College Administration

General Officers

ROYCE, LEE G. (2002)
President of the University
B.A., M.B.A., Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

HOWARD, RONALD (1977)
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of History
B.A., Carson-Newman College; M.A., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville

CRANFORD, BILL (2000)
Chief Information Officer
B.S., University of Mississippi; M.B.A., Mississippi College

LEWIS, DONNA (1998)
Chief Financial Officer
B.S., University of Mississippi; CPA

NORRIS, DEBBIE C. (1984)
Vice President for Planning and Assessment, Dean of Graduate Studies, and Associate Professor of Business
B.S.B.A., Mississippi College; M.Ed., Mississippi State University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

PRATT, ERIC (2002)
Vice President for Christian Development
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M. Div., Ph.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; post-doctoral study, Loyola University

STANFORD, STEVE (1999)
Vice President for Administration and Government Relations
B.S.E., M.Ed., Delta State University; Ph.D., Florida State University

TOWNSEND, JR., WILLIAM R. “BILL” (2008)
Vice President for Advancement and Legal Counsel to the President
B.A., Mississippi College; J.D., Mississippi College; M.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Ph.D., University of Mississippi

TURCOTTE, JIM (1994)
Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs
B.S.B.A., Mississippi College; M.R.E., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of North Texas

Academic Deans

BALDWIN, STAN (1999)
Dean of the School of Science and Mathematics and Assistant Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences; Acting Chair of Computer Science and Physics
B.S., Asbury College; M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Kentucky College of Medicine; Postdoctoral Research, Ohio State University College of Medicine

EDUARDO, MARCELO (1997)
Dean of the School of Business and Professor of Finance
B.A., M.B.A., Delta State University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

LOCKE, DON W. (1998)
Dean of the School of Education and Professor of Psychology and Counseling
B.S., M.Ed., Mississippi College; Ed.D., University of Mississippi

MAYFIELD, GARY (2005)
Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor and Chair of Sociology, Social Work and Family Studies
B.A., Louisiana College; M.A., Stephen F. Austin State University; M.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; M.S.W., University of Georgia; Ph.D., Emory University

NORRIS, DEBBIE C. (1984)
Vice President for Planning and Assessment, Dean of Graduate Studies, and Associate Professor of Business
B.S.B.A., Mississippi College; M.Ed., Mississippi State University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi; 1998 MC London Program Resident Professor

PADGETT, MARY JEAN (1982)
Dean of the School of Nursing and Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Mississippi College; M.S.N., University of Alabama Birmingham; Ph.D., University of Texas

ROSENBLATT, JAMES H. (2003)
Dean, School of Law
B.A., Vanderbilt University; J.D., Cornell University Law School

VANHORN, WAYNE (2005)
Dean of Christian Studies and the Arts, and Professor of Christian Studies and Philosophy
B.A., Christopher Newport College of the College of William and Mary; M.Div., Th.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

Board of Trustees of
Mississippi College