Leading the Way
Hilton Kelly served his first year as the dean in Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences in 2024-25. He spent much of the fall on a “listening tour,” meeting with the College’s 21 departments. These sessions enabled him to gauge climate and culture in individual programs, listen to concerns and begin to set a vision for continuous improvement.
Kelly earned his Ph.D. in sociology and a Master of Science in labor studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and his Bachelor of Arts in history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Senior Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Social Justice Angela Lewellyn works in the dean’s office managing academic administration and operations.
Associate Dean and Professor of Exercise Science Caroline Ketcham oversees science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.
This spring, Associate Professor of Psychology David Buck was selected as a new associate dean to oversee humanities, social sciences and interdisciplinary programs. Buck previously served as department chair for the Department of Psychology since 2021, following an interim appointment in Fall 2019. In addition to his teaching and departmental work, Buck served on the Promotion and Tenure Committee, the Social Sciences Division Curriculum Committee, and on the new Faculty Position Request Committee.
