Graduate Academic Advising

Graduate students are not advised by professional academic advisors at KSU, rather they are advised by program coordinators or faculty mentors. Contact information for graduate students seeking advising can be found below:

• Curriculum and Instruction, Ed.S.

  Dr. Megan Adams madam104@kennesaw.edu
  

  470-578-6314 | ciedssmge@kennesaw.edu.

• Educational Leadership, M.Ed. Higer Education and Student Affairs

  Dr. Chinasa Elue celue@kennesaw.edu

  edldepartment@kennesaw.edu.

• Educational Leadership, M.Ed. (K-12)

  Dr. Cathey Goodgame cgoodgam@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-6888 | edldepartment@kennesaw.edu.

• Educational Leadership, Ed.S.

  Dr. Binbin DeVillar bjiang@kennesaw.edu
  

  (470) 578-6888 | edldepartment@kennesaw.edu

• Educational Leadership, Ed.D.

  Dr. Sheryl Croft scroft10@kennesaw.edu
  

  (470) 578-6888 | edldepartment@kennesaw.edu

• Elementary and Early Childhood Education, M.Ed.

  Dr. Roberta Gardner rgardn21@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-4885 | eecemedinfo@kennesaw.edu.

• Instructional Technology, M.Ed.

  Dr. Tiffany Roman troman5@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-3262

• Instructional Technology, Ed.S.

  Certification Track (Technology Coach): Dr. Jo Williamson jwill157@kennesaw.edu
  Advanced Track (Technology Leadership): Dr. Julie Moore  jmoor151@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-3262

• Instructional Technology, Ed.D.

  Dr. Julie Moore jmoor151@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-3262

• Secondary and Middle Grades Education, M.Ed.

  Co-Program Coordinator: Dr. Beth Marks bmarks@kennesaw.edu
  Co-Program Coordinator: Dr. Nichole Guillory nguillo1@kennesaw.edu

  medsmge@kennesaw.edu.

• Secondary and Middle Grades Education, Ed.S.

  Dr. Rachel Gaines rgaines7@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-6314 | edssmge@kennesaw.edu.

• Secondary and Middle Grades Education, Ed.D.

  Dr. Anete Vasquez avasque8@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-6314 | edssmge@kennesaw.edu

• Special Education, M.Ed.

  Dr. Vidya Munandar vmunanda@kennesaw.edu

  ined-info@kennesaw.edu.

• Special Education, Ed.S.

  Dr. Zachary Johnson zjohnso4@kennesaw.edu

  ined-info@kennesaw.edu.

• Teacher Leadership and Educational Leadership, M.Ed.

  Dr. Jen Wells jwells42@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-6888 | 2certleadershipmed@kennesaw.edu

• Teacher Leadership, Ed.D.

  Dr. Jen Wells jwells42@kennesaw.edu

  470 578-6888 | edldepartment@kennesaw.edu

• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), M.Ed.

  Dr. Jayoung Choi jchoi44@kennesaw.edu

  ined-info@kennesaw.edu.

• Teaching, M.A.T.
  • Elementary: eecemedinfo@kennesaw.edu.
  • Secondary English:  Dr. Darren Crovitz dcrovitz@kennesaw.edu
  • Secondary Math : J. Vince Kirwan jkirwan@kennesaw.edu.
  • Secondary Science: Mike Dias mdias@kennesaw.edu
  • Special Education: Dr. Denise Ross dross71@kennesaw.edu
  • TESOL: Dr. Jayoung Choi jchoi44@kennesaw.edu
• Certificates and Endorsements
  • Curriculum and Instruction Cert. Only
    • Megan Adams madam104@kennesaw.edu
  • Educational Leadership Tier I Cert. Only
    • Cathey Goodgame cgoodgam@kennesaw.edu
  • Educational Leadership Tier II Cert. Only
    • Binbin DeVillar bjiang@kennesaw.edu
  • Teacher Leadership Cert. Only
    • Jen Wells jwells42@kennesaw.edu
  • Online Teaching Endorsement Certificate
    • Yeol Huh yhuh@kennesaw.edu
  • Personalized Learning Certificate (KSU Certificate)
    • Dabae Leed lee159@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Special Education
    • Vidya Munandarv munanda@kennesaw.edu
  • Coaching Endorsement
    • Cathey Goodgame cgoodgam@kennesaw.edu
  • ESOL Endorsement
    • Nihal Khote nvk4987@kennesaw.edu
  • Gifted Endorsement
    • Denise Ross dross71@kennesaw.edu
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Endorsement
    • Vidya Munandar vmunanda@kennesaw.edu
  • Personalized Learning Endorsement
    • Dabae Lee dlee159@kennesaw.edu
  • Reading Endorsement
    • Sanjuana Rodriguez srodri51@kennesaw.edu
  • Teacher Leader Endorsement
    • Jen Wells jwells42@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Administration
    • Chinasa Elue celue@kennesaw.edu

• Accounting, MAcc

  Katherine Zhou kzhou3@kennesaw.edu

• Business Administration, MBA/WebMBA

   Sameera Luthur sluthur@kennesaw.edu

• Business Administration, Ph.D

  Linda Rowlette ldieffen@kennesaw.edu

• Digital Financial Technologies, MS

  Shevonne Sikes-Ramadan ssikesra@kennesaw.edu

• Exec Master of Business Admin

  Alexander Goble agoble3@kennesaw.edu

• Healthcare Management and Informatics, MS

  Millena Da Silva mdasilv2@kennesaw.edu

• Information Systems, MSIS

  Shevonne Sikes-Ramadan ssikesra@kennesaw.edu

• Certificate Programs
  • Graduate Certificate in Business Research Methods
    • Linda Rowlette ldieffen@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Financial Technology
    • Shevonne Sikes-Ramadan ssikesra@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Information Security & Assurance
    • Shevonne Sikes-Ramadan ssikesra@kennesaw.edu

• Construction Management, MS

  Sanjeev Adhikari sadhika3@kennesaw.edu

• Artificial Intelligence, MS

  Mahmut Karakaya mkarakay@kennesaw.edu

• Computer Science, MS

  Yong Shi yshi5@kennesaw.edu.

• Computer Science, Ph.D.

  Abhishek Parakh aparakh@kennesaw.edu.

• Cybersecurity, MS

  Gina Gavin ggavin@kennesaw.edu

  mscyber@kennesaw.edu

• Data Science and Analytics, MS

  Leann Levelsmier lhaman1@kennesaw.edu

• Data Science and Analytics, Ph.D.

  Herman Ray hray8@kennesaw.edu.

• Information Technology, MSIT

  Shirley Tian, Ph.D. xtian2@kennesaw

• Software Engineering, MSSWE

  Reza Meimandi Parizi rparizi1@kennesaw.edu.

• Certificate Programs
  • Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics & Intelligent Tech
    
    • Leann Levelsmier lhaman1@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Computer Science Foundations
    • Yong Shi yshi5@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Enterprise IT Management
    • Shirley Tian xtian2@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Health Information Technology
    • Shirley Tian xtian2@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Foundations
    • Shirley Tian xtian2@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Security
    • Shirley Tian xtian2@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering Foundations
    • Reza Parizi rparizi1@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering
    • Reza Parizi rparizi1@kennesaw.edu

• Chemical Sciences, M.S.

  Kimberly Cortes klinenbe@kennesaw.edu

• Integrative Biology, MS

  Troy Mutchler tmutchle@kennesaw.edu

• Art and Design, MA

  Pete Hriso graduatearts@kennesaw.edu

• American Studies, M.A.

  Dr. Miriam Brown Spiers mspiers1@kennesaw.edu

• Conflict Management, MSCM

  Sobia Mufti smufti@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-6299 | conflict@kennesaw.edu

• Criminal Justice, M.S.

  Sara Evans sevan120@kennesaw.edu

  mscj@kennesaw.edu

• Integrated Global Communication, M.A.

  Jeannine Jones jjone276@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-4900 | comgradstudies@kennesaw.edu

• International Conflict Management, Ph.D.

  Sobia Mufti smufti@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-6299 | conflict@kennesaw.edu

• International Policy Management, MS

  Dr. Tavishi Bhasin tbhasin@kennesaw.edu

• Professional Writing, MAPW

  Terri Dudenhoeffer tdudenho@kennesaw.edu

• Public Administration, MPA

  Maureen Wilson mwils152@kennesaw.edu

• Certificate Programs
  • Graduate Certificate in American Studies
    • Miriam Brown Spiers mspiers1@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Professional Editing & Publishing
    • Terri Dudenhoeffer tdudenho@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing
    • Terri Dudenhoeffer tdudenho@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Digital and Social Media
    • Terri Dudenhoeffer tdudenho@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing for Inter. Audiences
    • Terri Dudenhoeffer tdudenho@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Screen & TV Writing
    • Terri Dudenhoeffer tdudenho@kennesaw.edu

• Civil Engineering, MSCE

  Metin Oguzmert moguzmer@kennesaw.edu

• Electrical and Computer Engineering, MS

  Sumit Chakravarty schakra2@kennesaw.edu

• Engineering Management, MSEM

  Dr. Lin Li lli19@kennesaw.edu

• Intelligent Robotic Systems, MS

  Dr. Ying Wang ywang34@kennesaw.edu

  msrobotics@kennesaw.edu

• Interdisciplinary Engineering, Ph.D.

  Dr. Philippe Sucosky psucosky@kennesaw.edu

  470-578-3158 | phdengineering@kennesaw.edu

• Mechanical Engineering, MSME

  Valmiki Sooklal vsooklal@kennesaw.edu

• Systems Engineering, MSSENG

  Dr. Lin Li lli19@kennesaw.edu

• Certificate Programs
  • Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering
    • Lin Li lli19@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Green Belt Certificate in Quality Assurance
    • Victor Kane vkane@kennesaw.edu

• Exercise Science, MS

  Jacob Grazer jgrazera@kennesaw.edu

• Family Nurse Practitioner, MSN

  Susan M. Beidler sbeidler@kennesaw.edu

• Leadership in Nursing, MSN
  • Education: Anne White, PhD, RN, CNE e: awhite@kennesaw.edu 
  • Administration: Nancy Ballard, PhD, RN, NEA-BC e: nballard@kennesaw.edu
• Prosthetics and Orthotics, MS

  Adrienne Hill ahill213@kennesaw.edu or (470) 578-4542

• Social Work, MSW

  Dr. Alan Kirk akirk@kennesaw.edu

• Certificate Programs
  • Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education
    • Susan Beidler llg6678@kennesaw.edu
  • Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship
    • Susan Beidler llg6678@kennesaw.edu