Dean's Office Staff Directory

Dr. Chris Culbertson

Dean
More info - Email

• Chief Academic and Administrative Officer
• Strategic and budget planning
• Advocate for College with central administration and external constituencies, including fundraising

Dr. Scott Tanona

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Planning
More info - Email

• Curriculum planning and development
• Academic program review including summer school coordination
• International programs coordinator
• Budget planning
• Academic promotion and tenure
• Faculty Affirmative Action issues

Dr. Mary Cain

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

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• Foster research, scholarship, creative and discovery activities; interdisciplinary collaboration; early-career faculty development
• Interface with the Office of the Vice President for Research
• Support college strategic planning and data analysis
• Manage instructional fees and faculty enhancement programs
• Represent college on ADR Council and liaise with Graduate School

Dr. Christie Launius

Associate Dean for Student Success, Engagement and Undergraduate Studies
More info - Email

• Academic advising and student success
• Grade appeals, withdrawals, Academic Fresh Start and Forgiveness, SPARK, reinstatements, graduation, study abroad and complex transfer issues
• Strategic Enrollment Management
• Admissions, including high school concurrent
• College Academic Standards Committee
• Committee for Academic Policy & Procedure
• Coordinate with Division of Academic Success & Student Affairs and Offices of Recruitment & Admissions, the Registrar, and Strategic Enrollment Management

Dr. Kimathi Choma

Assistant Dean for Student Success, College Health Initiatives, and Retention
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• Liaise with student success-related offices throughout the university
• Support applied learning and professional and career development opportunities for students
• Work closely with at-risk students
• Develop and implement initiatives to improve student satisfaction, engagement and graduation rates
• Coordinate scholarship procedures

Ben Stark

Assistant Dean for Infrastructure and Faculty Support
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• Research facilitation, compliance, safety, instructional technology, space, renovations, migration, IT, and infrastructure
• Review departmental promotion and tenure documents
• Advise on faculty workloads
• Coordindate faculty and staff awards
• Support and align faculty with resources

Catherine Harris

Budget/Fiscal Officer
Email

• College budget officer
• College personnel specialist

Carmen Thurlow

Executive Assistant to the Dean
Email

• Promotion, tenure, mid-tenure, faculty reappointments, sabbatical, employee recruitment and contracts
• Primary contact for department heads and central administration
• Master calendar and reappointment list
• Manage dean's calendar

Marcia Locke

Director of Communications and Marketing
Email

• Lead collegewide marketing efforts—materials, website, social media, etc.
• Produce college news releases, newsletters and other communications
• Support university-level marketing and recruiting
• Oversee college events

Lori LaVezzi

Assistant Director I, Academic Student Services
Email

• Manage center operations
• Policy support for academic standing, enrollment, advisor assignment, etc.
• New Student Orientation and Commencement
• Student success strategic planning
• Supports associate and assistant deans

Frank Bailey

Student Services Assistant
Email

• Support center reception, administration, correspondence, events and recruitment and retention initiatives
• Assist associate and assistant deans
• Support advisors and student records specialists
• Provide variety of student services

Ty Ratzlaff

Student Services Assistant
Email

• Support center reception, administration, correspondence, events
• Support advisors and student records specialists
• Assist curriculum integrity manager
• Provide variety of student services
• Support college mentoring program

Elli Archer

Advising Practices Administrator
earcher@k-state.edu

• Coordinate advising practices and training for professional advisors
• Social Transformation Studies
• Integrated Computer Science

Toby Bitner

Academic Advisor
tbitner@k-state.edu

• Humanities
• Music
• Psychology
• Social Science
• Theater

Hannah Hoffman-Colburn

Academic Advisor
hannahhoff@k-state.edu

• Biochemistry
• Physics
• Statistics & Data Science

Aryn Hopson

Academic Advisor
Arynh@k-state.edu

• Athletic Certifying Officer
• Biology
• Psychology
• Social Science

Emily Mann

College Orientation Coordinator
ekmann@k-state.edu

• Oversee college orientation
• Manage training and support for orientation instructors
• Design course content and instructor materials for DAS 101
• Advise for Physical Science, Social Science, Mathematics and Geography

Karen Paulus

Academic Advisor
kpaulus@k-state.edu

• Psychology

Lindsey Thiele

Academic Advisor
Email (coming soon)

• Biology
• Life Science
• Medical Laboratory Science

Dr. Kaela Urquhart

Assistant Director II, Interdisciplinary Programs
kaelaurquhart@k-state.edu

Humanities, Integrated Health Studies, Life Science, Medical Laboratory Science, Physical Science, Social Science

• Program oversight
• Recruitment
• Communications
• Advising support

Chloe Wallace

Program Administrator, Environmental Science
chloewallace@k-state.edu

• Academic advising
• Program management
• Communications
• Recruitment

Stacy Vars

Assistant to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Planning
Email

• Administrative support for Dean's Office
• Support academic affairs
• Assist associate dean

Laura Hohenbary

Grant Specialist and Assistant to Associate Dean for Research
Email

• Assist associate dean for research
• Search for extramural funding for faculty
• Facilitate faculty collaborations to form multi-disciplinary teams
• Support faculty in novel grant writing

Sonya Baker

Manager of Curriculum Integrity
Email

• Alignment of degree approval requirements with course catalog and other policies
• Transfer course approval
• Oversee degree analysis

Jami Harrison

Degree Analyst
Email

• • Graduation checks and approvals
  • DARS review
  • Course substitutions

Becky O'Donnell

Manager of Curriculum Development
Email

• Oversee course and curriculum development
• Manage course scheduling

Coty Gilman

Budget/Fiscal Coordinator
Email

• Budgeting and accounting
• Summer school and college fees budgeting and accounting

• Yiheng Wu

  Budget Fiscal Coordinator

  Email

  • College Scholarship Coordinator
  • Shared services accounting

Kaci Smith

Business Manager
Email

• Report Balancing
• Accounting software management
• Software training and consistency

Matthew Spears

Information Technology Director
Email

Katie Messerla

Event Coordinator and Communications Specialist
Email

• Coordinate events like Commencement, Alumni Council meetings, career fairs, K-State Open House, and more
• Publicize events and support college communications and marketing
• Administer dean's office social media

Zac Malcolm

Director of Recruitment
Email

• Oversee all recruitment efforts, including campus visits
• Primary contact for prospective high school and transfer students
• Oversee college mentorship program
• Advise college's student ambassadors

Paige Altwegg

Recruitment Coordinator
Email

• Recruitment events and experiences for prospective students
• Liaison for departments and Office of Recruitment and Admissions
• Recruitment initiatives and community outreach
• Student mentorship program

Naaz Yasmin

Business Manager
Email

Samantha Campbell

Accountant I
Email

Eve Wilson

Accountant II
Email

Erin Lacey

Accountant I
(785) 532-0358
Email

Darcy Douglas

Accountant I
Email

Kathy Zimmerman

Accountant I
(785) 532-0358
Email

Judy Wiebe

HR Analyst
785-532-4955
Email

Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; Chemistry; Geology; Geography and Geospatial Sciences; Political Science; Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work; Statistics

• Faculty and staff hiring
• Personnel management
• Time and leave management

Angel George

HR Manager
785-532-0412
Email

Arts and Sciences Dean's Office, Art, AQ Miller School of Media and Comm, Modern Languages, Psychological Sciences, Social Transformation Studies

• Faculty and staff hiring
• Personnel management
• Time and leave management

Dedra Schweir

HR Representative
Email

• Payroll and funding inquiries

David Alsup

HR Representative

Email

History; School of Music, Theatre, and Dance

• Student hiring
• Contract administration
• Sabbatical and remote work agreements

Alicia Cribbs

Human Resources Representative
Email
(785) 532-6782

Physics, Mathematics, JR Macdonald Lab

• Faculty and staff hiring
• Personnel management
• Time and leave management

Kimberly Elliott

Accountant III
Email
(785) 532-1607

Cindy Carlyon

Accountant I
Email
(785) 532-0558

Cassady Murphree

Accountant I
Email
(785) 532-1601