About the Office of Academic Affairs

Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Verner S. Holmes Learning Resource Center, U170
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 984-5009
AcademicAffairs@umc.edu

Our staff

Scott M. Rodgers, MD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Chief Academic Officer
Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Faculty Profile

Natalie W. Gaughf, PhD, ABPP
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Professor, Family Medicine
Professor, Population Health Science
Faculty Profile

Bettie Butler, MSL
Director of Business Operations
bbutler@umc.edu
(601) 984-1202

Lida B. Gibson, MA
Director, The Museum of Medical History
Assistant Professor, Academic Information Services
lbgibson@umc.edu
(601) 984-6790
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Yulonda T. Hutton, BA
Executive Assistant
yhutton@umc.edu
(601) 984-1197

Taylor R. Smith, MACR
Academic Affairs Administrator
trsmith2@umc.edu
(601) 984-2813

Jeanna D. Wilkes, DHA, MBA, MCA
Special Projects Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine
jwilkes@umc.edu
(601) 984-2429
Faculty Profile

Our centers, offices, and programs

The centers, offices, and programs within Academic Affairs are as follows:

• Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
  • The Academy for Excellence in Education
  • Faculty Senate
  • Faculty Recognition
    • The Nelson Order
    • Regions Bank TEACH Prize
  • The Joanne Olson Award
  • The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
• Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
• Continuing Health Professional Education (CHPE)
• Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program (MRDSP)
• Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program (MRPSP)
• Office of Academic Compliance, Effectiveness, and Research (ACER)
  • Office of Academic Assessment
    • Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
  • Office of Academic Compliance
  • Office of Accreditation
  • Office of Institutional Research (IR)
• Office of Enrollment Management
• Office of Faculty Affairs
  • Faculty Focus
• Office of Student Affairs
  • Associated Student Body (ASB)
  • Office for Student Success
  • Office of Academic Affiliations
  • Office of Interprofessional Education (IPE)
  • UMMC Bookstore & Gift Shops
  • UMMC Honors College
• Rowland Medical Library
  • Office of Academic Innovation
  • Office of eCampus
  • Museum of Medical History
  • UMMC Archives

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