Tags: Leadership

Angela Bowlus, Ed.D., joined Franklin College in September, 2025, and serves as the Senior Director of the Office of Student Academic Services, supporting a successful student journey through advising, transfer, and graduation for all Franklin College students. Prior to joining Franklin College, Angela lived and worked in Minnesota, though still claims Southern California, where she was born and grew up, as her weather barometer. Angela received…

As Associate Dean, Stephen Mihm will serve as the liaison for department heads in the humanities as well as directors of interdisciplinary institutes. He will also oversee global engagement and the Franklin Residential College, while contributing to the advancement of philanthropy and alumni relations. Dr. Mihm is the author of A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States (Harvard University Press, 2007…

As Associate Dean, Adam Goodie is the liaison for the fine and performing arts, and for the social and behavioral sciences, including the departments/schools of Anthropology, Art, Communication Studies, Dance, Geography, Music, Psychology, Sociology, and Theater & Film Studies. He is also the liaison for centers, institutes, and programs associated with these divisions, and for the UGA-Griffin campus. He also oversees faculty affairs…

As Associate Dean in Franklin College, Neil Lyall oversees the instructional budgets, workforce planning, enrollment management, experiential learning, and honors for the college. In addition, he oversees the division of the Physical and Mathematical Sciences, serving as the liaison for the departments of Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, Statistics, and the School of Computing.  Dr. Lyall is a Professor of Mathematics…

Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd is a leading international weather-climate expert, a 2025 Regents' Professor, and is the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia. Dr. Shepherd was the 2013 President of American Meteorological Society (AMS), the nation’s largest and oldest professional/science society in the atmospheric and related sciences. Dr. Shepherd serves as…

Dr. Anna Stenport is Dean of the Franklin College, a University of Georgia Foundation Professor of Arts and Sciences, and full professor in the Department of Communication Studies with a courtesy appointment in the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education.  Before joining the University of Georgia, one of her alma maters, she served as Professor of Communication and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Rochester Institute of Technology…

Gary E. Douberly received a B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Central Florida in 2000.  He received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006 under the direction of Roger E. Miller and Tomas Baer.  Following postdoctoral work with Michael A. Duncan at the University of Georgia, he began his faculty appointment at the University of Georgia in 2008.  He was promoted to…

As Sr. Associate Dean, Paula Lemons leads Franklin’s Office of Academic Innovation, where the college is transforming the curricular and academic environment to reach new populations of students and advance our undergraduate and graduate programs toward employer and societal priorities. This office supports the creation of new academic programs, improves the quality of existing programs, promotes inclusive excellence, integrates entrepreneurship…

Steph is responsible for all aspects of directing the financial operations for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Reporting directly to the Dean of Franklin College, Steph serves as the top advisor on all matters related to financial operations and administration including, but not limited to, long and short range financial forecasting, budgetary development, budgetary policy setting and budgetary monitoring for the 30 plus departments,…

Meredith joined Franklin College's Office of Development in 2019. She has over 15 years of fundraising and non-profit experience. In this role Meredith manages all fundraising needs in support of Franklin College's students, faculty and programs. Meredith is a proud graduate of the University of Georgia with her Master’s degree in Nonprofit Management and Leadership. 

As the IT Executive Director, Michael provides strategic direction, technical guidance, and operational oversight of the Office of Information Technology within the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. He also provides council to college leadership, serves as a member of the Vice President for IT's Executive Council, participates in the campus-wide IT Manager's Forum with peer campus IT leaders, and serves on several committees. Michael also…