Graduate Program Directors

Graduate Program Director	Department/Degree Program	E-mail
Staci Defibaugh	Applied Linguistics - MA	sdefibau@odu.edu
Ingrid Whitaker	Applied Sociology - MA	iwhitake@odu.edu
Kent Wascom	Creative Writing - MFA	kwascom@odu.edu
Vanessa Panfil	Criminology & Criminal Justice - PhD	vpanfil@odu.edu
Julia Romberger	English - PhD	jromberg@odu.edu
Ruth Osorio	English -MA	rosorio@odu.edu
John Weber	History - MA	jwweber@odu.edu
Anne Muraoka - Interim	Humanities - MA	amuraoka@odu.edu
Regina Karp	International Studies - MA, PhD	rkarp@odu.edu
Gary Beck	Lifespan & Digital Communications - MA	gbeck@odu.edu
Doug T. Owens	Music - MME	dtowens@odu.edu
Jennifer Fish	Women's Studies - Certificate	jfish@odu.edu

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

Graduate Program Director	Department/Degree Program	E-mail
Jeffry Moe	Counseling - MSEd, EdS, PhD	jmoe@odu.edu
Steve Myran	Educational Leadership & Workforce Development	smyran@odu.edu
Tony Perez	STEMPS - Education & Professional Studies	acperez@odu.edu
James Bartlett	ELWD - Community College Leadership	jbartlet@odu.edu
Kim Bullington	Higher Education	kbulling@odu.edu
Justin Haegele	Health & Physical Education - MSEd	jhaegele@odu.edu
Elizabeth Burns	Library & Information Studies - MLIS	eburns@odu.edu
Ling Ling	Park, Recreation, & Tourism Studies - MS	lling@odu.edu
Anne Perrotti	SPED – Special Education	aperrott@odu.edu
Lynn Ridinger	Sport Management - MS	lridinge@odu.edu
John Baaki	STEMPS - Instructional Design & Technology	jbaaki@odu.edu
Mickey Kosloski	STEMPS - Occupational & Technical Studies	mkoslosk@odu.edu
Angela Eckhoff	Teaching & Learning - Curriculum & Instruction	aeckhoff@odu.edu
Brandon Butler	Teaching & Learning - Licensed Teachers	bmbutler@odu.edu
Judith Dunkerly Kristie Gutierrez	Teaching & Learning - Elementary Education	jdunkerl@odu.edu kgutierr@odu.edu
Melva Grant	Teaching & Learning - Math Specialist	mgrant@odu.edu
Abha Gupta	Teaching & Learning - Reading	agupta@odu.edu
Jori Beck	Teaching & Learning - Secondary Education	jbeck@odu.edu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Graduate Program Director	Department/Degree Program	E-Mail
Sampath Jayarathna	Data Science - PhD	ujayarat@odu.edu
Dana Willner	Data Science - MS	dwillner@odu.edu

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

Last revised 04/4/2025

Changes, additions, or deletions should be sent to Liza Flores at graduateschool@odu.edu.