VCCS Office of Professional Development
Chancellor’s Commonwealth Professorship
A History of Chancellor’s Commonwealth Professorships
The Virginia Community College System has a rich history of helping its faculty Engage; Transform; and
Succeed. The Office of Professional Development is pleased to offer a listing of recipients of the
Chancellor’s Commonwealth Professorship. Please congratulate them.
2015 – 2017
William Oliver
Professor of Information Systems Technology
Blue Ridge Community College
Callan Bentley
Assistant Professor of Geology
Northern Virginia Community College
2013 – 2015
Walerian Majewski
Professor of Physics
Northern Virginia Community College
2012 – 2014
Charles Evans
Professor of History
Northern Virginia Community College
Brent Kendrick
Professor of English
Lord Fairfax Community College
Patrick Reed
Associate Professor of History
Northern Virginia Community College
2011 – 2013
Rebecca Kamen
Professor of Art
Northern Virginia Community College
Michael Stinson
Professor of Biology
Southside Virginia Community College
2010 – 2012
Eric Hibbison
Professor of English
Reynolds Community College
VCCS Office of Professional Development
Chancellor’s Commonwealth Professorship
2009 – 2011
Sharon Burnham
Instructor of History
John Tyler Community College
Kevin Handley
Professor of Psychology
Germanna Community College
William Rodner
Professor of History
Tidewater Community College
2008 – 2010
Richard Groover
Assistant Professor of Biology
Reynolds Community College
2007 – 2009
Linda McLintock
Assistant Professor of English
Germanna Community College
James O’Brien
Professor of Psychology
Tidewater Community College
2006 – 2008
Joseph Trivette
Associate Professor of Music
Southwest Virginia Community College
Connie Elsberg
Professor of Anthropology and Sociology
Northern Virginia Community College
2005 – 2007
Thomas L. Long
Professor and Department Chairperson of English
Thomas Nelson Community College
Walerian Majewski
Professor of Physics
Northern Virginia Community College
Miles S. McCrimmon
Professor of English
Reynolds Community College
VCCS Office of Professional Development
Chancellor’s Commonwealth Professorship
2004 – 2006
Alice Harrington
Professor of Art
Mountain Empire Community College
2003 – 2005
James O’Brien
Professor of Psychology
Tidewater Community College
James Baer
Professor of History
Northern Virginia Community College
2002 – 2004
William Rodner
Professor of History
Tidewater Community College
Jill Karle Leahman
Associate Professor of English
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Bill Lewis
Assistant Professor of General Engineering Technology
Lord Fairfax Community College
2001 – 2003
Mary B. Wentworth
Assistant Professor of English and Humanities
John Tyler Community College
2000 – 2002
Ellen Elmes
Instructor of Art
Southwest Virginia Community College
Judy A. Horton
Associate Professor of Medical Laboratory Technology
Northern Virginia Community College
VCCS Office of Professional Development
Chancellor’s Commonwealth Professorship
1998 – 2000
Donald W. Linzey
Professor of Biology
Wytheville Community College
Laura L. Franklin
Professor of French
Northern Virginia Community College
Christine Medlin
Professor of Health Sciences Technologies
Tidewater Community College
Dick Harrington
Professor of English
Piedmont Virginia Community College
1997 – 1999
Suzanne Crane
Assistant Professor of English
Germanna Community College
Michele Delano
Associate Professor of Art
John Tyler Community College
Anne Hucherson
Associate Professor and Program Head of Dental Hygiene
Virginia Western Community College
Julie Calongne Dailey
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Tidewater Community College
1996 – 1998
Susan Coffey
Professor of English, Speech, and Human Relations
Central Virginia Community College
Stuart Porter
Professor of Veterinary Technology
Blue Ridge Community College
Wendy F. Weiner
Professor of English
Northern Virginia Community College
VCCS Office of Professional Development
Chancellor’s Commonwealth Professorship
1994 – 1996
Charles J. Errico
Professor of History
Northern Virginia Community College
Donald K. Bartholomay
Associate Professor of Biology
Southwest Virginia Community College
1993 – 1995
Richard Gaynor
Professor of Mental Health Technology
Virginia Western Community College
Pryor Hale
Professor of Psychology
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Eric P. Hibbison
Professor of English
Reynolds Community College
Barbara T. Nudelman
Associate Professor of Psychology
Tidewater Community College
1992 – 1994
Walerian Majewski
Professor of Physics
Northern Virginia Community College
William D. Owen
Professor of English and Speech
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Susan S. Wood
Professor of Mathematics
Reynolds Community College
Lee Hipp
Professor of Horticulture Technology
Virginia Western Community College
1991 – 1993
Vme Edom Smith
Professor of Sociology
Northern Virginia Community College
Robert L. Tureman
Assistant Professor
Paul D. Camp Community College
VCCS Office of Professional Development
Chancellor’s Commonwealth Professorship
1990 – 1992
Sallie D. Branscom
Associate Professor of Accounting
Virginia Western Community College
Donald R. Gregory
Professor of Philosophy
Northern Virginia Community College
Randolph E. Michener
Assistant Professor of Visual Arts
Northern Virginia Community College
Chuks A. Ogbonnaya
Professor of Environmental Science
Mountain Empire Community College
1989 – 1991
Paul McVeigh
Division Chair of Humanities
Northern Virginia Community College
Wayne H. Wiley
Professor of History and Philosophy
Central Virginia Community College
Carol L. Knight
Professor of History
Tidewater Community College
David Wright
Professor of Physics
Tidewater Community College