Office of the Dean

 

Staff directory

Interim Dean, Chris Culbertson

Chris Culbertson

Interim Dean

Bio - Email

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

Dr. Scott Tanona

Scott Tanona

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Bio - 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

Kimathi Choma

Kimathi Choma

Assistant Dean for Diversity, Recruitment and Retention
Bio - Email

  • Diversity Point Person for college
  • Academic and professional activities for multicultural students, faculty and staff
  • Diversity activities with dean’s office and leaders of other academic units
  • Recruiting and retention
  • Lead college diversity committee in enhancing diverse learning environment
Associate Dean of Research

Ben Stark

Interim Assistant Dean for Research/Facilities
Bio (coming soon) - Email

  • Research facilitation, compliance, safety, instructional technology, space, renovations and infrastructure
  • Work with Graduate School, Agricultural Experiment Station and Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering
  • Direct Faculty Enhancement Program
  • Direct college's undergraduate research and research travel programs
  • Coordinate with departments on expenditures of college fee dollars to support instructional improvements
Dr. Melinda Cro

Melinda Cro

Assistant Dean for Student Success and Engagement
Bio - Email

  • Academic advising and student success initiatives
  • Academic concerns including withdrawals, reinstatements, Academic Fresh Start and Forgiveness, SPARK, grade appeals, graduation, study abroad, and complex transfer issues
  • Strategic enrollment management
  • Admissions, including high school concurrent and appeals
  • College Academic Standards Committee Chair
  • Open option and interdisciplinary programs
  • Committee for Academic Policy and Procedure
  • Liaison for Offices of Student Life, Student Success, and Recruitment and Admissions, and Vice President of Strategic Enrollment Management
  • Support strategic planning and visioning

Catherine Harris

Budget/Fiscal Officer
Email

  • College budget officer
  • College personnel specialist

Student Services Center

(785) 532-6904

Frank Bailey

Frank Bailey

Student Services Assistant
Email

  • Assistant to the Assistant Deans
  • Administrative support for Student Services including diversity, recruitment, and retention initiatives
Lori LaVezzi

Lori LaVezzi

Student Services Supervisor
Email

  • Manages operations for the Deans' Office Student Services Center
  • Provides administrative support to the Assistant Deans, Academic Coordinator and Advisors
  • Schedules advisor appointments and processes program plan changes
  • Supervises Office Specialists and student assistants
Jami Harrison

Jami Harrison

Student Services Assistant
Email

  • Provide support to the Academic Coordinator
  • Process program plan changes and answer college emails
  • Order and maintain office supplies and inventory

Dean's Staff

Sonya Baker

Sonya Baker

Academic Coordinator
Email

  • Transfer credit evaluations and validation of credit requests
  • College representative for KSIS
  • Graduation checks and applications
Deborah Goins

Deborah Goins

Instructional Designer
Email

  • Work with college faculty and staff to develop strategic directions
  • Facilitates the development of quality computer mediated learning experiences
  • Support the assessment of learning outcomes

Carmen ThurlowCarmen Thurlow

Executive Assistant to the Dean
Email

  • Promotion and tenure, mid-tenure and faculty reappointments, sabbatical, recruitment, and contracts
  • Primary contact for department heads and central administration
  • Maintain the college’s master calendar and reappointment list
  • Maintain the dean's calendar
Laura Hohenbary

Laura Hohenbary

Grant Specialist & Assistant to Associate Dean for Research
Email

  • Assists the Associate Dean for Research
  • Searches for extramural funding opportunities for faculty
  • Facilitates faculty collaborations to form multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Supports faculty in novel grant writing situations

Stacy VarsStacy Vars

Assistant to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Email

  • Administrative support for Deans' Office Academic Affairs items
  • Assistant to Associate Dean Tanona

Zac Malcolm

Zac Malcolm

Academic Recruitment Coordinator
Email

  • Recruitment efforts, including Preview and Admitted Days
  • Primary contact for prospective high school and transfer students
  • Coordinate college mentorship program

Becky O'Donnell Becky O'Donnell

Scheduler and Curriculum Coordinator
Email

  • Course and curriculum
  • Line schedule
  • KSIS questions

Vacant

Becky O'Donnell

Integrated Health Studies Program Administrator
Email

  • Academic advising
  • Program management
  • Communications
  • Recruitment

Marcia LockePhoto of Marcia Locke

Director of Communications and Marketing

  • Communications including newsletters, news articles and website
  • Digital marketing, social media, promo materials, and strategic outreach
  • Event coordination

Kate Williamson

Kate Williamson

Event Coordinator

Email

  • Coordinate events like Commencement, Alumni Council meetings, research fairs, K-State Open House, and more
  • Assess and optimize existing events and recommend and create new events

Chloe WallaceChloe Wallace

Environmental Science Program Administrator
Email

  • Academic advising
  • Program management
  • Communications
  • Recruitment

 

VacantAshley Wolf

Budget/Fiscal Analyst
Email

  • General Budgeting/Accounting
  • Summer School Budgeting/Accounting
  • College Fees Budgeting/Accounting

Diana McElwain

Business Manager

Email

Shared Services Center

785-532-7300

Departments: A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication; Art; Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; Chemistry; Geography and Geospatial Sciences; Geology; History; Modern Languages; Political Science; Psychological Sciences; Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work; Social Transformation Studies; and Statistics

Accounting

sscas@ksu.edu
211 Calvin Hall

Naaz Yasmin

Naaz Yasmin

Business Manager
Email

Michele Kotopish

Lori Moses

Accountant I
Email

Jackie Chavez

Eve Wilson

Accountant I
Email

Moses

Erin Lacey

Accountant I

Eve Wilson

Coty Gilman

Accountant I
Email

Kaci SmithKaci Smith

Accountant II
Email

VacantJames

Accountant 1

Kathy Zimmerman Kathleen Zimmerman

Accountant I
(785) 532-0358
Email

Human Capital Services (HCS)

hrsscas@ksu.edu

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Vacant

HR Analyst
785-532-4955

Vacant

Rachel Shackelford

Human Capital Specialist 1
785-532-3101

Candy WalshVacant

HR Analyst
785-532-0412

Shared Services North

Departments: Math and Physics

Accounting

Kimberly Elliott

Kimberly Elliott

Accountant III
(785) 532-1607

Cindy Carlyon

Cindy Carlyon

Accounting Specialist
(785) 532-0558

Allison Stadel

Vacant

Accounting Specialist
(785) 532-1601

Human Capital Services (HCS)

Vacant

Alicia Cribbs

Human Capital Representative
(785) 532-6782

ArtSci

VACANT

Human Capital Assistant 1

Advisors

Elli ArcherA&S Logo

Email

  • Open Option
  • Social Science
  • Integrated Computer Science

Tami DuchTami Duch

Email

  • Open Option
  • Social Science

Catherine CafferaCatherine Caffera

Email

  • Athletic certification
  • Medical Lab Science
  • Open Option
  • Physical Science
  • Social Science

Angelia Perry

Angelia Perry

Email

  • Humanities
  • Open Option