New Administrator, Faculty Appointments

DSU welcomes Michelle L. Shorter as the new associate vice president and chief risk officer of the DSU Office of Enterprise and Risk Management.

In her DSU post, Ms. Shorter is working to create a campus-wide risk program that will increase awareness, educate faculty, staff and students about the risk framework, and encourage data-driven results. She will also be responsible for chairing the Enterprise Risk Management Council and the University Safety Committee. Her post is within the Division of Finance and Administration.

In addition, DSU welcomes the following new faculty members:

• Dr. Amanda Anderson, assistant professor, Department of English
• Dr. Yamuna Baburaj, visiting assistant professor, Department of Business Administration
• Dr. John Balzarini, visiting assistant professor, Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice
• Dr. Ezekiel U. Ette, associate professor/chairperson, Department of Social Work
• Ms. Ashley Freeman, visiting instructor, Department of History, Political Science and Philosophy
• Dr. Kamie Fletcher, assistant professor, Department of History, Political Science and Philosophy
• Dr. Michael Gawrysiak, assistant professor, Department of Psychology
• Devdeep Maity, assistant professor, Department of Business Administration
• Dr. Sharon Mills-Wisneski, chairperson/associate professor, Department of Nursing (Started in January 2014)
• Dr. Susanta Kumar Parida, visiting assistant professor, Department of Education
• Yvette Pierre, assistant professor/EFE coordinator, Department of Education
• Dr. Foudan Salem, post-doctoral research associate, GIS & remote sensing