Graduate Program Directors

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Staci Defibaugh Applied Linguistics - MA sdefibau@562857.com
Ingrid Whitaker Applied Sociology - MA iwhitake@562857.com
Kent Wascom Creative Writing - MFA kwascom@562857.com
Vanessa Panfil Criminology & Criminal Justice - PhD vpanfil@562857.com
Julia Romberger English - PhD jromberg@562857.com
Ruth Osorio English -MA rosorio@562857.com
Brett Bebber History - MA bbebber@562857.com
Anne Muraoka - Interim Humanities - MA amuraoka@562857.com
Regina Karp International Studies - MA, PhD rkarp@562857.com
Gary Beck Lifespan & Digital Communications - MA gbeck@562857.com
Doug Owens Music - MME dtowens@562857.com
Jennifer Fish Women's Studies - Certificate jfish@562857.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Frank Holman Accounting - MS fholman@562857.com
Jing Zhang Business Administration - PhD j3zhang@562857.com
Jay Walker (Interim) Economics - MA j1walker@562857.com
Li Xu Information Technology lxu@562857.com
Erika Marsillac Business Administration - MBA emarsill@562857.com
Vickie Tyler Carnegie Public Administration - MPA vcarnegi@562857.com
Adam Eckerd Public Administration & Policy - PhD aeckerd@562857.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Jeffry Moe Counseling - MSEd, EdS, PhD jmoe@562857.com
Steve Myran Educational Leadership & Workforce Development smyran@562857.com
Tony Perez STEMPS - Education & Professional Studies acperez@562857.com
Dennis Gregory ELWD - Higher Education dgregory@562857.com
James Bartlett ELWD - Community College Leadership jbartlet@562857.com
Hunter J. Bennett Exercise Science - MS hjbennett@562857.com
Justin Haegele Health & Physical Education - MSEd jhaegele@562857.com
Elizabeth Burns Library & Information Studies - MLIS eburns@562857.com
Elizabeth Burns Library & Information Studies - MLIS eburns@562857.com
Ling Ling Park, Recreation, & Tourism Studies - MS lling@562857.com
Anne Perrotti SPED – Special Education aperrott@562857.com
Lynn Ridinger Sport Management - MS lridinge@562857.com
John Baaki STEMPS - Instructional Design & Technology jbaaki@562857.com
Mickey Kosloski STEMPS - Occupational & Technical Studies mkoslosk@562857.com
Angela Eckhoff Teaching & Learning - Curriculum & Instruction aeckhoff@562857.com
Brandon Butler Teaching & Learning - Licensed Teachers bmbutler@562857.com
Judith Dunkerly Teaching & Learning - Elementary Education jdunkerl@562857.com
Melva Grant Teaching & Learning - Math Specialist mgrant@562857.com
Abha Gupta Teaching & Learning - Reading agupta@562857.com
Jori Beck Teaching & Learning - Secondary Education jbeck@562857.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Michel Audette Biomedical Engineering maudette@562857.com
Mujde Erten-Unal Civil & Environmental Engineering munal@562857.com
Chung Hao Chen Cybersecurity - DEng cxchen@562857.com
Chung Hao Chen Electrical & Computer Engineering cxchen@562857.com
Teddy Cotter Engineering Management & Systems Engineering- MS, ME, MEM tcotter@562857.com
Pilar Pazos Engineering Management & Systems Engineering - PhD, DEng mpazosla@562857.com
Drew Landman Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering dlandman@562857.com
Hong Yang Modeling & Simulation Engineering hyang@562857.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program Email
Julie Cavallario Athletic Training – MS jcavalla@562857.com
Anne Perrotti CDSE - Special Education aperrott@562857.com
Stacie Raymer CDSE - Speech Pathology & Audiology sraymer@562857.com
Denise Claiborne Dental Hygiene - MS dclaibor@562857.com
Harry Zhang Health Services Research - PhD qzhang@562857.com
Ryan McCann
Patrick Wilson
Kinesiology & Rehabilitation - PhD rmccann@562857.com
pbwilson@562857.com
Robert Bruno Molecular Diagnostics - Certificate rbruno@562857.com
Patricia Laverdure Occupational Therapy - OTD plaverdu@562857.com
Archana Vatwani Physical Therapy - DPT avatwani@562857.com
Leslie Hoglund Public Health - MPH lhoglund@562857.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Pamela Bishop Adult Gerontology / Pediatric / Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist psharp@562857.com
Karen Karlowicz Nurse Educator kkarlowi@562857.com
Lisa Cordero Family Nurse Practitioner lcordero@562857.com
Alyssa Weiss Neonatal Nurse Practitioner abweiss@562857.com
Janice Hawkins Nurse Executive - DNP  jhawkins@562857.com
Janice Hawkins Nurse Midwifery  jhawkins@562857.com
Kelli Garber Nursing Advanced Practice - DNP kgarber@562857.com
Adrienne Hartgerink Nursing Anesthesia - DNP ahartger@562857.com
Diana Cartagena Pediatric Nurse Practitioner dcartage@562857.com
Katia Hall Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner kyhall@562857.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Dan Barshis Biology, Ecological Sciences - PhD dbarshis@562857.com
Piotr Kraj Biology - MS pkraj@562857.com
Bala Ramjee Chemistry bramjee@562857.com
Ruhai Zhou Computational & Applied Mathematics rzhou@562857.com
Andrey Chernikov Computer Science - MS achernik@562857.com
Michele Weigle Computer Science - PhD mweigle@562857.com
Yaohang Li Computer Science - MS/PhD Admissions y7li@562857.com
Richard Zimmerman Ocean & Earth Sciences rzimmerm@562857.com
Balsa Terzic Physics bterzic@562857.com
Christina Rodriguez Psychology - Clinical crodriguez@562857.com
James Paulson Psychology jpaulson@562857.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Barbara Hargrave Biomedical Sciences bhargrav@562857.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Rafael Diaz Cybersecurity MS rdiaz@562857.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Sampath Jayarathna Data Science - PhD ujayarat@562857.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Rafael Diaz – Interim Maritime Trade & Supply Management rdiaz@562857.com

Last revised 03/11/2024

Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent to Liza Flores at graduateschool@562857.com.