Grad School Staff + Dept. Directories
Please feel free to contact the Graduate School team with your questions and concerns. Below you will find contact information for our core staff, as well as department chairs and graduate coordinators for signing academic forms.
Graduate School Core Staff
Emeline Lees
Director of the Graduate School & Interdisciplinary Studies
Eielson Building 202
Phone: 907-474-7319
Email: ehjones@alaska.edu
Alexis Walker
Program Coordinator
Eielson Building 202
Phone: 907-474-7464
Email: amwalker8@alaska.edu
Mike Earnest
Student Success Coordinator
Eielson Building 202
Phone: 907-474-7032
Email: wmearnest@alaska.edu
Graduate Department Directories
Review the active listings below to locate Department Chairs, Graduate Coordinators, and Deans for each respective college.
College Dean: Cameron Carlson, Associate Dean (Delegated Signing Authority) | Phone: 907-474-7461 | Email: cdcarlson@alaska.edu
Master’s of Healthcare Management and Leadership (MHML)
- • Director/Chair: Arena Morillo-Herrin (907-474-5991, admorilloherrin@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Angel Buchanan (907-474-5527, aebuchanan@alaska.edu)
Master of Security and Disaster Management (MSDM)
- • Director/Chair: John Pennington (907-474-5797, jepennington@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Angel Buchanan (907-474-5527, aebuchanan@alaska.edu)
Master’s of Business Administration (MBA)
- • Director/Chair: Dr. Lily Dong (907-474-1993, cdong3@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Angel Buchanan (907-474-5527, aebuchanan@alaska.edu)
College Dean: Dr. William Schnabel | Phone: 907-474-7730 | Email: weschnabel@alaska.edu
Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering
- • Chair: Nathan Belz (907-474-5765, npbelz@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Jill Riddle (907-474-7241, jariddle@alaska.edu)
Computer Science
- • Chair: Dr. Jon Genetti (907-474-5891, jdgenetti@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Jocelyn Hairston (907-474-2773, jchairston@alaska.edu)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- • Chair: Dr. Dejan Raskovic (907-474-5256, draskovic@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Jocelyn Hairston (907-474-2773, jchairston@alaska.edu)
Mechanical Engineering
- • Chair: Dr. Rorik Peterson (907-474-5593, rapeterson@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Nicole Dufour (907-474-7136, nmdufour@alaska.edu)
Mining and Mineral Engineering
- • Chair: Dr. Tathagata Ghosh (907-474-6022, tghosh@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Jill Riddle (907-474-7241, jariddle@alaska.edu)
Petroleum Engineering
- • Chair: Dr. Abhijit Dandekar (907-474-6904, adandekar@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Nicole Dufour (907-474-7136, nmdufour@alaska.edu)
College Dean (Dissertations & Theses): Dr. Bradley Moran | Phone: 907-474-7210 | Email: sbmoran@alaska.edu
Associate Dean (All Other Forms): Dr. Ana Aguilar-Islas | Phone: 907-474-1524 | Email: amaguilarislas@alaska.edu
Oceanography
- • Chair: Dr. Russell Hopcroft (907-474-7842, rrhopcroft@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Christina Sutton (907-474-6926, clsutton3@alaska.edu)
Marine Biology
- • Chair: Dr. Katrin Iken (907-474-5192, kbiken@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Christina Sutton (907-474-6926, clsutton3@alaska.edu)
Fisheries
- • Chair: Dr. Megan McPhee (907-796-5464, mvmcphee@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Christina Sutton (907-474-6926, clsutton3@alaska.edu)
College Dean: Dr. Carrie Baker (Interim Dean) | Phone: 907-474-7231 | Email: ccbaker@alaska.edu
Anthropology
- • Chair: Dr. Ben Potter (907-474-7567, bapotter@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Petra M. Banks (907-474-6755, pmbanks@alaska.edu)
Arctic and Northern Studies
- • Chair: Dr. Brandon Boylan (907-474-6503, bmboylan@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Laura Schneider (907-474-7126, llschneider@alaska.edu)
Art
- • Chair & Interim Coordinator: Dr. Zoe M. Jones (907-474-7726, zjones@alaska.edu)
Communication
- • Chair & Coordinator: Dr. Amy May (907-474-6591, amay11@alaska.edu)
English
- • Chair: Dr. Sarah Stanley (907-474-7193, sstanley2@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Gwendolyn Retterer (907-474-7193, geretterer@alaska.edu)
Justice Program
- • Chair: Jeffrey May (907-474-5715, jdmay@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Jerry Babcock (907-474-5463, babcock3@alaska.edu)
Linguistics
- • Chair: Robin Shoaps (907-474-6884, rashoaps@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinators: Patrick Marlow (907-474-7446, pemarlow@alaska.edu) & Laura Schneider (907-474-7126, uaf-globallang@alaska.edu)
College Dean: Dr. Karsten Hueffer | Phone: 907-474-5171 | Email: khueffer@alaska.edu
Atmospheric Sciences
- • Chair: Dr. Richard Collins (907-474-7607, rlcollins@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Lynnette Dunn (907-474-7565, lddunn@alaska.edu)
Biology and Wildlife
- • Biology Chair: Dr. Diana Wolf (907-474-5538, dewolf@alaska.edu)
- • Wildlife Chair: Dr. Greg Breed (907-474-1835, gabreed@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Rachel Elmer (907-474-7959, raelmer@alaska.edu)
Chemistry & Biochemistry
- • Chair: Dr. Bill Simpson (907-474-7235, wrsimpson@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Mariah Hood (907-474-5510, mdhood@alaska.edu)
Geosciences
- • Co-Chairs: S. Fowell & S. Regan (907-474-7565, sjfowell@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Lynnette Dunn (907-474-7565, lddunn@alaska.edu)
Mathematics & Statistics
- • Chair: Dr. Leah Berman (907-474-7123, lwberman@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Kellie Dolan (907-474-7332, kmdolan@alaska.edu)
Natural Resources & Environment
- • Chair: Dr. Peter Fix (907-474-6926, pjfix@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Cathy Donaldson (907-474-7095, cdonaldson@alaska.edu)
Physics
- • Chair: Dr. Martin Truffer (907-474-5359, mtruffer2@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Liya Billa (907-474-7339, lkbilla@alaska.edu)
College Dean: Teisha Simmons | Phone: 907-474-7143 | Email: tmsimmons@alaska.edu
Center for Cross Cultural Studies
- • Chair: Dr. Chris Cannon (907-474-1902, cmcannon2@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Laurie Trotta (907-474-1902, ltrotta@alaska.edu)
Alaska Native Studies & Rural Development
- • Chair: Josie Sam (907-474-6528, jsam10@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Laurie Trotta (907-474-1902, ltrotta@alaska.edu)
Center for One Health
- • Interim Chair: Jessica Black (907-474-7438, jcblack@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Laurie Trotta (907-474-1902, ltrotta@alaska.edu)
College Dean: Dr. Douglas Cost | Phone: 907-474-7341 | Email: dscost@alaska.edu
Department of Counseling
- • Chair: Dr. Amy Broadwater (907-474-7341, arbroadwater01@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Laurie Hueffer (907-474-7341, lhueffer@alaska.edu)
Department of Elementary Education
- • Chair: Samantha Broyer (907-474-7341, sbroyer2@alaska.edu)
- • Graduate Coordinator: Laurie Hueffer (907-474-7341, lhueffer@alaska.edu)