Academic Division
Shewanee Howard-Baptiste, Ph.D.
Provost
Professor of General Studies
B.S., Miami University, 1999; M.S., 2000; Ph.D., 2007
Berea, 2025
Mary Robert Garrett, Ph.D.
Associate Provost and Dean of Faculty; Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Macalester College, 2002;
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.
Berea, 2009
Travis J. Albritton, Ph.D.
Dean of Community and Commitments
B.S., Elizabeth Clay State University, 1998;
M.Div., Duke University Divinity School, 2001; M.S.W 2003;
Ph.D. University North Carolina at Greensboro, 2015
Berea, 2025
Sarah Adams, PhD.
Executive Director of General Education
B.M., Rutgers University, 2006;
M.A., University of North Texas, 2010;
M.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 2014; Ph.D., 2018.
Berea, 2019
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.
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
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
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
Jessica Klanderud, Ph.D.
Director of Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education;
Associate Professor of African American Studies
B.A., Western Michigan University, 2001;
M.A., Carnegie Mellon University, 2005;
Ph.D., 2013.
Berea, 2019
Amanda Leger, M.A.
Registrar
B.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 2007; M.A., 2023.
Berea, 2011
M. Shadee Malaklou, Ph.D.
Founder and Inaugural Director of the bell hooks Center;
Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies;
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department Chair
B.A., Duke University, 2007;
M.A., University of California, Irvine, 2011; Ph.D., 2016.
Berea, 2019
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
Joseph M. Murphy, M.S.L.S.
Director of Educational Development
B.A., The Catholic University of America, 1992; M.S.L.S., 1998.
Berea, 2025
Amanda Peach, M.Ed.
Directory of Library Services
B.S. Northern Kentucky University
M.L.I.S. University of Kentucky
M.Ed. University of Louisville
Berea, 2011
Shaniqua Robinson, Ed.S.
Executive Director, The Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky
B.A., University of Kentucky, 2014;
M.A., University of the Cumberlands, 2018; Ed.S., 2021.
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