College of Arts and Sciences

Fall 2025 CAS Chair & Director Dashboard

Dean's Updates

Salary structure,
new position for marketing,
new-item,
faculty recruitment,
new people.

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Handbooks, Guides, Research Opps

PowerPoints from meetings,
Pre-Award Handbook/Guidebook,
Administrative Handbook
OIR How to Guide.

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The Process

Phase I,
Phase II, and
Phase III

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Gary EmmertFrom the Interim Dean

Thank you for serving the University of Memphis, the College of Arts and Sciences, and your department, institute, center, or program through your administrative leadership role. The CAS Chair & Director Dashboard will be a living and changing resource for you. I encourage you to bookmark this dashboard and check for resources here as you need them. Please let us know if you have ideas for resources you’d like to see here.  Feel free to share if there is a resource here that you think your faculty or staff would benefit from!

Regards,

Gary

Gary Emmert, Interim Dean

 


Administrative Topics

Latica Jones photoLatica Jones, Director of Research Administration, is responsible for the oversight and direction of pre- and post- award management, compliance, budgeting, and evaluation of research programs and processes.

Roger KreuzRoger Kreuz, Associate Dean, serves as the Dean's liaison to the social science departments in the College of Arts and Sciences and interdisciplinary programs oriented toward the social sciences. He oversees the Governor's School and the International and Global Studies program. He also chairs the College's Graduate Curriculum Committee and serves as the College representative on the University Graduate Council.


Roger Kreuz, Associate Dean
Email: rkreuz@memphis.edu

Graduate Information

Ladrica Menson-FurrLadrica Menson-Furr, Assistant Dean, has worked for the Dean's Office as an Assistant Dean for two years. She serves as the Chair of the College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum Council and helps facilitate undergraduate curriculum changes through the curriculum process. She also serves on the University Undergraduate Council and is the Chair of the University's General Education Committee. Her home department is English; as such, she is the liaison to the Humanities Departments and interdisciplinary programs such as Women and Gender Studies and AAAS. Ladrica also assists the Dean in undergraduate grade appeals, enrollment analysis, and issues related to undergraduate instruction and advising.

Ladrica Menson-Furr, Assistant Dean
Email: lnmsnfrr@memphis.edu

Undergraduate Information

 

Ron SerinoRon Serino, Director of Interdisciplinary Programs, leads the budgeting, marketing, advising, scheduling, curriculum development, and planning efforts for the CAS Interdisciplinary Programs, manages College scholarships and awards, and builds relationships with faculty and students.

Ron Serino, Director, Interdisciplinary Programs
Email: rserino@memphis.edu

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Kira McNeil photo

Kira McNeil, Manager of Marketing and Communication, works with CAS departments and administration to develop marketing strategies for the CAS, coordinating social media campaigns, creating photo and video campaigns to promote the College and its programs, research, students, faculty and staff; increasing brand awareness; designing and developing both print and digital marketing materials such as brochures, flyers, viewbooks, social media posts, web content; writing copy for press releases; and more.

Kira McNeil, Manager of Marketing and Communications
Email: kmcneil1@memphis.edu

Heather Witt photo

Heather Witt, Web Specialist II. CAS has over 60 websites, two online newsletters, Facebook, X, LinkedIn and Instagram social media platforms.

Heather Witt, Web Specialist II
Email: hkisbell@memphis.edu

 Media and News information