Meet the Staff

Timothy B. Smith, Provost

Timothy B. Smith

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Art History

BA, MA, Art History – University of South Carolina; PhD, History and Criticism of Art – Florida State University
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Mara Amster, Associate Provost

Mara Amster

Associate Provost, Charles A. Dana Professor of English

BA, Duke University; MA, University of Virginia; PhD, University of Rochester
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Jody Kelso

Executive Assistant to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
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Laurel Weir

Administrative Assistant to the Associate Provost
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Kim Sheldon

Director of Student Success
BA, Mary Washington College; MA, University of Maryland
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Kim Sheldon graduated from Mary Washington College with a BA in English Literature. She pursued graduate study at the University of Maryland’s College of Journalism, earning an MA in journalism and public relations. Kim has worked in many non-profit or higher education institutions. She has enjoyed working for Randolph College for over twenty years, including work in the admissions and financial aid arenas. Her position as Director of Student Success allows her to see students grow academically and socially over four years through advising and engagement programming.

Kim enjoys walking and running in the Lynchburg area and traveling abroad. She wishes she were a better baker and hopes one day to achieve a perfect scone.

Molly Boggs, Assistant Director of Student Success

Molly Boggs

Assistant Director of Student Success
BA, University of Minnesota; MA, PhD, Indiana University
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Molly Boggs is available to meet with all Randolph students to help them succeed. She is also the advisor for all incoming transfer students. She has more than a decade of experience teaching writing at the college level and previously taught Writing in College at Randolph. Her favorite part of her job is meeting students from many different backgrounds and helping them achieve their goals.

Boggs received her PhD in English literature. As a researcher, she has published on the role of evil landladies in nineteenth-century magazine fiction and the use of Victorian medical technology in the video game Bloodborne. She enjoys watching horror movies and running on the Blackwater Creek Trail.

Teresa Harris

Teresa Harris

Program Coordinator of Student Success
BA, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
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Teresa Harris is an alumna of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, graduating in 1980. She has worked at the College for 42 years in various capacities and now enjoys creating programs for incoming and current students to support academic and personal success.

Teresa is a writer, a theatrical director, artist, and an advocate for social justice.