IBAVI Leadership
Leadership for the IBAVI occurs at three interdependent levels: Executive Board, Advisory Board, and Advisory Council.
IBAVI Executive Director and Board
The IBAVI is administered by the IBAVI Executive Director and Executive Board. The Executive Board members include:
- Craig N. Shealy, Ph.D.
Executive Director, International Beliefs and Values Institute
Professor of Graduate Psychology - Emily Akerson, RN, MN, C-FNP
Associate Director,
Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services - Jennifer Coffman, Ph.D.
Associate Executive Director, Office of International Programs
Program Director, JMU Summer in Kenya - Teresa Harris, Ph. D.
Professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education - Gregg R. Henriques, Ph.D
Director, Combined-Integrated Doctoral Program
Associate Professor of Graduate Psychology - Robert W. Kolodinsky, Ph. D.
Director, Gilliam Center for Ethical Business Leadership
Assistant Professor of Business - Fletcher Linder, Ph.D.
Director (Intm.), Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies
Associate Professor of Anthropology - David Owusu-Ansah, Ph. D.
Special Assistant to the President, Office of Diversity
Professor of African Studies - Lee G. Sternberger, Ph.D.
Associate Provost, Academic Affairs
Executive Director, Office of International Programs - Damian White, Ph.D.
Co-Chair, Technonatures
Assistant Professor of Sociology
IBAVI Advisory Board
The IBAVI Advisory Board includes a distinguished and international assemblage of individuals and organizations from around the world.
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Akwasi Aidoo, Ph.D Executive Director Trust Africa Dakar–Fann, Senegal http://www.trustafrica.org/ |
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Fawzia Al-Attia, Ph.D. Chair, Union of Iraqi Sociologists Professor, Department of Sociology University of Baghdad Baghdad, Iraq http://www.ulum.nl/a134.htm |
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A. T. Ariyaratne, D.Litt., D.H. Founder and President Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement Moratuwa, Sri Lanka http://www.sarvodaya.org/ |
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Jo Beall, Ph.D. Professor and Director (fmr.) Development Studies Institute London School of Economics London, England http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/DESTIN/Default.htm |
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Sergio Berensztein, Ph.D. |
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Joseph Camilleri, Ph.D. Professor and Director Centre for Dialogue La Trobe University Melbourne, Australia http://www.latrobe.edu.au/dialogue/index.html |
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Juanito Camilleri, Ph.D. Professor and Rector University of Malta Malta http://www.um.edu.mt/ |
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Sergey Erofeev, Ph.D. Professor and Director Centre for the Sociology of Culture Kazan State University Kazan, Russia http://www.sociocult.ksu.ru/?pid=39 |
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Christine Loh, OBE Founder and Chief Executive Officer Civic Exchange Hong Kong, China http://www.civic-exchange.org/ |
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Usha Nayar, Ph.D. Professor and Provost (fmr.) Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai, India http://www.tiss.edu/ |
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Hanne Strong President Manitou Foundation Colorado, United States http://www.manitou.org/ |
IBAVI Advisory Council
The IBAVI Advisory Council is comprised of leading faculty, staff, and administrators from across all of James Madison University's colleges and divisions.
- Craig E. Abrahamson, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/undergraduate/people/faculty.html - Jessica Adolino, Ph.D.
General Education Cluster 4 Coordinator
Associate Professor, Political Science
http://www.jmu.edu/polisci/adolino.html - Ehsan Ahmed, Ph.D.
Professor and Head
Department of Economics
http://cob.jmu.edu/ahmedex/ - Ralph Alberico, MLS
Dean
Libraries & Educational Technologies
http://www.lib.jmu.edu/staffdir/bio.aspx?uid=6 - Karim Altaii, Ph.D.
Professor
Integrated Science and Technology http://www.isat.jmu.edu/faculty/altaii.html - Kenn Barron, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/psycsciences/people/barron.html - A. Jerry Benson, Ph.D.
Dean
College of Integrated Science and Technology
Professor of Psychology
http://www.jmu.edu/cisat/dean/benson.html - Cheryl Beverly, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Exceptional Education
College of Education
http://vawin.jmu.edu/exceptionaled/directory.php - Philip Bigler
Director, The James Madison Center
http://www.jmu.edu/research/staff.shtml
http://www.jmu.edu/bethechange/bigler.shtml - Charles Blake, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
http://www.jmu.edu/polisci/blake.html - Douglas T. Brown, Ph.D.
Provost
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
http://www.jmu.edu/acadaffairs/ - Pete Bsumek, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/Director of Debate
Co-Director, Center for Constructive Advocacy and Dialogue
http://www.jmu.edu/commstudies/faculty-ae.shtml - Keo Cavalcanti, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Department Head of Sociology & Anthropology
https://caal.jmu.edu/latinamerica/Faculty/cavalcanti.htm
http://www.jmu.edu/sociology/socio_faculty_cavalcantik.html - Harriet Cobb, Ed.D.
Professor of Graduate Psychology
http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/cipsyd/people/cobb.html - Eric Cowan, Psy.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/gradpsyc/bio/cowan.html - Judith, A. Dilts, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
College of Science and Mathematics
Interim Head, Department of Geology and Environmental Science
Professor of Biology
http://csm.jmu.edu/html/diltsja.htm - David Ehrenpreis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art History
Director, Institute for Visual Studies
http://www.jmu.edu/art/FacultyBios/DavidEhrenpreis/dehrenpreis.html - Teresa A. Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Vice Provost
http://www.jmu.edu/cap/parents/teresa_gonzalez.htm - Steve Grande, Ph.D.
Director of Orientation
http://www.jmu.edu/orientation/staff/ProfStaff.shtml - Rusty Greene, MFA
Professor of Media Arts and Design
Director, JMU Semester in London
http://www.jmu.edu/facdev/tech.shtml
http://smad.jmu.edu/greenerp/me.html - Linda Halpern, Ph.D.
Dean, College of General Education
Professor of Art History
http://www.jmu.edu/art/FacultyBios/LindaHalpern/lhalpern.html - Shah Hanifi, Ph.D.
JMU Greater Middle East Program Initiator
Assistant Professor of History
http://web.jmu.edu/history/faculty/hanifi.html - Rich Harris
Director, Community Service-Learning
http://www.jmu.edu/stusuccess/wilson.cflsat.shtml - Weston W. Hatfield
Associate Vice-President for Development
http://www.jmu.edu/development/staff/ - Bill Hawk, Ph.D.
Head, Department of Philosophy and Religion
Associate Professor of Philosophy
http://www.jmu.edu/philrel/hawk.shtml - Dale B. Hulvey
Assistant Vice-President
Information Technology
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/af/ - Robert Jerome, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
http://cob.jmu.edu/economics/faculty/faculty.htm - George C. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Media Arts and Design
http://smad.jmu.edu/johnsong.html - Sallie King, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion
http://www.jmu.edu/philrel/king.shtml - Reid Linn, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Graduate and Outreach Programs
Professor of Special Education
http://www.jmu.edu/cgop/deanbio.shtml - Marsha Mays-Bernard
Associate Vice-President, Multicultural Awareness & Student Health
http://www.jmu.edu/avpmash/contact.shtml - Jonathan Miles, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Integrated Science and Technology
Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability
http://www.isat.jmu.edu/faculty/miles.html - Ann Janine Morey, Ph.D.
Cross Disciplinary Studies
Coordinator, Women’s Studies
Professor of English
http://www.jmu.edu/english/faculty_morey.html - J.W. Myers
Assistant Vice-President for Academic Resources - John B. Noftsinger, Jr., Ed.D
Associate Vice-President
Academic Affairs for Research and Public Service
Executive Director, Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance
Associate Professor, Integrated Science and Technology and Education
http://www.jmu.edu/iiia/about/about_people.html http://www.jmu.edu/research/staff.shtml http://www.isat.jmu.edu/faculty/noftsinger.html - Andy Perrine
Associate Vice-President
Communications and Marketing
http://www.jmu.edu/commstudies/aac.shtml - J. Peter Pham, Ph.D., LL.M.
Director
Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Assistant Professor
http://www.jmu.edu/nelsoninstitute/director.htm
http://www.jmu.edu/nelsoninstitute/contact.htm - David Pruett, Ph.D.
Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
http://www.math.jmu.edu/%7Edpruett/ - Robert Reid, Ed.D.
Dean, College of Business
http://cob.jmu.edu/reidrd/ - Sheena Rogers, Ph.D. (RCA)
Professor and Head, Department of Graduate Psychology
http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/undergraduate/people/faculty.html - Karen Santos, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Faculty Innovation
Professor, Special Education
http://www.jmu.edu/cfi/contact/contactkaren.html
http://welcome.coe.jmu.edu/exceptionaled/directory.php - James Shaeffer, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
College of Graduate and Outreach Programs
http://www.jmu.edu/cgop/staff.shtml - A. Renee Staton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Graduate Psychology
http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/gradpsyc/bio/staton.html - Bill Walker, Ed.D.
Professor of Psychology
Faculty, National Centre for Sport Injury, CISAT
http://www.jmu.edu/youthsportinjury/walker.html - Phil Wishon, Ph.D.
Dean
College of Education
Professor of Education
http://welcome.coe.jmu.edu/deansoffice/directory.php
