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Academic Divisions

The Office is made up of two colleges, three professional schools, an off-campus center, and academic support programs. The colleges are the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology. The schools are the School of Business, the School of Education, and the Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work. Thirty bachelor’s degree programs, two associate degree programs, sixteen master’s degree programs, and three doctoral degree programs are offered through these schools .

 College of Liberal Arts
  Dr. Belinda C. Anderson, Interim Dean
Dr. Danny Adams, Interim Associate Dean
(757) 823-8118
liberalarts@nsu.edu 

The College of Liberal Arts embraces ten academic departments in the fine and performing arts, humanities, and social sciences. The departments are English and Foreign Languages, Fine Arts, General Studies, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, Mass Communications and Journalism, Music, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. The Army ROTC program is located in the College of Liberal Arts as well. [website]

 
 College of Science, Engineering, and Technology
  Dr. Larry Mattix, Acting Dean
Dr. Michael Keeve, Acting Associate Dean
(757) 823-8180

The College of Science, Engineering and Technology is a dynamic school. It has been, and remains, a major force for change within the University as an innovator and initiator of most of the high demand and high technological programs on campus. It is represented by a wide array of course selections in eight (8) major areas: Computer Science, Engineering, Health Sciences, Mathematics, Natural and Applied Sciences, Nursing, Naval Science, and Technology. [website]

 
 Honors College
  Dr. Page Laws, Dean
(757) 823-8208

The Honors College is designed to provide an enriched and challenging program of study for students who manifest exceptional academic potential, to improve the University’s ability to attract such scholars, and to enrich the academic community. [website]

 
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 School of Business
  Dr. Steven D. Papamarcos, Dean
(757) 823-8920

The mission of the School of Business is to prepare students for careers in all types of organizations and for continued academic study. This is accomplished in a learner-centered community that promotes academic achievement, professional growth, and recognition of the importance of diversity, technology, globalization, and ethics in the workplace and society. [website]

 
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 School of Education
  Dr. Jean Braxton, Dean
Dr. Donna W. Dabney, Associate Dean
(757) 823-8701

The School of Education is responsible for providing leadership, coordination, and evaluation of all teacher education programs at the University. Its central purpose is to provide pre-service and inservice educational programs to prospective teachers, in-service teachers, administrators, and others engaged in educational activities in schools and other agencies. [website]

 
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 Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work
 

Dr. Dorothy C. Browne, Dean
Dr. Rowena Wilson, Associate Dean
(757) 823-8648

 

The Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work provides social work education through its Baccalaureate Social Work (B.S.W.) Program, Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) Program, Doctoral (Ph.D.) Program, and continuing education programs. The School’s mission is to provide social work education programs which prepare students with competence to develop and deliver services that strengthen and/or empower individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. [website]

 
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 School of Extended Learning
  Dr. Arlethia McSwain, Interim Dean
(757) 823-2555

Norfolk State University’s School of Extended Learning (SEL) works with all academic and administrative units leveraging existing expertise and resources of the University to offer coursework through distance education, continuing education and certificate programs.  [website]

 
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 Graduate School
  Dr. Mildred K. Fuller, Dean
(757) 823-8015

The Graduate School administers the University’s nineteen (19) graduate programs in the School of Education, College of Liberal Arts, School of Social Work, and College of Science, Engineering and Technology. The Graduate School is responsible to the Provost for the development and maintenance of high quality graduate programs.  [website]

 
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Deans, Department Chairs, and Program Directors

Liberal Arts, College of

Anderson, Belinda bcanderson@nsu.edu Liberal Arts website
Interim Dean757.823.8118 Rm 236C Brown Hall
    
Adams, Dannydadams@nsu.edu  Sociology website
Assoc. Dean & Acting Chair, 757.823.2082 Rm 236C, Brown Hall
Sociology Department    
     
Anderson, WaNelle wjanderson@nsu.edu ENFL website
Chair, English & Foreign Languages 757.823.8891 Rm 264, Madison Hall
     
Collins, Daryl LTC, USA dlcollins@nsu.edu  ROTC website
Chair, Army ROTC 757.823.8291 Rm104, Echols Hall
     
Brockington, Wanda wgbrockington@nsu.edu MCJR website
Chair, Mass Comm. & Journalism 757.823.8331 Rm 149, Madison Hall
     
Dorsey, Sam sbdorsey@nsu.edu Rm 401, Fine Arts Bldg
Chair, Music 757.823.8544 Music website
Spartan Legion   Spartan Legion website
NSU Choirs   NSU Choirs website
     
Colson, Darlene dgcolson@nsu.edu Psychology website
Chair, Psychology 757.823.9440 Rm 125C, Brown Hall
     
Ford, Charles chford@nsu.edu History website
Chair, History 757.823.8344 Rm 157C, Brown Hall
     
Wilson, Rudolph rwilson@nsu.edu Political Science website
Chair, Political Science 757.823.9575 Rm 145B, Brown Hall
     
Miller, Khadijah komiller@nsu.edu Interdisciplinary Studies
Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies 757.823.2684 Rm 110C, Brown Hall
     
Okala, Chinedu cgokala@nsu.edu Fine Arts website
Chair, Fine Arts 757.823.2872 Rm 302, Fine Arts Bldg.
     
Holmes, Bernadette bjholmes@nsu.edu Criminal Justice website
Director, Criminal Justice Program 757.823.8852 / 757.368.6369 Rm 171C, Brown Hall & VBHEC

 

Science, Engineering and Technology, College of

Mattix, Larry  lmattix@nsu.edu CSET website
Acting Dean 757.823.8180 Rm 400H, Robinson Tech. Bldg.
    
Keeve, Michael mokeeve@nsu.edu  CSET website
Acting Assoc. Dean 757.823.2821 Rm. 138, Wood Science Bldg
     
Banks, Carray cbanks@nsu.edu Technology website
Chair, Technology 757.823.8712 Rm 420N, Robinson Tech. Bldg.
     
Halley, Thomas CAPT, USN thalley@odu.edu  NROTC & HRNROTC websites
Chair, Navy ROTC 757.823.8895 / 757.683.4684 Rm 176, Gills Gym
     
Doyle, Temple datemple@nsu.edu  CMR website
Director, Center for Materials 757.823.2381 Rm 516, McDemmond Center
Research    
     
Duncan, Howard hbduncan@nsu.edu Biology website
Chair, Biology 757.823.8940 / 757.823.8512 Rm 115, Wood Science Bldg.
     
Ferguson, Milton mwferguson@nsu.edu Physics website
Chair, Physics 757.823.2515 Rm 115, Wood Science Bldg.
     
Harrison, George gharrison@nsu.edu Computer Science website
Chair, Computer Science 757.823.8654 Rm 320N, Robinson Tech. Bldg.
     
Khan, Mushtaq makhan@nsu.edu Mathematics website
Chair, Mathematics 757.823.9569 / 757.823.8820 Rm 174B, Brown Hall
     
Marshall, Bennie blmarshall@nsu.edu Nursing & Allied Health website
Chair, Nursing & Allied Health 757.823.9013 Rm 254A, Brown Hall
     
Rowe, Alan harowe@nsu.edu Chemistry website
Chair, Chemistry 757.823.2531 Rm 115, Wood Science Bldg.            
     
Albin, Sacharia salbin@nsu.edu  Engineering website
Chair, Engineering 757.823.2692 Rm 410D, Robinson Tech. Bldg.
     
McClain, Allecia amcclain@nsu.edu DNIMAS website
Dir, DNIMAS 757.823.2511 Suite 204, Dozoretz Research
    Wing--Wood Science Bldg.
 

Business, School of

Papamarcos, Steven sdpapamarcos@nsu.edu Business website
Dean 757.823.8180 Rm 112A, Brown Hall
    
Mohanty, Bidhu bmohanty@nsu.edu Business website
Assoc. Dean--Administration 757.823.8005 Rm 120A, Brown Hall
     
Chen, Jim jchen@nsu.edu Accountancy website
Assoc. Dean, Academics & Dept. 757.823.2564 Rm 135A, Brown Hall
Chair    
     
Sissoko, Macki msissoko@nsu.edu Center for Entrepreneurship
Dir., Ernest M. Hodge Center for 757.823.8739 Rm 116A, Brown Hall
Entrepreneurship    
 

Education, School of

Braxton, Jean jpbraxton@nsu.edu School of Education website
Dean 757.823.8701 Rm 137, Bozeman Ed. Bldg.
    
Dabney, Donna ddabney@nsu.edu School of Education website
Assoc. Dean757.823.8886 Rm 165, Bozeman Ed. Bldg.
    
Byrd, Melendez mobyrd@nsu.edu Secondary Education website
Chair, Secondary Education & 757.823.8178 Rm 208, Bozeman Ed. Bldg
School Leadership   
    
Knight, Margaret mdknight@nsu.edu EESE website
Chair, Early Childhood, Elementary, 757.823.8841 Rm 143, Bozeman Ed. Bldg.
and Special Education   
    
Burwell, Cynthia cburwell@nsu.edu HPEEX website
Chair, Health, Physical Education & 757.823.8703 Rm 166, Echols Hall
Exercise Science   
    
Montgomery, June jmmontgomery@nsu.edu Professional Development
Dir., Center for Professional 757.823.8715 Rm 224, Bozeman Ed. Bldg.
Development   
    
Jennings, Kyunghee (Kim) kkjennings@nsu.edu  
Program Director, Early Childhood 757.823.8111 Rm 113A, Bowser Bldg.
Development Center   
 

Social Work, School of

Browne, Dorothy dcbrowne@nsu.edu Social Work website
Dean 757.823.8648 Rm 114B, Brown Hall
    
Wilson, Rowena rgwilson@nsu.edu Social Work website - Ph.D
Assoc. Dean and Dir., PhD-Social 757.823.2188 Rm 124A, Brown Hall
Work Program   
     
Sawyer, Martha mbsawyer@nsu.edu Social Work website - MSW
Dir., MSW-Social Work Program757.823.8464 Rm 139B, Brown Hall
    
Waites, Carrie cbwaites@nsu.edu  Social Work website - BSW
Dir., BSW-Social Work Program757.823.8270 Rm 109B, Brown Hall
 

Extended Learning, School of

McSwain, Arletha amcswain@nsu.edu SEL website
Interim Dean and 757.368.2320 Rm 3008, Lyman Beecher Brooks
Director-Project Vision757.823.8661 Library & Virginia Beach Higher
   Education Center, 1811
   University Drive
 

Graduate School

Fuller, Mildred mkfuller@nsu.edu  Graduate website
Dean 757.823.8015 Suite 203, 2nd Flr. Wilder
   Performing Arts Center
 

Honors College

Laws, Page prlaws@nsu.edu  Honors website
Dean 757.823.8208  
    
 

Library

Bogger, Tommy tlbogger@nsu.edu  Library website
Dir, Archives and Dir., Lyman 757.823.2004 Archives website
Beecher Brooks Library  Lyman B. Brooks Library
 

Office of Information Technology

Oladipupo, Adebisi aoladipupo@nsu.edu  OIT Website
Chief Information Officer & 757.823.8555 Suite 400, McDemmond Center
Director OIT   
    
Jones, Debbie webmaster@nsu.edu Web Services website
Web Master, IT Manager 757.823.8162 Web Services secure website
   Suite 401B, McDemmond Center
    
Price, Robin clientservices@nsu.edu  Client Services website
Manager, Client Services757.823.8678 Suite 103, McDemmond Center
    
Davis-Tariq, Alison adtriq@nsu.edu  EIS website
Director, EIS757.823.2908 Suite 400, McDemmond Center
    
Pinner, Monique mpinner@nsu.edu   
Telecommunications Manager 757.823.2869 Suite 400, McDemmond Center
(Telephone Services)   
 

Virginia Beach Higher Education Center

Montgomery, Dennis dlmontgomery@nsu.edu VBHEC website
Dir., Virginia Beach Higher Ed. 757.368.4152 Rm 118, VBHEC
Center   





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