Graduate Program Directors

School of Architecture

Dean Rodolphe el-Khoury

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Architecture (M.S.Arch.)	Germane Barnes	g.barnes@miami.edu
Architecture (Professional Degree, 2-Year Track)	Germane Barnes	g.barnes@miami.edu
Architecture (Professional Degree, 3-Year Track)	Germane Barnes	g.barnes@miami.edu
Classical Architecture	Victor Deupi	vdeupi@miami.edu
Construction Management	Esber Andiroglu	e.andiroglu@miami.edu
Construction Management (Executive Program)	Esber Andiroglu	e.andiroglu@miami.edu
Design for Health and Well Being	Deborah Franqui	dafranqui@miami.edu
Historic Preservation	Jorge Hernandez	jhernandez@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	Sarbeswar Praharaj	spraharaj@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	David Forrest Lydia Light	DForrest@med.miami.edu lydialight@miami.edu
Biology	Christopher Searcy	cas383@miami.edu
Chemistry	Jamie Walls	jwalls@miami.edu
Computer Science	Ubbo Visser	u.visser@miami.edu
Creative Writing	Kei Miller	keimiller@miami.edu
Criminology and Criminal Justice	Nick Petersen	npetersen@miami.edu
Data Science	Mitsunori Ogihara	m.ogihara@miami.edu
English	Kelly Baker Josephs	kbjosephs@miami.edu
Geography	Justin Stoler	stoler@miami.edu
Geospatial Technology	Justin Stoler	stoler@miami.edu
Global Health and Society	TBD	TBD
History	Edmund Abaka	e.abaka@miami.edu
International Administration	Bradford McGuinn	bmcguinn@miami.edu
International Studies	Richard Grant	rgrant@miami.edu
Latin American Studies	Eduardo Elena	edelena@miami.edu
Liberal Studies	George Wilson	gwilson1@miami.edu
Mathematics	Mingliang Cai	m.cai@math.miami.edu
Mathematical Finance	Mingliang Cai	m.cai@math.miami.edu
Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies	Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel	ymm34@miami.edu
Philosophy	Otávio Bueno	obueno@miami.edu
Physics	Sheyum Syed	s.syed@miami.edu
Public Administration	Cali Curley	calicurley@miami.edu
Public Policy	Cali Curley	calicurley@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	Nathan Timpano	ntimpano@miami.edu
Sustainable Development	Justin Stoler	stoler@miami.edu
Urban Sustainability and Resilience	Justin Stoler	stoler@miami.edu

Business School

Dean Paul A. Pavlou

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Accelerated MBA	Marianna Makri	mmakri@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 (Executive D.B.A.)	Angelika Dimoka	dimoka@miami.edu
Business (Ph.D.)	Claudia Townsend	ctownsend@bus.miami.edu
Business Analytics	Daniel McGibney Jigar Patel	dmcgibney@bus.miami.edu jigar.patel@bus.miami.edu
Business Technology (Online)	Alexander Korogodsky	alex.korogodsky@miami.edu
Corporate Finance	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Corporate Finance (Online)	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Economics (Ph.D.)	Stefania Albanesi	stefania.albanesi@miami.edu
Entrepreneurship	TBD	TBD
Executive MBA in Health Management and Policy	Steven Ullmann	sullmann@bus.miami.edu
Finance	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Finance (Online)	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Financial Decision Making	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Global Executive MBA	Sundaresh Ramnath	ramnath@bus.miami.edu
Master of Health Administration in Health Management and Policy	Danielle Ellerbe	daniellecellerbe@miami.edu
Hybrid MBA	Ola Henfridsson	ohenfridsson@miami.edu
Hybrid MBA (Online)	Ola Henfridsson	ohenfridsson@miami.edu
International Business	Chei Hwee Chua	cchua@miami.edu
Investment Banking	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Investments and Trading	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Investments and Trading (Online)	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
J.D./M.B.A Program	Ann Olazabal	aolazabal@bus.miami.edu
Leadership	Marie Dasborough	mdasborough@bus.miami.edu
M.D./M.B.A. Program	Steven Ullmann	sullmann@bus.miami.edu
Management	Linda Neider	lneider@bus.miami.edu
Marketing	TBD	TBD
Quantitative Finance	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Real Estate Investment and Finance	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Real Estate Investment and Finance (Online)	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Supply Chain	TBD	TBD
Sustainable Business	David Kelly	dkelly@bus.miami.edu
Taxation	Daniel Medina	dmedina@bus.miami.edu
The Miami MBA	Marianna Makri	mmakri@bus.miami.edu
Wealth Management	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu
Wealth Management (Online)	Tie Su	tsu@bus.miami.edu

School of Communication

Interim Dean Alyse Lancaster

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Advertising	Monica Duran	msd36@miami.edu
Communication	Michelle Seelig	mseelig@miami.edu
Communication for Global Social Change	Jyotika Ramaprasad	jyotika@miami.edu
Communication Studies	Nicholas Carcioppolo	n.carcioppolo@miami.edu
Creative Technologies and Interactive Arts	Lorena Lopez Kim Grinfeder (interim)	llopez@miami.edu grinfeder@miami.edu
Documentary	Sanjeev Chatterjee	sanjeev@miami.edu
Experience and Information Design	Barbara Millet	bmillet@miami.edu
Journalism	Sallie Hughes Trevor Green	shughes@miami.edu trevorgreen@miami.edu
Media Management	Michel Dupagne	dupagnem@miami.edu
Motion Pictures	Rafal Sokolowski	rsokolowski@miami.edu
Public Relations	Weiting Tao	weiting.tao@miami.edu

School of Education and Human Development

Dean Laura Kohn-Wood

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Educational and Psychological Studies
Community Well-Being	Scotney Evans	s.evans4@miami.edu
Counseling Psychology	Laura Kohn-Wood	l.kohnwood@miami.edu
Counseling: Mental Health Counseling	Terilee Wunderman	tow18@miami.edu
Data Analytics and Program Evaluation	Soyeon Ahn	s.ahn@miami.edu
Data Management and Statistic Analysis	Soyeon Ahn	s.ahn@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
Program Evaluation	Soyeon Ahn	s.ahn@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
Sport Science and Data Analytics	Brian Biagioli	b.biagioli@miami.edu
Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning	Bruce Baker	bdb119@miami.edu
Applied Learning Sciences	Jennifer Kahn	jkahnthorne@miami.edu
Education and Social Change	Jennifer Krawec	krawec@miami.edu
Special Education	Jennifer Krawec	krawec@miami.edu

College of Engineering

Interim Dean Vincent Omachonu

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Architectural Engineering	Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos	landolfrb@miami.edu
Biomedical Engineering	Alicia Jackson	a.jackson2@miami.edu
Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering (M.S.)	Virender Sharma	vks38@miami.edu
Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering (Ph.D.)	Helena Solo-Gabriele	hmsolo@miami.edu
Civil Engineering	Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos	landolfrb@miami.edu
Construction Management	Esber Andiroglu	e.andiroglu@miami.edu
Electrical and Computer Engineering	Sakhrat Khizroev	skhizroev@miami.edu
Engineering Management (Online)	Murat Erkoc	merkoc@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
Materials Engineering	Dibyendu Mukherjee	dxm1936@miami.edu
Mechanical Engineering	Emrah Celik	e.celik@miami.edu
Medical Physics	Weizhao Zhao	wzhao@med.miami.edu
Neural Engineering	Abhishek Prasad	a.prasad@miami.edu
Ocean Engineering	Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos Brian Haus	landolfrb@miami.edu bhaus@miami.edu
Product Design	Samiul Amin Murat Erkoc	sxa2026@miami.edu merkoc@miami.edu
Software Engineering	Sakhrat Khizroev	skhizroev@miami.edu
Sports Engineering	Francesco Travascio	f.travascio@miami.edu
Sustainable Construction	Esber Andiroglu	e.andiroglu@miami.edu
Sustainable Construction (Online)	Esber Andiroglu	e.andiroglu@miami.edu

Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Dean Benjamin Kirtman

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Applied Carbonate Geology	Gregor Eberli	geberli@miami.edu
Atmospheric Sciences	Cassandra Gaston	cgaston@miami.edu
Marine Biology and Ecology	Chris Langdon	clangdon@earth.miami.edu
Environmental Science and Policy	Jennifer Jacquet	jjacquet@miami.edu
Marine Geosciences	Amanda Oehlert	aoehlert@miami.edu
Meteorology and Physical Oceanography	Brian Mapes	bmapes@miami.edu
Ocean Sciences	Roland Romeiser	rromeiser@miami.edu
MPS Programs	Evan D’Alessandro	edalessandro@earth.miami.edu

Miller School of Medicine

Dean Henri Ford

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (M.S.)	Sapna Deo	sdeo@med.miami.edu
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Ph.D.)	Zafar Nawaz	znawaz@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	Laura Bianchi	l.bianchi@med.miami.edu
Clinical and Translational Investigation	Tatjana Rundek Tulay Koru-Sengul	trundek@med.miami.edu tsengul@med.miami.edu
Clinical and Translational Investigation	Ayham Alkhachroum (Co-Director)	axa2610@med.miami.edu
Epidemiology	WayWay Myaing Hlaing	whlaing@med.miami.edu
Executive Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Feng Gong	fgong@med.miami.edu
Genomic Medicine (M.D./M.S.)	Susan Halloran Blanton	sblanton@med.miami.edu
Global Medical Sciences	Elahe Nezami	exn396@med.miami.edu
Health Professions Education (Online)	Adrian Reynolds	a.reynolds1@miami.edu
Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control	Adriana Jimenez	axj200@miami.edu
Human Genetics and Genomics	Susan Halloran Blanton	sblanton@med.miami.edu
M.D./Ph.D. Program	Alessia Fornoni Daniel Liebl	afornoni@med.miami.edu dliebl@med.miami.edu
Medical Radiation Dosimetry	Joseph Both	jboth@med.miami.edu
Microbiology and Immunology	Zhibin Chen	zchen@med.miami.edu
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology	Vladlen Slepak	vslepak@med.miami.edu
Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology	Daniel Pelaez	dpelaez@med.miami.edu
Neuroscience	Roberta Brambilla	rbrambilla@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.)	George Munson	gmunson@miami.edu
Programs in Biomedical Sciences (M.S.)	Arun Malhotra	amalhotra@med.miami.edu
Public Health	Victor Daniel Rosenthal	vdr21@med.miami.edu
Public Health (Online)	Elahe Nezami	exn396@med.miami.edu
Physical Therapy (Ph.D.)	Lawrence Cahalin	l.cahalin@miami.edu
Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)	Neva 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

Interim Vice Dean Serona Elton

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Artist Development	Raina Murnak	r.murnak@umiami.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	Matthew Brady	mdb306@miami.edu
Composition	Shawn Crouch (interim)	s.crouch@miami.edu
Digital Audio and Music Technology	Christopher Bennett	bennett@miami.edu
Instrumental Conducting (Band)	Michael Hancock	m.hancock2@umiami.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)	John Daversa	j.daversa@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 (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 - Horn (Classical)	Richard Todd	r.todd@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Guitar (Classical)	Brian Powell	bpowell@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Harp (Classical)	Jennifer Grim	jxg1867@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)	Brian Powell	bpowell@miami.edu
Instrumental Performance - Violin (Classical)	Brian Powell	bpowell@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	Naoko Takao	n.takao@miami.edu
Keyboard Performance and Pedagogy	Naoko 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	Camilo Rodriguez	camilorodriguez@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	Christopher Bennett	bennett@miami.edu
Music Entrepreneurship	Reynaldo Sanchez	rsanchez@miami.edu
Music Rights Administration and Licensing	Serona Elton	selton@miami.edu
Music Therapy	Teresa Lesiuk	tlesiuk@miami.edu
Musicology	Melvin Butler	mlb267@miami.edu
Popular Music Pedagogy	Raina Murnak	r.murnak@umiami.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 Hudson Santos

Program	Program Director	E-Mail
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP)	Carmen Presti	c.presti@miami.edu
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP)	Brenda Owusu	b.owusu@miami.edu
Clinical Research Management	TBD	TBD
Clinical Research Management (Certificate)	TBD	TBD
Clinical Research Standards (Certificate)	TBD	TBD
Family Nurse Practitioner	Yhovanna Gordon	yxg903@miami.edu
Implementation Science (Online)	Audrey Harkness	aharkness@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.)	Anthony Umadhay	lau3@miami.edu
Nursing Science	Victoria Behar-Zusman	vbehar-zusman@miami.edu
Nursing Science (Online)	Victoria Behar-Zusman	vbehar-zusman@miami.edu
Oncology Nurse Practitioner	Jessica MacIntyre	jmacintyre@med.miami.edu
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)	Deborah Salani	dsalani@miami.edu

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