AUM Faculty & Staff
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Tonya Dupree
Senior Director, Human Resources & Compliance, Interim Diversity Officer

Tonya Dupree
Senior Director, Human Resources & Compliance, Interim Diversity Officer


Troy Johnson
Executive Director
Troy Johnson oversees Auburn University at Montgomery’s Office of University Communications. His responsibilities include management of the university’ public relations, media relations, social media and internal and external communications initiatives.
Before joining AUM in September 2018, he served as Director of Communications and Marketing for Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business and its College of Education. Over the course of his career in higher education public relations, Johnson has earned more than 40 awards from the Southern Public Relations Federation (SPRF) and Public Relations Council of Alabama (PRCA), including SPRF’s William A. Taylor Best of Show Award in 2018. He earned Senior Practitioner status from SPRF in 2019, a distinction conferred by the organization on veteran practitioners who exhibit high ethical standards.
Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree from Troy University and a master’s degree from Auburn University.
He currently serves as a board member for PRCA’s Capital City chapter and previously served on PRCA’s state board as vice president of finance. He is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. He is also a former board member for Auburn Opelika Habitat for Humanity.


Tobias Mense
Chief Information Officer

Sameer Pande
Associate Provost of Enrollment Management & Student Affairs

Sameer Pande
Associate Provost of Enrollment Management & Student Affairs


Scott Parsons
Vice Chancellor


Matthew Ragland
Associate Provost-Professor



Justala Simpson
Student Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer

Justala Simpson
Student Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer


Carl Stockton
Chancellor


Mrinal Varma
Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor

Shanta Varma
Special Advisor to the Chancellor for Distance Ed & Collaborative Partnerships; Associate Professor
