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Faculty and Staff Directory

College Offices

Dean's Office

Name Title Email Phone Office
Mary E. Earick Dean mearick@niu.edu 815-753-1163 Graham 321
Todd Gilson Associate Dean of Research, Resources and Innovation tgilson@niu.edu 815-753-9399 Graham 320
Carolyn Pluim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs cvanders@niu.edu 815-753-9340 Graham 325
Lindsey Komes Program Assistant lkomes1@niu.edu 815-753-7482 Graham 321
Eric Junco Director of Academic Cultivation and Engagement ejunco1@niu.edu  815-753-7105 Graham 318

Office for Student Success

Name Title Email Phone Office
Kimberly Green Director for Student Success kgreen@niu.edu 815-753-8357 Gabel 138
Alex Owens Assistant Director aowens3@niu.edu 815-753-5307 Gabel 138
Megan Gerken Placement Coordinator mgerken@niu.edu 815-753-1060 Gabel 138
Sarah George Office Manager sgeorge24@niu.edu 815-753-1948 Gabel 138
Jenna Beverley

Elementary Education Advisor, (last names M-Z)

Middle Level Advisor		 jbeverley@niu.edu  815-753-8162 Gabel 138
Tony Calderala

Kinesiology Advisor (last names A-J)

Physical Education Advisor		 acalderala@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 215
Joe Curran

Kinesiology Advisor (last names K-Z)

Sport Management Advisor

 jcurran2@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 214
Bethany Geiseman Early Childhood Education Advisor bgeiseman@niu.edu 815-753-1473 Gabel 138
Sadia Qamar Special Education and Vision Studies Advisor sqamar1@niu.edu 815-753-2552 Gabel 138
Allie Shirar Elementary Education Advisor, (last names A-L) ashirar@niu.edu 815-753-4802 Gabel 138
Nick Slicer Graduate Advisor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction nslicer@niu.edu 815-753-7948 Gabel 152D

Learning Partnerships

Name Title Email Phone Office
Kate Swope Assistant Director kswope@niu.edu 815-753-5939 Graham 243

Technology Innovation Learning Services

Name Title Email Phone Office
Dan Hyde Manager dshyde@niu.edu 815-753-9335 Graham 431
Joe Moreau IT Support Associate jmoreau@niu.edu 815-753-5302 Graham 431
Margaret Thacker Office Manager mthacker@niu.edu 815-753-8354 Graham 431

Finance and Operations

Name Title Email Phone Office
Teresa Harrington Director of Finance and Resource Planning tharrington@niu.edu 815-753-2189 GH 325
Jamie Brown Assistant Director of Business Operations jamiebrown@niu.edu 815-753-0526 GH 329
Gary Heller Administrative Aide gheller@niu.edu 815-753-1202 GH 327

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

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
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 Assistant Professor, Counseling yguzman@niu.edu 815-753-1489 Gabel 201F
Kimberly A. Hart Clinical Associate Professor, Counseling khart2@niu.edu 815-753-9308 Graham 416E
Quortne Hutchings Associate Professor, Higher Education qhutchings@niu.edu 815-753-7608 Gabel 201E
Dana Isawi Associate Professor, Counseling disawi@niu.edu 815-753-8210 Graham 408
Katy Jaekel Associate Professor, Higher Education kjaekel@niu.edu 815-753-0788 Gabel 201H
Carrie Kortegast Professor, Higher Education ckortegast@niu.edu 815-753-9200 Gabel 201N
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 Associate Professor, Higher Education gnyunt@niu.edu 815-753-9373 Gabel 201D
Clint-Michael Reneau Clinical Associate Professor creneau@niu.edu 815-753-1573 Altgeld 208
TJ Schoonover Assistant Professor, Counseling tschoonover@niu.edu 815-753-8045 Graham 405
Kelly Wesener Michael Clinical Assistant Professor kwesener@niu.edu 815-753-1448 Gabel 201C
Peitao Zhu Associate 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 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 2014
Nick Slicer Graduate Advisor nslicer@niu.edu 815-753-7948 Gabel 152D
Sara Lenz Office Administrator slenz@niu.edu 815-753-8556 Gabel 147
CI Faculty and Instructors
Name Title Email Phone Office
Hyoju Ahn Assistant Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts hahn@niu.edu 815-753-8556 Graham 119D
Diana Bonilla Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction dbonilla1@niu.edu 815-753-8556 Graham 119E
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 815-753-3939 Graham 119C
James Cohen 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
Razak Dwomoh

Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

 rdwomoh@niu.edu 815-753-1415 Graham 119F
Joseph Flynn Professor, Curriculum and Instruction jeflynn@niu.edu 815-753-4539 Graham 119K
Trish Hayden Instructor, Elementary Education thayden1@niu.edu 815-753-7948 Gabel 154A
Eric Junco Assistant Professor, Director for Academic Cultivation and Engagement ejunco1@niu.edu 815-753-7105 Graham 318
Melanie Koss Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts mkoss@niu.edu 815-753-9260 Gabel 130B
Jodi Lampi 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 Associate Professor, Bilingual/ESL dnieto@niu.edu 815-753-2213 Gabel 147E
David Paige Professor and Director Reading, Literacy and Language Arts dpaige2@niu.edu 815-753-8458 Wellness/Literacy 2014
Mariana Ricklefs Associate Professor, Bilingual/ESL mricklefs@niu.edu 815-753-5741 Graham 119B
Tammy Scheibe Instructor, Elementary Education tscheibe@niu.edu N/A 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 Vaughn Instructor, Academic Literacy and Learning rvaughn2@niu.edu 815-753-9674 Gabel 1048B
Donna Werderich Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts dwerderi@niu.edu 815-753-7639 Graham 119M
Corrine Wickens Professor, Reading, Literacy and Language Arts cwickens@niu.edu 815-753-8485 Graham 119J
Dianne Zalesky Instructor, Bilingual/ESL dzalesky@niu.edu 815-753-9674 Gabel 103

Kinesiology and Physical Education

Administration and Staff
Name Title Email Phone Office
Paul Wright Interim Department Chair, Board of Trustees Professor, Physical Education Pedagogy pwright@niu.edu 815-753-9219 Anderson 223
Tony Calderala Academic Advisor acalderala@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 215
Joe Curran Academic Advisor jcurran2@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 214
Heather Gerken Office Administrator hgerken@niu.edu 815-753-8283 Anderson 223
Janet Foster Office Support Specialist jfoster5@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 221
KNPE Faculty and Instructors
Name Title Email Phone Office
Michael Belbis Assistant Professor, Exercise Physiology mbelbis1@niu.edu N/A Anderson 223
David Benner Instructor, Gerontology dbennerjr@niu.edu 815-753-7152 Anderson 125
Victoria Austin Books Instructor, Kinesiology vbooks@niu.edu 815-753-1412 Anderson 125
Clayton Camic Professor, Exercise Physiology ccamic1@niu.edu 815-753-3415 Anderson 204
Rodney Caughron Associate Professor, Sport Management rcaughron@niu.edu 815-753-3907 Anderson 236
Wonock Chung Assistant Professor, Sport Management wchung@niu.edu 815-753-0592 Anderson 229
Todd Gilson Professor and Associate Dean of Research, Resources and Innovation tgilson@niu.edu 815-753-9399 Graham 320
Shauna Havener Instructor, Physical Education Teacher Education 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 226
Steve Howell Professor, Sport Management showell2@niu.edu 815-753-1157 Anderson 233
Farah Ishaq Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Sport Management fishaq@niu.edu N/A Anderson 235
Jenn Jacobs M. Nadine Zimmerman Endowed Professor, Sport and Exercise Psychology jmjacobs@niu.edu 815-753-1408 Anderson 230
Gail Koehling Instructor and Program Coordinator, Physical Education Teacher Education gkoehling@niu.edu 815-753-0617 Anderson 139
Rachel Kowal Instructor and Lab Coordinator, Kinesiology rkowal1@niu.edu 815-753-1875 Anderson 205
Jim Ressler Professor, Physical Education Teacher Education jressler@niu.edu 815-753-5639 Anderson 228
David Serowka Instructor, Sport Management dserowka2@niu.edu 815-753-1844 N/A
Neal Ternes Assistant Professor, Sport Management nternes@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 223
Zachary Wahl-Alexander EC Lane and MN Zimmerman Endowed Professor, Physical Education Teacher Education zwahlalexander@niu.edu 815-753-3909 Anderson 224

Learning Innovation, Leadership and Technology (LILT)

Administration and Office Staff
Name Title Email Phone Office
Wei-Chen Hung Professor and Department Chair whung@niu.edu 815-753-8175 Graham 223E
Judy Puskar
 Academic Program Advisor jpuskar@niu.edu 815-753-6085 Graham 223A
David Snow Academic Counselor dsnow1@niu.edu 815-753-1465 Graham 225A
Jade Vasquez
 Office Administrator jvasquez1@niu.edu 815-753-1430 Graham 223F
LILT Faculty and Instructors
Name Title Email Phone Office
Kerry Burch Professor, Foundations of Education ktburch@niu.edu 815-753-9354 Graham 404
Ximena Burgin Associate Professor, Research and Assessment xrecald1@niu.edu 815-753-4506 Gabel 204F
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 400
Hal Hinderliter Instructor hhinderliter1@niu.edu Gabel 101K
Pi-Sui Hsu Professor, Educational Technology phsu@niu.edu 815-753-6025 Gabel 101C
Laura Ruth Johnson Professor, Research and Assessment lrjohnson@niu.edu 815-753-5494 Gabel 204D
Olha Ketsman Assistant Professor, Educational Technology oketsman@niu.edu 815-753-9687 Gabel 101B
Hayley Mayall Associate Professor, Educational Technology hmayall@niu.edu 815-753-4710 Gabel 101J
Christine Nelson Clinical Assistant Professor, Educational Administration cnelson7@niu.edu 815-753-1561 Graham 225
Carolyn Pluim Professor, Foundations of Education and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs cvanders@niu.edu 815-753-9340 Graham 316
Todd Reeves Associate Professor, Research and Assessment treeves@niu.edu 815-753-9427 Gabel 204A
Jason Rhode Associate Professor, Educational Technology and Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Lifelong Learning jrhode@niu.edu 815-753-2475 Altgeld 214
Patrick Roberts Professor, Foundations of Education proberts1@niu.edu 815-753-9359 Graham 223C
Alexios Rosario-Moore Assistant Professor, Education Administration arosariomoore@niu.edu 815-753-1561 Graham 401
Leslie Sassone Faculty Emerita lsassone@niu.edu  N/A N/A
Thomas Smith Professor, Research and Assessment and Presidential Teaching Professor tjsmith@niu.edu 815-753-9445 Gabel 204C
Kelly Summers Associate Professor, Educational Administration ksummers@niu.edu N/A Graham 409
Cynthia Taines Associate Professor, Foundations of Education ctaines@niu.edu 815-753-5921 Graham 412
Cansu Tatar

Assistant Professor, Educational Technology Faculty

 ctatar@niu.edu 815-753-0405 Gabel 101F
Stephen Tonks Professor, Educational Psychology stonks@niu.edu 815-753-5497 Graham 403
Michael Tscholl Visiting Associate Research Professor, Educational Technology mtscholl@niu.edu 815-753-7294 Gabel 101L
Teresa Wasonga Professor, Educational Administration twasonga@niu.edu 815-753-9356 Graham 406
Ying Xie Professor, Educational Technology yxie@niu.edu 815-753-9323 Gabel 101D
Cindy York Associate Professor, Educational Technology cindy.york@niu.edu 815-753-8193 Gabel 101E

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
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, Early Childhood Education sdespain@niu.edu 815-753-4609 Gabel 162C
Amanda Borosh Assistant Professor, Special Education aborosh@niu.edu  N/A Gabel 162K
Jeffrey Chan Associate Professor, Special Education jeffchan@niu.edu 815-753-8633 Gabel 162G
Myoungwhon Jung Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education mjung@niu.edu 815-753-9465 Gabel 166B
Gaylen Kapperman Professor Emeritus, Special and Early Education gkapperman@niu.edu  815-753-8453 Graham 231
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 Associate Professor, Special Education mpasley@niu.edu 815-753-8455 Graham 229
Michelle Sands Assistant Professor, Special Education msands@niu.edu 815-753-8436 Gabel 162D
Lin Zhu Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education lzhu1@niu.edu  815-753-7294 Gabel 162H

Contact Us

Office for Student Success
Academic Advising and Student Engagement
815-753-1948
coestudentsuccess@niu.edu
Gabel Hall 138

Academic Departments
Program Information
cahe@niu.edu
cidepartment@niu.edu
knpe@niu.edu
lilt@niu.edu
seed@niu.edu

Dean's Office
General Information
815-753-1949
cedu@niu.edu
Graham Hall 321