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School of Architecture

Dean Rodolphe el-Khoury

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Architecture	Allan T. Shulman	ashulman@miami.edu
Construction Management	Armando M. Montero	amontero@miami.edu
Real Estate Development and Urbanism	Charles C. Bohl	cbohl@miami.edu
Urban Design	Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk	epz@miami.edu

College of Arts & Sciences

Dean Leonidas G. Bachas

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Anthropology	William Pestle	w.pestle@miami.edu
Art (M.F.A.)	Nathan Timpano	ntimpano@miami.edu
Art History	Nathan Timpano	ntimpano@miami.edu
Biology	Julia Dallman	j.dallman@miami.edu
Chemistry	Burjor Captain	captain@miami.edu
Computer Science	Ubbo Visser	u.visser@miami.edu
Creative Writing	Chantel Acevedo	chantel.acevedo@miami.edu
English	John Funchion	jfunchion@miami.edu
Geography and Regional Studies	Imelda Moise	moise@miami.edu
Global Health and Society	Louis Herns Marcelin	lmarcel2@med.miami.edu
History	Michael Miller	mbmiller@miami.edu
International Studies	Lillian Yaffe	l.yaffe@umiami.edu
Latin American Studies	William Pestle	w.pestle@miami.edu
Master of Arts in International Administration (MAIA)	Bradford McGuinn	bmcguinn@miami.edu
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies	Daniel Pals	dpals@miami.edu
Mathematics	Bruno De Oliveira	bdeolive@miami.edu
Modern Languages and Literatures	Bridgette Christine Arce	carce@miami.edu
Philosophy	Simon Evnine	sevnine@miami.edu
Physics	Manuel Huerta	mhuerta@miami.edu
Public Administration	Jonathan West	jwest@miami.edu
Psychology	Maria Llabre	mllabre@med.miami.edu
Sociology	John Murphy	j.murphy@miami.edu

Miami Business School

Dean John Quelch

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Accelerated MBA in Real Estate	Andrea Heuson	aheuson@bus.miami.edu
Accounting	Daniel Medina	dmedina@bus.miami.edu
Accounting (Online)	Seth Levine	slevine@bus.miami.edu
Business (Ph.D.)	Henrik Cronqvist	hcronqvist@bus.miami.edu
Business Analytics	Doug Lehmann Daniel McGibney	dlehmann@bus.miami.edu dmcgibney@bus.miami.edu
Economics (Ph.D.)	Christopher Parmeter	cparmeter@bus.miami.edu
Executive MBA in Health Sector Management & Policy	Steven Ullmann	sullmann@bus.miami.edu
Finance	Lorenzo Naranjo Michael Fuerst	lnaranjo@bus.miami.edu mfuerst@bus.miami.edu
Finance (Online)	Lorenzo Naranjo Michael Fuerst	lnaranjo@bus.miami.edu mfuerst@bus.miami.edu
Full-Time 1-Year MBA	Tallys Yunes	tallys@bus.miami.edu
Full-Time 2-Year MBA	Tallys Yunes	tallys@bus.miami.edu
Global Executive MBA	Harihara Natarajan	hari@miami.edu
Global One MBA	David Major	dxm1293@miami.edu
Health Administration (MHA)	Karoline Mortensen	kmortensen@bus.miami.edu
International Business	Joseph Ganitsky	jganit@bus.miami.edu
J.D./M.B.A Program	Sandra Abraham Tallys Yunes	sabraham@law.miami.edu tallys@bus.miami.edu
Leadership	Sheryl Alonso Marisol Capellan	lneider@bus.miami.edu mcapellan@miami.edu
Professional MBA	Robert Plant	rplant@bus.miami.edu
Professional MBA (Online)	Tallys Yunes	tallys@bus.miami.edu
Sustainable Business	David Kelly	dkelly@bus.miami.edu
Taxation	Daniel Medina	dmedina@bus.miami.edu

School of Communication

Dean Gregory J. Shepherd

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Cinema and Interactive Media	Cong Li	congli@miami.edu
Communication Studies	Cong Li	congli@miami.edu
Journalism and Media Management	Cong Li	congli@miami.edu
Strategic Communication	Cong Li	congli@miami.edu

School of Education and Human Development

Dean Laura Kohn-Wood

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Educational and Psychological Studies
Community Well Being (Ph.D.)	Dina Birman	d.birman@miami.edu
Community and Social Change (M.S.Ed.)	Ashmeet Oberoi	a.oberoi@miami.edu
Counseling Psychology (Ph.D.)	Lydia Buki	l.buki@miami.edu
Marriage and Family Therapy (M.S.Ed.) Mental Health Counseling (M.S.Ed.)	Anabel Bejarano	bejarano@miami.edu
Higher Education Administration: Enrollment Management, Student Life And Development, and Institutional Research and Policy Analysis (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.)	Cengiz Zopluoglu	c.zopluoglu@miami.edu
Kinesiology and Sport Sciences
Exercise Physiology (Ph.D.)	Kevin Jacobs	k.jacobs@miami.edu
Exercise Physiology: Clinical and Applied Exercise Physiology (M.S.Ed.)	Kevin Jacobs	k.jacobs@miami.edu
Exercise Physiology: Nutrition for Health and Human Performance (M.S.Ed.)	Nadine Mikati	nxm767@miami.edu
Exercise Physiology: Strength and Conditioning/Fitness Entrepreneurship (M.S.Ed.)	Brian Biagioli	b.biagioli@miami.edu
Exercise Physiology: Sports Medicine (M.S.Ed.)	TBD	TBA
Sport Administration (M.S.Ed.)	Windy Dees	wdees@miami.edu
Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning (Ph.D.): Offering specializations in STEM Education, Special Education, and Language and Literacy Learning In Multilingual Settings	Matthew Deroo	deroomat@miami.edu
Applied Learning Sciences (Ed.D. & M.S.Ed.)	Ji Shen	j.shen@miami.edu
Education and Social Change (M.S.Ed.)	Mary Avalos	mavalos@miami.edu
Special Education (M.S.Ed.)	Wendy Cavendish	wcavendish@miami.edu
Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) / Bilingual Education (M.S.Ed.)	Luciana de Oliveira	ludeoliveira@miami.edu
Early Childhood Special Education (M.S.Ed. & Ed.S.)	Elizabeth Harry	bharry@miami.edu

College of Engineering

Dean Jean-Pierre Bardet

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Architectural Engineering	James Giancaspro Antonio Nanni	jwgiancaspro@miami.edu nanni@miami.edu
Biomedical Engineering	Noel Ziebarth	nziebarth@miami.edu
Civil Engineering	James Giancaspro Antonio Nanni	jwgiancaspro@miami.edu nanni@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/Ergonomics and Safety	Vincent Omachonu	vomachonu@miami.edu
Industrial Engineering	Murat Erkoc	merkoc@miami.edu
Management of Technology	Vincent Omachonu	vomachonu@miami.edu
Mechanical Engineering	Qingda Yang	qdyang@miami.edu
Medical Physics	Weizhao Zhao	w.zhao1@miami.edu
Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors	Vincent Omachonu	vomachonu@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, & Media	Meryl Shriver-Rice	shriverrice@miami.edu
Environmental Science and Policy	Kenneth Broad	kbroad@rsmas.miami.edu

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

Dean Roni Avissar

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Atmospheric Sciences	Elliot Atlas	eatlas@rsmas.miami.edu
Marine Biology and Ecology	Elizabeth Babcock	ebabcock@rsmas.miami.edu
Marine Ecosystems and Society	David Letson	dletson@rsmas.miami.edu
Marine Geosciences	Ali Pourmand	apourmand@rsmas.miami.edu
Meteorology and Physical Oceanography	Mohamed Iskandarani	miskandarani@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	Mingjiang Xu	mxx51@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
Clinical and Translational Investigation	Tatjana Rundek Barry Hudson	trundek@med.miami.edu BHudson@med.miami.edu
Epidemiology	WayWay Myaing Hlaing	whlaing@med.miami.edu
Executive Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Stephan Lee	stephenlee@med.miami.edu
Human Genetics and Genomics	Susan Halloran Blanton	sblanton@med.miami.edu
M.D./M.S. in Genomic Medicine	William Scott	w.scott@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	Xiang-Xi "Mike" Xu	xxu2@med.miami.edu
Neuroscience	Coleen Atkins	catkins@med.miami.edu
Prevention Science & Community Health	Seth Schwartz	SSchwartz@med.miami.edu
Programs in Biomedical Sciences (Doctoral)	Pedro Salas	psalas@med.miami.edu
Programs in Biomedical Sciences (Master's)	Arun Malhotra	amalhotra@med.miami.edu
Public Health Sciences	David Lee Viviana Horigian (Master's programs)	dlee@med.miami.edu vhorigian@med.miami.edu
Physical Therapy	Kathryn E. Roach (Ph.D. program) Neva J. Kirk-Sanchez (D.P.T. program)	keroach@miami.edu 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
Arts Presenting	Gary Wood	gwood@miami.edu
Choral Conducting	Amanda Quist	axq105@miami.edu
Composition	Charles Mason	c.mason@miami.edu
Digital Arts And Sound Design	Charles Mason	c.mason@miami.edu
Instrumental Conducting	Robert Carnochan (Band) Gerard Schwarz (Orchestra)	carnochan@miami.edu gxs752@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Bassoon)	Gabriel Beavers	g.beavers@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Clarinet)	Margaret Donaghue	mdonaghue@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Double Bass)	Brian Powell	bpowell@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Euphonium)	Aaron Tindall	atindall@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Flute)	Jennifer Grim	jgrim@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (French Horn)	Richard Todd	r.todd@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Guitar, Classical)	Rafael Padron	rmpadron@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Harp)	Kay Kemper	skk24@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Multiple Woodwinds)	Margaret Donaghue	mdonaghue@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 (Trumpet)	Craig Morris	craigmo@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Tuba)	Aaron Tindall	atindall@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Viola)	Jodi Levitz	jlevitz@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Violin)	Charles Castleman	cxc547@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance (Violoncello, Cello)	Ross Harbaugh	r.harbaugh@miami.edu
Jazz Composition	Gary Lindsay	glindsay@miami.edu
Jazz Pedagogy	Charles Bergeron	c.bergeron@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Bass)	Charles Bergeron	c.bergeron@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Guitar)	John Hart	j.hart@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Percussion)	Stephen Rucker	srucker@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Piano)	Martin Bejerano	m.bejerano@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Saxophone)	Gary Keller	gkeller@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Trombone)	Dante Luciani	d.luciani@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Instrumental (Trumpet)	Brian Lynch	b.lynch@miami.edu
Jazz Performance Vocal	Kathryn Reid	kreid@miami.edu
Keyboard Performance	Santiago Rodriguez	s.rodriguez13@miami.edu
Keyboard Performance and Pedagogy	Naoka Takao	n.takao@miami.edu
Media Writing and Production	Carlos Rivera	riveramusic@miami.edu
Music Business and Entertainment Industries	Serona Elton	selton@miami.edu
Music Education	Stephen Zdzinski	szdzinski@miami.edu
Music Engineering Technology	Will Pirkle	wpirkle@miami.edu
Music Therapy	Teresa Lesiuk	tlesiuk@miami.edu
Musicology	David Ake	daa75@miami.edu
Studio Jazz Writing	Gary Lindsay	glindsay@miami.edu
Vocal Pedagogy	Frank Ragsdale	f.ragsdale@umiami.edu
Vocal Performance	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)	Nichole Crenshaw	n.crenshaw@miami.edu
Adult- Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP)	Brenda Owusu	b.owusu@miami.edu
Doctor of Nursing Practice (BSN to DNP, Nurse Anesthesia)	Juan Enrique Gonzalez	juan.enrique.gonzalez@miami.edu,
Doctor of Nursing Practice (MSN to DNP)	Rosina Cianelli	rcianelli@miami.edu
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Joseph De Santis	jdesantis@miami.edu
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)	Juan Manuel Gonzalez	j.gonzalez48@miami.edu
Health Informatics	Martin Zdanowicz	mzdanowicz@miami.edu
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)	Deborah Salani	dsalani@miami.edu