Graduate Program Directors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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