Meet UCO Faculty Members:
We’re proud of our diverse, accomplished faculty, and look for any excuse to shine the spotlight on them! Check back for new featured faculty members soon.
- College of Arts, Media & Design, (405) 974-3770
- College of Business Administration, (405) 974-2426
- College of Education and Professional Studies, (405) 974-5701
- College of Liberal Arts, (405) 974-5540
- College of Mathematics & Science, (405) 974-2461
- Joe C. Jackson College of Graduate Studies, (405) 974-3341
Meet UCO Staff Members:
It takes hundreds of UCO staff members to keep our university growing and thriving everyday. From our Vice Presidents to the person who greets you at the front desk of a campus office, we all make helping students with the Central spirit our top priority. Check back often for new featured staff members.
- College of Arts, Media & Design
- Disability Support Services, Student Affairs
- Enrollment Management
- Campus Activities and Events, Student Affairs
- Facilities Management, Administration and Finance
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College of Arts, Media & Design
Jamie Jacobson, Director of Dance
Jamie Jacobson heads UCO’s highly regarded dance program, which offers the state’s only dance education degree and includes the award-winning Kaleidoscope Dance Company. She has choreographed more than 25 works for the company, and her works have been selected for the American College Dance Festival, the Mid-America Dance Network Choreographer’s Showcase and Tulsa’s Local Motion Foundation. She is also the recipient of the "Distinguished Creativity Award" by the UCO Chapter of the American Association of University Professors and she has been honored with the prestigious Hauptman Fellow Award for Outstanding Scholarly Activity by the UCO College of Graduate Studies and Research.
College of Business Administration
Dr. Robert Terrell, Professor of Accounting
Dr. Robert Terrell received the prestigious “2008 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year” award from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Terrell, who has been teaching at UCO since 1975, is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Neely Teaching Excellence Award, the OSCPA’s Outstanding Educator Award and the College of Business Administration Teaching Excellence Award. He often says that his students share in his teaching awards because they provide the motivation for him to do his best every day.
College of Education and Professional Studies
Dr. Scott McLaughlin, Professor of Special Services
Dr. Scott McLaughlin is a professor in the Special Services Department and advises the Speech Language Pathology Program. He came to UCO in 1983, the same year he received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He earned a B.S. from Winona State University in 1976, and an M.S. from the OUHSC in 1978.
Dr. Kevin Hayes, Professor of English
Though he teaches English, Dr. Kevin Hayes has made a little history recently, writing what many are calling the definitive biography of President Thomas Jefferson with “The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson” (Oxford University Press, 2008). Hayes, who has taught at UCO for 17 years, is the author of “A Colonial Woman’s Bookshelf,” “An American Cycling Odyssey,” “Melville’s Folk Roots,” “Poe and the Printed Word,” and “The Library of William Byrd of Westover,” for which he won the Virginia Library History Award.
College of Mathematics & Science
Dr. Wei Chen, Professor of Engineering and Physics
Dr. Wei Chen was honored as the “2008 U.S. Professor of the Year” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, one of the most prestigious awards honoring professors in the country. He has taught at UCO for the past 20 years, establishing the biomedical engineering program and serving as the current Assistant Dean for the college. His research, primarily cancer treatment, has received numerous state and national accolades.
College of Arts, Media & Design
Lori Alspaugh, Development Director, College of Arts, Media & Design
Lori Alspaugh was one of 25 university administrators internationally to receive a Fulbright Scholar grant for the 2008-2009 academic year. As a part of the grant, Alspaugh traveled to Germany in October for a two-week seminar on international fundraising. She brought back what she learned to benefit the college's fundraising efforts. She's worked as the college's Development Director since 2001.
Kim Fields, Assistant Director, UCO Disability Support Services
The Oklahoma City Mayor's Committee in Disability Concerns recently honored Kim Fields with the 2008 Public Personnel Employee Award for contributing to the removal of social, attitudinal and environmental barriers for people with disabilities at UCO. Fields has worked for UCO's Disability Support Services for six years, implementing programs like Disability Awareness Week and helping UCO students with disabilities experience college life to its fullest.
Dr. Myron Pope, Vice President of Enrollment Management
From recruitment to admissions to advisement, Dr. Myron Pope and his team in Enrollment Management help ensure students keep their college career on track. Pope began his academic career in his home state of Alabama, serving as a Talent Search Counselor for the state’s community college system and as the Director of Recruitment for the College of Education at his alma mater, the University of Alabama. He is also active in the community as a coordinator of Leadership Edmond, a volunteer coach and board member with the YMCA, a board member for the HOPE Center of Edmond, and Edmond Chamber of Commerce. He was recently recognized with the Edmond YMCA Volunteer of the Year award.
Kay Robinson, Director of Campus Activities and Events, Student Affairs
Kay Robinson brought her passion for working with college students to UCO in 2008 after working at The Ohio State University in student activities. Here, she is responsible for the overall vision, leadership and direction of student programming, parent programs, commuter student services and some of UCO's signature events including: New Student Orientation, Homecoming, President's Club Christmas Party, Commuter Student Housing & Living Fair and WinterGlow. Robinson is an active community volunteer with Infant Crisis Services, Big Sister in Big Brothers/Big Sisters, member of the SWOSU Alumni Board of Directors, LOYAL Class IV and Rho Rho, the Alpha Chi Omega alumnae chapter.
Facilities Management: Sustainability
Jay Yowell, Sustainability Coordinator
Jay Yowell keeps the bronze and blue Bronchos going green as UCO’s first Sustainability Coordinator. A LEED accredited architect, Yowell helps lead university efforts to make campus buildings and operations more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. Since 2006, UCO has saved 5 to 7 million dollars in operating costs through its sustainability efforts, like using 100% wind power, and is Oklahoma’s only member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Club.