Dr. Sharrika D. Adams teaches and advises students and provides administrative leadership to the master’s program and to the recruitment and admissions processes, among other duties. Dr. Adams has over 15 years of progressive administrative experience in higher education and student affairs. Her administrative roles have included: Title IX Investigator; Housing & Residence Life and Multicultural Programs. Dr. Adams served for nine years in the Dean of Students Office at Virginia Tech, ultimately serving as the Senior Associate Dean of Students.

Dr. Adams's research interests center on case management and crisis management in higher education. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice and the NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education. She has served on the editorial board for the Journal of College Student Development and served on the boards of the Women’s Resource Center of the New River Valley and the Community Health Center of the New River Valley. She holds memberships in ACPA, NASPA and HECMA (Higher Education Case Managers Association). Dr. Adams earned her Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (Higher Education program) with a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies. She earned both her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degrees from Wake Forest University (North Carolina). Link