APSU HR @ Your Service

Human Resources Contact Information

Please contact Human Resources with any questions regarding staff, faculty, and student employment, compensation, benefits, training, Banner HR or HR data requests.

JaCenda D. Robinson

Assistant Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Provides leadership and is responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources Department including supervision and evaluation of functional area Directors, management and oversight of operations, employee relations, policy development and compliance with federal and state laws. The AVP/CHRO has responsibility for setting the vision and creating strategies and initiatives designed to support APSUs mission.

Primary Areas of Responsibility:

• Immigration
• Employee Relations
• Strategic Overview/Management
• Workplace Investigations

Fonda Fields

Director, Human Resources

Works closely with the AVP/CHRO and serves as a partner and resource for the campus by leading and guiding recruitment, staff development and training, and employee relations. Ensures that HR best practices and continuous improvement are implemented across the campus.

Primary Areas of Responsibility:

• Employee Recruitment
• Positive Discipline and Employee Grievances
• Supervisor/Manager Coaching

Nicole King

Director of Benefits and Retirement Services

Works closely with the AVP/CHRO and is the chief point of contact for all benefits and retirement needs. Provides new employees with an overview of benefits and all APSU employees with a variety of resources and assistance during any life changing events from the time of hire to the time of separation.

Primary Areas of Responsibility:                                                                             

• Benefits Onboarding
• Benefits Changes & Annual Enrollment
• Family & Medical Leave
• Employee Consultations
• Retirement Services

Brandon Kling

Classification and Compensation Analyst

Facilitates compensation and classification related activities in support of university goals and objectives. Brandon is responsible for providing consultative and advisory services to the university community on position classification and reclassification and associated compensation issues and maintaining the university’s Classification and Compensation Program.  

Primary Areas of Responsibility:                                                                             

• Conducts initial review, job analysis, and job evaluation of new, vacant, and filled positions to determine the nature of work performed and identify the appropriate classification.
• Completes requests for reclassification, equity adjustments, in-grade adjustments, and salary range updates and confirmations.
• Processes educational increases and promotional increases.
• Maintains data on salary inversion, compression, and equity.
• Completes CUPA-HR salary surveys and analyzes market conditions to adjust salary ranges as needed.

Julianna Shipman

Human Resources Coordinator

The HR Coordinator provides a wide range of human resources support and consulting services while ensuring smooth operations of the HR department.  Serves as a link between the HR department and APSU students and employees.

Primary Areas of Responsibility:

• Temporary Staff Advertisement
• Temporary Staff Onboarding
• Customer Experience

Victoria Rayburn

Human Resources Coordinator

Under the supervision of the Director of Human Resources, and in collaboration with the Assistant to the Provost (Office of Academic Affairs), the Human Resources Coordinator acts as a liaison between human resources and academic affairs.

Primary Areas of Responsibility:

• Assists with hiring processes for all faculty (full-time and part-time)
• Graduate Assistant Onboarding 
• Part-Time Instructor Advertisement
• Part-Time Instructor Onboarding
• Part-Time and Full-Time Faculty Evaluations

Lisa Ramsey

Student Employment Coordinator

Oversees office operations to ensure HR provides a transactional and first line best-in-class support services to our employees and supervisors, and ensures processes and procedures are completed efficiently and right first time, every time. Builds strong and trusted internal working relationships across the campus and functions to ensure our HR processes and services support the university's needs.

Primary Areas of Responsibility:

• Student Onboarding (General Campus, FWS, & RA)
• Student/RA Data Entry
• Employment Verifications
• Student Worker Supervision

Correy Emmert

Human Resources Business Partner

Primary Areas of Responsibility:             

• Employee Relations
• Staff Onboarding
• Workplace Investigations
• Assists with:
  • Performance Management
  • Recruiting & Onboarding
  • HR Compliance
  • Benefits
  • Offboarding

HR Business Partner for the following departments:

• College of Arts & Letters
• College of Business
• College of Education
• Academic Affairs
• Athletics
• Library
• Military and Veterans Affairs
• President's Office

Robert Lane

Human Resources Business Partner

Primary Areas of Responsibility:             

• Employee Relations
• Staff Onboarding
• Workplace Investigations
• Assists with:
  • Performance Management
  • Recruiting & Onboarding
  • HR Compliance
  • Benefits
  • Offboarding

HR Business Partner for the following departments:

• College of Behavioral and Health Sciences
• College of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
• Alumni, Engagement and Philanthropy
• Finance & Administration
• Legal Affairs & Organizational Strategy
• Student Affairs
• THEC

Student Workers