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Faculty and Staff Directory

College Offices

Dean's Office

Name Title Email Phone Office
William Pitney Acting Dean wpitney@niu.edu 815-753-1163 Graham 321
Todd Gilson Associate Dean of Research, Resources and Innovation tgilson@niu.edu 815-753-9399 Graham 320
David Walker Associate Dean for Academic Affairs dawalker@niu.edu 815-753-7886 Graham 325
Melissa Ouimette Administrative Assistant to the Dean mouimette@niu.edu 815-753-9057 Graham 321

Office for Student Success

Name Title Email Phone Office
Christopher Lowe Director for Student Success clowe@niu.edu 815-753-5718 Gabel 138
Alex Owens Assistant Director aowens3@niu.edu 815-753-9034 Gabel 138
Allie Shirar Office Manager ashirar@niu.edu  815-753-8352 Gabel 138
Kimberly Green Elementary Education Advisor kgreen@niu.edu 815-753-8357 Gabel138C
Chris Lowe Middle Level Teaching and Learning Advisor clowe@niu.edu 815-753-2644 Gabel 138B
Nick Slicer Graduate Advisor nslicer@niu.edu 815-753-7948 Gabel 152D
Alex Owens Undergraduate LBS-1, Early Childhood Education and Vision Candidate Advisor aowens3@niu.edu 815-753-9034 Gabel 161C
Kate Donohue Graduate Advisor cdonohue@niu.edu 815-753-1997 Gabel 161E

Learning Partnerships

Name Title Email Phone Office
Jason Klein Senior Director of Learning Partnerships jason.klein@niu.edu N/A Graham 329
Phil Corvino Director of Education Partnerships and Learning Solutions pcorvino@niu.edu 815-753-1864 Graham 321
Tim Dohrer Research Specialist tdohrer@niu.edu 815-753-1034 Monat 152

Technology Innovation Learning Services

Name Title Email Phone Office
Dan Hyde Manager dshyde@niu.edu 815-753-9335 Graham 431
George Babos IT Support Associate gbabos@niu.edu 815-753-9109 Graham 431
Margaret Thacker Office Manager mthacker@niu.edu 815-753-8354 Gabel 08H

Morgridge Endowed Chair Office

Name Title Email Phone Office
Laura Hedin Morgridge Endowed Chair lhedin@niu.edu 815-753-8421 Gabel 159D

Finance and Operations

Name Title Email Phone Office
Jonathan Cook Director of Finance and Operations jcook7@niu.edu 815-753-1212 Telephone/Security Building
Cheryl Gardner Senior Business Manager clubbers1@niu.edu 815-753-1228 Engineering 321

Marketing and Communications

Name Title Email Phone Office
Susan Mizgalski Senior Director of Communications and Strategy smizgalski@niu.edu 815-753-3322 Graham 319C
Mark McGowan Editorial Writer mmcgowan@niu.edu 815-753-9472 Graham 319B

Illinois Tutoring Initiative

Name Title Email Phone Office
Amanda Baum Program Coordinator abaum1@niu.edu 815-753-0295 Graham 237
Lindsey Komes lkomes1@niu.edu 815-753-7482 Graham 237
Taylor Curry Program Assistant tcurry4@niu.edu 815-753-3005 Graham 237

Counseling and Higher Education (CAHE)

Administration and Office Staff
Name Title Email Phone Office
Suzanne Degges-White Chair and Professor sdeggeswhite@niu.edu 815-753-9163 Gabel 200E
Jamie Brown Office Administrator jamiebrown@niu.edu 815-753-0526 Gabel 200C
Tim Keller Office Manager tkeller1@niu.edu 815-753-9319 Gabel 200D
Danae Miesbauer Academic Counselor dmiesbauer@niu.edu 815-753-1306 Gabel 201B
CAHE Faculty and Instructors
Name Title Email Phone Office
Melissa Fickling Associate Professor, Counseling mfickling@niu.edu 815-753-9304 Graham 407
Yenitza Guzman Clinical Assistant Professor, Counseling yguzman@niu.edu 815-753-1489 Graham 427B
Kimberly A. Hart Clinical Assistant Professor, Counseling khart2@niu.edu 815-753-9308 Graham 416E
Xiaodan Hu Associate Professor, Higher Education xiaodan.hu@niu.edu 815-753-6878 Gabel 201F
Quortne Hutchings Assistant Professor, Higher Education qhutchings@niu.edu 815-753-7608 Gabel 201E
Dana Isawi Assistant Professor, Counseling disawi@niu.edu 815-753-8210 Graham 408
Matthew P. Ison Instructor, Higher Education mison@niu.edu N/A Gabel 200
Katy Jaekel Associate Professor, Higher Education kjaekel@niu.edu 815-753-0788 Gabel 201H
Carrie Kortegast Associate Professor, Higher Education ckortegast@niu.edu 815-753-9200 Gabel 201C
Injung Lee Assistant Professor, Counseling ilee@niu.edu 815-753-9861 Gabel 201G
Jacqueline Mac Assistant Professor, Higher Education jmac@niu.edu 815-753-9375 Gabel 201J
Gudrun Nyunt Assistant Professor, Higher Education gnyunt@niu.edu 815-753-9373 Gabel 201D
TJ Schoonover Assistant Professor, Counseling tschoonover@niu.edu 815-753-8045 Graham 405
Kelly Wesener Michael Practitioner-Scholar in Residence, Higher Education kwesener@niu.edu 815-753-1448 Gabel 201
Peitao Zhu Assistant Professor, Counseling pzhu@niu.edu 815-753-9863 Graham 427C

Curriculum and Instruction (CI)

Administration and Office Staff
Name Title Email Phone Office
Sally Blake Department Chair, Professor sblake1@niu.edu 815-753-9032 Gabel 147
Laurie Elish-Piper Interim Executive Vice President and Provost laurieep@niu.edu 815-753-9400 Altgeld 215
David Paige Director, Jerry Johns Literacy Clinic dpaige2@niu.edu 815-753-8187 Wellness Literacy Center 2003
Neil Daly Office Manager ndaly@niu.edu 815-753-8556 Gabel 147C
CI Faculty and Instructors
Name Title Email Phone Office
Jeanine Clark Bremer Instructor, Social Studies Education clarkbremer@niu.edu 815-753-8556 Gabel 148
Zoe Cassady Instructor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts zcassady1@niu.edu 815-753-9272 Graham 119C
James Cohen Assistant Professor, Bilingual/ESL jcohen2@niu.edu 815-753-0897 Gabel 147F
Mary Costello Instructor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts mcostello@niu.edu 815-753-8465 Gabel 130C
Joseph Flynn Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction jeflynn@niu.edu 815-753-4539 Graham 119M
Mary Gardner Instructor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts gardner@niu.edu 815-753-2036 Gabel 103
Megan Gerken Instructor, Elementary Education mgerken@niu.edu N/A Gabel 154A
Trish Hayden Instructor, Elementary Education thayden1@niu.edu N/A Gabel 154A
Eric Junco Instructor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts ejunco1@niu.edu N/A Graham 119F
Melanie Koss Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts mkoss@niu.edu 815-753-9260 Gabel 130B
Jodi Lampi Associate Professor, Academic Literacy and Learning jlampi@niu.edu 815-753-8486 Graham 119H
Michael Manderino Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction mmanderino@niu.edu 815-753-7467 Graham 119L
David Nieto Assistant Professor, Bilingual/ESL dnieto@niu.edu 815-753-2213 Gabel 147E
David Paige Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts dpaige2@niu.edu 815-753-8458 Wellness Literacy Center 2003
Mariana Ricklefs Assistant Professor, Bilingual/ESL mricklefs@niu.edu 815-753-5741 Graham 119B
Tammy Scheibe Instructor, Elementary Education tscheibe@niu.edu 815-753-3172 Gabel 152C
Eui-kyung Shin Professor, Social Studies Education ekshin@niu.edu 815-753-8492 Gabel 166E
John Evar Strid Associate Professor, Bilingual/ESL jstrid@niu.edu 815-753-4158 Gabel 147D
Rebecca VauGrahamn Instructor, Academic Literacy and Learning rvauGrahamn2@niu.edu 815-753-9674 Gabel 103
Elizabeth Wilkins Professor, Curriculum and Instruction ewilkins@niu.edu 815-753-9406 Williston 100
Donna Werderich Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts dwerderi@niu.edu 815-753-7639 Graham 119L
Corrine Wickens Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts cwickens@niu.edu 815-753-8485 Graham 119J
C Sheldon Woods Associate Professor, Science Education cswoods@niu.edu 815-753-8446 Gabel 102
Dianne Zalesky Instructor, Bilingual/ESL dzalesky@niu.edu 815-753-9674 Gabel 103

Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA)

Administration and Office Staff
Name Title Email Phone Office
Wei-Chen Hung Professor and Department Chair whung@niu.edu 815-753-8175 Gabel 208
Tina Heffernan
 Office Manager theffernan@niu.edu 815-753-9361 Gabel 208
Judy Puskar
 Academic Program Advisor jpuskar@niu.edu 815-753-6085 Gabel 208
ETRA Faculty and Instructors
Name Title Email Phone Office
Ximena Burgin Assistant Professor, Research and Assessment xrecald1@niu.edu 815-753-4506 Gabel 204
Cynthia Campbell Associate Professor, Research and Assessment ccampbell@niu.edu 815-753-8471 Gabel 204
Vicki Collins Assistant Professor, Research and Assessment vlcollins@niu.edu 815-753-4599 Gabel 204
Arlene Vinion-Dubiel Instructor aviniondubiel1@niu.edu Gabel 208
Hal Hinderliter Instructor hhinderliter1@niu.edu Gabel 208
Pi-Sui Hsu Associate Professor, Educational Technology phsu@niu.edu 815-753-6025 Gabel 101
Rebecca Hunt Associate Professor, Educational Technology and University Policy Librarian rhunt@niu.edu 815-753-9021 Gabel 101
Laura Ruth Johnson Associate Professor, Research and Assessment lrjohnson@niu.edu 815-753-5494 Gabel 204
Faisal Kalota Instructor fkalota1@niu.edu Gabel 219
Olha Ketsman Assistant Professor, Educational Technology oketsman@niu.edu 815-753-9687 Gabel 101
Yanghee Kim Professor, Educational Technology and Morgridge Endowed Chair ykim9@niu.edu 815-753-4712 Gabel 155
Hayley Mayall Associate Professor, Educational Technology hmayall@niu.edu 815-753-4710 Gabel 101
Todd Reeves Associate Professor, Research and Assessment treeves@niu.edu 815-753-9427 Gabel 204
Jason Rhode Associate Professor, Educational Technology and Associate Vice Provost for Teaching, Learning, and Digital Education jrhode@niu.edu 815-753-2475 Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning 115
Thomas Smith Professor, Research and Assessment and Presidential Teaching Professor tjsmith@niu.edu 815-753-9445 Gabel 204
Michael Tscholl Visiting Associate Research Professor, Educational Technology mtscholl@niu.edu 815-753-7294 Gabel 101L
David Walker Professor, Research and Assessment and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs dawalker@niu.edu 815-753-7886 Graham 325
Ying Xie Associate Professor, Educational Technology yxie@niu.edu 815-753-9323 Gabel 101
Cindy York Associate Professor, Educational Technology cindy.york@niu.edu 815-753-8193 Gabel 101

Kinesiology and Physical Education

Administration and Office Staff
Name Title Email Phone Office
Steve Howell KNPE Department Chair and Professor showell2@niu.edu 815-753-1157 Anderson 234
Heather Gerken Office Administrator hgerken@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 221
Janet Foster Office Support Specialist jfoster5@niu.edu N/A Anderson 221
KNPE Faculty and Instructors
Name Title Email Phone Office
David Benner Instructor dbennerjr@niu.edu 815-753-0392 Anderson 230
Victoria Austin Books Instructor vbooks@niu.edu 815-753-1412 Anderson 125
Clayton Camic Associate Professor ccamic1@niu.edu 815-753-3415 Anderson 228
Rodney Caughron Associate Professor rcaughron@niu.edu 815-753-3907 Anderson 228
Peter Chomentowski Associate Professor pchomentowski@niu.edu 815-753-9190 Anderson 232
Wonock Chung Assistant Professor wchung@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 223
Todd Gilson Professor and Associate Dean of Research, Resources and Innovation tgilson@niu.edu 815-753-9399 Graham 320
Nicholas Grahovec Assistant Professor and Program Director, Athletic Training Education ngrahovec@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 235
Shauna Havener Instructor shavener1@niu.edu 815-753-5498 Anderson 139
Shaine Henert Associate Professor and Kinesiology Program Director, Sport and Exercise Psychology shenert@niu.edu 815-753-6358 Anderson 236
Chris Hill Assistant Professor chill8@niu.edu 815-753-0617 Anderson 235
Farah Ishaq Assistant Professor fishaq@niu.edu N/A Anderson 235
Shelby Ison Visiting Assistant Professor sison@niu.edu 815-753-1510 Anderson 121A
Jenn Jacobs Associate Professor jmjacobs@niu.edu N/A Anderson 230
Gail Koehling Instructor gkoehling@niu.edu 815-753-0617 Anderson 127
Rachel Kowal Instructor rkowal1@niu.edu 815-753-1875 Anderson 223
Karisa Kuipers Instructor kfuerniss1@niu.edu N/A N/A
Brandon Male Instructor bmale2@niu.edu 815-753-5625 Anderson 204
Chad McEvoy Professor and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs cmcevoy@niu.edu 815-753-8284 Altgeld Hall 220B
Dawn Norwood Assistant Professor dnorwood@niu.edu N/A Anderson 223
Marcella Otto Assistant Professor motto@niu.edu 815-753-1302 Anderson 235
Jenny Parker Associate Professor and Executive Director for Teacher Licensure jparker@niu.edu 815-753-7829 Williston 320
William Pitney Professor wpitney@niu.edu 815-753-1163 Graham 321
Jim Ressler Professor and Physical Education Teacher Education Program Director jressler@niu.edu 815-753-5639 Anderson 228
Emerson Sebastião Associate Professor esebastiao@niu.edu 815-753-3656 Anderson 231
David Serowka Instructor dserowka2@niu.edu 815-753-1844 N/A
Zachary Wahl-Alexander Associate Professor zwahlalexander@niu.edu 815-753-3909 Anderson 224
Tyler Wood Assistant Professor twood1@niu.edu 815-753-1418 Anderson 231
Paul Wright EC Lane and MN Zimmerman Endowed Professor pwright@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 233
Laurie Zittel Professor lzape@niu.edu 815-753-1425 Anderson 238

Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations (LEPF)

Administration and Office Support
Name Title Phone Email Office
Carolyn Pluim Department Chair and Professor cvanders@niu.edu 815-753-1562 Graham 223E
David Snow Academic Counselor dsnow1@niu.edu 815-753-1465 Graham 225A
Kate Swope Office Manager kswope@niu.edu 815-753-5939 Graham 223F
Gina Unger Office Support Associate gunger@niu.edu 815-753-8479 Graham 225
LEPF Faculty and Instructors
Name Title Phone Email Office
Kerry Burch Professor (Foundations of Education) ktburch@niu.edu 815-753-9354 Graham 404
Benjamin Creed Assistant Professor (Educational Administration) bcreed@niu.edu 815-753-0327 Graham 419
Daryl Dugas Associate Professor (Educational Psychology) ddugas@niu.edu 815-753-8467 Graham 411
Julie-Ann Fuchs Co-coordinator, School Business Management (Educational Administration) jfuchs@niu.edu N/A N/A
Lynn Gibson Clinical Assistant Professor (Educational Administration) lgibson2@niu.edu 815-753-3404 Graham 402
R.J. Gravel Co-coordinator, School Business Management (Educational Administration) rjgravel@niu.edu N/A N/A
Lindsay Harris Associate Professor (Educational Psychology) lharris3@niu.edu 815-753-5615 Graham 417
Danny Oest Clinical Assistant Professor (Educational Administration) doest@niu.edu 815-753-9336 Graham 225B
Tiffany Puckett Assistant Professor (Educational Administration) tpuckett@niu.edu 815-753-1464 Graham 410
Wayne Riesen Instructor (Educational Administration) wriesen@niu.edu 815-753-4404 Graham 223
Patrick Roberts Associate Professor (Foundations of Education) proberts1@niu.edu 815-753-9359 Graham 223
Hidetada Shimizu Associate Professor (Foundations of Education, Educational Psychology) shimizu@niu.edu 815-753-8407 Graham 400A
Kelly Summers Associate Professor (Educational Administration) ksummers@niu.edu 815-753-9310 Graham 409
James Surber Clinical Assistant Professor (Educational Administration) jsurber@niu.edu 815-753-9357 Graham 223A
Rebecca Surber Clinical Assistant Professor (Educational Administration) rsurber@niu.edu 815-753-8426 Graham 223A
Cynthia Taines Associate Professor (Foundations of Education) ctaines@niu.edu 815-753-5921 Graham 412
Stephen Tonks Professor (Educational Psychology) stonks@niu.edu 815-753-4404 Graham 403
Teresa Wasonga Professor (Educational Administration) twasonga@niu.edu 815-753-9356 Graham 419

Special and Early Education (SEED)

Administration and Office Staff
Name Title Email Phone Office
Hope Wilson Department Chair hwilson@niu.edu 815-753-4034 Gabel 159B
Paula Cowlishaw Office Manager pcowlishaw1@niu.edu 815-753-8457 Gabel 159C
Jill Draves Vision Grant Support Specialist jdraves@niu.edu 815-753-8459 Graham 232
Gail Myers Office Support Specialist gmyers@niu.edu 815-753-0381 Gabel 162
Heather Johnson Clinical Coordinator hjohnson2@niu.edu 815-753-8356 Gabel 161D
Tim Klagues ECACE Advisor tklagues1@niu.edu 815-753-8421 Gabel 159D
SEED Faculty and Instructors
Name Title Email Phone Office
Natalie Andzik Associate Professor (Special Education) nandzik@niu.edu 815-753-8082 Gabel 162E
Stephanie Baker Associate Professor (Special Education) sdespain@niu.edu 815-753-4609 Gabel 162C
Jeffrey Chan Associate Professor (Special Education) jeffchan@niu.edu 815-753-8633 Gabel 162G
Lydia Gerzel-Short Assistant Professor (Special Education) lgerzelshort2@niu.edu 815-753-5374 Gabel 162J
Laura Hedin Morgridge Endowed Chair (Special Education) lhedin@niu.edu 815-753-1619 Gabel 159B
Jesse Johnson Professor (Special Education) jwjohnson@niu.edu 815-753-8084 Gabel 162B
Myoungwhon Jung Associate Professor (Early Childhood Education) mjung@niu.edu 815-753-9465 Gabel 166B
Stacy Kelly Professor (Special Education) skelly@niu.edu 815-753-4103 Graham 230
Lisa Liberty Associate Professor (Special Education) lliberty@niu.edu 815-753-5816 Gabel 162F
Molly Pasley Assistant Professor (Special Education) mpasley@niu.edu 815-753-8455 Graham 229
William Penrod Associate Professor (Special Education) wpenrod@niu.edu 815-753-8452 Graham 232A
Michelle Sands Assistant Professor (Special Education) msands@niu.edu 815-753-8436 Gabel 162D
Kim Suedbeck Visiting Assistant Professor (Special Education) ksuedbeck@niu.edu 815-753-1619 Gabel 162H
Natalie Young Assistant Professor (Early Childhood Education) nyoung@niu.edu 815-753-2845 Gabel 166G

Contact Us

Dean's Office
General Information
815-753-1949
cedu@niu.edu
Graham Hall 321
Student Success
815-753-8352
coestudentsuccess@niu.edu
Gabel Hall 138
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