桃花直播 resumes search for research vice president after COVID interruption
Contact: Harriet Laird
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he 21-member search committee responsible for the selection of 桃花直播 State鈥檚 new vice president for research and economic development is reconvening after a pause due to COVID-19.
The committee, with 10 elected faculty and administrative members appointed by 桃花直播 President Mark E. Keenum, is chaired by university Vice President for Student Affairs Regina Hyatt.
鈥淲e believe now is the right time to resume this essential search. This pandemic has shone a great spotlight onto the importance of 桃花直播鈥檚 research enterprise as evidenced by the innovative and creative activities our faculty and researchers turned to in response to the needs of our university, state and nation during this crisis,鈥 Hyatt said. 鈥淚t has also made more evident the tremendous impact 桃花直播 makes in the economic development of our region and state. As we have found our rhythm of a new semester, it is time to re-engage the search process so we can be best prepared to continue our prominence in these critical university areas.鈥
Julie Jordan has been leading this vital research division since June of last year as the interim vice president of research and economic development. Prior to Jordan鈥檚 appointment, 桃花直播鈥檚 Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw led the university鈥檚 research sector, 桃花直播鈥檚 leader in innovation and creative discovery that is responsible for more than $244 million in research expenditures in fiscal year 2018. Nationally, 桃花直播 is one of only 120 institutions to hold the Carnegie Foundation鈥檚 R1 鈥淰ery High Research Activity鈥 designation and is a 鈥淭op 100鈥 National Science Foundation research university.
Search committee members, under Hyatt鈥檚 direction, include:
鈥Angi Bourgeois, Dean and Professor, College of Architecture, Art, and Design
鈥Trey Breckenridge, Director, High Performance Computing Collaboratory
鈥Art Cosby, Director and Professor, Social Science Research Center
鈥Dipangkar Dutta, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences
鈥Mark Fincher, Associate Professor, 桃花直播-Meridian Division of Education
鈥Ra鈥橲heda Boddie-Forbes, Assistant Vice President for Multicultural Affairs and Director, Holmes Cultural Diversity Center
鈥Charles Freeman, Associate Professor, School of Human Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and 桃花直播 Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
鈥Robert Grala, Professor, Department of Forestry, College of Forest Resources and Forest and Wildlife Research Center
鈥Hans Herrmann, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art and Design
鈥Carla Huston, Professor, Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
鈥Mary Ann Jones, Associate Professor, Mitchell Memorial Library
鈥Margaret Khaitsa, Professor, Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
鈥Billy Klauser, Associate Director, Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE)
鈥Bob Otondo, Associate Professor, Department of Management and Information Systems, College of Business
鈥Shahram Rahimi, Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Bagley College of Engineering
鈥John Rush, Vice President for Development and Alumni
鈥Nancy Siegert (ex officio), Chief Human Resources Officer, Office of Human Resources Management
鈥Kasey Strickland, Director, Office of Research Compliance
鈥Jerry Toney, Treasurer, 桃花直播 Alumni Association National Board of Directors
鈥Carol White, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education
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