Graduate Program Directors

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Staci Defibaugh Applied Linguistics - MA sdefibau@391774.com
Ingrid Whitaker Applied Sociology - MA iwhitake@391774.com
Kent Wascom Creative Writing - MFA kwascom@391774.com
Vanessa Panfil Criminology & Criminal Justice - PhD vpanfil@391774.com
Julia Romberger English - PhD jromberg@391774.com
Ruth Osorio English -MA rosorio@391774.com
John Weber History - MA jwweber@391774.com
Anne Muraoka - Interim Humanities - MA amuraoka@391774.com
Regina Karp International Studies - MA, PhD rkarp@391774.com
Gary Beck Lifespan & Digital Communications - MA gbeck@391774.com
Doug Owens Music - MME dtowens@391774.com
Jennifer Fish Women's Studies - Certificate jfish@391774.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Frank Holman Accounting - MS fholman@391774.com
Jing Zhang Business Administration - PhD j3zhang@391774.com
Harris Wu Business Administration - PhD hwu@391774.com
Jay Walker (Interim) Economics - MA j1walker@391774.com
Li Xu Information Technology lxu@391774.com
Martin Goossen (Interim) Business Administration - MBA mgoossen@391774.com
Vickie Tyler Carnegie Public Administration - MPA vcarnegi@391774.com
Adam Eckerd Public Administration & Policy - PhD aeckerd@391774.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Jeffry Moe Counseling - MSEd, EdS, PhD jmoe@391774.com
Steve Myran Educational Leadership & Workforce Development smyran@391774.com
Tony Perez STEMPS - Education & Professional Studies acperez@391774.com
Dennis Gregory ELWD - Higher Education dgregory@391774.com
James Bartlett ELWD - Community College Leadership jbartlet@391774.com
Kim Bullington EFL Higher Education

kbulling@391774.com

Justin Haegele Health & Physical Education - MSEd jhaegele@391774.com
Elizabeth Burns Library & Information Studies - MLIS eburns@391774.com
Elizabeth Burns Library & Information Studies - MLIS eburns@391774.com
Ling Ling Park, Recreation, & Tourism Studies - MS lling@391774.com
Anne Perrotti SPED – Special Education aperrott@391774.com
Lynn Ridinger Sport Management - MS lridinge@391774.com
John Baaki STEMPS - Instructional Design & Technology jbaaki@391774.com
Mickey Kosloski STEMPS - Occupational & Technical Studies mkoslosk@391774.com
Angela Eckhoff Teaching & Learning - Curriculum & Instruction aeckhoff@391774.com
Brandon Butler Teaching & Learning - Licensed Teachers bmbutler@391774.com
Judith Dunkerly Teaching & Learning - Elementary Education jdunkerl@391774.com
Melva Grant Teaching & Learning - Math Specialist mgrant@391774.com
Abha Gupta Teaching & Learning - Reading agupta@391774.com
Jori Beck Teaching & Learning - Secondary Education jbeck@391774.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Michel Audette Biomedical Engineering maudette@391774.com
Mujde Erten-Unal Civil & Environmental Engineering munal@391774.com
Chung Hao Chen Cybersecurity - DEng cxchen@391774.com
Chung Hao Chen Electrical & Computer Engineering cxchen@391774.com
Teddy Cotter Engineering Management & Systems Engineering- MS, ME, MEM tcotter@391774.com
Pilar Pazos Engineering Management & Systems Engineering - PhD, DEng mpazosla@391774.com
Drew Landman Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering dlandman@391774.com
Hong Yang Modeling & Simulation Engineering hyang@391774.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program Email
Julie Cavallario Athletic Training – MS jcavalla@391774.com
Anne Perrotti CDSE - Special Education aperrott@391774.com
Stacie Raymer CDSE - Speech Pathology & Audiology sraymer@391774.com
Denise Claiborne Dental Hygiene - MS dclaibor@391774.com
Hunter J. Bennett Exercise Science - MS hjbennett@391774.com
Harry Zhang Health Services Research - PhD qzhang@391774.com
Ryan McCann
Patrick Wilson
Kinesiology & Rehabilitation - PhD rmccann@391774.com
pbwilson@391774.com
Robert Bruno Molecular Diagnostics - Certificate rbruno@391774.com
Patricia Laverdure Occupational Therapy - OTD plaverdu@391774.com
Archana Vatwani Physical Therapy - DPT avatwani@391774.com
Leslie Hoglund Public Health - MPH lhoglund@391774.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Pamela Bishop Adult Gerontology / Pediatric / Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist psharp@391774.com
Karen Karlowicz Nurse Educator kkarlowi@391774.com
Lisa Cordero Family Nurse Practitioner lcordero@391774.com
Alyssa Weiss Neonatal Nurse Practitioner abweiss@391774.com
Janice Hawkins Nurse Executive - DNP  jhawkins@391774.com
Janice Hawkins Nurse Midwifery  jhawkins@391774.com
Kelli Garber Nursing Advanced Practice - DNP kgarber@391774.com
Adrienne Hartgerink Nursing Anesthesia - DNP ahartger@391774.com
Diana Cartagena Pediatric Nurse Practitioner dcartage@391774.com
Katia Hall Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner kyhall@391774.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Dan Barshis Biology, Ecological Sciences - PhD dbarshis@391774.com
Piotr Kraj Biology - MS pkraj@391774.com
Bala Ramjee Chemistry bramjee@391774.com
Ruhai Zhou Computational & Applied Mathematics rzhou@391774.com
Andrey Chernikov Computer Science - MS achernik@391774.com
Michele Weigle Computer Science - PhD mweigle@391774.com
Yaohang Li Computer Science - MS/PhD Admissions y7li@391774.com
Richard Zimmerman Ocean & Earth Sciences rzimmerm@391774.com
Balsa Terzic Physics bterzic@391774.com
Christina Rodriguez Psychology - Clinical crodriguez@391774.com
James Paulson Psychology jpaulson@391774.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Barbara Hargrave Biomedical Sciences bhargrav@391774.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Rafael Diaz Cybersecurity MS rdiaz@391774.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Sampath Jayarathna Data Science - PhD ujayarat@391774.com
Trent Buskirk Data Science - MS dsgpd@391774.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Rafael Diaz – Interim Maritime Trade & Supply Management rdiaz@391774.com

Last revised 01/06/2025

Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent to Liza Flores at graduateschool@391774.com.