Department & School Chairs

2025-2026

Department

Chair

Email

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Sandeep Kumar

skumar@odu.edu

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Oscar Gonzalez

ogonzale@odu.edu

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering

Ertunga Cem Ozelkan

Ìý

Engineering Technology

Vukica Jovanovic

v2jovano@odu.edu

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Marwan Al-Haik Ìý
Center For Bioelectronics Gymama Slaughter gslaught@odu.edu
Frank Reidy Research Center For Bioelectrics Andrei Pakhomov apakhomo@odu.edu

Department/School

Chair

ÌýEmail

Art

John Roth

jroth@odu.edu

Communication & Theatre Arts

Tim Anderson

tjanders@odu.edu

English

Veronica Watson

vwatson@odu.edu

History

Tim Orr (Interim)

torr@odu.edu

F. Ludwig Diehn School of Music

Nancy Klein

nklein@odu.edu

Philosophy & Religious Studies

Nicole Willock

nwillock@odu.edu

Political Science & Geography

Tom Allen

tallen@odu.edu

Sociology & Criminal Justice

Ruth Triplett

rtriplet@odu.edu

Women & Gender Studies

Elizabeth Groeneveld

egroenev@odu.edu

World Languages & Cultures

Elizabeth Black

eblack@odu.edu

Department

Chair

Email

Biological Sciences

Holly Gaff

hgaff@odu.edu

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Craig Bayse

cbayse@odu.edu

Computer Science

Ravi Mukkamala

rmukkama@odu.edu

Mathematics & Statistics

Gordon Melrose

gmelrose@odu.edu

Ocean & Earth Sciences

Kevin Yeager

kyeager@odu.edu

Physics

Sebastian Kuhn

skuhn@odu.edu

Psychology

George Noell

gnoell@odu.edu

Department

Chair

Email

Counseling & Human Services

Mark Rehfuss

mrehfuss@odu.edu

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development

Mickey Kosloski

mkoslosk@odu.edu

Human Movement Studies & Special Education

Xihe Zhu

x2zhu@odu.edu

STEM Education & Professional Studies

Shana Pribesh

spribesh@odu.edu

Teaching & Learning

Angela Eckhoff

aeckhoff@odu.edu

Center For Educational Partnerships Joanna Garner jkgarner@odu.edu

School

Chair

Email

Dental Hygiene

Brenda Bradshaw

bbradsha@odu.edu

Exercise Science

Daniel Russell

dmrussel@odu.edu

Medical Diagnostic & Translational Sciences

Harold Riethman

hriethma@odu.edu

Rehabilitation Sciences

Patricia Laverdure

plaverdu@odu.edu

Speech-Language Pathology

Stacie Raymer

sraymer@odu.edu

Department

Chair

Email

Advanced Practice Nursing

VACANT

Ìý

Professional Nursing

Lynn Wiles

lwiles@odu.edu

School

Chair

Email

School of Cybersecurity

Daniel Takabi

dtakabi@odu.edu

School of Data Science

Frank Liu

fliu@odu.edu

School of Supply Chain, Logistics, & Maritime Operations

Kuntal Bhattacharyya

kbhattac@odu.edu

Department

Chair

Email

Epidemiology, Biostatistics, andÌýEnvironmental Health

James Blando

jblando@odu.edu

Health Behavior, Policy, and Management Brian Martin (Interim)Ìý martinbc@odu.edu

Department/School

Chair

Email

Economics

Robert McNab

rmcnab@odu.edu

Finance

Bruce Rubin

brubin@odu.edu

Information Technology & Decision Sciences

Weiyong Zhang

wyzhang@odu.edu

Management

Shaomin Li

sli@odu.edu

Marketing

Chuanyi Tang

ctang@odu.edu

School of Accountancy

Hong "Kim" Duong (Interim)Ìý

hkduong@odu.edu

School of Public Service

Bruce McDonald

bmcdonal@odu.edu

Department

Name

Email

Brickell Medical Sciences Akos Delneky delnekab@odu.edu

Learning Commons & Branch Libraries

Victoria Heiduschke

vheidusc@odu.edu

Libraries Education & Assessment

Lucinda Wittkower

lrush@odu.edu

Libraries Engagement

Jennifer Hoyt

jhoyt@odu.edu

Research and Scholarly Communication Dorothy Lockaby dlockaby@odu.edu

Resource Description & Maintenance

Leanne Hillery

lhillery@odu.edu

Resource Fulfillment

Robert Tench

ftench@odu.edu

Special Collections & University Archives

Jessica Ritchie

jhritchi@odu.edu

Systems Development

Holli Kubly

hkubly@odu.edu

Last revised Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent toÌýMaite Wilson