A&S Leadership

• Office of the Dean
  
• Student Services
  
• Student Recruitment
  
• Business Office
  
• Development

• Responsible for the overall achievement of the college mission
• Foster faculty and student research, and promote collaborative endeavors
• Manage the college's full range of operations, including strategic, programmatic, financial and fiscal
• Develop and execute an effective strategy for college fundraising
• Corresponds with faculty, staff, students, alumni and administration; across departments; within the university; and throughout the community at large
• Supervises, appoints, and reviews all assistant and associate deans

I am the Divisional Dean for Social Sciences, as well as a Professor of Anthropology. My units are: Africana Studies, Anthropology, School for Communication, Film, and Media Studies, Journalism, School for Public and International Affairs, Sociology, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Within A&S, I represent the Dean’s Office on A&S Faculty Seante. I represent the college on the University Graduate Council, and the Associate Deans for Research committee. I also serve as a college liaison with the university COVID team, the IRB, and the International Office. In my scholarly work, I focus on Maya archaeology and investigate themes related to materiality and the material world, indigenous ontologies, and personhood through both material, visual, and textual evidence.

• Leads the college in our effort to be a leader in equity and inclusion
• Establishes and supports college-wide equity and inclusion policies impacting students, staff, faculty and our community.
• Oversees the implementation of college wide equity and inclusion policies
• Acts as the college’s liaison for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• Cultivates community partnerships
• Coordinates the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
• Manages human resources function to ensure that the college has an appropriate and diverse workforce, including oversight of organizational development; position planning; recruitment and hiring; training and staff development; and evaluation.

• Preparation and delivery of faculty offer letters
  
• College Administrator for the eRPT dossier system
  
• Oversight of Dean’s Office college records
  
• College-wide event planning and meeting coordination

• Provides vision, leadership and direction for the College of Arts & Sciences Declared Advising unit and the Center for Exploratory Studies
  
• Oversees all the College of Arts & Sciences Advising functions and supervises a team of 17 professional advisors
  
• Represents and Advocates for all Arts and Sciences advising needs in University Committees

• Student Retention and Success
• Students At-risk: Academic Alert and Probationary Students
• College Conduct Administrator---Academic Misconduct for undergraduate students
• College Liaison: GEN-1 Theme House
• Architect and Facilitator: Award-winning Cultural Competence Workshops for faculty and staff
• Co-direct the PR1ZE (Putting Retention 1st in the Zest for Excellence) Mentoring Program for African-American Students
• Advisor: Cariba Caribbean Student Organization

• Long-range Financial Planning
• Oversee day to day business operations
• Space and Facilities Planning
• Supervise the budget support staff in the college and oversee all business and financial matters for the college. 
• Serve as a member of the Dean’s cabinet to advise the Dean and his leadership team on the management of all college finances and related matters
• Manage the college budget submission process including budget formulation
  
• Oversee (PBB) Performance Based Budgeting  and the associated impact on the college
  
• Create proforma financial statements for new college ventures
  
• Develop navigational budget reports to aide in forecasting
  
• Assist the dean , faculty, and staff in the development of entrepreneurial and revenue-generating activities
  
• Provide advice and technical assistance to the Dean and department Heads on cost analysis, funds allocation, and budget preparation and management
  
• Work with the dean to develop and recommend financial and administrative policies and procedures that will help strengthen the college finances
  
•  Development of Departmental PBB reports
• Partner with the Dean, Department Heads and the Provost office in helping us strengthen the financial position of the college

• Assist faculty and staff with researching, locating, developing, writing, and administering federal, state, and private grants, contracts, and external funding sources.
• Implement policies to ensure compliance with funding agency regulations
• Oversee and ensure compliance of grants.
• Conduct or carry out work procedures and activities in accordance with local, state, federal, and university regulations.
• Oversee proposal preparation and submission process.
• Pre-award duties in providing oversight of Federal and non-Federal grants for the College of Arts & Sciences.