Meet our Advisory Council

Peter McHenry
Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Erin Hendrickson
Professor of the Practice of Law

ERIN BATTLE
Associate Director, 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

Leslie Grant
Associate Professor of Education

MARY OBERLIES
Instruction & Data Services Librarian, Swem Library

Phillip Wagner
Clinical Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior

Carly Barnhardt
Graduate Student Representative, American Studies

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

Len Neighbors
Teaching Professor and Director of Speech

Cole MacMillan
Undergraduate Student Representative
Past Advisory Council Members
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