Graduate Program Directors

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

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

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

kbulling@tamilfolksongs.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Last revised 01/06/2025

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