Graduate Program Directors

School of Architecture

Dean Rodolphe el-Khoury

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Architecture (Design or Studies Track)	Allan T. Shulman	ashulman@miami.edu
Architecture (Professional Degree, 2-Year Track)	Allan T. Shulman	ashulman@miami.edu
Architecture (Professional Degree, 3-Year Track)	Allan T. Shulman	ashulman@miami.edu
Classical Architecture	Teofilo Victoria	tvictoria@miami.edu
Construction Management	Armando M. Montero	amontero@miami.edu
Construction Management (Executive Program)	Armando M. Montero	amontero@miami.edu
Design for Health and Well Being	Joanna Lombard	jlombard@miami.edu
Historic Preservation	Jean-Francois Lejeune	flejeune@miami.edu
Hospitality Design	Allan T. Shulman	ashulman@miami.edu
Real Estate Development and Urbanism	Charles C. Bohl	cbohl@miami.edu
Sustainable and Resilient Design	Sonia Chao	schao@miami.edu
Urban Design	Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk	epz@miami.edu
Urban Sustainability and Resilience	Sonia Chao Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva	schao@miami.edu jxc1446@miami.edu

College of Arts & Sciences

Dean Leonidas G. Bachas

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Applied Behavior Analysis	Anibal Gutierrez	a.gutierrez5@miami.edu
Anthropology	William Pestle	w.pestle@miami.edu
Biology	Julia Dallman	j.dallman@miami.edu
Chemistry	Orlando Acevedo	orlando.acevedo@miami.edu
Computer Science	Ubbo Visser	u.visser@miami.edu
Creative Writing	Chantel Acevedo	chantel.acevedo@miami.edu
Criminology and Criminal Justice	Olena Antonaccio	oantonaccio@miami.edu
Data Science	Mitsunori Ogihara	m.ogihara@miami.edu
English	Patricia Saunders	psaunders@miami.edu
Geography	Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva	jxc1446@miami.edu
Geospatial Technology	Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva	jxc1446@miami.edu
Global Health and Society	Louis Herns Marcelin	lmarcel2@med.miami.edu
History	Michael Bernath	mbernath@miami.edu
International Administration	Bradford McGuinn	bmcguinn@miami.edu
International Studies	Richard Grant	rgrant@miami.edu
Latin American Studies	John Twichell	j.twichell@miami.edu
Liberal Studies	Daniel Pals	dpals@miami.edu
Mathematics	Bruno De Oliveira	bdeolive@miami.edu
Mathematical Finance	Alexander Dvorsky	a.dvorsky@miami.edu
Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies	Bridgette Christine Arce	carce@miami.edu
Philosophy	Simon Evnine	sevnine@miami.edu
Physics	Sheyum Syed	s.syed@miami.edu
Public Administration	Jonathan West	jwest@miami.edu
Public Policy	Jonathan West	jwest@miami.edu
Psychology	Jill Ehrenreich-May	j.ehrenreich@miami.edu
Security Management	Bradford McGuinn	bmcguinn@miami.edu
Sociology	Amie Nielsen	nielsen@miami.edu
Studio Art	Amy Schissel	axs3115@miami.edu
Urban Sustainability and Resilience	Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva Sonia Chao	jxc1446@miami.edu schao@miami.edu

Miami Herbert Business School

Dean John Quelch

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Accelerated MBA	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Accelerated MBA in Real Estate	Andrea Heuson	aheuson@bus.miami.edu
Accountancy	Daniel Medina	dmedina@bus.miami.edu
Accounting Practice	Seth Levine	slevine@bus.miami.edu
Business (Ph.D.)	Fabrizio Ferri	fferri@miami.edu
Business Analytics	Doug Lehmann	dlehmann@bus.miami.edu
Corporate Finance	Leila Pinto-Campillo	lcampillo@miami.edu
Economics	Christopher Parmeter	cparmeter@bus.miami.edu
Executive MBA in Health Management and Policy	Steven Ullmann	sullmann@bus.miami.edu
Finance	Leila Pinto-Campillo	lcampillo@miami.edu
Finance (Online)	Leila Pinto-Campillo	lcampillo@miami.edu
Financial Decision Making	Leila Pinto-Campillo	lcampillo@miami.edu
Global Executive MBA	Joan Martinez Evora	jmartinezevora@bus.miami.edu
Global OneMBA	David Major	dxm1293@miami.edu
Master of Health Administration in Health Management and Policy	Michael French	mfrench@miami.edu
International Business	Chei Hwee Chua	cchua@miami.edu
J.D./M.B.A Program	Sandra Abraham Tie Su	sabraham@law.miami.edu tsu@bus.miami.edu
Leadership	Teresa Scandura	scandura@miami.edu
Professional Accounting	Seth Levine	slevine@bus.miami.edu
Professional MBA	Amy Agramonte	a.agramonte@miami.edu
Professional MBA (Online)	Amy Agramonte	a.agramonte@miami.edu
Sustainable Business	David Kelly	dkelly@bus.miami.edu
Taxation	Daniel Medina	dmedina@bus.miami.edu
The Miami MBA	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu

School of Communication

Dean Karin Gwinn Wilkins

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Communication	Christina Lane	clane@miami.edu
Communication Studies	Christina Lane	clane@miami.edu
Interactive Media	Christina Lane	clane@miami.edu
Journalism	Christina Lane	clane@miami.edu
Media Management	Christina Lane	clane@miami.edu
Motion Pictures	Christina Lane	clane@miami.edu
Public Relations	Christina Lane	clane@miami.edu

School of Education and Human Development

Dean Laura Kohn-Wood

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Educational and Psychological Studies
Community Well Being	Isaac Prilleltensky	isaacp@miami.edu
Community and Social Change	Ashmeet Oberoi	a.oberoi@miami.edu
Counseling Psychology	Lydia Buki	l.buki@miami.edu
Counseling: Marriage and Family Therapy	Guerda Nicolas	nguerda@miami.edu
Counseling: Mental Health Counseling	Guerda Nicolas	nguerda@miami.edu
Latino Mental Health Counseling	Guerda Nicolas	nguerda@miami.edu
Higher Education Administration: Enrollment Management, Student Life And Development, and Institutional Research and Policy Analysis	Carol-Anne Phekoo	cphekoo@miami.edu
Higher Education Leadership	Willis Jones	wxj149@miami.edu
Research, Measurement and Evaluation	Soyeon Ahn	s.ahn@miami.edu
Kinesiology and Sport Sciences
Athletic Training	Maggie Aldousany	m.aldousany@umiami.edu
Exercise Physiology	Kevin Jacobs	k.jacobs@miami.edu
Applied Physiology	Brian Biagioli	b.biagioli@miami.edu
Sport Administration	Windy Dees	wdees@miami.edu
Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning	Batya Elbaum	elbaum@miami.edu
Applied Learning Sciences	Nam Ju Kim	namju.kim@miami.edu
Education and Social Change	Walter Secada	wsecada@miami.edu
Special Education	Wendy Cavendish	wcavendish@miami.edu

College of Engineering

Dean Pratim Biswas

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Architectural Engineering	James Giancaspro	jwgiancaspro@miami.edu
Biomedical Engineering	Noel Ziebarth	nziebarth@miami.edu
Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering	David Chin	dchin@miami.edu
Civil Engineering	James Giancaspro	jwgiancaspro@miami.edu
Construction Management	Esber Andiroglu	e.andiroglu@miami.edu
Electrical and Computer Engineering	Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb Kamal Premaratne	mottaleb@miami.edu kamal@miami.edu
Environmental Health and Safety	Murat Erkoc	merkoc@miami.edu
Industrial Engineering	Murat Erkoc	merkoc@miami.edu
Management of Technology	Murat Erkoc	merkoc@miami.edu
Mechanical Engineering	Francesco Travascio	f.travascio@miami.edu
Medical Physics	Weizhao Zhao	w.zhao1@miami.edu
Ocean Engineering	Brian Haus GeChang Zha	bhaus@rsmas.miami.edu gzha@miami.edu

The Graduate School

Dean Guillermo Prado

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Environment, Culture, and Media	Meryl Shriver-Rice	shriverrice@miami.edu

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

Dean Roni Avissar

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Applied Carbonate Geology	Gregor Eberli	geberli@rsmas.miami.edu
Atmospheric Sciences	Cassandra Gaston	cgaston@rsmas.miami.edu
Marine Biology and Ecology	Elizabeth Babcock	ebabcock@rsmas.miami.edu
Environmental Science and Policy	Katharine Mach	kmach@rsmas.miami.edu
Marine Geosciences	Ali Pourmand	apourmand@rsmas.miami.edu
Meteorology and Physical Oceanography	Brian Mapes	bmapes@rsmas.miami.edu
Ocean Sciences	Roland Romeiser	rromeiser@rsmas.miami.edu
MPS Programs	Evan D’Alessandro	edalessandro@rsmas.miami.edu

Miller School of Medicine

Dean Henri Ford

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (M.S.)	Sapna Deo Feng Gong Zafar Nawaz	sdeo@med.miami.edu fgong@med.miami.edu ZNawaz@med.miami.edu
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Ph.D.)	Sapna Deo	sdeo@med.miami.edu
Biostatistics (M.S.)	Tulay Koru-Sengul	tsengul@med.miami.edu
Biostatistics (Ph.D.)	Hemant Ishwaran	hishwaran@med.miami.edu
Cancer Biology	Ralf Landgraf	RLandgraf@med.miami.edu
Cellular Physiology and Molecular Biophysics	Peter Larsson	plarsson@med.miami.edu
Climate and Health	Naresh Kumar	nkumar@miami.edu
Clinical and Translational Investigation	Tatjana Rundek Tulay Koru-Sengul	trundek@med.miami.edu tsengul@med.miami.edu
Epidemiology	WayWay Myaing Hlaing	whlaing@med.miami.edu
Executive Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Stephan Lee	stephenlee@med.miami.edu
Genomic Medicine (M.D./M.S.)	Susan Halloran Blanton	sblanton@med.miami.edu
Human Genetics and Genomics	Susan Halloran Blanton	sblanton@med.miami.edu
M.D./Ph.D. Program	Sandra Lemmon	slemmon@med.miami.edu
Microbiology and Immunology	Zhibin Chen	zchen@med.miami.edu
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology	Vladlen Slepak	vslepak@med.miami.edu
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology	Richard Rotundo	rrotundo@med.miami.edu
Neuroscience	Coleen Atkins	catkins@med.miami.edu
Prevention Science and Community Health (Ph.D.)	Eric Brown	ricbrown@miami.edu
Prevention Science and Community Health (M.S.)	Sara St. George	s.stgeorge@med.miami.edu
Programs in Biomedical Sciences (Ph.D.)	Pedro Salas	psalas@med.miami.edu
Programs in Biomedical Sciences (M.S.)	Arun Malhotra	amalhotra@med.miami.edu
Public Health	Viviana Horigian	vhorigian@med.miami.edu
Physical Therapy (Ph.D.)	Kathryn E. Roach	keroach@miami.edu
Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)	Neva J. Kirk-Sanchez	nkirksanchez@miami.edu
Skin Biology and Dermatological Sciences	Jie Li	j.li@med.miami.edu
Vision Science and Investigative Ophthalmology	Sanjoy Bhattacharya	SBhattacharya@med.miami.edu

Frost School of Music

Dean Shelton Berg

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Artist Development	Rey Sanchez	rsanchez@miami.edu
Arts Leadership	Gary Wood	gwood@miami.edu
Arts Management	Gary Wood	gwood@miami.edu
Arts Presenting Fundamentals	Gary Wood	gwood@miami.edu
Choral Conducting	Amanda Quist	axq105@miami.edu
Composition	Charles Mason	c.mason@miami.edu
Instrumental Conducting (Band)	Robert Carnochan	carnochan@miami.edu
Instrumental Conducting (Orchestra)	Gerard Schwarz	gxs752@miami.edu
Instrumental Jazz Performance (Bass)	Charles Bergeron	c.bergeron@miami.edu
Instrumental Jazz Performance (Guitar)	John Hart	j.hart@miami.edu
Instrumental Jazz Performance (Percussion)	Stephen Rucker	srucker@miami.edu
Instrumental Jazz Performance (Piano)	Martin Bejerano	m.bejerano@miami.edu
Instrumental Jazz Performance (Saxophone)	John Daversa	j.daversa@miami.edu
Instrumental Jazz Performance (Trombone)	Dante Luciani	d.luciani@miami.edu
Instrumental Jazz Performance (Trumpet)	Brian Lynch	b.lynch@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Bassoon (Classical)	Gabriel Beavers	g.beavers@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Clarinet (Classical)	Margaret Donaghue	mdonaghue@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Double Bass (Classical)	Brian Powell	bpowell@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Euphonium (Classical)	Aaron Tindall	atindall@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Flute (Classical)	Jennifer Grim	jgrim@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - French Horn (Classical)	Richard Todd	r.todd@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Guitar (Classical)	Rafael Padron	rmpadron@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Harp (Classical)	Laura Sherman	lsherman@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Multiple Woodwinds (Classical)	Margaret Donaghue	mdonaghue@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Oboe (Classical)	Robert Weiner	rweiner@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Percussion (Classical)	Svetoslav Stoyanov	s.stoyanov@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Saxophone (Classical)	Dale Underwood	d.underwood@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Trombone (Classical)	Timothy Conner	t.conner@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Trumpet (Classical)	Craig Morris	craigmo@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Tuba (Classical)	Aaron Tindall	atindall@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Viola (Classical)	Jodi Levitz	jlevitz@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Violin (Classical)	Charles Castleman	cxc547@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Violoncello, Cello (Classical)	Ross Harbaugh	r.harbaugh@miami.edu
Jazz Composition	Stephen Guerra	sguerramusic@miami.edu
Jazz Pedagogy	Charles Bergeron	c.bergeron@miami.edu
Keyboard Performance	Santiago Rodriguez	s.rodriguez13@miami.edu
Keyboard Performance and Pedagogy	Naoka Takao	n.takao@miami.edu
Legal Aspects of the Music Business	Serona Elton	selton@miami.edu
Live Entertainment Management	Gary Wood	gwood@miami.edu
Media Scoring and Production	Carlos Rivera	riveramusic@miami.edu
Multiple Woodwinds	Margaret Donaghue	mdonaghue@miami.edu
Music Industry	Serona Elton	selton@miami.edu
Music Business Fundamentals	Serona Elton	selton@miami.edu
Music Education	Stephen Zdzinski	szdzinski@miami.edu
Music Engineering Technology	Will Pirkle	wpirkle@miami.edu
Music Entrepreneurship	Serona Elton	selton@miami.edu
Music Rights Administration and Licensing	Serona Elton	selton@miami.edu
Music Therapy	Teresa Lesiuk	tlesiuk@miami.edu
Musicology	David Ake	daa75@miami.edu
Studio Jazz Writing	Stephen Guerra	sguerramusic@miami.edu
Tour and Live Entertainment Management	Gary Wood	gwood@miami.edu
Vocal Jazz Performance	Kathryn Reid	kreid@miami.edu
Vocal Performance (Classical)	Frank Ragsdale	f.ragsdale@umiami.edu
Vocal Performance and Pedagogy (Classical)	Frank Ragsdale	f.ragsdale@umiami.edu

School of Nursing and Health Studies

Dean Cindy Munro

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP)	Kenya Snowden	ksnowden@miami.edu
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP)	Brenda Owusu	b.owusu@miami.edu
Family Nurse Practitioner	Kenya Snowden	ksnowden@miami.edu
Nursing Practice (B.S.N. to D.N.P., Nurse Anesthesia)	Greta Mitzova-Vladinov	gmvladinov@miami.edu
Nursing Practice (M.S.N. to D.N.P.)	Mary Hooshmand	mhooshmand@miami.edu
Nursing Science	Victoria Behar-Zusman	vbehar-zusman@miami.edu
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)	Deborah Salani	dsalani@miami.edu

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