Graduate Program Directors

Below is a listing of Graduate Program Directors by program as of May 5, 2023. To request updates, complete the Program Update Form under Program Director’s Resources.

Program Name Sub-Plan GPD First Name GPD Last Name GPD Email
Accounting – MAcc   Cynthia Teijeiro cteijeir@fiu.edu
Adult Ed / Human Res Dev – EDD   Ethan Kolek ekolek@fiu.edu
Adult Ed / Human Res Dev – MS   Tonette Rocco roccot@fiu.edu
Adult Geron Pri Nur Prac – MSN   Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
African & African Diaspora Stu   Andrea Queeley aqueeley@fiu.edu
Architecture – MArch   Henry Rueda Coronel hruedaco@fiu.edu
Art Education K-12 – MAT   David Chang changd@fiu.edu
Art Education- MS   David Chang changd@fiu.edu
Asian Studies – MA   Steven Heine heines@fiu.edu
Athletic Training – MS   Michelle Odai odaim@fiu.edu
Biochemistry – PhD   Fenfei Leng lengf@fiu.edu
Biology – MS   Laura Serbus lserbus@fiu.edu
Biology – PhD   Laura Serbus lserbus@fiu.edu
Biomedical Engineering – MS   Joshua Hutcheson jhutches@fiu.edu
Biomedical Engineering – PhD   Joshua Hutcheson jhutches@fiu.edu
Biomedical Science – PhD   Alexander Agoulnik aagoulni@fiu.edu
Business Administration – PhD   Yasemin Shirazi yshiraz@fiu.edu
Business Administration – PhD ACTING3 Miguel Aguirre-Urreta miaguirr@fiu.edu
Business Administration – PhD FNANCE2 Miguel Aguirre-Urreta miaguirr@fiu.edu
Business Administration – PhD INTLBUSN2 Arun Kumaraswamy akumaras@fiu.edu
Business Administration – PhD MANGMNT2 Miguel Aguirre-Urreta miaguirr@fiu.edu
Business Administration – PhD MARKTING3 Miguel Aguirre-Urreta miaguirr@fiu.edu
Business Administration – PhD MGTINFOSY2 Miguel Aguirre-Urreta miaguirr@fiu.edu
Business Analytics- MBA   Jessica Aristizabal jaristiz@fiu.edu
Chemistry – MS   Christopher Dares cdares@fiu.edu
Chemistry – PhD   Christopher Dares cdares@fiu.edu
Civil Engineering – MS   Armin Mehrabi amehrabi@fiu.edu
Civil Engineering – PhD   Armin Mehrabi amehrabi@fiu.edu
Cognitive Neuroscience – PhD   Shannon Dick sdick@fiu.edu
Comparative Sociology – PhD   Gail Hollander hollande@fiu.edu
Computer Engineering – MS   Hai Deng hdeng@fiu.edu
Computer Science – MS   Christian Poellabauer cpoellab@fiu.edu
Computer Science – PhD   Christian Poellabauer cpoellab@fiu.edu
Construction Management – MS   Mohamed Elzomor melzomor@fiu.edu
Counselor Education – MS   Valerie Dixon vdixon@fiu.edu
Creative Writing – MFA   Lester Standiford standifo@fiu.edu
Criminal Justice – MS   Rosa Chang rechang@fiu.edu
Curriculum and Instruct – MS   Keisha Mcintyre-Mccullough kemcinty@fiu.edu
Curriculum and Instruction-PHD   Elizabeth Cramer cramere@fiu.edu
Cybersecurity – MS   Christian Poellabauer cpoellab@fiu.edu
Cybersecurity Risk Mgmt-MBA   Diana Medina dimedina@fiu.edu
Data Science&Art Intell- MS   Christian Poellabauer cpoellab@fiu.edu
Design- MA   Henry Rueda Coronel hruedaco@fiu.edu
Dietetics and Nutrition – MS   Evelyn Enrione enrionee@fiu.edu
Dietetics and Nutrition – PhD   Catherine Coccia ccoccia@fiu.edu
Disaster Management – MA   Dulce Suarez dboza@fiu.edu
Doctor of Ath Training-DAT   Michelle Odai odaim@fiu.edu
Doctor of Design-DDes   Henry Rueda Coronel hruedaco@fiu.edu
Doctorate in Business Adm-DBA   Miguel Aguirre-Urreta miaguirr@fiu.edu
Downtown – MBA   Diana Medina dimedina@fiu.edu
Early Childhood Education – MS   Daniela Foerch dfoerch@fiu.edu
Earth Systems Science – PhD   Assefa Melesse melessea@fiu.edu
Economics – MA   Kazuyuki Miyagiwa kmiyagiw@fiu.edu
Economics – PhD   Kazuyuki Miyagiwa kmiyagiw@fiu.edu
Educational Lead Pol Stu – EDD   Ethan Kolek ekolek@fiu.edu
Educational Lead Pol Stu – EDD HIGHEDADM3 Ethan Kolek ekolek@fiu.edu
Educational Leadership – EDS   Jessica Heybach jheybach@fiu.edu
Educational Leadership – MS   Jessica Heybach jheybach@fiu.edu
Elec & Comp Eng – PhD   Habarakada Madanayake amadanay@fiu.edu
Electrical Engineering – MS   Hai Deng hdeng@fiu.edu
Engineering Management – MS   Shih-Ming Lee leesm@fiu.edu
Engineering and Comp Edu- PhD   Monica Cardella mcardell@fiu.edu
English – MA   Martha Schoolman mschoolm@fiu.edu
Environmental Engineering – MS   Armin Mehrabi amehrabi@fiu.edu
Environmental Studies – MS   Assefa Melesse melessea@fiu.edu
Envrion Policy & Mgmt – PSM   Krishnaswamy Jayachandran jayachan@fiu.edu
Exceptional Student Ed – EDD   Kyle Bennett kdbennet@fiu.edu
Executive MBA   Diana Medina dimedina@fiu.edu
Family Nurse Prac – MSN   Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
Finance – MSF   Isabel Lopez lopezi@fiu.edu
Flex MBA   Diana Medina dimedina@fiu.edu
Foreign Language Educ – MS   Eric Dwyer dwyere@fiu.edu
Forensic Science – MS   Julian Mendel jmendel@fiu.edu
Forensic Science Online – PSM   Max Houck mhouck@fiu.edu
Geosciences – MS   Assefa Melesse melessea@fiu.edu
Global & Sociocult Stud – PhD   Qing Lai qlai@fiu.edu
Global & Sociocult Studies-MA   Qing Lai qlai@fiu.edu
Global Affairs – MA   Malena Torres maltorre@fiu.edu
Health Services Admin – MHSA   Mariceli Comellas Quinones mcomella@fiu.edu
Higher Education Admin – MS   Ashley Kuntz akuntz@fiu.edu
Higher Education Admin – MS HEDONLINE Adam Duran-Leftin aduranle@fiu.edu
Higher Education- PhD   Ethan Kolek ekolek@fiu.edu
History – MA   Daniel Royles droyles@fiu.edu
History – PhD   Daniel Royles droyles@fiu.edu
Hlth Inform Analytics – MS   Tala Mirzaei tmirzaei@fiu.edu
Hlth Inform Mgmt Sys – MS   Claudia Packer cpacker@fiu.edu
Hospitality Management – MS   Dana Foligno dfoligno@fiu.edu
Human Resources Mgt – MS   Krystal Saleta ksaleta@fiu.edu
Information Systems – MS   Claudia Packer cpacker@fiu.edu
Information Technology -MS   Christian Poellabauer cpoellab@fiu.edu
Interior Architecture – MA   Newton Dsouza Prabhu ndsouza@fiu.edu
Interior Architecture – MIA   Newton Dsouza Prabhu ndsouza@fiu.edu
Internat Crime & Justice – PhD   Rosa Chang rechang@fiu.edu
International Business – MIB   Jessica Aristizabal jaristiz@fiu.edu
International MBA   Jessica Aristizabal jaristiz@fiu.edu
International Real Estate – MS   Isabel Lopez lopezi@fiu.edu
International Relations – PhD   Alexander Barder abarder@fiu.edu
International Studies – MA   Jin Zeng jzeng@fiu.edu
Internet of Things – MS   Hai Deng hdeng@fiu.edu
Intl and Intercultural Ed – MS   Hilary Landorf landorfh@fiu.edu
Kinesiology Exercise Sci – MS   Jason Kostrna jkostrna@fiu.edu
Landscape Architecture – MA   Roberto Rovira rovirar@fiu.edu
Landscape Architecture – MLA   Roberto Rovira rovirar@fiu.edu
Latin Amer Carib Studies – MA   Gabriela Hoberman ghoberma@fiu.edu
Liberal Studies – MA   Kiriake Xerohemona xerohemo@fiu.edu
Linguistics – MA   Shawn Christian shchrist@fiu.edu
Logi & Supply Chain Mgmt – MS   Gregory Maloney gmaloney@fiu.edu
Logistics Engineering – MS   Chin-Sheng Chen chenc@fiu.edu
Marketing – MS   Helen Cantos cantosh@fiu.edu
Mass Communication – MS   Aileen Izquierdo aiizquie@fiu.edu
Mass Communication – MS GLBSTCREA Grizelle De Los Reyes gdelosre@fiu.edu
Mass Communication – MS SPLJLACOL Jose Alejandro Alvarado jalvarad@fiu.edu
Mass Communication – MS SPLONLINE Jose Alejandro Alvarado jalvarad@fiu.edu
Mass Communication – MS SPNLJCOMB Jose Alejandro Alvarado jalvarad@fiu.edu
Mass Communication – MS SPNLNGJR Jose Alejandro Alvarado jalvarad@fiu.edu
Materials Sci and Engr – MS   Zhe Cheng zhcheng@fiu.edu
Materials Sci and Engr – PhD   Dwayne McDaniel mcdaniel@fiu.edu
Mathematical Sci – PhD   Hakima Bessaih hbessaih@fiu.edu
Mathematical Sciences – MS   Hakima Bessaih hbessaih@fiu.edu
Mechanical Engineering – MS   Zhe Cheng zhcheng@fiu.edu
Mechanical Engineering – PhD   Dwayne McDaniel mcdaniel@fiu.edu
Music – MM   Joel Galand galandj@fiu.edu
Music Education – MS   Joel Galand galandj@fiu.edu
Nurse Anesthetist – MSN   Jeffrey Groom groomj@fiu.edu
Nursing – MSN   Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
Nursing – MSN NURSEDU Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
Nursing – PhD   Tami Thomas tthomas@fiu.edu
Nursing Practice – DNP   Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
Nursing Practice – DNP DNPONLINE Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
Nursing Practice – DNP MSNDNPAA2 Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
Nursing Practice – DNP MSNDNPAC2 Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
Nursing Practice – DNP MSNDNPAF2 Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
Nursing Practice – DNP MSNDNPAN2 Jorge Valdes jvalde@fiu.edu
Nursing Practice – DNP MSNDNPAP2 Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
Occupational Therapy – MS   Lynne Richard lyrichar@fiu.edu
Ped Pri Care Nurse Prac – MSN   Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
Physical Therapy – DPT   Kuanchanok Tackoor ktackoor@fiu.edu
Physician Asst Studies – MPAS   Richard Ball rball@fiu.edu
Physics – MS   Jorge Rodriguez jrodrig@fiu.edu
Physics – PhD   Jorge Rodriguez jrodrig@fiu.edu
Political Science – MA   Eric Lob elob@fiu.edu
Political Science – PhD   Eric Lob elob@fiu.edu
Professional MBA   Diana Medina dimedina@fiu.edu
Professional MBA DOWNTOWN2 Diana Medina dimedina@fiu.edu
Professional MBA PMBAEXEC Diana Medina dimedina@fiu.edu
Professional MBA PMBAFLEX Diana Medina dimedina@fiu.edu
Professional MBA PMBAUC Sara Ormaza ormazas@fiu.edu
Professional MBA PMBAWEEKN Diana Medina dimedina@fiu.edu
Psyc Men Hlth Nur Prac – MSN   Michael Sanchez michsanc@fiu.edu
Psychology – MS   Shannon Dick sdick@fiu.edu
Psychology – PhD   Shannon Dick sdick@fiu.edu
Public Administration – MPA   Susannah Ali sali@fiu.edu
Public Affairs- PhD   Alexander Kroll akroll@fiu.edu
Public Health – MPH BIOSTATS Zoran Bursac zbursac@fiu.edu
Public Health – MPH BRBEHENV Alok Deoraj adeoraj@fiu.edu
Public Health – MPH ENVROCPHL Alok Deoraj adeoraj@fiu.edu
Public Health – MPH EPDEMIOL2 Vukosava Pekovic pekovic@fiu.edu
Public Health – MPH GENONLINE Yasenka Peterson ypeterso@fiu.edu
Public Health – MPH HLTPOMGT Donna Davis doedavi@fiu.edu
Public Health – MPH HTHPROMTN Rashida Biggs rbiggs@fiu.edu
Public Health – MPH INFDISEPI Vukosava Pekovic pekovic@fiu.edu
Public Health – MPH MCHDHLTH Melissa Howard mehoward@fiu.edu
Public Health – MPH MDMPHEPI2 Vukosava Pekovic pekovic@fiu.edu
Public Health – PhD BIOSTADAT Changwon Yoo cyoo@fiu.edu
Public Health – PhD BRBEHENV2 Jeremy Chambers jwchambe@fiu.edu
Public Health – PhD ENVROCPHL2 Jeremy Chambers jwchambe@fiu.edu
Public Health – PhD ENVTOXIC Jeremy Chambers jwchambe@fiu.edu
Public Health – PhD EPDEMIOL Gladys Ibanez gibanez@fiu.edu
Public Health – PhD HLTHDISP Elena Sebekos esebekos@fiu.edu
Public Health – PhD HLTHPROM Elena Sebekos esebekos@fiu.edu
Public Health – PhD HLTHSYSRES Alejandro Arrieta alejarri@fiu.edu
Reading/Literacy Education-MS   Maria Tsalikis tsalikim@fiu.edu
Recreation Sport Mgt – MS   Mido Chang midchang@fiu.edu
Religious Studies – MA   Albert Wuaku wuakua@fiu.edu
Rsrch Dsgn& Analysis Online-MS   Mido Chang midchang@fiu.edu
School Psychology – EDS   Mido Chang midchang@fiu.edu
Social Welfare – PhD   Richard Beaulaurier rbeaulau@fiu.edu
Social Work – MSW   Mary Helen Hayden haydenm@fiu.edu
Spanish – MA   Maida Watson watsonm@fiu.edu
Spanish – MA BAMASPAN2 Maida Watson watsonm@fiu.edu
Spanish – PhD   Maida Watson watsonm@fiu.edu
Special Education – MS   Liana Gonzalez lgonzal@fiu.edu
Speech Language Pathology – MS   Monica Hough mshough@fiu.edu
Statistics – MS   Hakima Bessaih hbessaih@fiu.edu
Teaching & Learning – EDS   Elizabeth Cramer cramere@fiu.edu
Teaching and Learning-PHD   Elizabeth Cramer cramere@fiu.edu
Telecom and Networking – MS   Christian Poellabauer cpoellab@fiu.edu
Urban Design – MA   David Rifkind drifkind@fiu.edu
Urban Education – MS   Martha Meyer mmeyer@fiu.edu
Visual Arts – MFA   Jennifer Printz jprintz@fiu.edu