CSU Begins 2020-2021 Academic Year

August 17, 2020

Columbus State University begins the 2020-2021 academic year today — and with the benefit of 15 new full-time faculty members who begin their tenure this fall:

College of Arts

Patricia Weitzel, D.M.A., Music - Lecturer of Music
Reba Wissner, Ph.D., Musicology - Assistant Professor of Music

College of Education and Health Professions

Patricia Anafi, Ph.D., Public Health - Associate Professor of Public Health & Program Coordinator of MPH Program
Charles Elfer, Ph.D., Social Studies Education - Associate Professor of History Education
Aaron Gierhart, Ed.D., Teaching and Learning - Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
Dana Griggs, Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Administration and Curriculum - Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Shelly Hollis, M.S.N., Nursing Education - Assistant Professor of Nursing
Jennifer Lovelace, Ph.D., Higher Education/ Higher Education Administration - Assistant Professor of Higher Education / Director of Doctoral Programs
Jessica VanValkenburgh, Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction - Assistant Professor of Middle Grades and Curriculum and Instruction
Steven Wright, Ph.D., Counselor Education and Supervision - Assistant Professor of Counselor Education

College of Letters and Sciences

Jordan Brasher, Ph.D., Geography - Assistant Professor of Geography
Sri Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., Cell Biology - Assistant Professor of Biology
Cameron Williams, Ph.D., Sociology - Assistant Professor of Sociology

D. Abbott Turner College of Business

Elke Brumbaugh, M.S., Applied Computer Science - Lecturer in Computer Science
Linqiang Ge, Ph.D., Computer Science - Associate Professor/Professor Cybersecurity

After transitioning to online learning for a portion of spring semester and all of summer semester, CSU will return to its usual mix of instructional options including on campus classroom, online, and hybrid/extended classroom courses with physical distancing policies in place.

For more information about the university’s return-to-campus plan, visit https://www.columbusstate.edu/return-to-campus.