James Farris, PT, PhD

James W. Farris, PT, PhD, is the new chair of the ASHS department of physical therapy. He will officially begin the duties as chair on July 1. Dr. Farris has been on the faculty at ASHS since 2008. Prior to that time, he had 13 years of previous teaching experience in physical therapy with five of those as program director and department chair at Arkansas State University. “He brings a wealth of clinical and educational experience to this job, and we look forward to his leadership in an already stellar PT program,” said ASHS Dean Randy Danielsen, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA.