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Graduate Advisors

Graduate Advisors PhD Program
Director/Advisor		 Email
College of Business

Coordinator Wendy Casper wjcasper@uta.edu
PhD Program Advisor William Wright william.wright@uta.edu
Accounting (grad advisor) Terry Skantz tskantz@uta.edu
Finance (grad advisor) Salil Sarkar sarkar@uta.edu
Information Systems (grad advisor) Jingguo Wang jwang@uta.edu
Management (grad advisor) Myrtle Bell mpbell@uta.edu
Marketing (grad advisor) Ritesh Saini saini@uta.edu
College of Engineering

Bioengineering Julia Rockow, staff advisor rockow@uta.edu
Bioengineering Dr. Georgios Alexandrakis, faculty advisor galex@uta.edu
Civil Engineering Ernest Crosby ecrosby@uta.edu
Computer Science Engineering Dr. Bahram Khalili khalili@uta.edu

Ginger Dickens dickens@uta.edu

Erika Harvey CSEGradAdvising@uta.edu
Electrical Engineering William E. Dillon, dillon@uta.edu

Gail Paniuski paniuski@uta.edu
Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Victoria Chen vchen@uta.edu
Materials Science and Engineering Seong Jin Koh skoh@uta.edu
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Kamesh Subbarao (Aerospace), Seiichi Nomura (Mechanical) subbarao@uta.edu , nomura@uta.edu
College of Liberal Arts

English Neill Matheson matheson@uta.edu
History Kenyon Zimmer kzimmer@uta.edu
Linguistics Suwon Yoon suwon.yoon@uta.edu
College of Nursing and Health Innovation

Nursing DNP Danielle Rugg dnp@uta.edu
Nursing PhD Dr. Margaret Trevino trevinom@uta.edu
Kinesiology Matthew Brothers matthew.brothers@uta.edu
College of Science

Biology Matthew Walsh Matthew.walsh@uta.edu
Chemistry and Biochemistry Frank Foss chemgradadvisor@uta.edu
Earth and Environmental Science Max Hu maxhu@uta.edu
Mathematics Hristo Kojouharov hristo@uta.edu
Physics Muhammed Huda huda@uta.edu
Psychology Jared Kenworthy (Experimental Track) kenworthy@uta.edu

Marta Galvan (staff advisor) mgalvan@uta.edu

Yaun Bo Peng (Neuroscience Track) ypeng@uta.edu

Paul Paulus (IO and Health Tracks) paulus@uta.edu
School of Social Work

School of Social Work Aaron Hagedorn
aaron.hagedorn@uta.edu

Dr. Zhen Cong zhen.cong@uta.edu
College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs

Public Administration and Public Policy Barbara Saenz barbarasaenz@uta.edu

Karolyn Field
 kfield@uta.edu
Urban Planning and Public Policy Barbara Saenz barbarasaenz@uta.edu

Karolyn Field
 kfield@uta.edu



Graduate Advisors Master's Program
Director/Advisor		 Email
College of Nursing and Health Innovation

MSN program Adam Einsohn msnadvising@uta.edu

Starlett Mitchell msnadvising@uta.edu

Timara Spivey msnadvising@uta.edu

Luena Wilson msnadvising@uta.edu
Athletic Training, M.S. Non Thesis Laura Kunkel laura.kunkel2@uta.edu
Exercise Science, M.S. Mark Ricard ricard@uta.edu
College of Business

Accounting MS Sandra C Henderson schenderson@uta.edu
Professional Accounting M.P.A. Sandra C Henderson schenderson@uta.edu
Taxation M.S. Sandra C Henderson schenderson@uta.edu
Business Administration, MBA (Flexible Format) Emmanuel Garcia egarcia@uta.edu
Business Administration, MBA (Professional Cohort) Emmanuel Garcia egarcia@uta.edu
Business Administration, MBA Non-Degree Seeking Emmanuel Garcia egarcia@uta.edu
Executive M.B.A Emmanuel Garcia egarcia@uta.edu
Online MBA Emmanuel Garcia egarcia@uta.edu
Economic Data Analytics, M.S. CHRISTY SPIVEY cspivey@uta.edu
Quantitative Finance M.S Yu Dibing dibing.yu2@uta.edu
Real Estate M.S Sriram Villupiram srirarmv@uta.edu
Health Care Administration, M.S. Demetria Wilhite hcad@uta.edu
Information Systems, M.S. Carolyn Davis davisck@uta.edu
Human Resource Management, M.S. Tom Graca thomas.graca@uta.edu
Marketing Research, M.S Scott Hanson scott.hansons@uta.edu
College of Education and Health Professions

Ed. Leadership & Policy Studies, M.Ed. Courtney Jones courtney.jones@uta.edu
Ed. Curriculum & Instruction, M.Ed. Courtney Jones courtney.jones@uta.edu
Ed. Curriculum & Instruction M.Ed. Berhane Doilicho berhane.doilicho@uta.edu
Mind, Brain, and Education, M.Ed Non Thesis Berhane Doilicho berhane.doilicho@uta.edu
College of Engineering

Biomedical Engineering, M.S. Julie Rockow rockow@uta.edu
Civil Engineering, M.Engr. Fast Track Ernest Crosby ecrosby@uta.edu
Civil Engineering M.S. Ernest Crosby ecrosby@uta.edu
Civil Engineering, Non-Degree Seeking Ernest Crosby ecrosby@uta.edu
Computer Engineering, M.S. Sha'Londa Towns stowns@uta.edu
Software Engineering, M.SWEN. Sha'Londa Towns stowns@uta.edu
Computer Engineering, M.S. Sajib Datta sajib.datta@uta.edu

Erika Harvey CSEGradAdvising@uta.edu
Software Engineering, M.SWEN. Sajib Datta sajib.datta@uta.edu
Computer Engineering, M.S. Bahram Khalili khalili@uta.edu
Software Engineering, M.SWEN. Bahram Khalili khalili@uta.edu
Electrical Engineering, M.Engr. Non Thesis W. Alan Davis adavis@uta.edu
Electrical Engineering, M.S. W. Alan Davis adavis@uta.edu
Electrical Engineering, M.S. William E Dillion dillon@uta.edu
Electrical Engineering Gail Paniuski paniuski@uta.edu
Engineering Management, M.S. Sandra Williams sandra.williams@uta.edu
Systems Engineering, M.S. Sandra Williams sandra.williams@uta.edu
Industrial Engineering M.Engr. Sandra Williams sandra.williams@uta.edu
Industrial Engineering, M.S. Sandra Williams sandra.williams@uta.edu
Logistics, M.S. Sandra Williams sandra.williams@uta.edu
Materials Science and Engineering, M.Engr. Seong Jin Koh skoh@uta.edu
Materials Science and Engineering, M.S. Seong Jin Koh skoh@uta.edu
Aerospace Engineering, M.Engr. Kamesh Subbarao subbarao@uta.edu
Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Kamesh Subbarao subbarao@uta.edu
Mechanical Engineering, M.Engr. Seiichi Nomura nomura@uta.edu
Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Seiichi Nomura nomura@uta.edu
College of Liberal Arts

Art, M.F.A. Darryl J Lauster dlauster@uta.edu
Communications, M.A. Thomas Christie christie@uta.edu
Criminology and Criminal Justice, M.A. Jaya Davis jbdavis@uta.edu
English, M.A. Neill Matheson matheson@uta.edu
History, M.A. Stephanie Cole scole@uta.edu
Linguistics, M.A. Joseph Sabbagh sabbagh@uta.edu
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, M.A. Cynthia Kilatrick cynkil@uta.edu
Modern Languages, M.A. Amy Austin amaustin@uta.edu
Music Performance, M.M. Thesis Andrew Eldridge andrew.eldridge@uta.edu
Music, M.M. Andrew Eldridge andrew.eldridge@uta.edu
Political Science, M.A. Brent Sasley bsasley@uta.edu
Sociology, M.A. Thesis Heather Jacobson jacobson@uta.edu
College of Science

Biology, M.S. Paul Chippindale chippindale@uta.edu
Biology, M.S. Shawn Christensen shawnc@uta.edu
Chemistry, M.S. Frank Foss chemgradadvisor@uta.edu
Earth and Environmental Science, M.S. Max Hu maxhu@uta.edu
Geology, M.S. MERLYND K NESTELL nestell@uta.edu
Interdisciplinary Science, M.A. Gregory Hale grhale@uta.edu
Mathematics (General Mathematics), M.S. Hristo Kojouharov hristo@uta.edu
Mathematics (General Statistics), M.S. Hristo Kojouharov hristo@uta.edu
Mathematics, M.A. James Epperson Alvarez james.alvarez@uta.edu
M.A. program, math teaching James Epperson Alvarez james.alvarez@uta.edu
Physics, M.S. Qiming Zhang zhang@uta.edu
Physics, M.S. Muhammad Huda huda@uta.edu
Psychology, Experimental, M.S. Jared Kenworthy kenworthy@uta.edu
Psychology, Health/Neuroscience, M.S. Staff advisor Marta Galvan mgalvan@uta.edu
Psychology, Industrial and Organizational, M.S. Marta Galvan mgalvan@uta.edu
Psychology, Health/Neuroscience, M.S. Yuan Peng ypeng@uta.edu
Psychology, Industrial and Organization, M.S. Paul Paulus paulus@uta.edu
College of Social Work

Social Work, M.S.W. faculty advisor Regina Praetorius rtpraetorius@uta.edu
Social Work M.S.W. staff advisor Valerie Adame adamev@uta.edu
Social Work M.S.W. staff advisor Maresia Davis maresia.davis@uta.edu
College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs

Architecture, M.ARCH. Ana Peredo-Manor ampmanor@uta.edu
Landscape Architecture, M.L.A. Ana Peredo-Manor adamev@uta.edu
City & Regional Planning, M.CIRP. Barbara Saenz barbarasaenz@uta.edu
Urban Affairs & Policy, MUAP Barbara Saenz barbarasaenz@uta.edu
Public Administration, M.P.A. Karolyn Field kfield@uta.edu