Agida Manizade is the Interim Associate Dean at the College of Graduate Studies at Radford University. Manizade joined the College of Graduate Studies on February 10, 2023. Dr. Manizade has been a tenured Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Radford University (RU) since 2018. Manizade is a highly respected scholar and teacher. She was recognized with the 2019 Outstanding Faculty Award by the State Commission of Higher Education of Virginia, the Dalton Imminent Scholar Award in 2019 by the RU Foundation, the 2018 Outstanding Publication Award from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the Distinguished Creative Scholar Award by the RU Foundation in 2017, Million Dollar Circle award in 2014, Artis Outstanding Faculty Award for Scholarship and Service in 2013, and over $3,000,000 in grant funding. Dr. Manizade’s leadership roles include her role as the President of the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Founding Director of the Secondary Mathematics Professional Development Center at Radford University, President of Radford Child Development, former Vice President of Research and Best Practices in STEM at the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition, Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Mathematics Teacher journal, former Editor of the Research in Mathematics Teaching (SI), Editor of The Evolution of Research on Teaching Mathematics Springer-Nature publication, and a Founding Directors of Diagnostics and Assessment for Mathematics Excellence, as well as the International Center for Mathematics Excellence. Dr. Agida Manizade is an alumna of HERS Leadership Institute, Boston, 2022.