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Department Managers

Key Roles & Functions

Our Department Managers are a team of department academic administrators who provide direct support to the Department Chairs/Directors, Faculty and Students.  They oversee support staff, resources and services, and are the primary source of administrative and management support within the academic departments. They also play a key role in functions such as payroll, business operations, travel, facilities management, events scheduling, reception, and various other roles that ensure leadership and continuity for the entire spectrum of university and college administration activities. 

Department Manager Team

Michelle Del Toro

Crystal Ross

112 Breckenridge Hall
257-1388 | michelle.deltoro@uky.edu

crystal.ross@uky.edu

African American & Africana Studies
Gender & Women’s Studies
Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies
Tory Pendleton

203 Barker Hall
257-7115

tory.pendleton@uky.edu

Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC)
Wanda Brooks 101 Barker Hall
257-2696
wbrooks@uky.edu
Military Science (Army ROTC)
Cathy Bowers

203 Lafferty Hall
257-4991 

cathy.bowers@uky.edu
 

Anthropology
Nolan Blakeman

624 Maxwelton Court
257-4852
nolan.blakeman@uky.edu

Appalachian Studies

Jacqueline Burke

Kristina Morgan 

 

101 Thomas Hunt Morgan

257-7140 | jjburk3@uky.edu

257-3804 | knmorg2@uky.edu

 

Biology

 

W. Daniel Whittaker

Emily Jackson

Meagan Looney

125 Chem/Phys Building
257-7080 | william.whittaker@uky.edu

257-3882 | emily.jackson3@uky.edu

meagan.looney@uky.edu

Chemistry
Meaghan Bushling Slone Building
257-5568
meaghan.bushling@uky.edu
Earth and Environmental Studies

Kristen Pickett

Robin Rahija

1215 Patterson Office Tower
257-2901 | kristen.pickett@uky.edu
257-6895 I rlso222@uky.edu 

English, American Studies

English

Teri Crutcher 817 Patterson Office Tower
257-2931 | teri.crutcher@uky.edu
 

Geography

Environmental & Sustainability Studies

Social Theory

Applied Environmental and Sustainability Studies

New Maps Plus

Brent Sebastian 1157 Patterson Office Tower
257-1565
bseba2@uky.edu
Hispanic Studies
Tina Hagee 1719 Patterson Office Tower
257-1731
tina.hagee@uky.edu
History

Rejeana Cassady

Katherine Griffis

719 Patterson Office Tower
257-6794 | rejeana.cassady@uky.edu
257-6808 | kt.griffis@uky.edu

Mathematics

Liliana Drucker

Taylor Kincaid

1055 Patterson Office Tower
257-5723 | liliana.drucker@uky.edu

218-4899 | taylor.kincaid@uky.edu

Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Interdisciplinary Studies
Melanie Esterline 1415 Patterson Office Tower
257-1862
melanie.esterline3@uky.edu
Philosophy

Suann Reese

Diane Riddell

177 Chemistry-Physics Building

257-3770 | suann.reese@uky.edu
257-6101 | diane.yates@uky.edu

Physics and Astronomy
Matthew Penn 1619 Patterson Office Tower
257-1772 | matthew.penn@uky.edu
 

Political Science
Peace Studies

International Studies

Jenny Casey
 

Tamra Nowitzki

106B Kastle Hall
257-6839 | Jennifer.casey1@uky.edu
257-9640 | tamra.nowitzki@uky.edu 

Psychology
Justin Conder 1515 Patterson Office Tower
257-6896
justin.conder@uky.edu
Sociology
QISPR
Whitney Barrett

311 Multi Disciplinary ScienceBuilding
257-6115 | wmba224@uky.edu

Statistics
Scott Bonette

1353 Patterson Office Tower
218-2867
scott.bonette@uky.edu

Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies
 

Katia Davis

1601 Patterson Office Tower
257-4964
katia.davis@uky.edu

Linguistics