Credits

Credits

Kevin Pitts, Dean

Assistant & Associate Deans

Trish Hammer, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Graduate Studies 
John Morris, Associate Dean for Research 
Michel Pleimling, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs 
Victoria Corbin, Assistant Dean for Outreach and Student Engagement 
Laura Freeman, Assistant Dean for Research in the Greater Washington, D.C., area 
Dave Higdon, Special Advisor to the Dean 
Estrella Johnson, Assistant Dean for Inclusion and Diversity 
William Walton, Assistant Dean for Finance
Rosyln Garrison, Division Director of Human Resources 

Advancement

Michael Walsh, Assistant Dean of Advancement 
Spencer Coppage, Visual Communications and Marketing Specialist 
Teresa DeCarmen, Assistant Director Design and Digital Strategy 
Courtney Holland, Assistant Director of Leadership Gifts 
Steven Mackay, Director of Communications 
Melissa McKeown, Communications Manager, Academy of Data Science 
Jenny Orzolek, Senior Director of Major Gifts 
Lon Wagner, Senior Director of Communications 

College Leaders

Sarah Clinton, School of Neuroscience, interim 
Robert Cohen, Biological Sciences 
W. Steve Holbrook, Geosciences 
Amanda Morris, Chemistry 
Mark Pitt, Physics 
Sarah Reznikoff, Mathematics 
Eric Smith, Statistics 
Sudipta Sarangi, Economics 
Jamie Eagen Swanson, Psychology 
Robert Weiss, Academy of Integrated Science 
Tom Woteki, Academy of Data Science 

 

Editorial staff

EDITOR: Steven Mackay 

WRITERS: Greg Atkins, David Fleming, Lindsey Haugh, Reilly Henson, Suzanne Irby, Steven Mackay, Annie McCallum, John Pastor, Albert Raboteau, Jimmy Robertson, Felicia Spencer, Lon Wagner 

PHOTOGRAPHERS: Hunter Q. Gresham, Luke Hayes, Steven Mackay, Ray Meese, Natalee Waters 

ART DIRECTION + DESIGN: Journey Group 

ILLUSTRATIONS: Matt Chinworth

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