Meet the Provost

D r. Pamela V. Hammond is Provost and the immediate past dean of the School of Nursing at Hampton University. Through Dr. Hammond’s efforts, Hampton University implemented the first PhD program in nursing at a historically black college or university in 1999, resulting in an increase in the numbers of doctorally prepared racial and ethnic minority nurses. She has held a variety of leadership positions of increasing responsibility and dedicated herself to promoting the education and well-being of students and the health and welfare of underserved, abused, and neglected individuals. Her most notable appointments have been to the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Library of Medicine Environmental Health Information Partnership, Virginia Board of Nursing, and the Advisory Council on the Future of Nursing in Virginia. Dr. Hammond continues to serve on several boards and is an active member of numerous professional organizations including the acclaimed American Academy of Nursing and the Academy of Nursing Education. She has authored and co-authored articles and chapters on a variety of topics, including health disparities, doctoral education, recruitment and retention of minority students, and child abuse and neglect. Dr. Hammond holds the BS degree in Nursing from Tuskegee University, a MS in Maternal Child Nursing from the University of Maryland-Baltimore, and doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from Old Dominion University.

Meet the Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs

Dr. Pollie S. Murphy is a tenured college professor and a university administrator who has been an educator for more than 35 years. She holds the BS degree in Communication Disorders from Hampton Institute (now Hampton University), the MA in Communication Disorders from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and the PhD in Audiology/Speech Pathology from Memphis State University. She currently serves as the Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs, Director of the Summer Session, and as the Accreditation Liaison for the institution’s 2008 Reaffirmation Review by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). During her tenure at Hampton, she has served as Associate Professor, Interim Chair and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, and Assistant Dean for Administration, School of Science. Honored by her peers, she received the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award in 1991, and was named an Endowed University Professor in 2000. Dr. Murphy holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Pathology, and is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Speech and Hearing Association of Virginia.

Offices

Office of the Summer Session

Ms. Dianne Andrews

Meet the Assistant Provost for Technology

Keith Perkins is the Assistant Provost for Technology/Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Hampton University. He has had more than 23 years experience in adult education, communications, and information systems. He has expertise in immersive technologies, educational media and technology, distance education and modeling and simulations. Mr. Perkins manages approximately 30 staff members to include network administrators, webmasters and help desk technicians.

Mr. Perkins began his career as a communications officer in the U.S. Army. He progressed through the ranks holding positions of increasing responsibility to include: Commander, 293rd Signal Company; Chief Information Officer (CIO), 377th Theater Support Command; Chief, Knowledge Management Operations for Multi-National Corps Iraq and U.S. V Corps Europe; Simulations Program Director, U.S. Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon Georgia; Computer and Information Systems Manager, Fort Eustis, Virginia.

Mr. Perkins was awarded the Bronze Star for his actions during combat operations in Iraq. He worked on the “America’s Army” video game (the U.S. Army’s first official video game) where he programmed realistic helicopter physics and provided his voice talents as the sniper instructor. Prior to his most recent appointment, Mr. Perkins served as the Chief of Innovations for the U.S. Joint Forces Command, where he was responsible for researching, analyzing and developing new training technologies for the Department of Defense.

Mr. Perkins holds a BS in Computer Science from Hampton University, a MS in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulations (MOVES) from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a Masters of Public Administration from Troy State University.

Offices

Data Conversion and Management Laboratory

Wallace Arnold

Educational Delivery Specialist

Shawn Briggs

Helpdesk

Steven Richardson

Media Productions

Kevin Ricks

Network

Barbara Tibbs

Web Services

Michael Williams