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About Us
Gilbert W. Atnip
Dr. Atnip serves as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, responsible for the quality, development, coordination, and promotion of all academic and non-credit programs and courses on the campus. He is also responsible for faculty personnel matters, for periodic review of academic programs, and for assessment of student learning and institutional effectiveness. He oversees the development and use of learning resources, including the library. Along with the associate vice chancellor and the dean for research, he develops programs to improve teaching and learning, to encourage and support faculty research and creative work, and to promote the cultural and intellectual growth of the academic community.
Dr. Atnip is also a Professor of Psychology. He has served IU Southeast since 1975 in several capacities including Dean of Social Sciences, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, and Assistant and Associate Professor of Psychology.
A native of Tampa, Florida, Dr. Atnip earned his bachelor's degree in Psychology from Stetson University in Florida and his Master of Arts and Ph.D degrees in Experimental Psychology from The Ohio State University. His primary areas of research are in learning and memory, experimental analysis of behavior, and the history of psychology.
In addition to serving IU Southeast, Dr. Atnip has served Indiana University as co-chair of the IU Academic Leadership Council and chair of the Strategic Directions Academic Mission Subcommittee. His local involvements include the presidency of Floyd County Youth Services Bureau Advisory Board and the Chairmanship of the Kentuckiana Metroversity Academic Council.
Sheying Chen
Dr. Chen joined IU Southeast in July 2006 as Associate Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Sociology. He works as part of a leadership team to advance the campus's strategic agenda in the key areas of equity and diversity, faculty development, enrollment management, and related academic initiatives.
Prior to the IU Southeast appointment, Dr. Chen served as Dean of the College of Professional Studies at University of Guam (a U.S. land grant institution in the Western Pacific region), which was combined from three former colleges: Business & Public Administration; Education; Nursing, Social Work & Health Sciences. He held a tenured professorship at City University of New York, College of Staten Island, where he headed a large unit housing sociology, anthropology, psychology, social work, disability studies, women's studies, and a number of interdisciplinary initiatives. He worked at UCLA, California State University, and University of Hong Kong and was on the permanent faculty of the Department of Sociology at Zhongshan University, Guangzhou (one of the first sociology departments in China re-established after the Cultural Revolution with assistance from University of Pittsburgh) until 1992. A forerunner in social work and social policy education, community service, and social support for the elderly in China, he also served as Coordinator for Higher Degrees and Graduate Affairs and worked previously as a business manager. He taught research methods and conducted research on Asian American mental health, international development, and a number of other topics.
Dr. Chen received his Ph.D from the School of Public Policy & Social Research at University of California, Los Angeles. He also holds an M.A. in Sociology from Zhongshan University and an engineering technology diploma from Changsha Technical College (now part of South-Central University), China.
Deborah Finkel
Dr. Finkel serves as the Dean for Research. Her position is focused on encouraging and supporting faculty and student research and creative work. Her responsibilities include management of internal funds to support research and creative activity for both faculty and students, assisting and guiding faculty through the process of applying for external funds, and organization of the annual IU Southeast Student Conference: Celebrating Achievement.
Dr. Finkel is also a Professor of Psychology. She came to IU Southeast in 1992 and has served as program coordinator of Psychology, Faculty Senate President, and Director of International Programs, for which she won the Indiana University Ryan Award for International Initiatives. She was awarded the Distinguished Research and Creativity Award in 1998 and has won several teaching awards, including the Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, the Trustees Teaching Award, and she is a member of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET).
Dr. Finkel grew up near Atlanta, GA and earned her bachelor's degrees in Psychobiology and Applied Math from Centre College in Kentucky. She completed her Ph.D in Psychology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Her research interests include applying the methods of longitudinal analysis to twin data to investigate genetic and environmental influences on longitudinal change in cognitive and health variables. She has been a co-investigator with the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging, based in Stockholm, since 1999.
Walter F. Ryan
Dr. Ryan serves as the chair of the IU Southeast Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects. His position provides oversight to ensure that the rights and welfare of research subjects are in accordance with University policies as well as federal regulations and guidelines. The welfare of animal subjects is secured by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, which reports to the Dean for Research.
Dr. Ryan received his bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Education and his masters degree in curriculum and instruction from Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada and his Masters of Science (Mathematics) and Ph.D degrees in Curriculum and instruction from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He arrived at IU Southeast in 1996 and is currently Associate Professor of Education. Dr. Ryan coordinates the elementary transition to teaching program in the School of Education and teaches courses in elementary and middle school mathematics education. His research interests include the use of community resources to improve the teaching of K-8 mathematics.
Dr. Ryan has served IU Southeast as coordinator of the undergraduate elementary education program and as a member of the faculty senate nominating committee.
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