Contact the Graduate Studies Team

Office of Graduate Studies

Please use the appropriate email address listed for all email correspondence, including the submission of any required forms or documents.

Chad Heap

Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
  ccasgraddeangwu [dot] edu (ccasgraddean[at]gwu[dot]edu)
  202-994-8397

Melissa Busskohl

Executive Director, Graduate Studies & Student Services

Trey Trkula

Administrative Assistant to the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
  t [dot] trkulaemail [dot] gwu [dot] edu (t[dot]trkula[at]email[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
  202-994-8397

The Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) has a team of dedicated professionals to assist you in navigating academic policies and processes.

• Each CCAS graduate program has an assigned program coordinator who is your main point of contact within the Office of Graduate Studies. Your program coordinator administers the enrollment and academic standing policies and procedures that all graduate students must maintain.
• Your Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) addresses any academic advising questions related to course selection and other degree requirements.

Graduate Recruitment

Phillips Hall, Suite 107 | gradccasgwu [dot] edu (gradccas[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Should you wish to contact any team member, please email gradccasgwu [dot] edu or make an appointment with us.

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Natalie McCarter

Senior Associate Director, Graduate Recruitment

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Sepideh Dunham

Assistant Director, Graduate Recruitment

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Nicola Paul

Assistant Director, Graduate Recruitment

Graduate Admissions

Phillips Hall, Suite 107 | askccasgwu [dot] edu (askccas[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Should you wish to contact any team member, please email askccasgwu [dot] edu

Lindsey Duble-Dice

Senior Associate Director, Graduate Admissions & Awards

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Madison Brooks

Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions

Adrienne Douglass

Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions

 

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Ezi Emenike

Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions

Liz Kepferle

Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions

Kate Kumar

Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions

Marie Okamoto

Senior Awards Coordinator

Mallory McGovern

Senior Awards Coordinator

Charita Hammett

Advanced Graduate Admissions Evaluator

Graduate Student Services

Smith Hall, Suite 118 | ccasgradservgwu [dot] edu (ccasgradserv[at]gwu[dot]edu) | 202-994-6210

Should you wish to contact any team member, please email ccasgradservgwu [dot] edu or make an appointment with us.

Anna Marie Siegel

Senior Associate Director

Coordinator for the Professional Psychology (Psy.D.) program and Master’s and Certificate programs in: Anthropology, American Studies, Applied Mathematics, Biological Sciences, Biostatistics, Criminology, Financial Mathematics, Forensic Psychology, All Forensic Science programs, Human Paleobiology, LGBT Health Policy and Practice, Mathematics, Philosophy, Philosophy and Social Policy, Sociology, All TSPPPA Programs, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies - Public Policy

Megan Rusconi-Warner

Senior Coordinator

Coordinator for Master's and Certificate programs in: Anatomical and Translational Sciences, Applied Economics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Biochemistry, Chemistry, Communication Management, Data Science, Environmental and Green Chemistry, Geographical Information Systems, Geography, Media and Strategic Communication, Organizational Sciences, Physics, Political Science, Statistics

Zack Samara

Senior Coordinator

Coordinator for Master’s and Certificate programs in: All Corcoran programs, Art Therapy, Chinese Language and Culture, English, History, Islamic Studies, Speech-Language Pathology

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Melissa Riggio

Lead Student Services Specialist

Coordinator for all Ph.D. programs

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Vacant

Senior Administrative Assistant

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Vacant

Senior Coordinator

Appointments for Current Students

Graduate Student Services - Career Advising

Smith Hall, Suite 118 | ccas_careersgwu [dot] edu (ccas_careers[at]gwu[dot]edu) | 202-994-6210

CCAS Career Counselors provide career counseling for all CCAS graduate students with the exception of Trachtenberg School and Data Science students.

Should you wish to contact any team member, please email ccas_careersgwu [dot] edu (ccas_careers[at]gwu[dot]edu) or make an appointment with us.

Johnette Ruffner-Ceaser

Career Counselor

Erin Ahart

Career Counselor

 

 

 

Appointments for Career Advising

Graduate Program Directors

Each graduate program has a Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) who will be your main point of contact regarding your academic program requirements. You must meet with your DGS before registering for courses in the first semester to ensure you are informed of exactly which courses you need to take and what is required to complete your graduate program. Your DGS’ contact details can be found in the Graduate Program Director listing below.

You should also discuss the possibility of transferring any graduate credit earned at other institutions with your DGS, and submit the necessary paperwork to the CCAS Office of Graduate Student Services (ccasgradservgwu [dot] edu).

Your DGS’ contact details can be found in the alphabetical Graduate Program listing on this page:

Programs A-C

Academy of Classical Acting
Director: alecwildgwu [dot] edu (Alexander Wild)

American Studies
Director: Gayle Wald
Master's Adviser: Suleiman Osman

Anatomical & Translation Sciences
Director: Robert Hawley
Director: Nicole De Vaul

Anthropology
Director: Jeffrey Blomster(PhD program)
Co-Director: Alex Dent (MA program, First-Year Students)
Co-Director: Steve Lubkemann (MA program, Second-Year Students)

Applied Economics
Director: Joann Weiner

Applied Mathematics
Director: Yanxiang Zhao (MS program)
Director: Hao Wu (Certificate program)

Applied Psychology
Director: Stephen Mitroff

Art History
Director: Mika Natif

Art Therapy/Art Therapy Practice
Director: Heidi Bardot

Bioinformatics & Molecular Biochemistry
Director: Anelia Horvath

Biological Sciences
Director: Keryn Gedan

Biomedical Sciences
Director: Norman Lee
Cancer Biology: Jiyoung Lee, Yanfen Hu
Genomics & Bioinformatics: Ljubica Caldovic, Raja Mazumder
Microbiology and Immunology: Alberto Bosque, David Leitenberg
Neuroscience: Matthew Colonnese, Jason Triplett
Pharmacology & Physiology: Colin Young, Nikki Posnack

Biostatistics
Director: Yinglei Lai

Budget & Public Finance
Director: Joseph Cordes

Chemistry
Director: Martin Zysmilich
Admissions Director: Cynthia Dowd

Chinese Language and Literature
Director: Liana Chen

Communication Management
Director: youngju [dot] shingwu [dot] edu (YoungJu Shin)
Graduate Adviser: Savreen Hundal

Contexts of Environmental Policy
Director: Christopher Carrigan

Criminology
Director: Ivy Ken

Programs D-F

Data Science
Director: Ryan Engstrom

Economics
Director: Roberto Samaniego (PhD Admissions and Funding)
Director: Sumit Joshi (PhD Pre-Candidacy Advising)
Director: Graciela Kaminsky (PhD Post-Candidacy)

English
Director: David Mitchell

Environmental and Green Chemistry
Admissions Director: Houston Miller
Program Director: Jakub Kostal
Adviser: Martín Zysmilich, Jakub Kostal

Environmental and Sustainability Policy
Director: Christopher Carrigan

Exhibition Design
Director: Andrea Dietz

Financial Mathematics
Director: Hao Wu

Fine Arts
Director: Carmen Montoya

Forensic Psychology
Director: Rocio Lopez-Sharifi
Program Director: Andrew Moskowitz

Forensic Sciences
Director: Daniele Podini (Forensic Chemistry, Forensic Molecular Biology)
Director: Heidi Eldridge (Crime Scene Investigation, Forensic Investigation)

Programs G-I

Geography and Environment
Director: Michael Mann

GIS Certificate
Director: Brendan Hurley

History
Director: Joel Blecher
Master's Program Advisor: Katrin Schultheiss
Admissions Director: Eric Schluessel (MA program)
Admissions Director: David Silverman (PhD program)

Human Paleobiology
Co-Director: Alison Brooks (PhD program)
Co-Director: Chet Sherwood (PhD program)
Co-Director: David Braun (MS program)
Co-Director: Francys Subiaul (MS program)

Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Director: Yisheng Peng

Interaction Design
Director: Kevin Patton

Interior Architecture
Director: Nadia Volchansky

Islamic Studies
Director: Mohammad Faghfoory

Programs J-L

Jewish Cultural Arts
Director: Jenna Weissman Joselit

Programs M-O

Mathematics
Director: Yanxiang Zhao
Director: Hao Wu (Certificate program)
Admissions Coordinator: Xiaofeng Ren

Media & Strategic Communication
Director: Sean Aday

Museum Collections Management & Care
Director: Mary Coughlin

Museum Studies
Director: Max van Balgooy
Graduate Advisors: Max van Balgooy, Schillica Howard, Laura Schiavo

Museums, History, & Culture
Director: Katrin Schultheiss

New Media Photojournalism
Director: Susan Sterner

Non-Profit Management
Director: Michael Worth

Organizational Sciences
Director: Gelaye Debebe
Graduate Studies Advisor: Mary Lee

Programs P-R

Philosophy & Social Policy
Director: Laura Papish

Physics
Director: Harald Griesshammer
Graduate Studies Adviser: Weiqun Peng
Admissions Director: Chen Zeng

Political Science
Director: Michael Miller
Director of PhD Admissions: Chris Warshaw

Professional Psychology
Director: Katherine Marshall Woods
Program Director: Oksana Yakushko
Deputy Director: Joshua DeSilva

Psychological & Brain Sciences PhD
Director: Michelle Stock (Applied Social program)
Director: Sharon Lambert (Clinical program)
Director: Gabriela Rosenblau (Cognitive Neuroscience program)

Public Policy and Public Administration
Director: Anil Nathan (MPA and MPP program)
Co-Director: Lori Brainard (PhD program)
Co-Director: Dylan Conger (PhD program)

Quantitative Social Sciences
Director: Brandon Bartels

Regulatory Policy and Practice
Director: Christopher Carrigan

Programs S-Z

Social Practice
Director: Carmen Montoya

Sociology
Director: Ivy Ken

Speech-Language Pathology
Director: Jessica Jocelyn
Admissions Chair: Michael Bamdad (New Applicant/Student Contact)

Statistics
Master's Program Director: Tapan Nayak
Doctoral Program Director: Yinglei Lai

Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Director: Gail Weiss

Women's, Gender & Sexuality - Public Policy
Director: Eiko Strader

Academic Advisors: Who to Talk To?

Your student services coordinator and your Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) have distinct responsibilities: