WRITING CENTER - Key Persons


Abraham Rodriguez-USUSA - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Research and Academic Approval Committee
  • President
  • USUSA President

Aimee Brunson

Job Titles:
  • Trademark Coordinator

Aimee Lauritsen

Job Titles:
  • Archives & Special Collections / LLC Building Manager / Library and Learning Commons

Al Smith

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  • Dean, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services

Alexa Bills

Job Titles:
  • Program Assistant

Alexis Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Circulation Desk Manager / Student Supervisor / Library and Learning Commons

Amanda DeRito

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President
  • Strategic Communications

Anderson, Douglas D.

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  • Dean, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business

Andi K. McCabe

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Provost

Andrea Payant

Job Titles:
  • Program Chair

Andrew Diamond

Job Titles:
  • Director

Anna-Maria Arnljots

Job Titles:
  • Metadata Technician

Ashlee Karren

Job Titles:
  • Art Director

Baker, Michelle

Job Titles:
  • Dean, College of Science

Ben Renard-Wiart

Job Titles:
  • Director

Breylen Stallings


Bruch, Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Public Safety

Candice Cravins


Cantwell, Elizabeth R. - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Cliff Parkinson

Job Titles:
  • Associate General Counsel

Clint Pumphrey

Job Titles:
  • Program Chair, Manuscripts & Outdoor Recreation Archive Curator / Archives Outreach & Instruction

Cowley, David T.

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  • Vice President, Finance and Administrative Services

Dana Rhoades

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Marketing & Communications

Daniel Davis

Job Titles:
  • Photograph Curator & Archives Instruction Coordinator / Archives Outreach & Instruction

Darcy Pumphrey

Job Titles:
  • Digital Assets Librarian

David A. Petersen

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • - Executive Committee - Chair, Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee - Honorary Degrees, Awards and Recognition Committee - External and Strategic Partnerships

David Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice Provost for Community Engagement

David Feldon

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Studies

David H. Huntsman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • - Executive Committee - Recruitment, Retention and Completion Committee - Chair, Student Health, Safety and Well - Being Committee

David Sharratt

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

David T. Cowley

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Finance and Administrative Services

Davidson, Kerri

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Institutional Affairs and Chief of Staff

Devin Greener

Job Titles:
  • Preservation & Stacks Manager / Archives Care, Access, & Description

Devin Wiser

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Government and External Affairs

Diana Sabau

Job Titles:
  • Vice President and Athletics Director

Dirk Vanderwall

Job Titles:
  • Interim Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine

Douglas D. Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Dean, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business

Duncan, Jennifer

Job Titles:
  • Dean, Libraries

Eldon J. Gardner

Job Titles:
  • Teacher of the Year

Elizabeth (Betsy) Cantwell - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Betsy Cantwell began her official tenure as Utah State University's 17th President in August 2023.

Elizabeth R. Cantwell - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Emeline Humphries

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer

Eric Olsen

Job Titles:
  • Interim Vice President, Student Affairs

Esmeralda Bonilla

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager / Provost, Global Engagement & Advancement

Fabricius, Alison

Job Titles:
  • President, Staff Employee Association

Faith Simper

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager

Gina Gagon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Statewide Mission and Campus Oversight Committee
  • Vice Chair
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee

Grant H. Baer

Job Titles:
  • Financial Officer

Hancock, Jed

Job Titles:
  • President, Space Dynamics Laboratory

Hanks, Nancy

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the President

Harrison Kleiner

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice Provost

Hawley, Eric S. - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Officer

Hearns, Maureen

Job Titles:
  • President, Faculty Senate

Heather Housley

Job Titles:
  • Processing Archivist / Archives Care, Access, & Description

Heather Mason

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • USU Alumni President

Heather Raisor

Job Titles:
  • Staff

Heidi Adams

Job Titles:
  • Director

Irungu, Jane

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Jacey Skinner - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee

Jagath J. Kaluarachchi

Job Titles:
  • Dean, College of Engineering

James Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Interim Vice President, Statewide Campuses

Jane Irungu

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Janet B. Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice Provost

Janis L. Boettinger

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice Provost for Global Engagement

Jared Gereau

Job Titles:
  • Social Media Specialist

Jay Wright

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President
  • Strategic Marketing

Jeff Hunter

Job Titles:
  • Writer

Jeff Lofland

Job Titles:
  • Senior Graphic Designer

Jeffrey Perala-Dewey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director - Science

Jen Kirk

Job Titles:
  • Program Chair, Government Information Librarian / Archives Care, Description, & Access

Jenn Hymas

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator

Jenna Padelsky

Job Titles:
  • Staff Assistant

Jennifer Duncan

Job Titles:
  • Dean, University Libraries

Jenny Jensen

Job Titles:
  • Government Information Technician / Archives Care, Access, & Description

Jessica Gerber

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager

John Y. Ferry

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Statewide Mission and Campus Oversight Committee
  • - Recruitment, Retention and Completion Committee - Statewide Mission and Campus Oversight Committee - Chair, External and Strategic Partnerships

Joseph P. Ward

Job Titles:
  • Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Josh Clason


Kacie Malouf

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Research and Academic Approval Committee
  • Member of the Statewide Mission and Campus Oversight Committee

Kaluarachchi, Jagath

Job Titles:
  • Dean, College of Engineering

Kat Webb

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Kelly Rovegno

Job Titles:
  • University Archivist & Archives Reference Coordinator / Archives Care, Access, & Description

Kelsey Weller

Job Titles:
  • Social Media Specialist

Kenneth L. White

Job Titles:
  • Dean, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
  • Vice President, Extension

Kent K. Alder

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Statewide Mission and Campus Oversight Committee

Kierstin Nash

Job Titles:
  • Content & Marketing Copywriter

Laurens H. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Provost & Chief Academic Officer
Laurens Smith was appointed to the position of Utah State University Provost on July 1, 2022.

Levi Simm

Job Titles:
  • Photographer

Lilly Stonecipher

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal

Linda Nagel

Job Titles:
  • Dean, S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources

Lindsay Ozburn

Job Titles:
  • Assessment Librarian

Lindsi Glass

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President / Digital Strategy & Analytics

Lisa Berreau

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Research

Liz Lord

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer

Loren Miller

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager

Marcus Jensen

Job Titles:
  • News Coordinator

Marie Brei

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Matt Whitaker

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Matthew T. White

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Advancement

McKinney, Mica

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Legal Affairs

Melanie Ivans

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the Provost & Chief Academic Officer

Mica McKinney

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Legal Affairs & General Counsel
As Vice President for Legal Affairs and the University's General Counsel, Mica manages the University's legal matters and provides legal advice to the Board of Trustees, the President and other senior administrators regarding litigation, compliance, risk management, policy review, legislative matters, and a variety of other legal matters.

Michael Harris

Job Titles:
  • Head, Eastern & Statewide Library Services / Library and Learning Commons

Michele Hillard

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Michelle Baker

Job Titles:
  • Dean, College of Science

Morrison, Nicholas

Job Titles:
  • Dean, Caine College of the Arts

Mr. Clark L. Whitworth

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Research and Academic Approval Committee
  • Member of the Statewide Mission and Campus Oversight Committee

Mr. Mark K. Holland

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the Former

Mr. R. Brent Nyman

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chairman of the Former

Mr. Ronald W. Jibson

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Former

Mr. Scott R. Watterson

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the Former

Nagel, Linda

Job Titles:
  • Dean, S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources

Nicholas Morrison

Job Titles:
  • Dean, Caine College of the Arts

O'Neil, John S.

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Operational Strategy and Special Advisor

Olsen, Eric

Job Titles:
  • Interim Vice President, Student Affairs

Pamela Dupin-Bryant

Job Titles:
  • Vice Provost for Statewide Campuses

Paul Daybell

Job Titles:
  • Book Arts & Rare Books Curator / Archives Care, Description, & Access

Paul J. Barr

Job Titles:
  • Vice Provost

Pinner, Matthew

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Office of Equity

Plate, William

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Richard Cutler

Job Titles:
  • Vice Provost for Graduate Studies

Ricky Flores

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager

Rodriguez, Abraham

Job Titles:
  • President, USUSA

Russell Price

Job Titles:
  • Compliance Officer

Ryan Jensen

Job Titles:
  • Director of Enrollment Marketing

Ryan R. Brady

Job Titles:
  • Associate General Counsel
As Associate General Counsel, provides legal advice on a variety of matters including intellectual property matters such as patent prosecution and licensing, trademark registration and licensing, contracts, charitable giving, sports law, and corporate governance. Ryan is a registered patent attorney.

Sabau, Diana

Job Titles:
  • Vice President and Director of Athletics

Sarah Berry

Job Titles:
  • Digital Archivist

Shelley Doney

Job Titles:
  • Government Information Coordinator / Archives Care, Access, & Description

Smith, Alan

Job Titles:
  • Dean, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services

Smith, Laurens H.

Job Titles:
  • Provost & Chief Academic Officer

Star Coulbrooke

Job Titles:
  • Director Emerita

Steed, Brian

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water and Air

Steve Kent

Job Titles:
  • Editor

Susan Andersen

Job Titles:
  • Director

Taylor Emerson

Job Titles:
  • Digital Journalist

Taylor, James

Job Titles:
  • Interim Vice President, Statewide Campuses

Tessa White

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Research and Academic Approval Committee

Timothy Olsen

Job Titles:
  • Managing Editor

Tracey Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Webmaster

Tricia Hutton

Job Titles:
  • Staff Assistant

Vanderwall, Dirk

Job Titles:
  • Interim Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine

Ward, Joseph P.

Job Titles:
  • Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

White, Kenneth L.

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Extension Dean, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences Director, Utah Agricultural Experiment Station

White, Matthew T.

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Advancement

William M. Plate Jr. - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
  • Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Wiser Devin

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Government and External Relations

Zak Konakis

Job Titles:
  • Regional Pathways Coordinator / Price Campus ( 435 ) 613 - 5214