Senior Administration and Leadership
Dean of the School of Dentistry

Senior Administration
Ernestine S. Lacy
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Principal Investigator, Center of Excellence
Professor
Jennifer J. Barrington
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Clinical Associate Professor
Lisa F. Mallonee
Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Graduate Program Director
Professor
Reginald W. Taylor
Associate Dean of Graduate and Professional Programs
Director of Pre-Doctoral Orthodontics
Associate Professor
Amerian D. Sones
Executive Director, Continuing Education
Clinical Associate Professor
Rosemarie Zartman
Interim Director of Recruitment and Admissions
Clinical Associate Professor
Director, Summer Pre-Dental Enrichment Program for College Students (SPEP-Collegiate II); Summer Pre-Dental Enrichment Program for High School Graduates (SPEP-Collegiate I for current high school seniors)
Department Heads
Deborah Foyle
Interim Department Head, Periodontics
Interim Department Head, Endodontics
Director of Predoctoral Periodontics
Clinical Associate Professor
Bernard J. Hennessy
Department Head, Comprehensive Dentistry
Clinical Associate Professor
Alton G. McWhorter
Department Head, Pediatric Dentistry
Director of Dental Service, TSR
Director of Dental Service, CMC
Clinical Professor
Diplomate American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
Amal A. K. Noureldin
Interim Department Head, Public Health Sciences
Director of Predoctoral Program
Clinical Professor
Likith V. Reddy
Department Head, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Clerkship Director, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Department of Surgery
Clinical Professor
Bruno Ruest
Acting Department Head, Biomedical Sciences
Director of Student Research
Oral Biology Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor
Leigh Ann Nurick
Executive Director/Program Director, Caruth School of Dental Hygiene
Clinical Associate Professor