Academic Programs - College Student Affairs Administration


Program Faculty

Full-time Faculty (click here to go to faculty pages)

faculty pic Rodney Bennett, Associate Professor
Vice President for Student Affairs
Ed.D., Tennessee State University
Dr. Alicia Caudill Colburn
Diane Cooper Diane L. Cooper, Professor (Ph.D., The University of Iowa). Research interests include supervision, legal and ethical concerns of student affairs leadership and administration, multicultural issues, mentoring, and interventions with special student populations
Laura Dean Laura Dean, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. University of North Carolina-Greensboro).  Research interests include small college environments, student affairs standards of practice, and college counseling issues.
Merrily Dunn Merrily Dunn, Associate Professor (Ph.D., The Ohio State University) & Coordinator of the College Student Affairs Administration Master’s Program. Research interests include include living/learning environments in post-secondary education, the preparation of student affairs practitioners, and gender issues.
faculty pic Michelle Espino, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Arizona). Research interests include Latina/o educational pathway, minority-serving institutions, and the intersections of race, social class, and gender in higher education.
Richard Mullendore Richard Mullendore, Professor (Ph.D., Michigan State University) & Coordinator for the College Student Affairs Doctoral Program. Research interests include student orientation programs and parents of today’s college students.
Theodore Miller Theodore K. Miller, Professor Emeritus [Ed.D., University of Florida]
Rosemary Phelps Rosemary E. Phelps, Professor, (Ph.D., University of Tennessee).  Research interests in multicultural counseling, supervision, and gender issues.  She splits her time between the SAA Program and the Counseling Psychology Program.  She has published extensively in the Journal of College Student Development and College Student Affairs Journal.
Dr. Michael Shutt
Roger Winston Roger B. WinstonJr., Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., University of Tennessee).  Research interests in multicultural counseling, supervision, and gender issues.

Adjunct Faculty

Student affairs staff members at The University of Georgia and other higher education related sites serve as adjunct faculty members for the program. Students will also work with various staff members throughout the University community to obtain internship placements.

  • Dr. Pat Daugherty, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
  • Dr. Tom Burke, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs
  • Dr. Ann Crowther, Associate Vice President for Instruction
  • Dr. Karen Kalivoda, Director, Disability Resource Center
  • Dr. Keener Scott, Associate Director, University Housing
  • Dr. Jan Davis Barham, Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs
  • Dr. Gerald Kowalski, Executive Director, University Housing
  • Dr. Shay Davis Little, Director, University Housing Administration
  • Dr. Joe Moon, Dean for Campus Life and Community Affairs, Oxford College / Emory University
  • Dr. Tom Walter, Vice President for Student Development, Gainesville State College
  • Dr. Andy Wilson, Assistant Dean for Campus Life, Emory University
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