Beth Hinga
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Office: Holland Hall | 2nd Floor, East Wing
Office Phone: 803.321.5240
Email: beth.hinga@newberry.edu
Department: Office for Academic Affairs
Degrees:
Ph.D | Southern Methodist University (2004)
M.S. | Baylor University (1995)
B.S. | Baylor University (1993)
Bio:
Dr. Bethany Hinga brings 28 years of experience in higher education, with the last 14 years in leadership, most recently as assistant to the senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Nebraska at Kearney since 2017.
Previously, she served as associate dean for academic affairs at Morningside University; director of assessment at the University of Nebraska at Kearney; and chair of the Department of Chemistry, Geosciences & Environmental Science at Tarleton State University. Before moving into administration, Hinga served as associate professor of geosciences at Tarleton State from 1996 to 2012.
Hinga is the author of “Ring of Fire: An Encyclopedia of the Pacific Rim’s Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes” (ABC-CLIO, 2015), and “Earth's Natural Hazards and Disasters” (Wiley/American Geophysical Union, 2024). She was also a contributing author and science advisor to the “Ring of Fire” episode of the Peacock series “The End is Nye,” starring Bill Nye.
