Office of the Dean

Juliet Spencer, PhD, MBA
Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Biology
CFO 1210
940-898-3326
Jspencer7@twu.edu

Claire Sahlin, PhD
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Multicultural Women's and Gender Studies
CFO 1202
940-898-3329
csahlin@twu.edu

Shannon Scott, PhD
Interim Vice Provost for Faculty Success 
Professor, Psychology and Philosophy
CFO 1213
940-898-3325
sscott@twu.edu 

Genevieve West, PhD
Associate Dean for Research, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor of English
CFO 906
940-898-2324
gwest@twu.edu

Veronica Durham
Recruitment & Retention Ambassador
940-898-3853
vdurham1@twu.edu

Joanna May
Senior Director of Development
jmay7@twu.edu

Gail Orlando
Assistant to the Dean
CFO 1212
940-898-3324
gorlando@twu.edu 

David Pyke
Digital Content Manager
dpyke@twu.edu

Charles “Trey” Thurber
Business Manager
CFO 1208
940-898-3351
cthurber@twu.edu

Ashley Bender, PhD
Interim Chair of Language, Culture & Gender Studies
Associate Professor of English
CFO 801
940-898-2334
abender@twu.edu

Kenyatta Dawson
Program Director & Lecturer, General Studies Program
940-898-3431
kdawson6@twu.edu

James Clinton Grant, BS, MBA
Director, Doswell School of Aeronautical Sciences
ASB 309
940-898-4585
jgrant11@twu.edu

Nasrin Mirsaleh-Kohan, PhD
Director, School of the Sciences
Associate Professor of Physics
SRC 104K
940-898-2035
nmirsalehkohan@twu.edu

Jonathan Olsen, PhD
Chair of Social Sciences & Historical Studies
Professor of Political Science
CF0 606
940-898-2156
jolsen1@twu.edu

Nila Ricks, PhD, LCSW
Director, School of Social Work, Psychology & Philosophy
Professor of Social Work
OMB 410H
940-898-2077
nricks@twu.edu

Pamela Youngblood, DMA
Director, School of the Arts & Design
Professor of Music
PYoungblood@twu.edu

Ellina Grigorieva, PhD
Professor of Mathematics
EGrigorieva@twu.edu