About the Office of Academic Affairs

Our staff

Scott M. Rodgers, MD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Chief Academic Officer
Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior
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Natalie W. Gaughf, PhD, ABPP
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Professor, Family Medicine
Professor, Population Health Science
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Bettie Butler, MSL
Director, Business Operations
bbutler@umc.edu
(601) 984-1202

Penni S. Foster, PhD
Director, Academic Affiliations
Professor, Family Medicine
PSFoster@umc.edu
(601) 815-5064
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Yulonda T. Hutton, BA
Executive Assistant
yhutton@umc.edu
(601) 984-1197

Lida G. Key, MA
Director, Museum of Medical History
Assistant Professor, Academic Information Services
lbgibson@umc.edu
(601) 984-6790
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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
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Our centers, offices, and programs

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

• Academic Affiliations
  • Educational Enrichment Programs
  • Educational Observers
• Academic Outreach Programs
  • Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program (MRDSP)
  • Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program (MRPSP)
• Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
• Continuing Health Professional Education (CHPE)
• Museum of Medical History
• Office of Academic Compliance, Effectiveness, and Research (ACER)
  • Academic Assessment and Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
  • Academic Compliance
  • Accreditation
  • Institutional Research (IR)
• Office of Enrollment Management
• Office of Faculty Affairs
  • Faculty Focus
• Office of Student Affairs
  • Associated Student Body (ASB)
  • Interprofessional Education (IPE)
  • Student Success Series (S³)
  • UMMC Bookstore & Gift Shops
• Rowland Medical Library
  • Office of Academic Innovation and eCampus
  • UMMC Archives

Our programs for academic development and academic excellence are as follows:

• Academic Development
  • Excellent Teacher
  • Faculty Senate
  • The Academy for Excellence in Education
  • UMMC Honors College
• Academic Excellence
  • Regions Bank T.E.A.C.H. Prize
  • The Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professorships
  • The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
  • The Joanne Olson Award for Mission-Driven Excellence
  • The Norman C. Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence
  • The Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Achievement Awards

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