List of Graduate Program Directors

List of Graduate Program Directors

Graduate Program Director Graduate Studies Office Contact
(PhD candidates contact: Iva Beatty)
American Studies Tom Guglielmo (PhD)
Richard Longstreth (MA - Historic Preservation)
Teresa Murphy		 Charlotte Merrick
Anthropology Richard Grinker (MA) Guennadi Bratichko
  Joel Kuipers (PhD)
Applied Risk Analysis             Nozer Singpurwalla   Guennadi Bratichko
Art Therapy   Heidi Bardot Katherine Conaty
Biochemistry  Jack Vanderhoek (MS) Guennadi Bratichko
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Valerie Hu Guennadi Bratichko
Biological Sciences    John Burns   Charlotte Merrick
Biomedical Sciences  Linda Werling Guennadi Bratichko
Biostatistics Efstathia Bura (PhD)
Dante Verme (MS)		 Charlotte Merrick
Chemistry Martin Zysmilich
Vlad Sadtchenko		 Adrienne Douglass
Classical Acting  Leslie Jacobson Katherine Conaty
Counseling Pat Schwallie-Giddis Charlotte Merrick
Dance Dana Tai Soon Burgess                     Katherine Conaty
Documentary Filmmaking Nina Seavy Charlotte Merrick
Economics Robert Goldfarb (MA)
Joseph Pelzman (PHD pre-candidacy)
Wallace Mullin (PHD candidacy)		 Katherine Conaty
English Robert McRuer Charlotte Merrick
Environmental & Resource Policy Catherine Forster Melissa Fuller
Epidemiology Sean Cleary Charlotte Merrick
Exhibit Design Carl Gudenius Katherine Conaty
Fine Arts and Art History Siobhan Rigg (MFA)
David Bjelajac (MA)		 Adrienne Douglass
Forensic Sciences Edward Robinson (CSI)
Walter Rowe (Forensic Chemistry)
Daniele Podini (Forensic Molecular Biology)
Nicholas Lappas (Forensic Toxicology)
Eva Vincze (High Technology Crime Investigation, Security Management)		 Melissa Fuller
Genomics & Bioinformatics  Jack Vanderhoek Guennadi Bratichko
Geography  Marie Price Charlotte Merrick
History Katrin Schultheiss Charlotte Merrick
Hominid Paleobiology Chet Sherwood Guennadi Bratichko
Human Sciences  Marshall Alcorn Iva Beatty
Interior Design Catherine Anderson Katherine Conaty
Jewish Cultural Arts Jenna Weissman Joselit Charlotte Merrick
Legal Institutions and Theory Steven Kelts Guennadi Bratichko
Mathematics  Robbie Robinson Adrienne Douglass
Media & Public Affairs Sean Aday Charlotte Merrick
Microbiology & Immunology David Leitenberg Guennadi Bratichko
Molecular Biochemistry & Bioinformatics Jack Vanderhoek Guennadi Bratichko
Molecular Medicine Norman Lee Guennadi Bratichko
Museum Studies Kym Rice Katherine Conaty
Organizational Sciences   Nils Olsen (MA)
David Costanza (PHD I/O)		 Melissa Fuller
Philosophy & Social Policy  William Griffith Adrienne Douglass
Physics Chen Zeng
Harald Griesshammer		 Guennadi Bratichko
Political Science Kimberly Morgan Guennadi Bratichko
Professional Psychology Loring Ingraham Katherine Conaty
Psychology Paul Poppen (Applied Social)
George Howe (Clinical)
John Philbeck (CogNeuro)		 Melissa Fuller
Public Policy & Public Administration Lori Brainard (MPA)
Dylan Conger (MPP)
Donna Infeld (PHD)		 Adrienne Douglass
Religion Kelly Pemberton Charlotte Merrick
Sociology/Criminology  Ivy Ken Guennadi Bratichko
Speech and Hearing  Shelly Brundage Charlotte Merrick
Statistics Reza Modarres (MS)
Tapan Nayak (PHD)		 Guennadi Bratichko
Survey Design & Data Analysis Terry Richardson  Guennadi Bratichko
Theatre and Dance Carl Gudenius  Katherine Conaty
Women’s Studies  Daniel Moshenberg 
Cynthia Deitch
Cynthia Harrison		 Melissa Fuller

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