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Adrian Epps is the Dean of the Clarice and Leland Bagwell College of Education (BCOE) at Kennesaw State University (KSU) and appointed as the Chantal and Tommy Bagwell Endowed Dean's Chair.  KSU has a student enrollment exceeding 43,000 students and the Bagwell College represents a third of the graduate college enrollment.  He has also served as Interim Provost and VPAA at Dalton State College.  Most of his experience at KSU was in the College of Science & Mathematics as an Associate Dean where his primary responsibilities were to support student success, diversity, and inclusion initiatives.  Previously, responsibilities also involved supporting programming to recruit, retain, and prepare secondary science and mathematics teachers. He has been heavily engaged in external funding throughout his career with over $60 million in management and oversight.         

Prior to coming to KSU, he was director of mathematics and science initiatives for the Atlanta Public School System (APS), which included leading science and mathematics education for the district as well as being responsible for implementing several large-scale federal and state grants. In his career at APS, he worked in the Office of the Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, the Professional Development Department, the Informational Services Division, as an assistant principal and classroom teacher.  Some of his other district roles included Interim Coordinator of Special Projects for the Deputy Superintendent and Project Director of the Atlanta Systemic Initiative. As a teacher, he taught Advanced Placement Chemistry, honors chemistry, and physical science at Frederick Douglass High of Atlanta.

Dean Epps also serves on the Board of Directors of Hands On Atlanta, the College Board, Georgia Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the Georgia Women of Achievement. 

Adrian Epps received his doctorate in Educational Leadership from Clark-Atlanta University.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a minor in African and African-American Studies and master’s degree in Science Education from Emory University.  He recently married Dr. Sametria McFall of Savannah, Georgia.   He and the late Dr. Kathryn K. Epps reared three children.  They are Kathryn A. Epps, Adrian M. Epps, and Summer A. Epps. 

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