Officers of Administration

  • Lawrence E. Wolinsky, Ph.D., D.M.D., FACD, FICD, Dean
  • Paul C. Dechow, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
  • Stephen J. Griffin, D.D.S., Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
  • Larry L. Bellinger, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
  • Ernestine S. Lacy, M.A., D.D.S., Associate Dean, Student Affairs and Student Diversity
  • Dale A. Christensen, M.B.A., Executive Director, Facilities Services and Planning
  • Susan Mitchell Jackson, Executive Director, Office of Advancement, Communications and Alumni Relations
  • Amerian Sones, D.M.D., M.S., Executive Director, Continuing Education
  • Leeanna Bartlett, M.Ed., Director, Social Services
  • Barbara H. Miller, D.D.S., Executive Director, Recruitment and Admissions
  • Daniel L. Jones, Ph.D., D.D.S., Director, Curriculum, Academic Affairs
  • Ann L. McCann, R.D.H., Ph.D., Director, Planning and Assessment, Academic Affairs
  • Rosanna Ratliff, Director, Library
  • Lavern Holyfield, D.D.S., Director of Diversity and Faculty Development, Academic Affairs
  • Pat Matulis, Executive Assistant, Office of the Dean
  • Jorge C. Hernandez, Senior Information Technology Manager

Department Heads

  • Peter H. Buschang, Ph.D., Interim Orthodontics
  • John M. Wright Jr. D.D.S., M.S., Diagnostic Sciences
  • Lynne Opperman, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences
  • Patricia Campbell, R.D.H., M.S., Caruth School of Dental Hygiene
  • Thomas G.H. Diekwisch, D.M.D., Ph.D. (sc.), Ph.D. (phil.), Periodontics
  • Steve W. Karbowski, D.D.S., Restorative Sciences
  • Daniel L. Jones, D.D.S., Ph.D., Public Health Sciences
  • Alton G. McWhorter, M.S., D.D.S. Pediatric Dentistry
  • Mohsen Taleghani, D.M.D., General Dentistry
  • David M. Grogan, D.D.S., M.S.D., Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Robert A. Augsburger, D.D.S., M.S., M.S.D., Interim Endodontics