Academic Division
Linda Strong-Leek, Ph.D.
Provost; Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion;
Professor of Women’s Studies and General Studies
B.A., North Carolina Central University, 1988;
M.A., 1990;
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1994.
Berea, 2002
Matthew Saderholm, Ph.D.
Dean of Faculty; Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Berea College, 1992;
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998.
Berea, 1999
Richard Cahill, Ph.D.
Director of International Education;
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Westmont College, 1988;
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990;
Ph.D., 1996.
Berea, 2005
Ashley Cochrane, M.S.
Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning through Service
B.A., University of Virginia, 1995;
M.S., University of Kentucky, 2001.
Berea, 2003
Judy Ginter, M.B.A.
Registrar
B.A., Wake Forest University, 1981;
M.B.A., 1996.
Berea, 2016
Chris Green, Ph.D.
Director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center;
Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies
B.A., University of Kentucky, 1991;
MFA, Indiana University, 1996;
M.S., 1998;
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2004.
Berea, 2012
Calvin Gross, M.S.L.I.S.
Director of Library Services
B.A., Berea College, 1986;
M.S.L.I.S., University of Kentucky, 2004.
Berea, 2004
Ryan Hess, M.S.S.
Director of Athletics and Seabury Center
B.A., Berea College, 1998
M.S.S., United States Sports Academy, 2004.
Berea, 1998-2003, 2005
Luke Hodson, M.A.
Associate Vice President for Admissions
B.S., Berea College, 2002.
M.A., Union College, 2007.
Berea, 2005
Monica Jones, M.A.
Director of the Black Cultural Center
B.A., Ohio University, 1991;
M.A., 2004.
Berea, 2012
Jessica Klanderud, Ph.D.
Director of Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education;
Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies
B.A., Western Michigan University, 2001;
M.A., Carnegie Mellon University, 2005;
Ph.D., 2013.
Berea, 2019
Chris Lakes, M.S.
Director of the Office of First-Year Initiatives
B.A., Berea College, 1999;
M.S., University of Tennessee, 2001.
Berea, 2001
Esther Livingston, M.S.
Director of Internships
B.A., Midway College, 2001;
M.S., University of Kentucky, 2006.
Berea, 2011
Theresa Lowder, M.A.
Director of Student Financial Aid Services
B.A., Berea College, 1977;
M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1985.
Berea, 1978
Amanda Messer, M.A.
Director of the Child Development Laboratory
B.A., Mt. Vernon Nazarene University, 1998; B.A., 1998;
M.A., Marshall University, 2006.
Berea, 2019
Leslie Ortquist-Ahrens, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning;
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
B.A., Hope College, 1983;
M.A., Indiana University, 1988;
Ph.D., 1999.
Berea, 2012
Robert J. Smith, Ph.D
Director of Academic Assessment;
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., University of Arizona, 1997;
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1999;
Ph.D., 2003.
Berea, 2003
Scott R. Steele, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President and Dean of Curriculum and Student Success;
Professor of Economics
B.A., Texas Christian University, 1990;
M.A., Texas A & M University, 1992;
M.S., 1993;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997.
Berea, 2002
Amanda Tudor, M.S.
Director of Career Development
B.A., Houghton College, 1988;
M.S., Rochester Institute of Technology, 1992.
Berea, 2015