Program & Department Contacts

Select a Program or Department below to visit their graduate program website.

For specific questions about a program, contact its Coordinator or Director of Graduate Studies (DGS).

For admissions-related questions, please contact the Coordinator in the department to which you are applying.

Program or Department	DGS	Coordinator
Anthropology	Steve Wernke (interim)	Crystal Jackson
Astrophysics	Jonathan Bird (interim)	Don Pickert and Alisha McCord
Biochemistry	Manuel Ascano	Patricia Mueller
Biological Sciences	Julian Hillyer	Brandon Harris
Biomedical Engineering	Craig Duvall	Peter Nordberg
Biomedical Informatics	Kim Unertl and Jessica Ancker	Rischelle Jenkins
Biomedical Science	James G. Patton	Jean St. Louis
Biostatistics	Ben French	Chazlie Miller
Cancer Biology	Jin Chen	Lorie Franklin
Cell & Developmental Biology	Andrea Page-McCaw	Lorie Franklin
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Jamey Young	Jenni Powell
Chemical & Physical Biology	Ivelin Georgiev	Patricia Mueller
Chemistry	David Cliffel	Tyler Kowalski
Civil Engineering	Dan Work	Jackie White
Community Research & Action	Brian Christens	Tonya Brown
Computer Science	Akos Ledeczi	Carrie Owen
Creative Writing	Major Jackson	Rene Colehour
Data Science	Jesse Blocher	Amber Douglass
Drug Discovery (4+1)	Gary Sulikowski
Earth & Environmental Sciences	David Furbish and Jessica Oster	Kevin Hooper
Economic Development	Kevin Huang	Brooke Talley
Economics	Mattias Polborn	Brooke Talley
Electrical and Computer Engineering	Alan Peters	Cassidy Slabaugh
English	Vera Kutzinski	Connor Abram
Environmental Engineering	Florence Sanchez	Jackie White
Epidemiology	Peter Rebeiro	Melissa Krasnove
French & Italian	Bob Barsky	Laura Dossett
German, Russian & East European Studies	Meike Werner	Laura Dossett
Health Policy	Stacie Dusetzina	Melissa Krasnove
Hearing & Speech Sciences	Todd Ricketts	currently vacant (contact DGS)
History	Ari Bryen	Madeline Trantham
History of Art and Architecture (4+1)	Sheri Shaneyfelt	Julia Kamasz
Human Genetics	Todd Edwards	Roz Johnson
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in the Biomedical Sciences	Barbara Fingelton	Carolyn Berry
Interdisciplinary Materials Sciences	Josh Caldwell	Sarah Ross
Latin American Studies	Gretchen Selcke	Alma Paz-Sanmiguel
Law & Economics	Kevin Stack	Amy Williams
Leadership & Policy Studies	Sean Corcoran	Rosie Moody
Learning, Teaching & Diversity	Heidi Carlone	Angie Saylor
Master of Liberal Arts & Science	Sheri Shaneyfelt
Mathematics	Alexander Powell	Patricia McCleskey
Mechanical Engineering	Eric Barth	Melody Kekez
Medical Scientist Training	Christopher Williams	Bryn Sierra
Medicine, Health & Society	JuLeigh Petty	Denise Malone
Microbe & Host Interactions	Maria Hadjifrangiskou	Liz Roelofsz
Molecular Pathology & Immunology	Jay Jerome	Liz Roelofsz
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Richard O'Brien	Bobbi Stidham
Neuroscience	Bruce Carter	Roz Johnson
Nursing Science	Mariann Piano (interim)	Heidi Bates
Pharmacology	Christine Konradi	Bobbi Stidham
Philosophy	Scott Aikin	Laura Dossett
Physics & Astronomy	Vicki Greene	Don Pickert and Alisha McCord
Political Science	Emily Ritter	Shantera Rice
Psychology	Thomas Palmeri	Erin Duran
Psychology & Human Development	David Cole	Alexandra Armstead
Quantitative & Chemical Biology	Ray Blind and Vito Quaranta	Carolyn Berry
Religion	James Byrd, Jr.	Mike Zimmerman
Sociology	Josh Murray	Crystal Jackson
Spanish & Portuguese	Christina Karageorgou	Laura Dossett
Special Education	Robert Hodapp	Vahideh Ahlhauser
Four-Plus-One Programs	Carrie Russell
Peabody Director of Graduate Admissions		Kim Brazil
Updated September 2022