kentucky, 2004.
Berea, 2004
Ryan Hess, M.S.S.
Director of Athletics and Seabury Center
B.A., Berea College, 1998
M.S.S., United States Sports Academy, 2004.
Berea, 1998-2003, 2005
Luke Hodson, M.A.
Associate Vice President for Admissions
B.S., Berea College, 2002.
M.A., Union College, 2007.
Berea, 2005
Jessica Klanderud, Ph.D.
Director of Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education;
Associate Professor of African and African American Studies
B.A., Western Michigan University, 2001;
M.A., Carnegie Mellon University, 2005;
Ph.D., 2013.
Berea, 2019
Chris Lakes, Ed.D.
Director of the Office of Student Success and Transition
B.A., Berea College, 1999;
M.S., University of Tennessee, 2001;
Ed.D., University of Kentucky, 2020.
Berea, 2001
Esther Livingston, M.S.
Director of Internships
B.A., Midway College, 2001;
M.S., University of Kentucky, 2006.
Berea, 2011
Cindy McGaha, Ph.D.
Director of the Child Development Laboratory;
Professor of Child Development
B.A., Berea College, 1991;
M.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro,1994;
Ph.D., 1997.
Berea, 2016
Eileen McKiernan González, Ph.D.
Associate Provost
Bradford and Christine Miller Mishler Art Chair, Professor of Art
B.A., Wheaton College, 1992;
M.A. University of Texas at Austin, 1997;
Ph.D., 2005.
Berea, 2003
Leslie Ortquist-Ahrens, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning;
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
B.A., Hope College, 1983;
M.A., Indiana University, 1988;
Ph.D., 1999.
Berea, 2012
Andrea Spry, M.B.A.
Director of Student Financial Aid Services
B.A., Transylvania University, 2001;
M.B.A., University of Kentucky, 2005.
Berea, 2022
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
Amanda Tudor, M.S.
Director of Career Development
B.A., Houghton College, 1988;
M.S., Rochester Institute of Technology, 1992.
Berea, 2015