Advisory faculty

VCU faculty represent the finest American and international graduate institutions and enhance the university’s position among important institutions of higher learning through their work in the classroom, laboratory, studio, clinic and as published in scholarly journals. Central to the success of the VCU PFF Program is the participation of a number of highly qualified and experienced graduate faculty who are deeply committed to the preparation of the next generation of the professoriate. In addition to recognizing the faculty mentors who work one-on-one with graduate students during the capstone experience of the program over the past year, the PFF Program would like to thank the following faculty who are serving on the PFF Program Advisory Faculty Committee during the 2009-10 academic year. Their contributions to the continued success of the program are innumerable and greatly appreciated.

Noreen C. Barnes, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies-Theatre, VCU School of the Arts

Jan F. Chlebowski, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, VCU School of Medicine

J. James (Jim) Cotter, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Director of Distance Education and Health Related Sciences Doctoral Program, VCU School of Allied Health Professions

Cecil Drain, Ph.D.
Dean, VCU School of Allied Health Professions

Zachary G. Goodell, Ph.D.
Associate Director for the VCU Center for Teaching Excellence

Rosalyn Hobson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, VCU School of Engineering

Allen Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, VCU School of Business

Ann Nichols-Casebolt, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research Development, VCU Office of Research
Interim Dean, VCU School of Social Work

Jeff Nugent, Ed.S.
Associate Director for the VCU Center for Teaching Excellence

Maike Philipsen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, VCU School of Education

Sherry T. Sandkam, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, VCU Graduate School; Director, PFF Program

Janet B. Younger, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, VCU School of Nursing

PFF Program office

Sharon Foreman Kready, M.S.W.
Program coordinator, PFF Program
Doctoral candidate, VCU School of Social Work

Fatima Yousofi
Program assistant, PFF Program
Graduate student, Master of Public Administration Program, L. Douglas Wilder School of Public Affairs, College of Humanities and Sciences