{"id":1791,"date":"2021-08-02T17:26:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T21:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/?page_id=1791"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:28:08","slug":"department-chairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/department-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Chairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Stephan Tubene<\/strong>
Chair and Professor
Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences
Phone: (410) 651-7757
Email: sltubene@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Grace Namwamba<\/strong>
Chair and Professor
Department of Human Ecology
Phone: (410) 651-6055
Email:\u00a0gnamwamba@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Jonathan Cumming
<\/strong>Chair and Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
Phone: (410) 651-6072 Email: jrcumming@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

School of Business, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Technology, and Tourism Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Leesa Thomas-Banks
<\/strong>Chair and Professor
Department of Business, Management, and Accounting
Phone: (410) 651-6523
Email: lpthomasbanks@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Christopher Hartman
<\/strong>Acting Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Aviation Sciences
Phone: (410) 651-6365
Email: chartman@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Yuanwei Jin<\/strong>
Chair and Professor
Department of Engineering
Phone: (410) 651-6365
Email: yjin@umes.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Erinn Tucker-Oluwole<\/strong>
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Phone: (410) 651-6567
Email: edtucker@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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 Dr. Asad Azemi
<\/strong> Chair and Professor
 Department of Computer Science and Engineering Technology
 Phone: (410) 651-6422
 Email: aazemi@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Ismail Farajpour, Ph.D.<\/strong>
<\/strong>Chair and Associate Professor
Department of the Built Environment
Phone: (410) 651-6468
Email: ifarajpour@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

School of Education, Social Sciences, and The Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Robert A. Brown, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Chair and Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Phone: (410) 651-8482
Email: rabrown1@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Kimberly Poole-Sykes<\/strong>
Chair and Professor
Department of Education
Phone: (410) 651-6220
Email: kjpoolesykes@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cynthia J. Cravens, PhD
<\/strong>Interim Chair
Associate Professor
Office: Wilson Hall 2101
Phone: 410-651-6552
Email: cjcravens@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Bradley Hudson<\/strong>
Interim Chair and Professor
Department of Fine Arts
Phone: (410) 651-6487 or (410) 651-6488
Email: bphudson@umes.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Robert A. Brown, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Chair
Department of Social Sciences
Phone: (410) 621-8482
Email: rabrown1@umes.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Tiara Cornelius<\/strong>
Chair
Department of Mathematics
Email: tdturner@umes.edu<\/a>
Phone: (410)651-6197<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

School of Pharmacy and Health Professions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Yen Dang<\/strong>
Chair and Associate Professor 
Department of Kinesiology 
Phone: (410) 651-8169
Email: ydang@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Victor Hsia<\/strong>
Chair and Professor 
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phone: (410) 651-8491
Email: vhsia@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Miriam C. Purnell<\/strong>
Chair and Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Phone: (410) 621-3777
Email: mcpurnell@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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 Dr. Michael Rabel<\/strong>
 Chair and Professor  
 Department of Physical Therapy
 Phone: (410) 651-6465
 Email: mcrabel@umes.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Nicole Wooten<\/strong>
Interim Chair and Program Director
Department of Physician Assistant 
Phone: (410) 621-3032
Email: nkwooten@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. William Talley<\/strong>
Chair and Professor
Department of Rehabilitation 
Phone: (410) 651-6261
Email: wbtalley@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences Dr. Stephan TubeneChair and ProfessorDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Resource SciencesPhone: (410) 651-7757Email: sltubene@umes.edu Dr. Grace NamwambaChair and ProfessorDepartment of Human EcologyPhone: (410) 651-6055Email:\u00a0gnamwamba@umes.edu Dr. Jonathan CummingChair and ProfessorDepartment of Natural SciencesPhone: (410) 651-6072 Email: jrcumming@umes.edu School of Business, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Technology, and Tourism Management Dr. Leesa Thomas-BanksChair and ProfessorDepartment of…Read more Department Chairs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1791","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}