Faculty Assistant and Administrative Assignments

A specific faculty member's support staff is listed on the corresponding faculty homepage.

All requests for reimbursement, travel expense forms, receipts, etc., should be sent to the accounting@washburnlaw.edu.

Effective: July 1, 2022; updated: September 20, 2023.

Penny Fell (ext. 1669 / Office 232)
Faculty: Emily Grant (class); Burke Griggs; Jeffrey Jackson (class); Tonya Kowalska; Joseph Mastrosimone; Mary Matthews; Eunice Peters; David Rubenstein; Thomas Sneed (class)
Other Responsibilities: Adjunct professors (8 in fall, 18 in spring); Writing Competition Database Notices

Brooke Leiker (ext. 1775 / Office 104HI)
Accounting Assistant; Faculty Travel; Foreign Travel; Student Travel; Faculty Travel; Competitions - Coaches and Travel;

Shirley Jacobson (ext. 1106 / Office 236A)
Faculty: Rory Bahadur; Chelsea Baldwin; Linda Elrod; Alex Glashausser; Patricia Judd; Reid Krell; Shawn Leisinger (class); Roger McEowen; Lori McMillan; Mary Ramirez; Amy Westbrook

Kerri Pelton (extension 1693 / Clinic-113D)
Faculty: Gillian Chadwick; Michelle Ewert; John Francis; Randall Hodgkinson; Craig Martin
Other Responsibilities: Law Clinic Cases; Examsoft exams; Faculty Recruitment (committee support); Washburn Law Journal (other than banquet); Assessment/Student Learning Outcomes

Cory Payne (ext. 2160 / Office 104E)
Deans: Jeffrey Jackson, Emily Grant, Danielle Dempsey-Swopes; Shelby Grau
Other Responsibilities: HR support: Faculty, Adjuncts and Staff; Office Supplies; Faculty recruitment (campus visits); Postage Machine; Student Workers; Calendar Backup; Professor Support Backup; Building and Facilities Coordinator; Textbook Adoptions, Desk Copy Requests, Book Accommodations; Award Plaques; Memberships; Commencement Coordinator; Student Organization Agency Accounts; Student Lockers; WSBA Newsletter Backup; Adjunct Professors (Dupree and Slinkard)

Donna Vilander (ext. 1105 / Office 207)
Other Responsibilities: Centers for Excellence; CLE Events; Externship Timesheets; Calendar Coordinator; Speaker Coordinator; CEA Banquet; Law Journal Banquet; Business Cards; Name Tags; Sam A. Crow Inns of Court; Institute for Law Teaching and Learning