Graduate Program Directors

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Staci Defibaugh Applied Linguistics - MA sdefibau@866kq.com
Ingrid Whitaker Applied Sociology - MA iwhitake@866kq.com
Kent Wascom Creative Writing - MFA kwascom@866kq.com
Vanessa Panfil Criminology & Criminal Justice - PhD vpanfil@866kq.com
Julia Romberger English - PhD jromberg@866kq.com
Ruth Osorio English -MA rosorio@866kq.com
John Weber History - MA jwweber@866kq.com
Anne Muraoka - Interim Humanities - MA amuraoka@866kq.com
Regina Karp International Studies - MA, PhD rkarp@866kq.com
Gary Beck Lifespan & Digital Communications - MA gbeck@866kq.com
Mike Hall Music - MME jhall@866kq.com
Jennifer Fish Women's Studies - Certificate jfish@866kq.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Frank Holman Accounting - MS fholman@866kq.com
Jing Zhang Business Administration - PhD j3zhang@866kq.com
Harris Wu Business Administration - PhD hwu@866kq.com
Jay Walker (Interim) Economics - MA j1walker@866kq.com
Li Xu Information Technology lxu@866kq.com
Martin Goossen (Interim) Business Administration - MBA mgoossen@866kq.com
Vickie Tyler Carnegie Public Administration - MPA vcarnegi@866kq.com
Adam Eckerd Public Administration & Policy - PhD aeckerd@866kq.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Jeffry Moe Counseling - MSEd, EdS, PhD jmoe@866kq.com
Steve Myran Educational Leadership & Workforce Development smyran@866kq.com
Tony Perez STEMPS - Education & Professional Studies acperez@866kq.com
James Bartlett ELWD - Community College Leadership jbartlet@866kq.com
Kim Bullington Higher Education

kbulling@866kq.com

Justin Haegele Health & Physical Education - MSEd jhaegele@866kq.com
Elizabeth Burns Library & Information Studies - MLIS eburns@866kq.com
Ling Ling Park, Recreation, & Tourism Studies - MS lling@866kq.com
Anne Perrotti SPED – Special Education aperrott@866kq.com
Lynn Ridinger Sport Management - MS lridinge@866kq.com
John Baaki STEMPS - Instructional Design & Technology jbaaki@866kq.com
Mickey Kosloski STEMPS - Occupational & Technical Studies mkoslosk@866kq.com
Angela Eckhoff Teaching & Learning - Curriculum & Instruction aeckhoff@866kq.com
Brandon Butler Teaching & Learning - Licensed Teachers bmbutler@866kq.com

Judith Dunkerly
Kristie Gutierrez

Teaching & Learning - Elementary Education

jdunkerl@866kq.com
kgutierr@866kq.com

Melva Grant Teaching & Learning - Math Specialist mgrant@866kq.com
Abha Gupta Teaching & Learning - Reading agupta@866kq.com
Jori Beck Teaching & Learning - Secondary Education jbeck@866kq.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Michel Audette Biomedical Engineering maudette@866kq.com
Mujde Erten-Unal Civil & Environmental Engineering munal@866kq.com
Chung Hao Chen Cybersecurity - DEng cxchen@866kq.com
Chung Hao Chen Electrical & Computer Engineering cxchen@866kq.com
Resit Unal Engineering Management & Systems Engineering- MS, ME, MEM runal@866kq.com
Andy Collins Engineering Management & Systems Engineering - PhD, DEng ajcollin@866kq.com
Drew Landman Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering dlandman@866kq.com
Hong Yang Modeling & Simulation Engineering hyang@866kq.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Harry Zhang Health Services Research PhD qzhang@866kq.com
Leslie Hoglund Public Health – MPH   lhoglund@866kq.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program Email
Ryan McCann Athletic Training – MS rmccann@866kq.com
Stacie Raymer CDSE - Speech Pathology & Audiology sraymer@866kq.com
Denise Claiborne Dental Hygiene - MS dclaibor@866kq.com
Hunter J. Bennett Exercise Science - MS hjbennett@866kq.com
Eric Schussler
Patrick Wilson
Kinesiology & Rehabilitation - PhD eschussl@866kq.com
pbwilson@866kq.com
Robert Bruno Molecular Diagnostics - Certificate rbruno@866kq.com
Patricia Laverdure Occupational Therapy - OTD plaverdu@866kq.com
Archana Vatwani Physical Therapy - DPT avatwani@866kq.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Pamela Bishop Adult Gerontology / Pediatric / Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist psharp@866kq.com
Karen Karlowicz Nurse Educator kkarlowi@866kq.com
Lisa Cordero Family Nurse Practitioner lcordero@866kq.com
Alyssa Weiss Neonatal Nurse Practitioner abweiss@866kq.com
Janice Hawkins Nurse Executive - DNP  jhawkins@866kq.com
Janice Hawkins Nurse Midwifery  jhawkins@866kq.com
Kelli Garber Nursing Advanced Practice - DNP kgarber@866kq.com
Adrienne Hartgerink Nursing Anesthesia - DNP ahartger@866kq.com
Diana Cartagena Pediatric Nurse Practitioner dcartage@866kq.com
Katia Hall Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner kyhall@866kq.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Dan Barshis Biology, Ecological Sciences - PhD dbarshis@866kq.com
Piotr Kraj Biology - MS pkraj@866kq.com
Jingdong Mao Chemistry jmao@866kq.com
Ruhai Zhou Computational & Applied Mathematics rzhou@866kq.com
Andrey Chernikov Computer Science - MS achernik@866kq.com
Michele Weigle Computer Science - PhD mweigle@866kq.com
Yaohang Li Computer Science - MS/PhD Admissions y7li@866kq.com
Richard Zimmerman Ocean & Earth Sciences rzimmerm@866kq.com
Balsa Terzic Physics bterzic@866kq.com
Christina Rodriguez Psychology - Clinical crodriguez@866kq.com
James Paulson Psychology jpaulson@866kq.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Barbara Hargrave Biomedical Sciences bhargrav@866kq.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Rafael Diaz Cybersecurity MS rdiaz@866kq.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Sampath Jayarathna Data Science - PhD ujayarat@866kq.com
Trent Buskirk Data Science - MS dsgpd@866kq.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Rafael Diaz – Interim Maritime Trade & Supply Management rdiaz@866kq.com

Last revised 02/13/2025

Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent to Liza Flores at graduateschool@866kq.com.