The Executive Council is composed of department heads and directors of interdisciplinary programs that have jointly appointed faculty. This council is not a policy-making council, but one that discusses issues concerning the day-to-day management of the college’s academic units having tenured and tenure-track faculty.

The dean meets with this council twice a month, on the first and third Tuesdays, and more often as required. A summary of action items is kept for each meeting and is distributed to all department heads, center/institute directors, and directors of all interdisciplinary programs.

The college’s associate and assistant deans are ex officio members of this council. Additional members of the dean’s executive staff will attend meetings as appropriate.

2009-2010 Membership

Deans Executive Staff:
Dean – Charles A. Johnson
Executive Associate Dean – Ben M. Crouch
Associate Dean – Larry Oliver
Associate Dean – Pamela R. Matthews
Associate Dean – Patria A. Hurley
Assistant Dean – Cheryl L. Hanks
Assistant Dean – Donald J. Curtis, Jr.
Director of College Relations – M. Leanne South
Director of Information Technology – Stephen P. Balfour
Assistant to the Dean – Shannon R. Prescott

Liberal Arts Department Heads:
    Anthropology – Donny L. Hamilton
    Communication – Richard L. Street, Jr.
    Economics – Lawrence J. Oliver (interim head)
    English – M. Jimmie Killingsworth
    European and Classical Languages and Cultures – R. Joe Golsan
    Hispanic Studies – J. Lawrence Mitchell (interim head)
    History – Walter L. Buenger
    Performance Studies – Harris M. Berger (acting head)
    Philosophy – Daniel W. Conway
Political Science – James R. Rogers
    Psychology – Leslie C. Morey
    Sociology – Mark A. Fossett

Interdisciplinary Program Directors:
    Africana Studies – Kimberly N. Brown
    Film Studies – Robert R. Shandley (interim director)
    Women’s Studies  – Marian Eide (interim director)