About Academic Affairs
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About 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
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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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Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Professor, Family Medicine
Professor, Population Health Science
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Penni S. Foster, PhD
Director, Academic Affiliations
Director, Academic Engagement
Director, UMMC Honors College
Professor, Family Medicine
PSFoster@umc.edu
(601) 815-5064
Director, Academic Affiliations
Director, Academic Engagement
Director, UMMC Honors College
Professor, Family Medicine
PSFoster@umc.edu
(601) 815-5064
Lida G. Key, MA
Director, Museum of Medical History
Assistant Professor, Academic Information Services
lbgibson@umc.edu
(601) 984-6790
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Director, Museum of Medical History
Assistant Professor, Academic Information Services
lbgibson@umc.edu
(601) 984-6790
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Jeanna D. Wilkes, DHA, MBA, MCA
Special Projects Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine
jwilkes@umc.edu
(601) 984-2429
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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:
- Academic Affiliations
- Academic Compliance, Effectiveness, and Research (ACER)
- Academic Assessment and Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
- Academic Compliance
- Accreditation, including SACSCOC and programmatic accreditation
- Institutional Research (IR)
- Academic Engagement
- Academic Excellence Programs
- Regions Bank T.E.A.C.H. Prize
- The Academy for Excellence in Education
- 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
- UMMC Honors College
- Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
- Continuing Health Professional Education (CHPE)
- Enrollment Management
- Admissions
- Enrollment
- Registrar
- Faculty Affairs
- Faculty Senate
- Museum of Medical History
- Student Affairs
- Rowland Medical Library
- Academic Innovation and eCampus
- UMMC Archives
- Rural Scholarship Programs