Colleges, Departments and Units

Below is an alphabetical list of colleges, departments and units at Western Michigan University with their respective vice provosts, associate provosts, deans and directors. These areas are affiliated members of the provost and vice president for academic affairs.

College of Arts and Sciences

  • Dr. Carla Koretsky, Dean
  • Dr. Stephanie Peterson, Associate Dean
  • Dr. Nicolas Witschi, Associate Dean

College of Aviation

  • Dr. Raymond Thompson, Dean 
  • Thomas Grossman, Executive Director of Flight Operations

Haworth College of Business

  • Dr. Satish Deshpande, Dean
  • Dr. Devrim Yaman, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs
  • Dr. Steven Newell, Associate Dean of Operations and Graduate Programs
  • Dr. Mike Tarn, Associate Dean for International Programs in Asia

College of Education and Human Development

  • Dr. Laura Dinehart, Dean
  • Dr. Kristal Ehrhardt, Senior Associate Dean

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

  • Dr. Steven Butt, Dean
  • Dr. Matthew Cavalli, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs

College of Fine Arts

  • Daniel Guyette, Dean

College of Health and Human Services

  • Dr. Lillian Smith, Dean
  • Dr. Ann Chapleau, Interim Associate Dean
  • Dr. Alessander Santos, Interim Associate Dean

The Graduate College

  • Dr. Christine Byrd-Jacobs, Dean

Lee Honors College

  • Dr. Irma Lopez, Dean
  • Anthony Helms, Assistant Dean
     

Merze Tate College

  • Dr. Luchara Wallace, Dean
  • Dr. Deveta Gardner, Associate Dean
  • Tomika Ward, Assistant Dean, Academic Advising

University Libraries

  • Julie Garrison, Dean
  • Mary O'Kelly, Associate Dean for Education and User Services
  • Paul Gallagher, Associate Dean for Resources and Digital Strategies

WMUx

  • Dr. Jason Glass, Associate Vice President for Teaching and Learning

Academic Labor Relations and Contract Negotiation

  • Dr. Christopher Cheathan, Interim Director

Assessment and undergraduate studies

  • Dr. Christopher Cheatham, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Budget and Operations
  • Karen Stokes-Chapo, Program Manager

Academic Affairs budget and personnel

  • Dr. Christopher Cheatham, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Budget and Operations

Enrollment Management

  • Dr. Sara Nelson, Interim Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management
  • Carrie Cumming, Registrar
  • Shashanta James, Director, Student Financial Aid
  • Alicia Kornowa, Director, Admissions

Information Technology

  • Andrew Holmes, Chief Information Officer

Diether H. Haenicke Institute for Global Education

  • Associate Provost, Vacant

Institutional Effectiveness

  • Dr. Christopher Cheatham, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Budget and Operations
  • Adriana Cardoso-Reyes, Assistant Director of Institutional Accreditation and Planning
  • Cathe Murphy, Assistant Director of Integrated Program Review and Accreditation

Institutional Research

  • Jason Jach, Director