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
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
Brett Sierra Public Health – MPH   sierrabj@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
Chelsea Weeks Nurse Executive - DNP cweaks@odu.edu
Alyssa Weiss Nurse Midwifery abweiss@odu.edu
Kelli Garber Nursing Advanced Practice - DNP kgarber@odu.edu
Adrienne Hartgerink Nursing Anesthesia - DNP ahartger@odu.edu
Elizabeth Reifsnider Nursing Science PhD ereifsni@odu.edu
Jessica Parrott Pediatric Nurse Practitioner jmparrott@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
Sampath Jayarathna Computer Science - MS ujuyarat@odu.edu
Michele Weigle Computer Science - PhD mweigle@odu.edu
Yaohang Li Computer Science - MS/PhD Admissions y7li@odu.edu
Rip Hale Ocean & Earth Sciences rphale@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
Jian Wu Data Science - MS / PhD j1wu@odu.edu

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

Last revised 7/25/2025

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

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