Meet our Advisory Council

Jim Olver
Associate Professor, W&M Mason School of Business
Phone: 757.221.2861 | Email

MICHAEL MURPHY
Executive Director of Client Services, Information Technology
Phone: 757.221.3646 | Email

MARY OBERLIES
Instruction & Data Services Librarian, Swem Library
Phone: 757.221.3065 | Email

AARON-ANDREW BRUHL
Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development
Phone: 757.221.3148 | Email

Joshua Erlich
Professor of Physics; Director, Center for Liberal Arts
Phone: 757-221-3763 | Email

Olivia Uwamahoro
Clinical Assistant Professor of Counselor Education, School of Education
Phone: 757.221.5549 | Email

Chris Hein
Associate Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Phone: 804.684.7533| Email

Carrie Dolan
Associate Professor, Kinesiology
Phone: 757.221.2971 | Email

ERIN BATTLE
Associate Director, Washington Center
Phone: 202.836.8607 | Email

Matthew Allar
Associate Professor of Theater, Theater & Dance
Phone: 757.221.2694 | Email

Meghan Miller
Teaching Professor, Psychological Sciences
Phone: 757.221.3877 | Email

Paul Vierthaler
Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies, Modern Languages
Phone: 757.221.3142 | Email
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