Centers and Institutes

Center / Institute Name Date Established Contact
Alliance for the Economic Development of Southern West Virginia Brandon Dennison, Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development
dennison9@marshall.edu
Appalachian Transportation Institute 1998 Brie Salmons, Associate Director, Brianne.Salmons@marshall.edu
Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) 1994 Kent Sowards, Director
sowards10@marshall.edu
Center for Clinical Research
Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences (CEGAS) 1993 George Carico, Director of West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall University
carico@marshall.edu
Center for Teaching and Learning 1999 April Fugett, Ph.D., Executive Director
fugett5@marshall.edu
Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia 1996 Jessica Lowman, University Libraries, CSEGA Director
lowman@marshall.edu
Center of Biomedical Research Excellence
Center of Excellence for Recovery Amy Saunders, Managing Director and Assocate VP
saunde22@marshall.edu
Environmental Management Incubator George Carico, Director of West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall University
carico@marshall.edu
Forensic Science Center 1992 Lauren Waugh, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Program
richards18@marshall.edu
Glenwood Center for Scholarship in the Humanities Dr. Luke Eric Lassiter, Center Co-Director
Dr. Billy Joe Peyton, Center Co-Director
lassiter@marshall.edu 
John Deaver Drinko Academy 1994 Dr. Montserrat Miller, Executive Director
millerm@marshall.edu
June Harless Center for Rural Educational Research and Development 2000 Dr. Tarabeth Heineman, Executive Director
tarabeth.heineman@marshall.edu
Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (MIIR) 2008 Sandrine Pierre, Ph.D., Associate Scientific Director/Interim Director
pierres@marshall.edu
Marshall’s Advanced Manufacturing Center (MAMC) 1990 Derek Scarbro, Director
derek.scarbro@mfg.marshall.edu
Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health 1999 Jennifer T. Plymale, Associate Dean of the Center for Rural Health
plymale@marshall.edu
Amber Vance, Grant Program Coordinator
elkins34@marshall.edu
West Virginia Autism Training Center 1984 Jackie Clark, Associate Director
luton1@marshall.edu
West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center 2005 George Carico, Director of West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall University
carico@marshall.edu
West Virginia Collegiate Recovery Network 2018 Susie Mullens, Project Director (WVCRN)
mullens20@marshall.edu
West Virginia EDA University Center Deacon Stone, Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
deacon.stone@mfg.marshall.edu
West Virginia IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence 2004 James Denvir, PhD., Data Science Core Director
denvir@marshall.edu