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

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	Thomas Goodmann	tgoodmann@miami.edu
Geography	Imelda Moise	moise@miami.edu
Geospatial Technology	Imelda Moise	moise@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 Lilian Yaffe	rgrant@miami.edu l.yaffe@umiami.edu
Latin American Studies	William Pestle	w.pestle@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	Maria Llabre	mllabre@med.miami.edu
Security Management	Bradford McGuinn	bmcguinn@miami.edu
Sociology	John Murphy	j.murphy@miami.edu
Studio Art	Nathan Timpano	ntimpano@miami.edu
Urban Sustainability and Resilience	Imelda Moise Sonia Chao	moise@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 Daniel McGibney	dlehmann@bus.miami.edu dmcgibney@bus.miami.edu
Corporate Finance	Lorenzo Naranjo Michael Fuerst	lnaranjo@bus.miami.edu mfuerst@bus.miami.edu
Economics	Christopher Parmeter	cparmeter@bus.miami.edu
Executive MBA in Health Management and 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
Financial Decision Making	Lorenzo Naranjo Michael Fuerst	lnaranjo@bus.miami.edu mfuerst@bus.miami.edu
Global Executive MBA	Harihara Natarajan	hari@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	Joseph Ganitsky	jganit@bus.miami.edu
J.D./M.B.A Program	Sandra Abraham Tie Su	sabraham@law.miami.edu tsu@bus.miami.edu
Leadership	Sheryl Alonso Marisol Capellan	s.alonso@miami.edu mcapellan@miami.edu
Professional Accounting	Seth Levine	slevine@bus.miami.edu
Professional MBA	Robert Plant	rplant@bus.miami.edu
Professional MBA (Online)	Henrik Cronqvist	hcronqvist@bus.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	Cong Li	congli@miami.edu
Communication Studies	Cong Li	congli@miami.edu
Interactive Media	Cong Li	congli@miami.edu
Journalism	Cong Li	congli@miami.edu
Media Management	Cong Li	congli@miami.edu
Motion Pictures	Cong Li	congli@miami.edu
Public Relations	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	Isaac Prilleltensky	isaacp@miami.edu
Community and Social Change	Ashmeet Oberoi	a.oberoi@miami.edu
Counseling Psychology	Blaine Fowers	bfowers@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	Carol-Anne Phekoo	cphekoo@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	Ji Shen	j.shen@miami.edu
Education and Social Change	Mary Avalos	mavalos@miami.edu
Special Education	Wendy Cavendish	wcavendish@miami.edu
Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Bilingual Education	Wendy Cavendish	wcavendish@miami.edu
Early Childhood 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
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/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, and 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
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
Marine Ecosystems and Society	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	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	Xiang-Xi "Mike" Xu	xxu2@med.miami.edu
Neuroscience	Coleen Atkins	catkins@med.miami.edu
Prevention Science and Community Health	Seth Schwartz	SSchwartz@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
Arts Leadership	Reynaldo Sanchez	rsanchez@miami.edu
Arts Management	Reynaldo Sanchez	rsanchez@miami.edu
Arts Presenting Fundamentals	Reynaldo Sanchez	rsanchez@miami.edu
Arts Presenting and Live Entertainment Management	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)	Dante Luciani	d.luciani@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)	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)	Laura Sherman	lsherman@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
Instrumental Performance (Woodwinds)	Margaret Donaghue	mdonaghue@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	Reynaldo Sanchez	rsanchez@miami.edu
Media Writing and Production	Carlos Rivera	riveramusic@miami.edu
Multiple Woodwinds	Margaret Donaghue	mdonaghue@miami.edu
Music Business and Entertainment Industries	Serona Elton	selton@miami.edu
Music Business Fundamentals	Reynaldo Sanchez	rsanchez@miami.edu
Music Education	Stephen Zdzinski	szdzinski@miami.edu
Music Engineering Technology	Will Pirkle	wpirkle@miami.edu
Music Entrepreneurship	Reynaldo Sanchez	rsanchez@miami.edu
Music Rights Administration and Licensing	Reynaldo Sanchez	rsanchez@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	Reynaldo Sanchez	rsanchez@miami.edu
Vocal Jazz Performance	Kathryn Reid	kreid@miami.edu
Vocal Pedagogy and Performance	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)	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)	Juan Enrique Gonzalez	juan.enrique.gonzalez@miami.edu
Nursing Practice (M.S.N. to D.N.P.)	Mary Hooshmand	mhooshmand@miami.edu
Nursing Science	Charles Downs	cxd826@miami.edu
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)	Deborah Salani	dsalani@miami.edu

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