Meet our Advisory Council

Professor Peter McHenry

Peter McHenry

Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Professor Erin Hendrickson

Erin Hendrickson

Professor of the Practice of Law

 

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TYLER WILSON

Senior Program Manager, Washington Center

Andrew Crawford

Andrew Crawford

Deputy Chief Information Officer

Carrie Dolan

Carrie Dolan

Associate Professor, Kinesiology

Joshua Erlich

Joshua Erlich

Professor of Physics; Director, Center for Liberal Arts

Chris Hein

Chris Hein

Associate Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Meghan Miller

Teaching Professor, Psychological Sciences

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Alexandra Joosse

Associate Teaching Professor, Public Policy

Candice Benjes-Smalls

CANDICE BENJES-SMALL

Head of Research, Swem Library

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JEFF KAPLOW

Associate Professor, Government

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Srinidhi Lakshminarayanan

Undergraduate Student Representative, Tribe Innovation

Olivia Uwamahoro

Olivia Uwamahoro

Clinical Assistant Professor of Counselor Education, School of Education

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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 Education 
• 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