Graduate Program Directors

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Staci Defibaugh Applied Linguistics - MA sdefibau@5054k.com
Ingrid Whitaker Applied Sociology - MA iwhitake@5054k.com
Kent Wascom Creative Writing - MFA kwascom@5054k.com
Vanessa Panfil Criminology & Criminal Justice - PhD vpanfil@5054k.com
Julia Romberger English - PhD jromberg@5054k.com
Ruth Osorio English -MA rosorio@5054k.com
John Weber History - MA jwweber@5054k.com
Anne Muraoka - Interim Humanities - MA amuraoka@5054k.com
Regina Karp International Studies - MA, PhD rkarp@5054k.com
Gary Beck Lifespan & Digital Communications - MA gbeck@5054k.com
Doug Owens Music - MME dtowens@5054k.com
Jennifer Fish Women's Studies - Certificate jfish@5054k.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Frank Holman Accounting - MS fholman@5054k.com
Jing Zhang Business Administration - PhD j3zhang@5054k.com
Harris Wu Business Administration - PhD hwu@5054k.com
Jay Walker (Interim) Economics - MA j1walker@5054k.com
Li Xu Information Technology lxu@5054k.com
Martin Goossen (Interim) Business Administration - MBA mgoossen@5054k.com
Vickie Tyler Carnegie Public Administration - MPA vcarnegi@5054k.com
Adam Eckerd Public Administration & Policy - PhD aeckerd@5054k.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Jeffry Moe Counseling - MSEd, EdS, PhD jmoe@5054k.com
Steve Myran Educational Leadership & Workforce Development smyran@5054k.com
Tony Perez STEMPS - Education & Professional Studies acperez@5054k.com
Dennis Gregory ELWD - Higher Education dgregory@5054k.com
James Bartlett ELWD - Community College Leadership jbartlet@5054k.com
Kim Bullington EFL Higher Education

kbulling@5054k.com

Justin Haegele Health & Physical Education - MSEd jhaegele@5054k.com
Elizabeth Burns Library & Information Studies - MLIS eburns@5054k.com
Elizabeth Burns Library & Information Studies - MLIS eburns@5054k.com
Ling Ling Park, Recreation, & Tourism Studies - MS lling@5054k.com
Anne Perrotti SPED – Special Education aperrott@5054k.com
Lynn Ridinger Sport Management - MS lridinge@5054k.com
John Baaki STEMPS - Instructional Design & Technology jbaaki@5054k.com
Mickey Kosloski STEMPS - Occupational & Technical Studies mkoslosk@5054k.com
Angela Eckhoff Teaching & Learning - Curriculum & Instruction aeckhoff@5054k.com
Brandon Butler Teaching & Learning - Licensed Teachers bmbutler@5054k.com
Judith Dunkerly Teaching & Learning - Elementary Education jdunkerl@5054k.com
Melva Grant Teaching & Learning - Math Specialist mgrant@5054k.com
Abha Gupta Teaching & Learning - Reading agupta@5054k.com
Jori Beck Teaching & Learning - Secondary Education jbeck@5054k.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Michel Audette Biomedical Engineering maudette@5054k.com
Mujde Erten-Unal Civil & Environmental Engineering munal@5054k.com
Chung Hao Chen Cybersecurity - DEng cxchen@5054k.com
Chung Hao Chen Electrical & Computer Engineering cxchen@5054k.com
Teddy Cotter Engineering Management & Systems Engineering- MS, ME, MEM tcotter@5054k.com
Pilar Pazos Engineering Management & Systems Engineering - PhD, DEng mpazosla@5054k.com
Drew Landman Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering dlandman@5054k.com
Hong Yang Modeling & Simulation Engineering hyang@5054k.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program Email
Julie Cavallario Athletic Training – MS jcavalla@5054k.com
Anne Perrotti CDSE - Special Education aperrott@5054k.com
Stacie Raymer CDSE - Speech Pathology & Audiology sraymer@5054k.com
Denise Claiborne Dental Hygiene - MS dclaibor@5054k.com
Hunter J. Bennett Exercise Science - MS hjbennett@5054k.com
Harry Zhang Health Services Research - PhD qzhang@5054k.com
Ryan McCann
Patrick Wilson
Kinesiology & Rehabilitation - PhD rmccann@5054k.com
pbwilson@5054k.com
Robert Bruno Molecular Diagnostics - Certificate rbruno@5054k.com
Patricia Laverdure Occupational Therapy - OTD plaverdu@5054k.com
Archana Vatwani Physical Therapy - DPT avatwani@5054k.com
Leslie Hoglund Public Health - MPH lhoglund@5054k.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Pamela Bishop Adult Gerontology / Pediatric / Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist psharp@5054k.com
Karen Karlowicz Nurse Educator kkarlowi@5054k.com
Lisa Cordero Family Nurse Practitioner lcordero@5054k.com
Alyssa Weiss Neonatal Nurse Practitioner abweiss@5054k.com
Janice Hawkins Nurse Executive - DNP  jhawkins@5054k.com
Janice Hawkins Nurse Midwifery  jhawkins@5054k.com
Kelli Garber Nursing Advanced Practice - DNP kgarber@5054k.com
Adrienne Hartgerink Nursing Anesthesia - DNP ahartger@5054k.com
Diana Cartagena Pediatric Nurse Practitioner dcartage@5054k.com
Katia Hall Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner kyhall@5054k.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Dan Barshis Biology, Ecological Sciences - PhD dbarshis@5054k.com
Piotr Kraj Biology - MS pkraj@5054k.com
Bala Ramjee Chemistry bramjee@5054k.com
Ruhai Zhou Computational & Applied Mathematics rzhou@5054k.com
Andrey Chernikov Computer Science - MS achernik@5054k.com
Michele Weigle Computer Science - PhD mweigle@5054k.com
Yaohang Li Computer Science - MS/PhD Admissions y7li@5054k.com
Richard Zimmerman Ocean & Earth Sciences rzimmerm@5054k.com
Balsa Terzic Physics bterzic@5054k.com
Christina Rodriguez Psychology - Clinical crodriguez@5054k.com
James Paulson Psychology jpaulson@5054k.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Barbara Hargrave Biomedical Sciences bhargrav@5054k.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Rafael Diaz Cybersecurity MS rdiaz@5054k.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Sampath Jayarathna Data Science - PhD ujayarat@5054k.com
Trent Buskirk Data Science - MS dsgpd@5054k.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Rafael Diaz – Interim Maritime Trade & Supply Management rdiaz@5054k.com

Last revised 01/06/2025

Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent to Liza Flores at graduateschool@5054k.com.