Graduate Program Directors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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