Meet our Advisory Council

Peter McHenry
Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Erin Hendrickson
Professor of the Practice of Law

TYLER WILSON
Senior Program Manager, Washington Center

Andrew Crawford
Deputy Chief Information Officer

Carrie Dolan
Associate Professor, Kinesiology

Joshua Erlich
Professor of Physics; Director, Center for Liberal Arts

Chris Hein
Associate Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Meghan Miller
Teaching Professor, Psychological Sciences

Alexandra Joosse
Associate Teaching Professor, Public Policy

CANDICE BENJES-SMALL
Head of Research, Swem Library

JEFF KAPLOW
Associate Professor, Government

Srinidhi Lakshminarayanan
Undergraduate Student Representative, Tribe Innovation

Olivia Uwamahoro
Clinical Assistant Professor of Counselor Education, School of Education

Jordan Ferre
Graduate Student Representative, VIMS
Past Advisory Council Members
2024-2025 Advisory Council Members
• Erin Battle – Associate Director, W&M Washington Center
• Olivia Uwamahoro – Clinical Assistant Professor in Counselor Education, School of Education
• Erin Hendrickson – Professor of the Practice of Law
• Chris Hein – Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• Mary Oberlies – Instruction & Data Services Libraria, Swem Library
• Carrie Dolan – Associate Professor, Kinesiology
• Andrew Crawford – Deputy CIO, Information Technology
• Phillip Wagner – Clinical Associate Professor, W&M Mason School of Business
• Josh Erlich – Professor of Physics; Director of the Center for the Liberal Arts
• Meghan Sinton-Miller – Teaching Professor, Psychological Sciences
• Len Neighbors – STLI Fellow; Teaching Professor of Speech
• Leslie Grant – STLI Fellow; Associate Professor of EducationÂ
• Carly Barnhardt – Graduate Student Representative
• Cole MacMillan – Undergraduate Student Representative
2023-2024 Advisory Council Members
• Erin Battle – Associate Director, W&M Washington Center
• Olivia Uwamahoro – Clinical Assistant Professor in Counselor Education, School of Education
• Aaron-Andrew Bruhl – Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development
• Chris Hein – Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• Mary Oberlies – Instruction & Data Services Libraria, Swem Library
• Carrie Dolan – Associate Professor, Kinesiology
• Michael Murphy – Executive Director of Client Services, Information Technology
• James Oliver – Associate Professor, W&M Mason School of Business
• Josh Erlich – Professor of Physics; Director of the Center for the Liberal Arts
• Meghan Sinton-Miller – STLI Fellow; Teaching Professor, Psychological Sciences
• Paul Vierthaler – STLI Fellow; Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies
• Matthew Allar – STLI Fellow; Associate Professor of Theatre, School of Education
• Molly Robinson – Graduate Student Representative
• Owen Wooliever– Undergraduate Student Representative
2022-2023 Advisory Council Members
• Erin Battle – Associate Director, W&M Washington Center
• Stephanie Blackmon – Associate Professor of Higher Education, School of Education
• Aaron-Andrew Bruhl – Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development
• Grace Chiu – Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• Mary Oberlies – Instruction & Data Services Libraria,, Swem Library
• Oliver Kerscher – Associate Professor, Biology
• Michael Murphy – Executive Director of Client Services, Information Technology
• James Oliver – Associate Professor, W&M Mason School of Business
• John Parman – Associate Professor of Economics; Director of the Center for the Liberal Arts
• Catherine Brix – STLI Fellow; Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, Modern Languages
• Laura Heymann – STLI Fellow; Chancellor Professor of Law & Kelly Professor of Excellence in Teaching , School of Law
• Ting Huang – STLI Fellow; Assistant Professor of Education, School of Education
• Liz Elliott – Graduate Student Representative
• Veronica Bondi – Undergraduate Student Representative
2021-2022 Advisory Council Members
• Roxane Adler Hickey – Director of the W&M Washington Center
• Stephanie Blackmon – Associate Professor of Higher Education, School of Education
• Aaron-Andrew Bruhl – Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development
• Grace Chiu – Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• Sarah Glosson – Director of the Arts & Sciences Graduate Center
• Holly Grunter – Graduate Student Representative
• Anna Hoskins – Undergraduate Student Representative
• Oliver Kerscher – Associate Professor, Biology
• Sylvia Mittendorfer – Reves, Director of Global Education
• Michael Murphy – IT, Director of Academic and Technology Support Services
• Lisa Nickel – Associate Dean of Research & Public Services, University Libraries
• James Oliver – Associate Professor, W&M Mason School of Business
• John Parman – Associate Professor of Economics; Director of the Center for the Liberal Arts
2020 - 2021 Advisory Council Members
• Roxane Adler Hickey – Director of the W&M Washington Center
• Stephanie Blackmon – Associate Professor of Higher Education, School of Education
• Grace Chiu – Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• Kelly Crace – Associate Vice President of Health and Wellness
• Dawn Edmiston – Marketing
• Sarah Glosson – Director of the Arts & Sciences Graduate Center
• Anna Hoskins – Undergraduate Student Representative
• Stacy Kern-Scheerer – Law/Director of the Immigration Clinic
• Oliver Kerscher – Associate Professor, Biology
• Michael Luchs – Marketing/Director of the Jim and Bobbie Ukrop Innovation & Design Studio
• Heather Macdonald – Geology
• Sylvia Mittendorfer – Reves, Director of Global Education
• Mike Murphy – IT, Director of Academic and Technology Support Services
• Chris Nemachek – Government/Director for the Center for the Liberal Arts
• Lisa Nickel – Associate Dean of Research & Public Services, W&M Libraries
• Kasey Sease – Graduate Student Representative
2019 - 2020 Advisory Council Members
• Roxane Adler Hickey – Director of the W&M Washington Center
• Jim Barber – School of Education, CLA Fellow
• Mark Brush – Biology/VIMS
• Josh Burk – Psychology
• Jessica Burns – Graduate Student Representative
• Kelly Crace – Associate Vice President of Health and Wellness
• Dawn Edmiston – Marketing
• Sarah Glosson – Director of the Arts & Sciences Graduate Center
• Monica Griffin – American Studies/Director of Engaged Scholarship and the Sharpe Community Scholars Program
• Paul Heideman – Biology
• Stacy Kern-Scheerer – Law/Director of the Immigration Clinic
• Michael Luchs – Marketing/Director of the Jim and Bobbie Ukrop Innovation & Design Studio
• Heather Macdonald – Geology
• Sylvia Mittendorfer – Reves, Director of Global Education
• Mike Murphy – IT, Director of Academic and Technology Support Services
• Chris Nemachek – Government/Director for the Center for the Liberal Arts
• Lisa Nickel – Associate Dean of Research & Public Services, W&M Libraries
• Henry Philpott – Undergraduate Student Representative