Graduate Program Director Contact Information

Contact a graduate program director to learn more about UM's graduate programs.

School of Architecture	School of Education and Human Development	Miller School of Medicine
College of Arts & Sciences	College of Engineering	Frost School of Music
School of Business Administration	Graduate School	School of Nursing and Health Studies
School of Communication	Rosenstiel School of Marine Science

School of Architecture

Dean Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk

Program	PROGRAM DIRECTOR	E-MAIL
Architecture and Urban Design	Jean-Francois Lejeune	flejeune@miami.edu
Urban Design	Jaime Correa	jcorrea@miami.edu
Real Estate Development and Urbanism	Chuck Bohl	cbohl@miami.edu
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College of Arts & Sciences

Dean Leonidas G. Bachas

Program	PROGRAM DIRECTOR	E-MAIL
Art (M.F.A.)	Brian Curtis	b.curtis@miami.edu
Art History	Rebecca Brienen	rpbrienen@miami.edu
Biology	J. Albert Uy	uy@bio.miami.edu
Chemistry	Francisco Raymo	fraymo@miami.edu
Computer Science	Dilip Sarkar	sarkar@miami.edu
Creative Writing	Evelina Galang	mgalang@miami.edu
English	Pamela Hammons	phammons@miami.edu
Geography and Regional Studies	Ira Sheskin	isheskin@miami.edu
History	Ashli White	awhite@mail.as.miami.edu
International Administration	Luis Glaser	lglaser@miami.edu
International Studies	William Smith	bsmith@miami.edu
Latin American Studies	Marten Brienen	mbrienen@miami.edu
Liberal Studies	Eugene Clasby	gclasby@miami.edu
Mathematics	Shulim Kaliman	s.kaliman@miami.edu
Modern Languages and Literatures	Gema Pérez-Sánchez	gema@miami.edu
Philosophy	Amie Thomasson	thomasson@miami.edu
Physics	Fulin Zuo	zuo@physics.miami.edu
Political Science	Jonathan West	jwest@miami.edu
Psychology	Phil McCabe	pmccabe@miami.edu
Sociology	Amie Nielsen	nielsen@miami.edu
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School of Business Administration

Dean Eugene W. Anderson

PROGRAM	PROGRAM DIRECTOR	E-MAIL
Accounting	Michael Werner	mwerner@miami.edu
Business Administration	Lori Pryor	lpryor@miami.edu
Economics	Manuel Santos	m.santos2@miami.edu
Executive MBA	Kathleen Gaunt	kgaunt@miami.edu
Taxation	Michael Werner	mwerner@miami.edu
JD/MBA Program	William VanderWyden Lori Pryor	wvander@law.miami.edu lpryor@miami.edu
Diector of Recruiting and Admission	Linda Brown	lbrown@miami.edu
Ph.D. Program	A. Parasuraman	parsu@miami.edu
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School of Communication

Dean Gregory J. Shepherd

PROGRAM	PROGRAM DIRECTOR	E-MAIL
Communication Studies	Diane Millette	millette@miami.edu
Graduate Studies	Jyotika Ramaprasad	jyotika@miami.edu
Motion Pictures	Konstantia Kontaxis	kkontaxis@miami.edu
Multimedia Journalism	Richard Beckman	rbeckman@miami.edu
Public Relations	Robert Stahr Hosmon	rhosmon@miami.edu
Print Journalism	Sam Terilli	sterilli@miami.edu
Television Broadcast Journalism	Terry Bloom	tbloom@miami.edu
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School of Education and Human Development

Dean Isaac Prilleltensky

PROGRAM	PROGRAM DIRECTOR	E-MAIL
Educational and Psychological Studies
Community and Social Change (M.S.Ed.)	Laura Kohn-Wood Scot Evans	l.kohnwood@miami.edu s.evans4@miami.edu
Counseling Psychology (Ph.D.)	Brian Lewis Guerda Nicolas	blewis@miami.edu nguerda@miami.edu
Counseling: Counseling and Research, Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling (M.S.Ed.)	Stephanie Schmitz Anabel Bejarano	sschmitz@miami.edu bejarano@miami.edu
Higher Education Administration: Enrollment Management, Student Life and Development (M.S.Ed.)	Carol-Anne Phekoo	cphekoo@miami.edu
Higher Education Leadership (Ed.D.)	Carol-Anne Phekoo	cphekoo@miami.edu
Research, Measurement and Evaluation (Ph.D. and M.S.Ed.)	Nick Myers	nmyers@miami.edu

Kinesiology and Sport Sciences
Exercise Physiology (Ph.D.)	Arlette Perry Kevin Jacobs	aperry@miami.edu k.jacobs@miami.edu
Exercise Physiology (M.S.Ed.)	Kevin Jacobs	k.jacobs@miami.edu
Exercise Physiology: Strength and Conditioning, Fitness Entrepreneurship (M.S.Ed.)	Brian Biagioli	b.biagioli@miami.edu
Sport Administration (M.S.Ed.)	Warren Whisenant	wwhisenant@miami.edu
Sports Medicine: Athletic Training (M.S.Ed.)	Kysha Harriell	kharriell@miami.edu

Teaching and Learning
Advanced Professional Studies: Cayman Islands (M.S.Ed.)	Robert Moore	rmoore@miami.edu
Advanced Professional Studies: Educational Social Change (M.S.Ed.)	Mary Avalos	mavalos@miami.edu
Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education (Ed.S. and M.S.Ed.)	Elizabeth Harry	bharry@miami.edu
Teaching and Learning: Language and Literacy Learning in Multilingual Settings (Ph.D.)	Maria Carlo	carlo@miami.edu
Teaching and Learning: Special Education (Ph.D.)	Elizabeth Harry	bharry@miami.edu
Teaching and Learning: STEM Education (Ph.D., Ed.S., and M.S.Ed.)	Walter Secada	wsecada@miami.edu
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College of Engineering

Dean James M. Tien

PROGRAM	PROGRAM DIRECTOR	E-MAIL
Architectural Engineering	James Englehardt	jenglehardt@miami.edu
	Antonio Nanni	nanni@miami.edu
Biomedical Engineering	Fabrice Manns	fmanns@miami.edu
	Ozcan Ozdamar	oozdamar@miami.edu
Civil Engineering	James Englehardt	jenglehardt@miami.edu
	Antonio Nanni	nanni@miami.edu
Electrical and Computer Engineering	Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb	mottaleb@miami.edu
	Kamal Premaratne	kamal@miami.edu
Environmental Health/Ergonomics and Safety	Shihab Asfour	sasfour@miami.edu
Industrial Engineering	Shihab Asfour	sasfour@miami.edu
Management of Technology	Shihab Asfour	sasfour@miami.edu
Mechanical Engineering	Singiresu Rao	srao@miami.edu
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The Graduate School

Dean Terri A. Scandura

PROGRAM	PROGRAM DIRECTOR	E-MAIL
Environmental Science and Policy	Gina Maranto	g.maranto@miami.edu

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

Dean Roni Avissar

PROGRAM	PROGRAM DIRECTOR	E-MAIL
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies	Martin Grosell	mgrosell@rsmas.miami.edu
Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry	Daniel Reimer	driemer@rsmas.miami.edu
Marine Biology and Fisheries	Marjorie Oleksiak	moleksiak@rsmas.miami.edu
Applied Marine Physics	Josephina Olascoaga	jolascoaga@rsmas.miami.edu
Marine Geology and Geophysics	Keir Becker	kbecker@rsmas.miami.edu
Meteorology and Physical Oceanography	Amy Clement	a.clement@miami.edu
Marine Affairs and Policy	Maria Estevanez	mestevanez@rsmas.miami.edu
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Miller School of Medicine

Dean Pascal Goldschmidt

PROGRAM	PROGRAM DIRECTOR	E-MAIL
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Zafar Nawaz	znawaz@med.miami.edu
Cancer Biology	Kerry Burnstein	kburnste@miami.edu
Epidemiology and Public Health	David Lee	dlee@med.miami.edu
Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences	John Bixby	jbixby@med.miami.edu
Human Genetics and Genomics	William Scott	bscott@med.miami.edu
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology	Vladlen Slepak	vslepak@med.miami.edu
Microbiology and Immunology	Mathias Lichtenheld	mlichten@med.miami.edu
Neuroscience	Daniel Liebl	dliebl@med.miami.edu
Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology	Nevis Fregien	nfregien@med.miami.edu
Physiology and Biophysics	Peter Larsson	plarsson@med.miami.edu
Physical Therapy	Edelle Field-Fote (Ph.D. program)	edee@miami.edu
	Sherrill H. Hayes (D.P.T. program)	shayes@miami.edu
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Frost School of Music

Dean Shelton Berg

PROGRAM	PROGRAM DIRECTOR	E-MAIL
Arts Presenting	Christopher Palmer	c.palmer@miami.edu
Choral Conducting	Joshua Habermann	jhaberman@miami.edu
Composition	Dennis Kam	d.kam@miami.edu
Collaborative Piano	Paul Posnak	pposnak@miami.edu
Electronic Music	Dennis Kam	d.kam@miami.edu
Instrumental Conducting	Gary Green	gdgreen@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Baritone Horn)	John Olah	Jolah@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Basoon)	Luciano Magnanini	lmagnanini@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Clarinet)	Margaret Donaghue	mdonaghue@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Double Bass)	Brian Powell	bpowell@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Flute)	Trudy Kane	tkane@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (French Horn)	Richard Todd	r.todd@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Guitar, Classical)	Rene Gonzalez	drgonzalez@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Harp)	Deborah Fleisher	dafleisher@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Oboe)	Robert Weiner	rweiner@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Percussion)	Svetoslav Stoyanov	s.stoyanov@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Saxophone)	Dale Underwood	d.underwood@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Trombone)	Timothy Conner	t.conner@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Tuba)	Craig Morris	craigmo@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Viola)	John Olah	Jolah@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Violin)	Pamela McConnell	pmcconnell@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Violoncello, Cello)	Glenn Basham	gbasham@miami.edu
Jazz Composition	Gary Lindsay	glindsay@miami.edu
Jazz Pedagogy	Donald Coffman	d.coffman@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Bass)	Donald Coffman	d.coffman@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Guitar)	Randall Dollahon	r.dollahon@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Percussion)	Stephen Rucker	srucker@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Piano)	Danile Strange	d.strange@umiami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Saxophone)	Gary Keller	gkeller@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Trombone)	Dante Luciani	d.luciani@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Trumpet)	Whitney Sidener	wsidener@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Vocal	Lawrence Lapin	llapin@miami.edu
Keyboard Performance and Pedagogy	Santiago Rodriguez	s.rodriguez13@miami.edu
Media Writing and Production	Raul Murciano	rmurciano@miami.edu
Multiple Woodwinds	Margaret Donaghue	mdonaghue@miami.edu
Music Business and Entertainment Industries	Serona Elton	selton@miami.edu
Music Education	Stephen Zdzinski	szdzinski@miami.edu
Music Engineering Technology	Colby Leider	cleider@miami.edu
Music Theory	Paul Wilson	pwilson@miami.edu
Music Therapy	Shannon K. de l'Etoile	sdel@miami.edu
Musicology	Deborah Schwartz-Kates	dkates@miami.edu
Piano Performance	Santiago Rodriguez	s.rodriguez13@miami.edu
String Pedagogy	Joyce Jordan	jjordan@miami.edu
Studio Jazz Writing	Gary Lindsay	glindsay@miami.edu
Vocal Pedagogy	Esther Jane Hardenbergh	ehardenbergh@miami.edu
Vocal Performance	Esther Jane Hardenbergh	ehardenbergh@miami.edu
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School of Nursing and Health Studies

Dean Nilda Peragallo

PROGRAM	PROGRAM CONTACT	E-MAIL
Nurse Anesthesia	Rossana Bizzio (director)	r.bizzio@miami.edu
Acute Care/Adult Nurse Practitioner	Joanna Sikkema	jdsikkema@miami.edu
Family Nurse Practitioner (F.N.P.)	Elaine Kauschinger	ekauschinger@miami.edu
Doctor of Philosophy	Victoria Mitrani	vmitrani@miami.edu
Doctor of Nursing Practice - D.N.P.	JoAnn Trybulski	jtrybulski@miami.edu
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