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Administration

Name Title Phone Email Office
Wei-Chen Hung Professor and Department Chair 815-753-8175 whung@niu.edu Gabel 208
Tina Heffernan
 Office Manager 815-753-9361

theffernan@niu.edu

 Gabel 208
Judy Puskar
 Academic Program Advisor 815-753-6085 jpuskar@niu.edu Gabel 208

Educational Technology Faculty

Name Title Phone Email Office
Pi-Sui Hsu Associate Professor 815-753-6025 phsu@niu.edu Gabel 101
Rebecca Hunt Associate Professor and University Policy Librarian 815-753-9021 rhunt@niu.edu Gabel 101
Olha Ketsman Assistant Professor 815-753-9687 oketsman@niu.edu Gabel 101
Yanghee Kim Professor and Morgridge Endowed Chair 815-753-4712 ykim9@niu.edu Gabel 155
Hayley Mayall Associate Professor 815-753-4710 hmayall@niu.edu Gabel 101
Jason Rhode Associate Professor and Associate Vice Provost for Teaching, Learning, and Digital Education 815-753-2475 jrhode@niu.edu Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning 115
Michael Tscholl Visiting Associate Research Professor 815-753-7294 mtscholl@niu.edu Gabel 101L
Ying Xie Associate Professor 815-753-9323 yxie@niu.edu Gabel 101
Cindy York Associate Professor 815-753-8193 cindy.york@niu.edu Gabel 101

Research and Assessment Faculty

Name Title Phone Email Office
Ximena Burgin Assistant Professor 815-753-4506 xrecald1@niu.edu Gabel 204
Cynthia Campbell Associate Professor 815-753-8471 ccampbell@niu.edu Gabel 204
Vicki Collins Assistant Professor 815-753-4599 vlcollins@niu.edu Gabel 204
Laura Ruth Johnson Associate Professor 815-753-5494 lrjohnson@niu.edu Gabel 204
Todd Reeves Associate Professor 815-753-9427 treeves@niu.edu Gabel 204
Thomas Smith Professor and Presidential Teaching Professor 815-753-9445 tjsmith@niu.edu Gabel 204
David Walker Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs 815-753-7886 dawalker@niu.edu Graham 325

Emeritus Faculty

Name Title Email
Corenna Cummings Associate Professor Emeritus ccummings@niu.edu
Jeffrey B. Hecht Professor Emeritus
James A. Lockard Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Rhonda Robinson Presidential Teaching Professor Emeritus rrobinson@niu.edu
Sharon Smaldino Professor Emeritus ssmaldino1@niu.edu
Rebecca Butler Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus rbutler6@niu.edu

Full-Time Instructors

Name Title Email Office
Hal Hinderliter Instructor hhinderliter1@niu.edu Gabel 208
Faisal Kalota Instructor fkalota1@niu.edu Gabel 219
Arlene Vinion-Dubiel Instructor aviniondubiel1@niu.edu Gabel 208

Graduate Teaching and Research Assistants

Name Email Office
Akosua Birago Poku A1905188@mail.niu.edu GA208
Angela Cheng A1833498@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
Benjamin Lamont Mommer A1585700@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
Cassandra Sendra A1421665@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
Christine M K Zimmerman A116331@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
Cindy Chin Lee Koh A1865935@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
David Akanbi A1860388@mail.niu.edu GA208
Diane Lynn Harter A1019983@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
Falechia Turman A1926692@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
Hans Muehsler A108268@mail.niu.edu GA208
Lori Crawford Townsend A1656390@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
Mohammed Nafea Alharbi A1834237@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
Prakash Parajuli A1941152@mail.niu.edu GA208
Russell O'Brien A1712935@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
Scott Matusz A1823931@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
Sharda Sharma A1947580@mail.niu.edu GA208
Timothy Ryan Baker A1061429@mail.niu.edu Gabel 208
Valerie Torikawa-Domingo A1858041@mail.niu.edu GA208
Youjung Jung A1858975@mail.niu.edu GA208