Graduate Program Directors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Last revised 03/11/2024

Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent to Liza Flores at graduateschool@orkexpo.net.