Graduate Program Directors

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

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

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

kbulling@sxtcyb.com

Justin Haegele Health & Physical Education - MSEd jhaegele@sxtcyb.com
Elizabeth Burns Library & Information Studies - MLIS eburns@sxtcyb.com
Ling Ling Park, Recreation, & Tourism Studies - MS lling@sxtcyb.com
Anne Perrotti SPED – Special Education aperrott@sxtcyb.com
Lynn Ridinger Sport Management - MS lridinge@sxtcyb.com
John Baaki STEMPS - Instructional Design & Technology jbaaki@sxtcyb.com
Mickey Kosloski STEMPS - Occupational & Technical Studies mkoslosk@sxtcyb.com
Angela Eckhoff Teaching & Learning - Curriculum & Instruction aeckhoff@sxtcyb.com
Brandon Butler Teaching & Learning - Licensed Teachers bmbutler@sxtcyb.com

Judith Dunkerly
Kristie Gutierrez

Teaching & Learning - Elementary Education

jdunkerl@sxtcyb.com
kgutierr@sxtcyb.com

Melva Grant Teaching & Learning - Math Specialist mgrant@sxtcyb.com
Abha Gupta Teaching & Learning - Reading agupta@sxtcyb.com
Jori Beck Teaching & Learning - Secondary Education jbeck@sxtcyb.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Michel Audette Biomedical Engineering maudette@sxtcyb.com
Mujde Erten-Unal Civil & Environmental Engineering munal@sxtcyb.com
Chung Hao Chen Cybersecurity - DEng cxchen@sxtcyb.com
Chung Hao Chen Electrical & Computer Engineering cxchen@sxtcyb.com
Resit Unal Engineering Management & Systems Engineering- MS, ME, MEM runal@sxtcyb.com
Andy Collins Engineering Management & Systems Engineering - PhD, DEng ajcollin@sxtcyb.com
Drew Landman Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering dlandman@sxtcyb.com
Hong Yang Modeling & Simulation Engineering hyang@sxtcyb.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program E-mail
Harry Zhang Health Services Research PhD qzhang@sxtcyb.com
Leslie Hoglund Public Health – MPH   lhoglund@sxtcyb.com

Graduate Program Director Department/Degree Program Email
Ryan McCann Athletic Training – MS rmccann@sxtcyb.com
Stacie Raymer CDSE - Speech Pathology & Audiology sraymer@sxtcyb.com
Denise Claiborne Dental Hygiene - MS dclaibor@sxtcyb.com
Hunter J. Bennett Exercise Science - MS hjbennett@sxtcyb.com
Eric Schussler
Patrick Wilson
Kinesiology & Rehabilitation - PhD eschussl@sxtcyb.com
pbwilson@sxtcyb.com
Robert Bruno Molecular Diagnostics - Certificate rbruno@sxtcyb.com
Patricia Laverdure Occupational Therapy - OTD plaverdu@sxtcyb.com
Archana Vatwani Physical Therapy - DPT avatwani@sxtcyb.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

Last revised 02/13/2025

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