Northern Illinois University
Department of Counseling and Higher Education
College of Education

Faculty and Staff Directory

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Suzanne Degges-White	Chair and Professor	815-753-9163	sdeggeswhite@niu.edu	Gabel 200E
Jamie Brown	Office Administrator	815-753-0526	jamiebrown@niu.edu	Gabel 200C
Tim Keller	Office Manager	815-753-9319	tkeller1@niu.edu	Gabel 200D
Danae Miesbauer	Academic Counselor	815-753-1306	dmiesbauer@niu.edu	Gabel 201B

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Xiaodan Hu	Associate Professor	815-753-6878	xiaodan.hu@niu.edu	Gabel 201F
Quortne Hutchings	Assistant Professor	815-753-7608	qhutchings@niu.edu	Gabel 201E
Matthew P. Ison	Instructor	N/A	mison@niu.edu	Gabel 200
Katy Jaekel	Associate Professor	815-753-0788	kjaekel@niu.edu	Gabel 201H
Carrie Kortegast	Associate Professor	815-753-9200	ckortegast@niu.edu	Gabel 201C
Jacqueline Mac	Assistant Professor	815-753-9375	jmac@niu.edu	Gabel 201J
Gudrun Nyunt	Assistant Professor	815-753-9373	gnyunt@niu.edu	Gabel 201D
Kelly Wesener Michael	Practitioner-Scholar in Residence	815-753-1448	kwesener@niu.edu	Gabel 201

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Melissa Fickling	Associate Professor	815-753-9304	mfickling@niu.edu	Graham 407
Yenitza Guzman	Clinical Assistant Professor	815-753-1489	yguzman@niu.edu	Graham 427B
Kimberly A. Hart	Clinical Assistant Professor	815-753-9308	khart2@niu.edu	Graham 416E
Dana Isawi	Assistant Professor	815-753-8210	disawi@niu.edu	Graham 408
Injung Lee	Assistant Professor	815-753-9861	ilee@niu.edu	Gabel 201G
TJ Schoonover	Assistant Professor	815-753-8045	tschoonover@niu.edu	Graham 405
Peitao Zhu	Assistant Professor	815-753-9863	pzhu@niu.edu	Graham 427C

Name	Email
LaVerne Gyant	lgyant@niu.edu

Department of Counseling and Higher Education
Gabel Hall 200
815-753-1448
cahe@niu.edu

Counseling Admissions
Graham Hall 416
815-753-5749
cahc_admissions@niu.edu

Higher Education and Student Affairs Admissions
Gabel Hall 201 B
815-753-1306
dmiesbauer@niu.edu