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 Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigations
• 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 Accounting

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

• Acting Chair: Anna Andriasova, PhD, anna.andriasova@umuc.edu
• Associate Chair: Rosemary Hartigan, JD, rosemary.hartigan@umuc.edu
• Acting Associate Chair: Monica Sava, PhD, monica.sava@umuc.edu
• Assistant Chair: Nancy Gentry Glenn, D.M., nancy.gentry@umuc.edu
• Assistant Director of Administration: Todd Cinani, todd.cinani@umuc.edu

Doctoral Programs

Executive Director

• Bryan Booth, PhD, bryan.booth@umuc.edu

Program Directors

• James Gelatt, PhD, james.gelatt@umuc.edu
• Claudine SchWeber, PhD, claudine.schweber@umuc.edu
• Thomas Mierzwa, DPA, thomas.mierzwa@umuc.edu
• Patricia Keir, PhD, pat.keir@faculty.umuc.edu
• Leslie Dinauer, PhD, leslie.dinauer@umuc.edu
• Charlene Nunley, PhD, charlene.nunley@umuc.edu

Academic Coordinators

Doctor of Management

• Marina Caminis, marina.caminis@umuc.edu
• Monica Graham, monica.graham@umuc.edu

Doctor of Management in Community College Policy and Administration

• Monica Graham, monica.graham@umuc.edu
• Marina Caminis, marina.caminis@umuc.edu

Master of Business Administration

• MBA e-mail address, MBA@umuc.edu

Program Directors

• Anita Baker, PhD, anita.baker@umuc.edu
• Monica Sava, PhD, monica.sava@umuc.edu
• Christina Hannah, PhD, christina.hannah@umuc.edu
• John "Les" Livingstone, PhD, john.livingstone@umuc.edu
• Charles Newman, PhD, charles.newman@umuc.edu
• Richard A. Pauli, PhD richard.pauli@umuc.edu
• James Stewart, PhD, james.stewart@umuc,.edu

Academic Specialist

• Julie Tate, julie.tate@umuc.edu

One-Year Master of Business Administration

Program Director

• Rosemary Hartigan, JD, rosemary.hartigan@umuc.edu

Academic Specialist

• Jane Goldberg, jane.goldberg@umuc.edu

Executive Programs

Chief Information Officer (CIO) Certificate

Program Directors

• Mary Ann Spilman, PhD, maryann.spilman@umuc.edu
• Steve Knode, PhD, steve.knode@umuc.edu
• Clarence Mann, PhD, clarence.mann@umuc.edu

Academic Specialist

• Jane Goldberg, jane.goldberg@umuc.edu

Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

• Chair: Alan Carswell, PhD, alan.carswell@umuc.edu
• Associate Chair: Amjad Ali, PhD amjadali@umuc.edu

MS in Cybersecurity

• Program Director: Ping Wang, PhD, ping.wang@umuc.edu
• Program Director: Rosemary K, Shumba, PhD, rosemary.shumba@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Scott Wibbert, scott.wibbert@umuc.edu

MS in Cybersecurity Policy

• Program Director: Clay Wilson, PhD, clay.wilson@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Scott Wibbert, scott.wibbert@umuc.edu

MS in Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigations

• Acting Program Director: Alan Carswell, PhD, alan.carswell@umuc.edu

MS in Information Technology, Information Assurance Specialization

• Program Director: Balakrishnan Dasarathy, PhD, balakrishnan.dasarathy@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Scott Wibbert, scott.wibbert@umuc.edu

Management, Accounting, and Finance

• Chair: Alfred S. Raider, JD, LLM, al.raider@umuc.edu
• Associate Chair: Kathryn Klose, CPA, kathryn.klose@umuc.edu
• Associate Chair: Diane Bartoo, PhD, diane.bartoo@umuc.edu

MS in Accounting and Financial Management

• Program Director: James Howard, PhD, james.howard@umuc.edu
• Program Director: Bruce Lubich, PhD, CPA, bruce.lubich@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, donald.gakenheimer@umuc.edu

MS in Accounting and Information Systems

• Program Director: Kathryn Klose, CPA, kathryn.klose@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, donald.gakenheimer@umuc.edu

MS in Financial Management and Information Systems

• Program Director: Jayanta Sen, PhD, jayanta.sen@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, donald.gakenheimer@umuc.edu

MS in Health Administration Informatics 

• Program Director: Katherine Marconi, PhD, katherine.marconi@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, meena.bipat@umuc.edu

MS in Health Care Administration

• Program Director: Diane Bartoo, PhD, diane.bartoo@umuc.edu
• Program Director: Katherine Marconi, PhD, katherine.marconi@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, meena.bipat@umuc.edu

Master of International Management

• Program Director: Robert Jerome, PhD, robert.jerome@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, donald.gakenheimer@umuc.edu

MS in Management Accounting

• Program Director: Bruce Lubich, PhD, CPA, bruce.lubich@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, donald.gakenheimer@umuc.edu

Acquisition and Supply Chain Management

• Program Director:  Freda Powell-Bell, PhD freda.powell-bell@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, meena.bipat@umuc.edu

Criminal Justice Management

• Program Director: William Sondervan, PhD, william.sondervan@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, meenabipat@umuc.edu

EmergencyManagement

• Program Director: Irmak Renda-Tanali, DSc, irmak.renda-tanali@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cynthia.greene@umuc.edu

Financial Management

• Program Director: James Howard, PhD, james.howard@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, donald.gakenheimer@umuc.edu

Health Care Administration

• Program Director: Diane Bartoo, PhD, diane.bartoo@umuc.edu
• Program Director: Katherine Marconi, PhD, katherine.marconi@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, meena.bipat@umuc.edu

Homeland Security Management

• Program Director: Irmak Renda-Tanali, DSc, irmak.renda-tanali@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cynthia.greene@umuc.edu

Human Resource Management

• Program Director: Glenda Barrett, PhD, glenda.barrett@umuc.edu
• Program Director: Donna Drake-Clark, PhD, donna.drake-clark@umuc.edu 
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, mbipat@umuc.edu

Information Systems and Services

• Program Director: Les Pang, PhD,  les.pang@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cynthia.greene@umuc.edu

Intelligence Management

• Program Director: William Sondervan, PhD, william.sondervan@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, meena.bipat@umuc.edu

Interdisciplinary Studies in Management

• Program Director: Harriet Smith, PhD, harriet.smith@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Donald Gakenheimer, donald.gakenheimer@umuc.edu

Marketing

• Program Director: Alfred S. Raider, JD, LLM, al.raider@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Meena Bipat, meena.bipat@umuc.edu

Nonprofit and Association Management

• Program Director: Margaret A. Elgin, PhD, maggie.elgin@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cynthia.greene@umuc.edu

Project Management

• Program Director: Theresa Marron-Grodsky, PhD, Theresa.Marron-Grodsky@umuc.edu 
• Program Director: Moe B. Shahdad, PhD, moe.shahdad@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cynthia.greene@umuc.edu

Public Relations

• Program Director: Julia Hill, PhD, julie.hill@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Cynthia Greene, cynthia.greene@umuc.edu

Information and Technology Systems

• Acting Chair: Rana Khan, PhD, rana.khan@umuc.edu
• Associate Chair: Garth Mackenzie, D.M., garth.mackenzie@umuc.edu
• Assistant Director, Administration: Mary Murrel, mary.murrel@umuc.edu

MS in Biotechnology

• Program Director: Rana Khan, PhD, ranakhan@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Terrence Cooper, terrence.cooper@umuc.edu

MS in Environmental Management

• Program Director: Robert Ouellette, PhD, robert.ouelette@umuc.edu
• Academic Specialist: Terrence Cooper, terrence.cooper@umuc.edu

MS in Information Technology

Program Directors

• Information Technology: Garth R. MacKenzie, DM, garth.mackenzie@umuc.edu
• Database Systems Technology: Elena Gortcheva, PhD, elena.gortcheva@umuc.edu
• Homeland Security Management: Irmak Renda-Tanali, DSc, irmak.renda-tanali@umuc.edu
• Informatics: Les Pang, PhD, les.pang@umuc.edu
• Project Management:
• Theresa Marron-Grodsky, PhD, Theresa.Marron-Grodsky@umuc.edu
• Moe B. Shahdad, PhD, moeshahdad@umuc.edu
• Software Engineering: Michael Brown, PhD, michael.brown@umuc.edu
• Telecommunications Management: Irena Bojanova, PhD, irena.bojanova@umuc.edu

Academic Specialist

• Terrence Cooper, terrence.cooper@umuc.edu

MS in Technology Management

Program Directors

• Technology Management core: Rudy Watson, PhD rudy.watson@umuc.edu
• Emergency Management: Irmak Renda-Tanali, DSc, irmak.renda-tanali@umuc.edu
• Homeland Security Management: Irmak Renda-Tanali, DSc, irmak.renda-tanali@umuc.edu
• Information Systems and Services: Les Pang, PhD, les.pang@umuc.edu
• Project Management:
• Theresa Marron-Grodsky, PhD, Theresa.Marron-Grodsky@umuc.edu
• Moe Shahdad, PhD, moe.shahdad@umuc.edu

Academic Specialist

• Terrence Cooper, terrence.cooper@umuc.edu

Education

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

Master of Arts in Teaching

MAT e-mail address: MAT@umuc.edu

• Director, Certification Programs: Barbara Schwartz-Bechet, PhD, barbara.schwartz-bechet@umuc.edu
• Director, MAT Field and Clinical Experience: Theodore E. Stone, PhD, theo.stone@umuc.edu
• Assistant Director, MAT Student Support and Success:  Kristin Kubik, kristin.kubik@umuc.edu

Master of Distance Education and E-Learning

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

Master of Education in Instructional Technology

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

Director of Education Assessment

• Datta Kaur Khalsa, dattakaur.khalsa@umuc.edu

Academic Coordinators

• Dianne Sullivan, dianne.sullivan@umuc.edu
• Deena Britt, deena.britt@umuc.edu

Graduate School Administration

Acting Vice Provost and Dean

• Robert Goodwin, JD, Robert.Goodwin@umuc.edu

Associate Deans 

• John O. Aje, DSc, john.aje@umuc.edu
• Michael Evanchik, PhD, michael.evanchik@umuc.edu

Assistant Deans

• Betsy Alperin, MA, betsy.alperin@umuc.edu
• Jennifer Thompson, MBA, jen.thompson@umuc.edu
• Alexis Hill White, alexis.hillwhite@umuc.edu

Director, Student Relations

• Laurie Hulcher, laurie.hulcher@umuc.edu

Director, Outcomes Assessment

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