Below you can find the contact information for the Graduate Program Directors and Coordinators. They are available to assist with program-specific inquiries and provide guidance to prospective and current students.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Conflict Analysis and Resolution
- PhD Program Director: Supriya Baily, sbaily1@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
College of Education and Human Development
Athletic Training
- Master's Program Director: Amanda Caswell, aalleni@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Child, Family, & Community Engagement
- Master's Program Director: Sam Steen, ssteen@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Counseling
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Education
- PhD Program Director: Angela Miller, amille35@gmu.edu
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Coordinator: Joan Stahle, jstahle@gmu.edu
Educational Psychology
- Master's Program Director: Divya Varier, dvarier@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Kinesiology
- Master's Program Director: Debra Stroiney, dstroine@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Learning Design & Technology
- Master's Program Director: Douglas Wilson, dwilso31@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Psychology
- Master's Program Director: Ellen Rowe, erowe@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
School Psychology
- Master's Program Director: Nicole Beadles, nbeadles@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Monica Mak, mmak@gmu.edu
Sport & Recreation Studies
- Master's Program Director: Chris (Beverly) Green, bgreen21@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Special Education
- Director: Kelley Regan, kregan@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: April Lopez, alopez50@gmu.edu
- Academic Support Services Manager: Jancy Templeton, jtemple1@gmu.edu
College of Engineering and Computing
AI: Artificial Intelligence
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Bioengineering
- PhD Program Director: Parag Chitnis, pchitnis@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Parag Chitnis, pchitnis@gmu.edu
- Graduate Academic Advisor: Carol McHugh, cmchugh4@gmu.edu
Biostatistics
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering
- PhD Program Director: Laura Kosoglu, lkosoglu@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Laura Kosoglu, lkosoglu@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Computer Science
- PhD Program Director: Hakan Aydin, aydin@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director:
- MS Comp Science: TBD
- MS Info Security: Xinyuan "Frank" Wang, xwangc@gmu.edu
- MS Software Engineering: TBD
Cyber Security Engineering
- Master's Program Director: Paulo Costa, pcosta@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Data Analytics Engineering
- Master's Program Director: James Baldo, jbaldo@gmu.edu
- Certificate Program Director: James Baldo, jbaldo@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Hayley Hinley, hhinley@gmu.edu
- Graduate Program Advisor: Mary Baldwin-Slupe, mbaldwi4@gmu.edu
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- PhD Program Director: Brian Mark, bmark@gmu.edu
- MS Computer Engineering: Kris Gaj, kgaj@gmu.edu
- MS Digital Forensics, Bob Osgood, rosgood@gmu.edu
- PHD, MS, Certificate Digital Forensics: James Jones, jjonesu@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Toshiko Uchiyama, tuchiyam@gmu.edu
- MS Electrical Engineering, Kris Gaj, kgaj@gmu.edu
- MS Telecommunications Interim Director, Bob Osgood, rosgood@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Toshiko Uchiyama, tuchiyam@gmu.edu
Information Technology
- PhD Program Director: Jennifer Skorzawski-Ross, jskorzaw@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Information Systems
Information Systems (CS)
Information Systems (IST)
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Robotics
- PhD Program Director: Missy Cummings, cummings@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Software Engineering
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Statistical Science
- PhD Program Director: Isuru Dassanayake, idassana@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Lily Wang, lwang41@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- PhD Program Director: Rochelle Jones, rjones42@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
- Master's Program Director: Rick Smith, rsmith86@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Farhana Islam, fislam2@gmu.edu
Applied Industrial & Organizational Psychology
- Master's Program Director: Afra Ahmad, aahmad14@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Art History
- Master's Program Director: Michele Greet, mgreet@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Lea Burgess, lburges5@gmu.edu
Communication
- PhD Program Director: Christopher Clarke, cclark27@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Brittany Sanders, bsander7@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Anne Nicotera, anicoter@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Brittany Sanders, bsander7@gmu.edu
Criminology, Law and Society
- PhD Program Director: Devon Johnson, djohns22@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Brielle DeMatteo, bdematt2@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Devon Johnson, djohns22@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Brielle DeMatteo, bdematt2@gmu.edu
Criminal Justice
- Master's Program Director: Charlotte Gill, cgill9@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Brielle DeMatteo, bdematt2@gmu.edu
Cultural Studies
- PhD Program Director: Lisa Rabin, lrabin@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Sean Dixon, sdixon20@gmu.edu
Economics
- PhD Program Director: Carlos Ramirez, cramire2@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Valerie Sasser, vsasser@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Carlos Ramirez, cramire2@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Valerie Sasser, vsasser@gmu.edu
Economics Online:
- Master's Program Director: Christopher Coyne, ccoyne3@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Valerie Sasser, vsasser@gmu.edu
English
- PhD Program Director: Gregg Wilhelm, gwilhelm@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Rafaella Silva, rsilva8@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Eric Anderson, eandersd@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Rafaella Silva, rsilva8@gmu.edu
Global Affairs
- Master's Program Director: Niklas Hultin, ihultin@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Virginia Holm, vholm@gmu.edu
Middle East & Islamic Studies (MEIS)
- Masters Program Director: Maria Dakake, mdakakem@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Virginia Holm, vholm@gmu.edu
Higher Education & Student Development
- Master's Program Director: Chrystal George Mwangi, cgeorgem@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Katie Richards, kricha22@gmu.edu
History
- PhD Program Director: Suzanne Smith, smisuze@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Lea Burgess, lburges5@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Stephen Robertson, srober30@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Lea Burgess, lburges5@gmu.edu
Interdisciplinary Studies
- Master's Program Director: Shayna Maskell, smaskell@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Rachel Stevenson, rsteve@gmu.edu
Linguistics
- PhD Program Director: Sylvia Woodrose Schwartz, sschrei2@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Jay Patel, jpatel2@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Modern & Classical Languages
- Master's Program Director: Ellen Serafini, eserafi2@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Jen Barnard, jbarnard@gmu.edu
Psychology
- PhD Program Director: Tyler Shaw, tshaw4@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Tanie Boeddeker, tboeddek@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Tyler Shaw, tshaw4@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Tanie Boeddeker, tboeddek@gmu.edu
Psychology (Online)
- Master's Program Director: Afra Ahmad, aahmad14@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Chelsi Shalal, cshalal@gmu.edu
Sociology
- PhD Program Director: Lester Kurtz, lkurtz@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Farhana Islam, fislam2@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Dae Young Kim, dkio@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Farhana Islam, fislam2@gmu.edu
Women & Gender Studies
- Master's Program Director: Claudia Cabello Hutt, ccabello@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Writing Rhetoric
- PhD Program Director: Heidi Lawrence, hlawren2@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Rafaella Silva, rsilva8@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
College of Public Health
Global Health
- Master's Program Director: Sarah Liu, sliu16@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Ebony Miller, emille49@gmu.edu
Health Administration and Policy
- PhD Program Director: Gilbert Gimm, ggimm@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Regina Young, ryoung26@gmu.edu
Health Informatics
- Master's Program Director: Janusz Wojtusiak, jwojtusi@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Abdul Hafeez, ahafeez7@gmu.edu
Health Services Research
- PhD Program Director: Gilbert Gimm, ggimm@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Regina Young, ryoung26@gmu.edu
Health Systems Management
- Master's Program Director: Brenda Sheingold, bsheingo@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Health Systems Management (Online):
- Master's Program Director: Brenda Sheingold, bsheingo@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Maria Uriyo, muriyo@gmu.edu
Nursing
- PhD Program Director: Kathi Huddleston, khuddles@gmu.edu
Nursing (MSN)
- Master's Program Director: Shanti Chang, schang13@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Victoria Hough, vhough@gmu.edu
Nursing (DNP):
- Master's Program Director: K. Pierre Eklou, keklou@gmu.edu
- Coordinator (*FNP DNP & AGNP DNP): Andrea Landis, alandis@gmu.edu
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (DNP)
- Program Director: K. Pierre Eklou, keklou@gmu.edu
Nursing Administration (DNP)
- Program Director: K. Pierre Eklou, keklou@gmu.edu
Nutrition and Food Studies
- Program Director: Martin Binks, mbinks@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: nutr@gmu.edu
Graduate Program in Nutrition and Dietetics (GPND)
Sapna Batheja, sbatheja@gmu.edu
Public Health
- PhD Program Director: Jhumka Gupta, jgupta4@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Sarah Liu, sliu16@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Ebony Miller, emille49@gmu.edu
Social Work
- Master's Program Director: Evelyn Tomaszewski, etomasze@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Le Anne Wisnieski, lwisnies@gmu.edu
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Arts Management
- Master's Program Director: Karalee Dawn MacKay, kdawn@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Setarra Kennedy, skenned2@gmu.edu
Dewberry School of Music
All Programs:
- Director: Gregory Robinson, grobins8@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Lauren Rigby, lrigby@gmu.edu
- Academic Program Manager: Carrie Ann Delaney, cdelane2@gmu.edu
Music Education PhD:
- PhD Program Director: Charles Ciorba, cciorba@gmu.edu
Music Education Certificate:
- Program Director: Tina Beveridge, tbeverid@gmu.edu
School of Art
All Programs:
- Coordinator: Robert Yi, ryi6@gmu.edu
Art Education:
- Director: Justin Sutters, jsutters@gmu.edu
Graphic Design:
- Director: Don Starr, dstarr@gmu.edu
MFA:
- Program Director: Zoë Charlton, zcharlto@gmu.edu
- Program Coordinator: Robert Yi, ryi6@gmu.edu
School of Dance
All Programs:
- Director: Susan Shileds, sshields@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Kim Harris, kharrism@gmu.edu
School of Theater
All Programs:
- Director: Nicholas Horner, nhorner@gmu.edu
- Director: Mary Burgess, mburges7@gmu.edu
Theater Education:
- Director: Mimsi Janis, mjanis@gmu.edu
MFA, Visual and Performing Arts
- Program Director: Lauren Wagner, lwagner4@gmu.edu
Concentration in Arts Management:
- Concentration Director: Carole Rosenstein, crosenst@gmu.edu
- Concentration Coordinator: Setarra Kennedy, skenned2@gmu.edu
Concentrations in Graphic Design and Studio Art:
- Concentration Director: Zoë Charlton, zcharlto@gmu.edu
- Concentration Coordinator: Robert Yi, ryi6@gmu.edu
Costello College of Business
Accounting
- Academic Director: Bret Johnson, bjohns37@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Peyten Keener
Business
- PhD Director: Heather Vough, hvough@gmu.edu
- Assistant Director: Saul Garcia, sgarci3@gmu.edu
- Certificate Program Director: Ioannis Bellos, ibellos@gmu.edu
Business Administration (MBA)
- Program Director: Ioannis Bellos, ibellos@gmu.edu
- Program Manager: Lauren Flynn, lflynn5@gmu.edu
- Assistant Director: Taylor Palesky, tpalesky@gmu.edu
Business Analytics
- Academic Director: Mehmet Altug, maltug@gmu.edu
- Assistant Director: Shabnam Rezai, srezai@gmu.edu
Finance
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Director of Specialized Master's: Vanessa DeShane, vdeshane@gmu.edu
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Assistant Director: Shabnam Rezai, srezai@gmu.edu
Management
- Program Director: Ioannis Bellos, ibellos@gmu.edu
- Assistant Director: Saul Garcia, sgarci3@gmu.edu
Real Estate Development
- Executive Director: David Tarter, ptarter@gmu.edu
- Assistant Director: May Abou Ghazaleh, mabough2@gmu.edu
College of Science
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- PhD Program Director: Dmitri Klimov, dklimov@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Diane St. Germain, dstgermain@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Biosciences
- PhD Program Director: Alessandra Luchini, aluchini@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Diane St. Germain, dstgermain@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Chemistry and Biochemistry
- PhD Program Director: Barney Bishop, bbishop1@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Climate Dynamics
- PhD Program Director: Natalie Burls, nburls@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Barry Klinger, bklinger@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Computational Sciences & Informatics
- PhD Program Director: Eduardo Lopez, elopez22@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Sam Stone, sstone4@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Computational Social Science
- PhD Program Director: Dale Rothman, drothma@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Sam Stone, sstone4@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Earth Systems and Geoinformation Sciences
- PhD Program Director: Ruixin Yang, ryang@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Elizabeth Noyes, enoyes@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Environmental Science and Public Policy
- PhD/MS Program Director: Amy Fowler, afowler6@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Melanie Janus, mjanus@gmu.edu
Geology and Earth Science
- PhD Program Director: Geoffrey Gilleaudeau, ggilleau@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Mathematical Sciences
- PhD/MS Program Director: Evelyn Sander, gradmath@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Christine Amaya, camaya@gmu.edu
Neuroscience
- PhD Program Director: Ted Dumas, tdumas@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Ginny Scott, gscott21@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Physics and Astronomy
- PhD/MS Program Director: Paul So, paso@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Brooke Vaughn, bvaughn4@gmu.edu
Physics: Engineering Physics Concentration
- Program Director: Chi Yang, cyang@gmu.edu
Physics: Standard Concentration
- PhD Program Director: Paul So, paso@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Brooke Vaughn, bvaughn4@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: TBD
- Coordinator: TBD
Schar School of Policy and Government
Biodefense
- PhD Program Director: Gregory Koblentz, gkoblent@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: John Washington, jwashi4@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Gregory Koblentz, gkoblent@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Global Commerce & Policy
- Master's Program Director: Kenneth Reinert, kreinert@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
International Security
- Master's Program Director: Ellen Laipson, elaipson@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Organization Development & Knowledge Management
- Master's Program Director: Tojo Thatchenkery, thatchen@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: TBD
Political Science
- PhD Program Director: Robert McGrath, rmcgrat2@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: John Washington, jwashi4@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Jeremy Mayer, jmayer4@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Silva Morris, specini@gmu.edu
Public Administration
- Master's Program Director: Mirae Kim, mkim216@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Silva Morris, specini@gmu.edu
Public Policy
- PhD Program Director: Robert McGrath, rmcgrat2@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: John Washington, jwashi4@gmu.edu
- Master's Program Director: Justin Gest, jgest@gmu.edu
- Coordinator: Silva Morris, specini@gmu.edu