Degree Program Contacts

College of Arts and Sciences

Phone: 901.678.5454, FAX: 901.678.4831
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/cas/
107 Scates Hall
Dr. Abby Parrill-Baker, Dean -- 901.678.5454, aparrill@memphis.edu
Roger Kreuz, PhD, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies -- 901.678.3372, rkreuz@memphis.edu
Stormey Warren, College Director of Graduate Studies, shutsell@memphis.edu

Department of Anthropology
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2080, FAX: 901.678.2069
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/anthropology/
316 Manning Hall 
Kathryn Hicks, Ph.D., Chair -- 901.678.2080, kahicks2@memphis.edu
Dr. Michael Perez , Graduate Studies Coordinator, mvperez@memphis.edu

Department of Biological Sciences
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2581
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/biology/
E-mail: grad_studies_coordinator@memphis.edu
201 Life Sciences
Dave Freeman, PhD, Chair
Shawn Brown, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator, spbrown2@memphis.edu

Department of Chemistry
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2621, FAX: 901.678.3447
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/chem/
210 Smith Chemistry
Paul Simone, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.3671, psimone@memphis.edu
Timothy Brewster, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.2692, tbrwster@memphis.edu

Department of City and Regional Planning, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2161, Fax: 901.678.4162
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/planning/
109 Browning
Charles Santo, PhD, Chair and Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.3566, casanto@memphis.edu

Department of Computer Science
Master Applicant Information |
Doctorate Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.5465, Fax: 901.678.1506
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/cs/
E-mail: csgrad@memphis.edu
375 Dunn Hall
Scott Fleming, PhD, Chair, sdflming@memphis.edu
Xiaofei Zhang, PhD, Graduate Admissions Director -- 901.678.2471, Xiaofei.Zhang@memphis.edu
Anna Brown, Program Update Form Approver -- 901.678.3685, bnbrown2@memphis.edu
Deepak Venugopal, PhD, Graduate Coordinator, dvngopal@memphis.edu
Myounggyu Won, PhD, Graduate Certificate in Data Science Coordinator, mwon@memphis.edu
Kan Yang, PhD, Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Coordinator, Kan.Yang@memphis.edu

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2737, Fax: 901.678.5279
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/cjustice/
311 Browning Hall 
Bert Burraston, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.4767, bbrrston@memphis.edu 
Dr. James McCutcheon, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.2737, jcmcctch@memphis.edu

Data Science
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.5259, Fax: 901.678.1506
Home page: www.memphis.edu/datascience
E-mail: datascience@memphis.edu
323 Dunn Hall/ 403B FedEx Institute of Technology
Vasile Rus, PhD,  MS Data Science Program Coordinator -- 901.678.5259, vrus@memphis.edu 

Department of Earth Sciences
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2177, FAX: 901.678.2178
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/earthsciences/
107 Johnson Hall 
Arleen Hill, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.2178, aahill@memphis.edu
Andrew Mickelson, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.4361, amicklsn@memphis.edu

Center for Earthquake Research & Information
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2007, FAX: 901.678.4734
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/ceri/
3890 Central Ave
Vadim Levin, PhD, Director -- 901.678.5583, vllevin@memphis.edu
Eunseo Choi,PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.4923, echoi2@memphis.edu

Department of English
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2651, FAX: 901.678.2226
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/english/
E-mail: ego@memphis.edu
467 Patterson Hall 
Terrence Tucker, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.3449, tttucker@memphis.edu
William Duffy, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.2653, weduffy@memphis.edu

Department of History
Applicant Information - Master's
Applicant Information - PhD
Phone: 901.678.2515, FAX: 901.678.2720
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/history/
219 Mitchell Hall 
Sarah Potter, Interim Chair Fall 2024 -- 901.678.2515, spotter1@memphis.edu 
Andrew Daily, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.2868, amdaily@memphis.edu

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2482, FAX: 901.678.2480
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/msci/
373 Windfield Dunn Hall 
Thomas Hagen, PhD, Interim Chair -- 901.678.2481, thagen@memphis.edu   
Randall McCutcheon, PhD, Graduate Coordinator for MATH-PhD programs.  Chair of Graduate Committee.  rmcctchn@memphis.edu 
Segun George, PhD, Graduate Coordinator for STAT-PhD and STST-MS programs.  eogeorge@memphis.edu  
Gisele Goldstein, PhD, Graduate Coordinator for MATH-MS programs in Applied Math and Math. ggoldste@memphis.edu  
Ben McCarty, PhD, Graduate Coordinator for MATH-MA and certificate programs in Teaching of Mathematics.  ben.mccarty@@memphis.edu  

Department of Philosophy
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2535, FAX: 901.678.4365
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/philosophy/
E-mail: philosophy@memphis.edu
337 Clement Hall 
Michael Monahan, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.2535, mjmnahan@memphis.edu
Daniel Smith, PhD, Graduate Admissions Director -- 901.678.2535, d.j.smith@memphis.edu
Daniel Smith, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.2535, d.j.smith@memphis.edu

Department of Physics and Materials Science
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2620, FAX: 901.678.4733
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/physics/
216 Manning Hall 
Firouzeh Sabri, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.2126, fsabri@memphis.edu
Xiao Shen, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.1668, xshen1@memphis.edu

Department of Political Science
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2395, FAX: 901.678.2983
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/polisci/
437 Clement Hall 
Matthias Kaelberer, PhD, Department Chair and Interim Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.2395, mkaelbrr@memphis.edu
Derefe Chevannes, PhD, Graduate Recruiting Coordinator -- 901.678.2395, dkchvnns@memphis.edu

Department of Psychology
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2145, FAX: 901.678.2579
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/psychology/
202 Psychology Building 
Randy G. Floyd, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.2146, rgfloyd@memphis.edu
Ryan Farmer, Director of the School MA and Education Specialist Degree Program, rlfarmer@memphis.edu
Helen J. Sable, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.4343, hjsable@memphis.edu

Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.3360; FAX 901.678.2981
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/padm/
Email: mpa@memphis.edu
235 Browning Hall
Sharon Wrobel, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.4720, swrobel@memphis.edu
Erin Nelson, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator and MNM Coordinator -- 901.678.5527-- knmenoff@memphis.edu 

Department of Sociology
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2611, FAX: 901.678.2525
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/sociology/ 
231 Clement Hall 
Wesley James, PhD, Chair, wljames1@memphis.edu
Gretchen Peterson, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator gpeterson@memphis.edu  

PhD in Urban Affairs, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Phone: 901-678-4090
Homepage: www.memphis.edu/suapp/urban-affairs
202 Browning Hall
Davia Downey PhD, Director -- 901.678.4090, dcdowney@memphis.edu

School of Social Work
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2616; FAX: 901.678.2981
Home Page:  www.memphis.edu/socialwork/
Susan Neely-Barnes, PhD, Chair --901.678.3438, snlybrns@memphis.edu

Susan Elswick, PhD, Interim Chair --901.678.1714, selswick@memphis.edu
Elena Delavega, PhD, DSW Program Coordinator -- mdlavega@memphis.edu
Katie Norwood, MSW Admissions Coordinator -- 901.678.3198, kknrwood@memphis.edu

School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Phone: 901-678-5023
Homepage: https://www.memphis.edu/suapp/
Email: suapp@memphis.edu
200 Browning Hall

Department of World Languages and Literatures
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2507
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/wll/
108 Jones Hall
Robert Kelz, PhD, Chair, rkelz@memphis.edu  
Ivan Ortega Santos, PhD, Graduate Advisor of Spanish, rtgsntos@memphis.edu
Denis D. Grele, PhD, Graduate Advisor of French, ddgrele@memphis.edu  

College of Communication and Fine Arts

Phone: 901.678.2350, FAX: 901.678.5118
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/ccfa/ Debra Burns, PhD, Dean, dsburns@memphis.edu
Lucas Charles, MGD, Interim Associate Dean and College Director of Graduate Studies, lcharles@memphis.edu

Department of Architecture
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2724, FAX: 901.678.1755
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/architecture/  404 Jones Hall 
Michael D. Hagge, MArch, MCRP, Chair, mdhagge@memphis.edu
Jennifer Barker, MArch, Coordinator of Graduate Studies, jlbrker1@memphis.edu

Department of Art and Design
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2216, FAX: 901.678.2735
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/artanddesign/
200 Art and Communication Building
Matthew Gaynor, MFA, Chair, mgaynor@memphis.edu
Rebecca M. Howard, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator, rmhward2@memphis.edu  

Arts Entrepreneurship
Phone: 901.678.5085
Home Page: https://www.memphis.edu/ccfa/artsentrepreneurship/artsentrepreneurship.php
232 Communication and Fine Arts Building
Lucas Charles, Graduate Certificate Coordinator -- 901.678.3196, lcharles@memphis.edu
Gregory Harris, Administrative Assistant -- 901.678.5085, gjharris@memphis.edu

Art Museum
Phone: 901.678.2224, FAX: 901.678.5118
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/amum/
E-mail: artmuseum@memphis.edu
142 Communication and Fine Arts Building
Leslie Luebbers, PhD, Director and Coordinator -- lluebbrs@memphis.edu
Graduate Certificate Program in Museum Studies

Department of Communication and Film
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2565, FAX: 901.678.4331
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/communication/
E-mail:  commdept@memphis.edu
212 Art and Communication Building
Wendy Atkins-Sayre, PhD, Chair, wendy.atkins-sayre@memphis.edu
Craig Stewart, PhD, Director of Graduate Studies -- craig.stewart@memphis.edu

Department of Journalism and Strategic Media
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2401, FAX: 901.678.4287
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/jrsm/
300 Meeman Journalism 
Matthew Haught, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.2402, mjhaught@memphis.edu
Robert Byrd, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.4521, rdbyrd@memphis.edu

Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2541, FAX: 901.678.3096
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/music/
Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center 2119
Albert Nguyen, DMA, Interim Director -- 901.678.3773, albert.nguyen@memphis.edu  
Josef Hanson, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.4402, josef.hanson@memphis.edu 

Department of Theatre and Dance
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2523, FAX: 901.678.1350
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/theatre/
E-mail: theatre@memphis.edu
143 Theatre Building
Jacob Allen, DMA, Chair, jgallen@memphis.edu
John Yorke, MFA, Graduate Studies Coordinator, Jyorke@memphis.edu

College of Education

Phone: 901.678.4265, FAX: 901.678.4778
Mike Miller, EdD, Dean 901.678.4265 mtmller6@memphis.edu
Stephen Zanskas, Associate Dean szanskas@memphis.edu 
Brittany Foster, Graduate Studies Coordinator 901.678.2363 bvfster1@memphis.edu

Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Research
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2841, FAX: 901.678.5114
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/cepr/
100 Ball Hall
Pamela Cogdal, PhD, Department Chair- 901.678.2841, pcogdal@memphis.edu

Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2365, FAX: 901.678.3881
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/icl/
E-Mail: icl-graduate-studies@memphis.edu
404 Ball Hall 
Sandra Nichols, PhD, Department Chair -- 901.678.2862, S.Cooley-Nichols@memphis.edu
Shelby Tate, Academic Service Associate -- 901.678.3921 state1@memphis.edu  

Department of Leadership
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2369
FAX: 901.678.0505
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/lead/
Email: leadership@memphis.edu
Location: 123 Ball Hall
Department Chair: Alison Happel-Parkins; 901-501-5724; aahappel@memphis.edu
Melynda Whitwell, Admissions --  901.678.2841, mdlong@memphis.edu

College of Health Sciences

Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.4316, FAX: 901.678.3591
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/healthsciences/ 
106 Elma Roane Field House
Richard J. Bloomer, PhD, Dean -- 901.678.3591, rbloomer@memphis.edu
Lawrence Weiss, EdD, CHS Director of Academic Programs, CHS Director of Graduate Programs, Coordinator for M.S. programs -- 901.678.3591, lweiss@memphis.edu
Tracy Bruen, DCN, RDN, EdD, Coordinator MS Clinical Nutrition program -- 901.678.3108, tracy.bruen@memphis.edu

College of Professional and Liberal Studies

Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.4056, FAX: 901.678.4049
Home Page: https://www.memphis.edu/cpls/ 
201 Brister Hall
Joanne Gikas, EdD, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies Coordinator, jgikas@memphis.edu 

Fogelman College of Business and Economics

Phone: 901.678.2432, FAX: 901.678.3759 
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/fcbe/  
All FCBE Graduate Programs 

Applicant information for all FCBE Graduate Programs

Robert P. Garrett, PhD, Dean  -- robert.garrett@memphis.edu 
Carmen Astorne, PhD, Associate Dean, Academic Programs & Research, Associate professor-- cmstrnfg@memphis.edu 
Sandra Richardson, PhD, Associate Dean for Faculty and Administration -- srchardsn@memphis.edu

Graduate Programs Office 
Phone: 901.678.3721

101 Fogelman Administration  
John Cicala, PhD, Director, MBA Programs --  j.cicala@memphis.edu 
Anna Myers, Advisor for MSIS program and all Certificates offered by MIS department -- ammyers@memphis.edu 
Emily Smith, Advisor for Professional MBA, Online MBA programs, and Advisor for General Business
Certificate -- emelonas@memphis.edu  
April Jones, Advisor for MSBA Finance, MS Accounting, and Financial Analysis and Planning Certificate -- Jhrris12@memphis.edu 

School of Accountancy 
Phone: 901.678.4569, FAX: 901.678.4282 
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/accountancy/ 
200 Fogelman Administration 
Nick Delener, PhD, Interim Director --  ndelener@memphis.edu 

James Lukawitz, PhD, Master's Program Coordinator -- jlukawtz@memphis.edu 
Nirmalee Raddatz, PhD, PhD Program Coordinator -- 901.678.4252, nraddatz@memphis.edu 

Department of Economics
Phone: 901.678.2785, FAX: 901.678.5380
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/economics/
400 Fogelman Administration
William Smith, PhD, Chair -- wtsmith@memphis.edu
Jamin D. Speer, PhD, Master's Program Coordinator -- jspeer@memphis.edu 
Joonhyung Lee, PhD, PhD Program Coordinator -- jlee17@memphis.edu

Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
Phone: 901.678.5930
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/finance/
402 Fogelman Administration
P.K. Jain, PhD, Chair, --, pjain@memphis.edu
Konstantin Sokolov, PhD, Finance PhD Program Coordinator -- ksokolov@memphis.edu

Department of Management
Phone: 901.678.4569, FAX: 901.678.4282
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/management/
202 Fogelman Administration
Kurt Kraiger, PhD, Chair -- kurt.kraiger@memphis.edu
James Vardaman, PhD, PhD Program Coordinator -- jvardamn@memphis.edu

Department of Management Information Systems
Phone: 901.678.4613, FAX: 901.678.4151
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/mis/
300 Fogelman Administration
Sandra Richardson, PhD, Interim Chair -- srchrdsn@memphis.edu
Huigang Liang, PhD, PhD Program Coordinator -- hliang1@memphis.edu

Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management
Phone: (901) 678-4613, FAX: 901.678.4151
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/mscm/
300 Fogelman Administration
Ernie Nichols, PhD, Chair, Supply Chain Management Advisor -- enichols@memphis.edu 

Susy Jaramillo, PhD, PhD Program Co-Coordinator -- mjchvrri@memphis.edu 
Alex Pratt, PhD, PhD Program Co-Coordinator -- abpratt@memphis.edu 

Herff College of Engineering

Phone: 901.678.2171, FAX: 901.678.4180
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/herff/
E-mail: rwmeier@memphis.edu
201 Engineering Admin Bldg. 
Dr. Okenwa Okoli, PhD, Dean-901.678.2171, o.okoli@memphis.edu 
Roger Meier, PhD, Director of Graduate Programs and College Director of Graduate Studies -- 901.678.3284, rwmeier@memphis.edu

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Phone: 901.678.3733, FAX: 901.678.5281
Home Page: https://www.memphis.edu/bme/academics/ 
330 Engineering Technology 
Joel D. Bumgardner, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.3733, jbmgrdnr@memphis.edu
John Williams, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.5485, jlwllm17@memphis.edu

Department of Civil Engineering
Phone: 901.678.2746, FAX: 901.678.3026
Home Page: https://www.memphis.edu/ce/future-students/msce.php 
104 Engineering Science 
Rouzbeh Nazari, PhhD, Chair- 901.678.3026, rnazari@memphis.edu  
Sabya Mishra, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator-901.678.5043 smishra3@memphis.edu  

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone: 901.678.2175, FAX: 901.678.5469
Home Page: https://www.memphis.edu/eece/programs/index.php 
206 Engineering Science 
Chrysanthe Preza, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.4369, cpreza@memphis.edu
Bonny Banerjee, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.4996, bbnerjee@memphis.edu

Department of Engineering Technology
Phone: 901.678.2225, FAX: 901.678.5145
Home Page: https://www.memphis.edu/et/current/grad.php 
203 Engineering Technology 
Scott Southall, MS, Chair -- 901.678.3980, ssouthll@memphis.edu
Kevin Berisso, PhD, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.4300, kberisso@memphis.edu

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: 901.678.2173, FAX: 901.678.3980
Home Page: https://www.memphis.edu/me/graduate/index.php 
312 Engineering Science 
Ali Fatemi, PhD, Chair -- 901.678.2257, afatemi@memphis.edu
Daniel Vincent Foti, Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.2580, dvfoti@memphis.edu

Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management

Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.2962 Fax: 901.678.0034
Homepage: www.memphis.edu/wilson/ 
330 Fogelman Drive, 4th Floor (Located in  the Fogelman Executive Center), Memphis, TN 38152-3020
Radesh Palakurthi, PhD, Dean -- 901.678.3430, rplkrthi@memphis.edu
Rui Qi, PhD, Director of Graduate Studies -- 901.678.4725,  rqi1@memphis.eduCarol Silkes, PhD, Hospitality Management Graduate Studies Coordinator -- 901.678.5699, csilkes@memphis.edu
Tim Ryan, PhD, Sport Commerce Graduate Studies Coordinator--901.678.5003, tdryan@memphis.edu
Deborah J. Thompson, Academic Advisor -- 901.678.8021, djthmps4@memphis.edu

Loewenberg College of Nursing

School of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.5800, FAX: 901.525.1282
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/csd/
E-mail: admissionscsd@memphis.edu
4055 North Park Loop, Memphis, TN 38152
Linda D. Jarmulowicz, PhD, Dean -- 901.678.5800, ljrmlwcz@memphis.edu
Lynda Feenaughty, Ph.D., College Director of Graduate Studies - 901.678.5800, lfnughty@memphis.edu

School of Public Health

Phone: 901.678.1706, FAX: 901.678.0372
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/sph/
232 Robison Hall
E-mail: sphadmissions@memphis.eduAshish Joshi, PhD, MBBS, MPH, Dean -- 901.678.1673, ajoshi7@memphis.edu
Marian Levy, DrPH, RD, FAND, Director of Graduate Studies -- 901.678.4514, mlevy@memphis.edu

Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences
PhD Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678-2794, FAX: 901.678.1715
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/sph/programs/
208 Robison Hall
PhD, Division Director -- 
Satish Kedia, PhD, Doctoral Coordinator -- 901.678.1433, skkedia@memphis.edu

Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health 
Master's Application Information | PhD Applicant Information | Dual Degree Programs
Phone: 901.678.2794, FAX: 901.678.1715
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/sph/programs/
208 Robison Hall
Hongmei Zhang, PhD, MS, Division Director -- 901.678.4707, hzhang6@memphis.edu
Xinhua Yu, MD, PhD, MS, Doctoral Coordinator -- 901.678.3433, xyu2@memphis.edu

MHA, EMHA, MPH, JD/MPH and Certificate Programs
Applicant Information
Phone: 901.678.1710, FAX: 901.678.0372
Home Page: www.memphis.edu/sph/programs/
225 Robison Hall
Shirl Sharpe, MS, Academic Services Coordinator -- 901.678.1710, ssharpe@memphis.edu