AUM Faculty & Staff
Directory
Bailey McCallister
Processing Coordinator
Chapel McCullough
Assistant Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Chapel McCullough serves as Assistant Professor of Music at Auburn University at Montgomery in Montgomery, AL. His duties including directing AUM Spirit Band (pep band), Choir, and AUMcappella ensemble, as well as teaching music courses for the Department of Fine Arts. Dr. McCullough holds PhD and master’s degrees in Music Education from Auburn University in Auburn, AL and a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, KY.
Michael McEachern
Executive in Residence
Michael McEachern
Executive in Residence | College of Business
Dr. Michael L. McEachern is a distinguished healthcare leader with over 35 years of executive experience and a strong academic background. Dr. McEachern has held numerous high-level leadership positions, including Chief Executive Officer roles at several hospitals across Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, and Ohio. He brings a wealth of experience in healthcare administration, operational leadership, and transformative healthcare practices.
Dr. McEachern earned his EdD in Transformative Leadership from Concordia University in 2019, with a dissertation focusing on the role of Leadership in the Adoption of Innovation by Critical Care Nurses. He also holds an MS in Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and a BBA in Human Resources from Lamar University.
In addition to his leadership roles, Dr. McEachern is an accomplished educator. At Auburn University at Montgomery, he teaches courses in Leadership and Innovation in Healthcare, Healthcare Policy, and Quality Improvement. He is actively involved in academic service, chairing the Graduate Curriculum Committee, and contributing to the Dean’s Leadership Committee, CAHME Accreditation, and Assessment of Learning for AACSB.
As a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and a Life Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (LFACHE), Dr. McEachern is deeply committed to advancing healthcare leadership. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives and actively participates in national healthcare discussions.
Dr. McEachern’s professional memberships include the National Association of Health Services Executives, and his career is marked by his dedication to improving healthcare quality, innovative leadership, and mentoring future healthcare leaders
Keri McGee
Academic Advisor | College of Education
Lee McMichael
Interim BSW Program Director/Clinical Assistant Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Lee McMichael (MSW, LCSW-S) serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Social Work at Auburn University at Montgomery, where she teaches across the BSW curriculum, mentors students, and contributes to program development and service activities. A summa cum laude graduate from Western Kentucky University’s MSW program, she brings nearly two decades of clinical and teaching experience to the classroom at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
McMichael is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and approved clinical supervisor in Alabama, with extensive experience providing therapy across the lifespan in areas such as trauma, depression, anxiety, CPTSD, elder care, and family systems. She has worked in a variety of settings, including private practice, community-based programs, community policy board director, psychiatric in-patient, and Hospice.
In addition to her clinical and academic roles, McMichael has served as a trainer on topics such as self-care, ethics, and DSM diagnosis, and she has been an active leader and volunteer in professional and community organizations, including NASW, CSWE, Save Our Kids Coalition, and Main Street Wetumpka. Her teaching interests include clinical and generalist practice skills, mental health, gerontology, and professional development of social workers.
Samantha McNeilly
Teaching & Outreach Librarian/Archives & Special Collections
Jacqueline McNett
Assistant Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Jackie Chavez McNett is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology at Auburn University at Montgomery. She received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from The University of Alabama, a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from The University of Alabama, and her Ph.D. from Mississippi State University. Dr. McNett teaches for the graduate program in Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Her research and teaching interests include homeland security, emergency management, criminological theory, crime and deviance, jury studies, and fear of crime. Currently, she serves as the advisor for the department’s criminal justice club The American Criminal Justice Association – Lambda Alpha Epsilon (ACJA-LAE) and is co-advisor for the Beta Delta Chapter of the Criminal Justice Honor Society Alpha Phi Sigma.
Leslie Meadows
Chief Human Resources Officer
