The

University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...

is a space-grant

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research university A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission. They are the most important sites at which knowledge production occurs, along with "intergenerational kno ...

located on a main campus in Orlando,

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

, United States. UCF is a member institution of the

State University System of Florida The State University System of Florida (SUSF or SUS) is a system of twelve public universities in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2018, over 341,000 students were enrolled in Florida's state universities. Together with the Florida College Syst ...

and is the second-largest university in the United States. UCF consists of a 59,770 member student body and employs more than 10,000 people, including over 1,900 teaching faculty and adjuncts. University of Central Florida faculty and administrators include those who are currently serving and have formerly served the university as professors, deans, administrative officials, or in other notable educational capacities.

Administration

Steven Altman Steven Altman is an American professor and academic administrator. He served as president of the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego, CA from 2006 to 2013. He previously served as the third president of the University of Central Flo ...

, former President of the University of Central Florida (1989–1991), current President of the

NewSchool of Architecture and Design NewSchool of Architecture & Design (NewSchool,NSAD ) is a private for-profit college in San Diego that focuses on architecture and design. It is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). NewSchool comprises two s ...

Robert A. Bryan Robert Armistead Bryan (April 26, 1926 – December 27, 2017) was an American former university professor, administrator and university president. Bryan was a native of Pennsylvania, and earned his bachelor's degree, bachelor's, master's degree ...

, former Interim President of the University of Central Florida (1991–1992) *

Trevor Colbourn Harold Trevor Colbourn (24 February 1927 – 12 January 2015) was an Australians, Australian professor and academic administration, academic administrator, who served as the second List of Presidents of the University of Central Florida, presiden ...

, former President of the University of Central Florida (1978–1989) * John C. Hitt, former President of the University of Central Florida (1992–2018) * Charles Millican, former President of the University of Central Florida (1965–1978) * Todd Stansbury, current University of Central Florida Vice President and

Director of Athletics An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and r ...

Tony Waldrop Tony Waldrop (December 29, 1951 – December 3, 2022) was an American academic administrator, researcher, and athlete. In 2014, he became the third president of the University of South Alabama. Early life Waldrop was born in Columbus, North C ...

, former University of Central Florida Provost and Executive Vice President *

Dale Whittaker A. Dale Whittaker (born August 13, 1961) is an American academic and senior program officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He was the fifth President of the University of Central Florida. He succeeded former President John Hitt in 2018, ...

, former President of the University of Central Florida (2018–2019) *Alexander N. Cartwright, current President of the University of Central Florida (2020-present)

Trustees

* Jim Atchison, current charter member of the

University of Central Florida Board of Trustees The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees is the governing body of the University of Central Florida, a space-grant university located on a main campus in Orlando, Florida, United States. UCF is a member institution of the State Universi ...

, current President and Chief Executive Officer of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment * Olga Calvet, current Vice Chair of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees * Ida Cook, current charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees *

Meg Crofton Meg Gilbert Crofton (born Mary Elizabeth Gilbert in 1953) is an American businesswoman, who served as president of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts in the United States and France. She was named to the position on August 7, 2006, replacing Al Weiss, w ...

, current charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, current President of

Walt Disney World Resort The Walt Disney World Resort, also called Walt Disney World or Disney World, is an entertainment resort complex in Bay Lake, Florida, Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States, near the cities of Orlando ...

* Richard Crotty, current charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, former

Mayor of Orange County, Florida Mayor of Orange County, Florida is the chief executive officer and chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. The mayor is elected countywide. Duties and powers The mayor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the county governmen ...

* Alan Florez, current charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees * Robert Garvy, current charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees * Ray Gilley, current charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees * Michael Grindstaff, Chairman of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees and of the UCF Foundation, Inc. * Marcos Marchena, current charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, Vice Chair of the UCF Foundation, Inc. *

Harris Rosen Harris Rosen (born September 9, 1939, in Manhattan, New York) is an American businessman, investor and philanthropist. He founded Rosen Hotels & Resorts in 1974, and serves as the company's president and chief operating officer. Rosen is widely ...

, current charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, current President and Chief Executive Officer of Rosen Hotels & Resorts * John Sprouls, current charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, current Chief Executive Officer of Universal Orlando and Executive Vice President of

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* Daniel Webster, former charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, Current

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from Florida *

Al Weiss Allen R. "Al" Weiss (1954) is an American businessman who served as President of Worldwide Operations for ''Disney Parks, Experiences and Products'', a division of The Walt Disney Company. Career at The Walt Disney Company Weiss began his Disney ...

, former charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, former President of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts * Melissa Westbrook, current charter member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, current President of the UCF Student Government Association * Manoj Chopra, former member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees and Chair of the UCF Faculty Senate, 2005–2009.

Deans

* C. Ross Hinkle, current Dean of the University of Central Florida College of Graduate Studies * José Fernández, former Dean of the

University of Central Florida College of Arts and Humanities The University of Central Florida College of Arts and Humanities is an academic college of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, United States. The dean of the college is Jeffrey Moore, M.M. The College of Arts and Huma ...

* Michael Frumkin, current Dean of the University of Central Florida College of Health and Public Affairs *Deborah C. German, current Dean of the

University of Central Florida College of Medicine The University of Central Florida College of Medicine is an academic college of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, United States. The VP of Health Affairs and dean of the college is Deborah C. German, M.D. The col ...

* Paul Jarley, current Dean of the

University of Central Florida College of Business Administration The University of Central Florida College of Business Administration is an academic college of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, United States. The dean of the college is Paul Jarley, Ph.D. The College of Business ...

* Michael Johnson, current Dean of the University of Central Florida College of Sciences * Jean D’Meza Leuner, current Dean of the

University of Central Florida College of Nursing The University of Central Florida College of Nursing is an academic college of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, United States. The dean of the college is Mary Lou Sole, PhD, RN, CCNS, CNL, FAAN, FCCM. According to '' ...

* Abraham Pizam, current Dean of the Rosen College of Hospitality Management *Sandra L. Robinson, current Dean of the University of Central Florida College of Education and Human Performance * Bahaa E. A. Saleh, current Dean of the University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics *Michael Georgiopoulos, current Dean of the

University of Central Florida College of Engineering and Computer Science The University of Central Florida College of Engineering and Computer Science is an academic college of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, United States. The college offers degrees in engineering, computer science and m ...

Eric Van Stryland Eric Van Stryland was president of the Optical Society of America in 2005. Eric Van Stryland received the Physics PhD degree in 1976, from the University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona, where he worked on optical coherent t ...

, former Dean of the University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics, co-developer of the

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, Fellow of the Optical Society of America, SPIE and

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* Alvin Y. Wang, former Dean of The Burnett Honors College

Professors and faculty

James H. Ammons James H. Ammons is an American educator, who is the Chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans. He served as president of Florida A&M University (FAMU) from July 2, 2007, until his resignation took effect on July 16, 2012. He is a native Flo ...

, current President of Florida A&M University *

Arlen F. Chase Arlen F. Chase (born 1953) is a Mesoamerican archaeologist and a faculty member in the anthropology department at Pomona College, Claremont CA. Previously, he was a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and served a variety of adminis ...

, archaeologist and Chair of the Department of Archaeology at UCF * Muhammad bin Fahd Al Saud, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Program for Research and Strategic Studies was established at the University of Central Florida. *

Robert Denhardt Robert B. Denhardt, scholar and author, was born in Kentucky in 1942. He received his Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of Kentucky in 1968. Denhardt is best known for his work in public administration theory and organizational ...

, current Regent Professor at

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

Fulbright Scholar The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...

and former President of the American Society for Public Administration * Narsingh Deo, former Chair of the Department of Computer Science, Director of the Center for Parallel Computation * Harriet Elam-Thomas, former United States Ambassador to

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

Howard Eves Howard Whitley Eves (10 January 1911, New Jersey – 6 June 2004) was an American mathematician, known for his work in geometry and the history of mathematics. Eves received his B.S. from the University of Virginia, an M.A. from Harvard Universi ...

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

and author of ''Mathematical Circles'' series * Yanga R. Fernández, astronomer and co-discoverer the Carme group
Tyler Fisher
Rhodes Scholar, author, and translator * Louis Frey, Jr., former

from Florida, founder of the

Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government Louis Frey Jr. (January 11, 1934 – October 14, 2019) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979. He represented Florida's 5th congressional distric ...

* Stuart Fullerton,

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

, founder of the "Bug Closet" at the University of Central Florida * Ken Hanson, Judaic studies scholar, expert on the

Dead Sea Scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls (also the Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish and Hebrew religious manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at the Qumran Caves in what was then Mandatory Palestine, near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the nor ...

and

Kabbalah Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and Jewish theology, school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "rece ...

Ulric Haynes Ulric St. Clair Haynes Jr. (June 8, 1931 – August 21, 2020) was an American diplomat, lawyer and university professor. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Algeria from 1977 to 1981, and a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, Council of ...

, former United States Ambassador to

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* Susan Hubbard, author, winner of the

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* Stephen Jepson, pottery expert and videographer, founder of the World Pottery Institute * Dan Jones,

English studies English studies (usually called simply English) is an academic discipline taught in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education in English-speaking countries; it is not to be confused with English taught as a foreign language, which ...

scholar, specialist in technical communication * Anne B. Kerr, current President of Florida Southern College and former assistant dean at UCF *

J. Peter Kincaid J. Peter Kincaid (born 1942) is a scientist and educator who is the founding director of the Modeling and Simulation Ph.D. program at the University of Central Florida. Trained as a human factors psychologist at the Ohio State University, Kincaid h ...

, scientist who developed the Flesch–Kincaid readability test for the U.S. Navy, and was the founding director of the Modeling and Simulation doctorate program at UCF *

Emilee Klein Emilee Klein (born June 11, 1974) is an American professional golfer and college golf coach who played on the LPGA Tour. Klein was born in Santa Monica, California and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California, where she attended Notre Dame High Sc ...

, former

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

and former head golf coach at UCF * Mark Koltko-Rivera, Fellow of the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

* Richard Lapchick, current Director of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program and The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport; nationally known human rights activist and sports scholar * Gary T. Leavens, scholar on behavioral interface specification languages (BISLs) and JML *

John A. List John August List (born September 25, 1968) is an American economist known for establishing field experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis. He works at the University of Chicago, where he serves as Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Se ...

, current Professor of Economics at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

Charles Negy Charles Negy is an American psychologist. He is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Central Florida. Beginning in June 2020, Negy was placed under investigation for misconduct. His position at the university has been at the c ...

, professor of psychology * Ron Logan, former Executive Vice President of Walt Disney Creative Entertainment * Peter Telep, author and screenwriter * Ahmed I. Zayed,

and current Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at

DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-centu ...

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