They will begin their terms when the spring semester begins Jan. 18. Dr. Dale announced the faculty members in an email to the campus community.
Our faculty has elected academic department chairs for the integrated university. The successful candidates will begin their terms Jan. 18, 2022, the start of the upcoming spring semester.
To foster a smooth transition to an integrated faculty, existing department chairs will continue in their roles concurrently through June 30, 2022.
Please join me in congratulating these faculty members who have been newly elected to serve as department chairs:
COLLEGE OF ART AND HUMANITIES
Art: Dietrich Wegner (Edinboro)
English: Leah Chambers (Clarion)
History, Philosophy and Modern Languages: Joel Press (California)
Performing Arts: Frank Stetar (California)
COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Biology: Chad Hanna (California)
Chemistry: Matthew Price (California)
Geosciences: Brian Zimmerman (Edinboro)
Mathematics: Adam Roberts (Clarion)
Applied Engineering, Technology and Physics: Jennifer Wilburn (California)
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
Communication and Journalism: Lacey Fulton (Clarion)
Computer Science and Information Systems: Lisa Kovalchick (California)
Finance, Accounting and Economics: Paul Hettler (California)
Library and Information Sciences: Linda Lillard (Clarion)
Management and Marketing: Susan Ryan (California)
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Educational Leadership and School Psychology: Meghan Ferraro (Edinboro)
Early Childhood and Elementary Education: Mary Jo Melvin (Edinboro)
Middle and Secondary Education: Michael Perrotti (California)
Special Education: Cristin Leahy (Clarion)
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMAN SERVICES
Counseling: Bob Mehalik (California)
Criminal Justice: Julie Warnick (California)
Psychology: Justin Hackett (California)
Social Work: Sheri Boyle (California)
Sociology, Political Science and Law: Jim Fisher (Edinboro)
Military Science/ROTC: N/A
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Allied Health: Scott Hargraves (California)
Communication Sciences and Disorders: Craig Coleman (Edinboro)
Exercise and Sports Science: Justin Barroner (California)
Nursing: TBD (With the appointment of Deb Kelly as dean of the College of Health Sciences, the department
is in the process of electing a new chair.)
Additional departments/areas:
Library: Julia McGinnis (California)
Student Services: Scott Zema (California)