Graduate School Personnel

Business and Executive

• Master of Business Administration
• One-Year Master of Business Administration
• Doctoral Programs
• Executive Programs

Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

• Master of Science in Cybersecurity
• Master of Science in Cybersecurity Policy
• Master of Science in Information Technology, Information Assurance Specialization

Management, Accounting, and Finance

• Master of Science in Accounting and Financial Management
• Master of Science in Accounting and Information Systems
• Master of Science in Financial Management and Information Systems
• Master of Science in Health Administration Informatics
• Master of Science in Health Care Administration
• Master of International Management
• Master of Science in Management

Information and Technology Systems

• Master of Science in Biotechnology Studies
• Master of Science in Environmental Management
• Master of Science in Information Technology
• Master of Science in Technology Management

Education

• Master of Education in Instructional Technology
• Master of Arts in Teaching
• Master of Distance Education and E-Learning

Graduate School Administration

Business and Executive

• Interim Chair: Anna Andriasova, PhD, aandriasova@umuc.edu
• Assistant Chair: Nancy Gentry Glenn, D.M., ngentry@umuc.edu
• Assistant Director of Administration: Todd Cinani, tcinani@umuc.edu

Doctoral Programs

Executive Director

• Bryan Booth, PhD, bbooth@umuc.edu

Program Directors

• James Gelatt, PhD, jgelatt@umuc.edu
• Claudine SchWeber, PhD, cschweber@umuc.edu
• Thomas Mierzwa, DPA, tmierzwa@umuc.edu
• Patricia Keir, PhD, pkeir@faculty.umuc.edu
• Leslie Dinauer, PhD, ldinauer@umuc.edu
• Charlene Nunley, PhD, cnunley@umuc.edu

Academic Coordinators

Doctor of Management

• Marina Caminis, mcaminis@umuc.edu
• Monica Graham, mgraham@umuc.edu

Doctor of Management in Community College Policy and Administration

• Monica Graham, mgraham@umuc.edu
• Marina Caminis, mcaminis@umuc.edu

Master of Business Administration

• MBA e-mail address, MBA@umuc.edu

Program Directors

• Anita Baker, PhD, abaker@umuc.edu
• Monica Sava, PhD, msava@umuc.edu
• Christina Hannah, PhD, channah@umuc.edu
• Les Livingstone, PhD, jlivingstone@umuc.edu
• Charles Newman, PhD, cnewman@umuc.edu
• Richard A. Pauli, PhD rpauli@umuc.edu
• James Stewart, PhD, ProfStewart@csi.com

Academic Specialist

• Julie Tate, jtate@umuc.edu

One-Year Master of Business Administration

Program Director

• Rosemary Hartigan, JD, rhartigan@umuc.edu

Academic Specialist

• Jane Goldberg, jgoldberg@umuc.edu

Executive Programs

Chief Information Officer (CIO) Certificate

Program Directors

• Mary Ann Spilman, PhD, mspilman@umuc.edu
• Steve Knode, PhD, sknode@umuc.edu
• Clarence Mann, PhD, cmann@umuc.edu

Academic Specialist

• Jane Goldberg, jgoldberg@umuc.edu

Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

• Chair: Alan Carswell, PhD, acarswell@umuc.edu

MS in Cybersecurity

• Program Director: Ping Wang, PhD, pwang@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Scott Wibbert, swibbert@umuc.edu

MS in Cybersecurity Policy

• Program Director: Clay Wilson, PhD, cwilson@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Scott Wibbert, swibbert@umuc.edu

MS in Information Technology, Information Assurance Specialization

• Interim Program Director: Amjad Ali, PhD, aali@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Scott Wibbert, swibbert@umuc.edu

Management, Accounting, and Finance

• Chair: Alfred S. Raider, JD, LLM, araider@umuc.edu
• Associate Chair: Kathryn Klose, CPA, kklose@umuc.edu
• Associate Chair: Diane Bartoo, PhD, dbartoo@umuc.edu

MS in Accounting and Financial Management

• Program Director: James Howard, PhD, jhoward@umuc.edu
• Program Director: Bruce Lubich, PhD, CPA, blubich@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, dgakenheimer@umuc.edu

MS in Accounting and Information Systems

• Program Director: Kathryn Klose, CPA, kklose@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, dgakenheimer@umuc.edu

MS in Financial Management and Information Systems

• Program Director: Jayanta Sen, PhD, jsen@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, dgakenheimer@umuc.edu

MS in Health Administration Informatics

• Program Director: Katherine Marconi, PhD, kmarconi@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, mbipat@umuc.edu

MS in Health Care Administration

• Program Director: Diane Bartoo, PhD, dbartoo@umuc.edu
• Program Director: Katherine Marconi, PhD, kmarconi@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, mbipat@umuc.edu

Master of International Management

• Program Director: Robert Jerome, PhD, rjerome@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, dgakenheimer@umuc.edu

MS in Management

Accounting

• Program Director: Bruce Lubich, PhD, CPA, blubich@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, dgakenheimer@umuc.edu

Acquisition and Supply Chain Management

• Program Director:  Freda Powell-Bell, PhD fpowell-bell@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, mbipat@umuc.edu

Criminal Justice Management

• William Sondervan, PhD, wsondervan@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, mbipat@umuc.edu

EmergencyManagement

• Program Director: Irmak Renda-Tanali, DSc, irenda-tanali@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cgreene@umuc.edu

Financial Management

• Program Director: James Howard, PhD, jhoward@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, dgakenheimer@umuc.edu

Health Care Administration

• Program Director: Diane Bartoo, PhD, dbartoo@umuc.edu
• Program Director: Katherine Marconi, PhD, kmarconi@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, mbipat@umuc.edu

Homeland Security Management

• Program Director: Irmak Renda-Tanali, DSc, irenda-tanali@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cgreene@umuc.edu

Human Resource Management

• Program Director: Glenda Barrett, PhD, gbarrett@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, mbipat@umuc.edu

Information Systems and Services

• Program Director: Les Pang, PhD,  lpang@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cgreene@umuc.edu

Intelligence Management

• Program Director: William Sondervan, PhD, wsondervan@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, mbipat@umuc.edu

Interdisciplinary Studies in Management

• Program Director: Alan Sutherland, PhD, asutherland@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, dgakenheimer@umuc.edu

Marketing

• Program Director: Alfred S. Raider, JD, LLM, araider@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, mbipat@umuc.edu

Nonprofit and Association Management

• Program Director: Margaret A. Elgin, PhD, melgin@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cgreene@umuc.edu

Project Management

• Program Director: Theresa Marron-Grodsky, PhD, TMarron-Grodsky@umuc.edu
• Program Director: Moe B. Shahdad, PhD, mshahdad@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cgreene@umuc.edu

Public Relations

• Program Director: Julia Hill, PhD, jhill@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cgreene@umuc.edu

Information and Technology Systems

• Chair: Joyce Shirazi, D.Sc., jshirazi@umuc.edu
• Associate Chair: Garth Mackenzie, D.M., gmackenzie@umuc.edu
• Associate Chair: Rana Khan, PhD, rkhan@umuc.edu
• Assistant Director, Administration: Mary Murrel, mmurrel@umuc.edu

MS in Biotechnology

• Program Director: Rana Khan, PhD, rkhan@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Terrence Cooper, tecooper@umuc.edu

MS in Environmental Management

• Program Director: Robert Ouellette, PhD, rouelette@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Terrence Cooper, tecooper@umuc.edu

MS in Information Technology

Program Directors

• Information Technology: Garth R. MacKenzie, DM, gmackenzie@umuc.edu
• Database Systems Technology: Elena Gortcheva, PhD, egortcheva@umuc.edu
• E-Business: Robert Ouellette, PhD, rouelette@umuc.edu
• Homeland Security Management: Irmak Renda-Tanali, DSc, irenda-tanali@umuc.edu
• Informatics: Les Pang, PhD, lpang@umuc.edu
• Project Management:
• Theresa Marron-Grodsky, PhD, TMarron-Grodsky@umuc.edu
• Moe B. Shahdad, PhD, mshahdad@umuc.edu
• Software Engineering: Hasan Sayani, PhD, hsayani@umuc.edu
• Telecommunications Management: Irena Bojanova, PhD, ibojanova@umuc.edu

Academic Specialist

• Terrence Cooper, tecooper@umuc.edu

MS in Technology Management

Program Directors

• Technology Management core: Rudy Watson, PhD rwatson@umuc.edu
• Distance Education and Technology: Stella Porto, DSc, sporto@umuc.edu
• E-Business: Robert Ouellette, PhD, rouelette@umuc.edu
• Emergency Management: Irmak Renda-Tanali, DSc, irenda-tanali@umuc.edu
• Homeland Security Management: Irmak Renda-Tanali, DSc, irenda-tanali@umuc.edu
• Information Systems and Services: Les Pang, PhD, lpang@umuc.edu
• Project Management:
• Theresa Marron-Grodsky, PhD, TMarron-Grodsky@umuc.edu
• Moe Shahdad, PhD, mshahdad@umuc.edu

Academic Specialist

• Terrence Cooper, tecooper@umuc.edu

Education

• Chair: Virginia H. Pilato, PhD, vpilato@umuc.edu

Master of Arts in Teaching

MAT e-mail address: MAT@umuc.edu

• Director, Certification Programs: Barbara Schwartz-Bechet, PhD, bschwartz-bechet@umuc.edu
• Director, MAT Field and Clinical Experience: Theodore E. Stone, PhD, tstone@umuc.edu
• Assistant Director, MAT Student Support and Success:  Kristin Kubik, kkubik@umuc.edu

Master of Distance Education and E-Learning

• Program Director: Stella Porto, DSc, sporto@umuc.edu

Master of Education in Instructional Technology

• Program Director: Katherine S. Woodward, PhD, kwoodward@umuc.edu

Director of Education Assessment

• Datta Kaur Khalsa, dkhalsa@umuc.edu

Academic Coordinators

• Dianne Sullivan, dsullivan@umuc.edu
• Deena Britt, dbritt@umuc.edu

Graduate School Administration

Interim Dean

• Robert Goodwin, JD, RGoodwin@umuc.edu

Associate Deans

• John O. Aje, DSc, jaje@umuc.edu
• Michael Evanchik, PhD, mevanchik@umuc.edu

Assistant Deans

• Betsy Alperin, MA, balperin@umuc.edu
• Jennifer Thompson, MBA, jthompson@umuc.edu
• Alexis Hill White, ahillwhite@umuc.edu

Director, Student Relations

• Laurie Hulcher, lhulcher@umuc.edu

Director, Outcomes Assessment

• Yan Zhang Cooksey, PhD, yan.cooksey@umuc.edu