QEP Committee
SACSCOC Leadership Team:
Dr. Robert Boehmer, President of East Georgia State College
Dr. Sandra Sharman, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs
Mary Smith, Chief of Staff and Legal Affairs
Norma Kennedy, Associate Vice President of Institutional Advancement
David Gribbin, Director of Strategic Planning and Institutional Research
Dr. Ren Denton, Director of Quality Enhancement Plan
QEP Advisory Committee:
Dr. Ren Denton, QEP Director, CETL Director, Associate Professor of English, G2C Team
David Altamirano, Associate Professor of Sociology
Dr. James Brady, Associate Professor of Communication
Dr. Carlos Cunha, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences
Antré Drummer, Assistant Professor of Math
Dr. John Giebfried, Assistant Professor of History
Courtney Joiner, Program Coordinator, Swainsboro, Associate Professor of History
Dr. Tori Kearns, Professor of Psychology
Dr. Deborah Kittrell-Mikell, Director of Academic Support Services
Christian Kraus, Assistant Professor of English
Dr. Brett Larson, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Mike Moran, Director of Admissions
Karen Murphree, Director of Learning Commons
David Strickland, Former Director of First-Year Experience, Professor of Sociology
Dr. Tommy Upchurch, History Department Coordinator, Statesboro
Humanities/Social Sciences Coordinator, Professor of History
Dr. Mary Waalkes, Professor of History
Dr. Yelena White, Professor of Physics
QEP Application Committee:
Dr. Mary Waalkes (Chair), Professor of History
Dr. Carlos Cunha, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr. Ren Denton, QEP Director, CETL Director, Associate Professor of English, G2C Team
John Gleissner, Assistant Professor of Math
Courtney Joiner, Program Coordinator, Swainsboro, Associate Professor of History
Dr. Tommy Upchurch, Leadership Team for Statesboro, School Coordinator, Professor of History
QEP Assessment Committee:
Dr. John Giebfried (Chair), Assistant Professor of History
Dr. Ren Denton, QEP Director, CETL Director, Associate Professor of English, G2C Team Lead
Courtney Joiner, Program Coordinator, Swainsboro, Associate Professor of History
Robert Nordan, Director of First Year Experience
David Strickland, Professor of Sociology
Dr. Thomas Upchurch, Leadership Team for Statesboro, School Coordinator, Professor of History
Dr. Mary Waalkes, Leadership Team for Augustus, Professor of History
Dr. Yelena White, Professor of Physics
QEP Awards Committee:
Dr. Deborah Vess, (Chair), Professor of History
David Altamirano, Associate Professor of Sociology
Dr. James Brady, Associate Professor of Communication
Anthony DiLorenzo, Assistant Professor of History
Dr. Rabia Hakima, Assistant Professor of English
Tori Kearns, Professor of Psychology
Christian Kraus, Assistant Professor of English
David Strickland, Professor of Sociology
Kathy Whitaker, Associate Professor of English
Christine Xie, Associate Professor of Math
QEP Budget Committee:
Dr. Tommy Upchurch (Chair), School Coordinator, Professor of History
Dr. James Brady, Associate Professor of Communication
Antré Drummer, Assistant Professor of Math
John Gleissner, Assistant Professor of Math
QEP Campus Steering Committee Team Leaders:
Dr. Ren Denton, QEP Director, CETL Director, Associate Professor of English, G2C Team
John Gleissner, Leadership Team Member for Swainsboro Campus, Assistant Professor of Math
Dr. Thomas Upchurch, Leadership Team for Statesboro, School Coordinator, Professor of History
Dr. Mary Waalkes, Leadership Team Member for Augusta Campus, Professor of History
QEP Communication Committee:
Dr. James Brady (Chair), Associate Professor of Communication
Ed Rideout, (Assistant Chair), Adjunct Professor of Communication
Dr. Deborah Kittrell-Mikell, Director of Academic Support Services
M. Katelyn Moore, Marketing Coordinator
Harley Strickland Smith, Communications Coordinator
QEP Literature Review Committee:
David Strickland (Chair), Former Director of the First-Year Experience, Professor of Sociology
Dr. Ren Denton, QEP Director, CETL Director, Associate Professor of English, G2C Team
Dr. Mary Waalkes, Professor of History
QEP Topic Development Committee:
Dr. Ren Denton, QEP Director, CETL Director, Associate Professor of English, G2C Team Lead
Dr. Alan Brasher, Professor of English
Dr. Carlos Cunha, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences
Antré Drummer, Assistant Professor of Math
Natasha Goss, Assistant Professor of Business
Courtney Joiner, Program Coordinator, Swainsboro, Associate Professor of History
Dr. Tori Kearns, Professor of Psychology
Christian Kraus, Assistant Professor of English
Dr. Brett Larson, Assistant Professor of Political Science
David Strickland, Professor of Sociology
Dr. Mary Waalkes, Professor of History
Dr. Yelena White, Professor of Physics
QEP Writing Committee:
Dr. Ren Denton, QEP Director, CETL Director, Associate Professor of English, G2C Team
David Strickland, Former Director of the First-Year Experience, Professor of Sociology
Dr. Mary Waalkes, Professor of History