Provost

About the Provost

Office: Hager Administration Building

Biographical Information

Dr. Sherry Powers, third from left, is Asbury University’s Provost and Chief Academic Officer. She is a 1977 graduate of the University and came to Asbury with more than 20 years of experience in higher education, most recently spending the last six years at Eastern Kentucky University as Dean of the College of Education and Applied Human Sciences.

Read her whole bio here.

Staff and Academic Deans

Sherry Wilson ’77 Powers, Ed.D.
Provost and
Chief Academic Officer
Tricia Cairel
Executive Assistant to the Provost, CAO
Steve Clements ’83, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Dean, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department Chair
Alesha Graves, D.B.A., CPA
Associate Professor of Accounting
Dean, Dayton School of Business
Brian Shelton ’89, Ph.D.
Professor of Theology
Dean, School of Christian Studies
Department Chair, Christian Thought
Wesley Scholar in Residence
Jim Owens ’79, Ph.D.
Professor of Media Communication
Dean, School of Communication Arts
Department Chair of Media, Journalism, and Digital Storytelling
Department Chair of Communication and Theatre Arts
Sharon Bixler, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education
Associate Professor
Vins Sutlive, Ph.D.
Professor, Science
Dean, Shaw School of Sciences
Department Chair, Science & Health

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Provost’s Office

(859) 858-3511