Academic Affairs

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson

Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson assumed the position of Provost and Vice President in April 2025.  She has served the University in a variety of capacities since 2006, most notably as Professor of Biology, Dean of VWU Global Campus and Vice President for VWU Global Campus prior to her current appointment.

She earned her B.A. in Biology from Randolph College, an M.S. in Biology from Florida Atlantic University, and a Ph.D. in Biology from Florida Institute of Technology. Her distinguished career is marked by numerous honors, such as the Barbara Holland Administrator-Scholar Award from the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities and The WISE Alumna Legacy Award for her contributions to STEM outreach. At VWU, she is a recipient of the Samuel Nelson Gray Distinguished Teaching Award and the Birdsong Service and Community Engagement Award, and she holds the distinction of Batten Professor.

Provost and Vice President
Dr. Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Loren Loving Marquez

Ann B. Shumadine Dean of the Batten Honors College
Dr. Travis Malone

Dean of the Birdsong School of Social Science
Dr. Craig Jackson

Kenneth R. Perry Dean of the Joan P. Brock School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Dr. Victor Townsend

Dean of the Susan S. Goode School of Arts and Humanities
Dr. Sally Shedd

Dean of the D. Henry Watts School of Professional Studies
Dr. Ben D. Dobrin

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