PhD, 2012 Dr. Tschepikow is the senior executive director of development and alumni relations in the Office of Business Engagement at the University of Georgia. In this role, Tschepikow supports the Office of Business Engagement in expanding and strengthening university/industry collaboration, particularly in the areas of research, philanthropy, and student engagement. He has previously served as the senior executive director for business engagement and career connections and executive director for business engagement and innovation. Prior to those positions, he joined the UGA President’s Office in September 2014 as assistant to the president. Four years later, he was named special assistant to the president and director for strategy and innovation. Before the President's Office, Dr. Tschepikow served as the director of assessment and staff development in the UGA Division of Student Affairs, where he coordinated strategic planning, annual reporting, and learning outcomes assessment for the division. Prior to joining UGA in 2008, he served as the director of residence life and chief judicial affairs officer at the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia. Dr. Tschepikow received his bachelor's degree in English literature from Henderson State University in Arkansas in 2003 and his master's degree in the same field from the University of Wales—where his dissertation was awarded distinction—in 2005. He earned his doctorate from UGA’s Institute of Higher Education in 2012. His academic accomplishments include peer-reviewed journal articles, a chapter in a monograph, and papers and presentations at various international conferences. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on college student outcomes, assessment and accreditation, the age of chivalry, medieval literature, and Shakespeare and has led study abroad courses in both Italy and England.
