Graduate Program Directors

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Staci Defibaugh Applied Linguistics - MA sdefibau@5dexam.com
Ingrid Whitaker Applied Sociology - MA iwhitake@5dexam.com
Kent Wascom Creative Writing - MFA kwascom@5dexam.com
Vanessa Panfil Criminology & Criminal Justice - PhD vpanfil@5dexam.com
Julia Romberger English - PhD jromberg@5dexam.com
Ruth Osorio English -MA rosorio@5dexam.com
John Weber History - MA jwweber@5dexam.com
Anne Muraoka - Interim Humanities - MA amuraoka@5dexam.com
Regina Karp International Studies - MA, PhD rkarp@5dexam.com
Gary Beck Lifespan & Digital Communications - MA gbeck@5dexam.com
Doug Owens Music - MME dtowens@5dexam.com
Jennifer Fish Women's Studies - Certificate jfish@5dexam.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Frank Holman Accounting - MS fholman@5dexam.com
Jing Zhang Business Administration - PhD j3zhang@5dexam.com
Harris Wu Business Administration - PhD hwu@5dexam.com
Jay Walker (Interim) Economics - MA j1walker@5dexam.com
Li Xu Information Technology lxu@5dexam.com
Martin Goossen (Interim) Business Administration - MBA mgoossen@5dexam.com
Vickie Tyler Carnegie Public Administration - MPA vcarnegi@5dexam.com
Adam Eckerd Public Administration & Policy - PhD aeckerd@5dexam.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Jeffry Moe Counseling - MSEd, EdS, PhD jmoe@5dexam.com
Steve Myran Educational Leadership & Workforce Development smyran@5dexam.com
Tony Perez STEMPS - Education & Professional Studies acperez@5dexam.com
Dennis Gregory ELWD - Higher Education dgregory@5dexam.com
James Bartlett ELWD - Community College Leadership jbartlet@5dexam.com
Kim Bullington EFL Higher Education

kbulling@5dexam.com

Justin Haegele Health & Physical Education - MSEd jhaegele@5dexam.com
Elizabeth Burns Library & Information Studies - MLIS eburns@5dexam.com
Elizabeth Burns Library & Information Studies - MLIS eburns@5dexam.com
Ling Ling Park, Recreation, & Tourism Studies - MS lling@5dexam.com
Anne Perrotti SPED – Special Education aperrott@5dexam.com
Lynn Ridinger Sport Management - MS lridinge@5dexam.com
John Baaki STEMPS - Instructional Design & Technology jbaaki@5dexam.com
Mickey Kosloski STEMPS - Occupational & Technical Studies mkoslosk@5dexam.com
Angela Eckhoff Teaching & Learning - Curriculum & Instruction aeckhoff@5dexam.com
Brandon Butler Teaching & Learning - Licensed Teachers bmbutler@5dexam.com
Judith Dunkerly Teaching & Learning - Elementary Education jdunkerl@5dexam.com
Melva Grant Teaching & Learning - Math Specialist mgrant@5dexam.com
Abha Gupta Teaching & Learning - Reading agupta@5dexam.com
Jori Beck Teaching & Learning - Secondary Education jbeck@5dexam.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Michel Audette Biomedical Engineering maudette@5dexam.com
Mujde Erten-Unal Civil & Environmental Engineering munal@5dexam.com
Chung Hao Chen Cybersecurity - DEng cxchen@5dexam.com
Chung Hao Chen Electrical & Computer Engineering cxchen@5dexam.com
Teddy Cotter Engineering Management & Systems Engineering- MS, ME, MEM tcotter@5dexam.com
Pilar Pazos Engineering Management & Systems Engineering - PhD, DEng mpazosla@5dexam.com
Drew Landman Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering dlandman@5dexam.com
Hong Yang Modeling & Simulation Engineering hyang@5dexam.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program Email
Julie Cavallario Athletic Training – MS jcavalla@5dexam.com
Anne Perrotti CDSE - Special Education aperrott@5dexam.com
Stacie Raymer CDSE - Speech Pathology & Audiology sraymer@5dexam.com
Denise Claiborne Dental Hygiene - MS dclaibor@5dexam.com
Hunter J. Bennett Exercise Science - MS hjbennett@5dexam.com
Harry Zhang Health Services Research - PhD qzhang@5dexam.com
Ryan McCann
Patrick Wilson
Kinesiology & Rehabilitation - PhD rmccann@5dexam.com
pbwilson@5dexam.com
Robert Bruno Molecular Diagnostics - Certificate rbruno@5dexam.com
Patricia Laverdure Occupational Therapy - OTD plaverdu@5dexam.com
Archana Vatwani Physical Therapy - DPT avatwani@5dexam.com
Leslie Hoglund Public Health - MPH lhoglund@5dexam.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Pamela Bishop Adult Gerontology / Pediatric / Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist psharp@5dexam.com
Karen Karlowicz Nurse Educator kkarlowi@5dexam.com
Lisa Cordero Family Nurse Practitioner lcordero@5dexam.com
Alyssa Weiss Neonatal Nurse Practitioner abweiss@5dexam.com
Janice Hawkins Nurse Executive - DNP  jhawkins@5dexam.com
Janice Hawkins Nurse Midwifery  jhawkins@5dexam.com
Kelli Garber Nursing Advanced Practice - DNP kgarber@5dexam.com
Adrienne Hartgerink Nursing Anesthesia - DNP ahartger@5dexam.com
Diana Cartagena Pediatric Nurse Practitioner dcartage@5dexam.com
Katia Hall Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner kyhall@5dexam.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Dan Barshis Biology, Ecological Sciences - PhD dbarshis@5dexam.com
Piotr Kraj Biology - MS pkraj@5dexam.com
Bala Ramjee Chemistry bramjee@5dexam.com
Ruhai Zhou Computational & Applied Mathematics rzhou@5dexam.com
Andrey Chernikov Computer Science - MS achernik@5dexam.com
Michele Weigle Computer Science - PhD mweigle@5dexam.com
Yaohang Li Computer Science - MS/PhD Admissions y7li@5dexam.com
Richard Zimmerman Ocean & Earth Sciences rzimmerm@5dexam.com
Balsa Terzic Physics bterzic@5dexam.com
Christina Rodriguez Psychology - Clinical crodriguez@5dexam.com
James Paulson Psychology jpaulson@5dexam.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Barbara Hargrave Biomedical Sciences bhargrav@5dexam.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Rafael Diaz Cybersecurity MS rdiaz@5dexam.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Sampath Jayarathna Data Science - PhD ujayarat@5dexam.com
Trent Buskirk Data Science - MS dsgpd@5dexam.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-Mail
Rafael Diaz – Interim Maritime Trade & Supply Management rdiaz@5dexam.com

Last revised 01/06/2025

Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent to Liza Flores at graduateschool@5dexam.com.