Department Contacts
Use the below information to find the TGS unit name, a description of each unit, and their email address and phone number. The Staff Directory tab gives more detailed information of individuals who work in each unit along with specific email addresses and phone numbers.
| TGS Department | For questions about... | Contact |
| Office of the Dean | ||
| Academic Affairs | DGS Procedures and expectations, data reports access, course proposals, curriculum changes, academic affairs reviews, interdisciplinary graduate assistantships, clusters and certificates. | |
| Admissions & Recruitment | Collegenet, transcripts, application fee waivers, application procedures and deadlines. |
Prospective students and applicants: tgsadmission@northwestern.edu
Faculty and staff: tgs-admissions-staff@northwestern.edu |
| Communications & Engagement |
Communication consultations, graphic design, media inquiries, social media, website content creation, weekly spotlight series. Event and engagement, awards and recognition, Dean's events and programming. |
For newsletter submissions and promotions: tgs-promo@northwestern.edu
TGS events and programming: tgs-events@northwestern.edu |
| Graduate and Postdoctoral Success | Recruitment and engagement initiatives including Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), Introduction to Graduate Education at Northwestern (IGEN), Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, and Peer Mentor Programs. |
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| Office of Postdoctoral Affairs | Postdoc appointments, insurance and benefits, performance concerns, 1:1 career advising. | |
| Training Grant Support Office | Training-grant related issues, special training for grant-related projects, communications on training grant-related matters, data reports for grants and requests. | |
| Office of Professional Development | Career exploration resources, teaching and mentoring workshops, written and verbal communication workshops, and leadership and management skills. | |
| English Language Programs | TGS English proficiency requirements, orientation programs such as ELP Foundations, and language support programs. | |
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Research & Analysis |
Reporting on student admissions, enrollment, academic outcomes, career outcomes, perspectives, experiences, demographics, and experiences. | |
| Graduate student stipend, tuition, health insurance subsidy inquiries and procedures, funding opportunities, and international funding inquiries. | ||
| Service Center | TGS U-Passes, legal services, parking permits, TGS room reservations, student dissertations, and grant processes. |
Email: tgs@northwestern.edu Phone: 847-491-5279 |
| Student Life | Graduate student organizations, TGS outreach events such as Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW), Happy Hours, TGS hang outs, and office hours. | |
| Student Services | Degree requirements, academic misconduct, diplomas, grade change, leave of absence and parental accommodation requests, internal grants and fellowships, and student records. |
| Office of the Dean | |||
| Kelly Mayo | Dean and Associate Provost for Graduate Education | tgsdean@northwestern.edu | |
| Gayle E. Woloschak | Associate Dean for Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Programs | ||
| Miriam Petty | Associate Dean for Academic Programs | tgs-adaa@northwestern.edu | |
| Sheehan Fisher | Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Success | tgs-adgps@northwestern.edu | |
| Sergiy Kucherenko | Associate Dean for Finance and Business Operations | sergey.kucherenko@northwestern.edu | |
| Rich Cohrs | Assistant Dean of Administration and Strategic Initiatives | Phone: 847-467-7693 Email: rich.cohrs@northwestern.edu |
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| Sarah Clewett | Senior Program Coordinator/Assistant to the Deans | Supports the Deans, TGS Departments, and Service Center. | Phone: 847-467-3267 Email: sarah.clewett@northwestern.edu |
| Academic Affairs | |||
| Angela Ripp | Director of Academic Affairs | Oversees the Administrative Board, Academic Affairs Reviews, DGS... | Phone: 847-467-4459 Email: angela.ripp@northwestern.edu |
| Eric Long | Assistant Director of Academic Affairs | Phone: 847-467-6858 Email: eric.long@northwestern.edu |
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| Samantha Freeman | Academic Affairs Coordinator | Phone: 847-491-6703 Email: samantha.freeman.m@northwestern.edu |
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| Admissions & Recruitment | |||
| Melissa Sersland | Director of Admissions and Recruitment | Oversees the... | Email: melissa.sersland@northwestern.edu |
| Alex Smith | Graduate Admissions Business Analyst | Oversees collegenet... | Email: alexandra.smith@northwestern.edu |
| Lyric Hairston | Graduate Admissions Coordinator | Oversees college transcripts, | Email: lyric.hairston@northwestern.edu |
| Communications & Engagement | |||
| Angela Lorenzo | Assistant Director of Events and Engagement | Event and engagement, awards and recognition, Dean's events and programming. |
Phone: Email: angela.lorenzo@northwestern.edu |
| Jerica Griffin-Stewart | Senior Communications Coordinator | Communication consultations, graphic design, media inquiries, social media, website content creation, weekly spotlight series. |
Phone: 847-491-5070 Email: jerica.gs@northwestern.edu |
| English Language Programs | |||
| Julia Moore | Senior Director of English Language Programs | Phone: 847-491-5776 Email: jmm@northwestern.edu |
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| Brian Hampson | Assistant Director of English Language Programs | Phone: 847-467-6053 Email: brian.hampson@northwestern.edu |
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| Jennifer Alexander | Language Pedagogy Specialist | Phone: 847-491-3847 Email: jennifer.alexander@northwestern.edu |
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| Tamra Wysocki-Niimi | Language Pedagogy Specialist | Email: tamra.wysocki-niimi@northwestern.edu | |
| Autumn Bryant | Speech-Language Pathologist | Phone: 847-491-8050 Email: autumn.bryant@northwestern.edu |
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| Mark Temenak | Speech-Language Pathologist | Phone: 847-491-8050 Email: mark-temenak@northwestern.edu |
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| Catherine Phang | Graduate Student Intern | Email: elp@northwestern.edu | |
| Financial Administration and Graduate Student Funding | |||
| Laura Soria | Director of Graduate Student Funding and Operations | Oversees all finance, budget, expense report inquires, etc. | Phone: 847-467-6026 Email: lsoria@northwestern.edu |
| Sam Okun-Perlin | Assistant Director of Graduate Student Funding | Oversees all graduate student stipend, tuition, health insurance subsidy inquiries, etc. | Phone: 847-467-1845 Email: samuel.perlin@northwestern.edu |
| Amir Byer | Financial Assistant | Assists with graduate student stipend, tuition, health insurance subsidy inquiries, etc. | Phone: 847-467-4166 Email: amir.byer@northwestern.edu |
| Graduate and Postdoctoral Success | |||
| Brittany Young | Director | Phone: 847-491-3226 Email: brittany.young@northwestern.edu |
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| Cindy Thompson | Assitant Director | Phone: 847-467-7089 Email: cindy.thompson@northwestern.edu |
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| Lani Voss | Program Coordinator | Phone: 847-491-7334 Email: kehaolani.voss@northwestern.edu |
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| Oluwagbotemi Akinsoji | Graduate Intern | Email: gps@northwestern.edu | |
| Kayla Boyden | Graduate Intern | Email: gps@northwestern.edu | |
| Spencer Nabors | Graduate Intern | Email: gps@northwestern.edu | |
| Anthea Weng | Graduate Intern | Email: gps@northwestern.edu | |
| Graduate and Postdoctoral Training and Development | |||
| Liz Stein | Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Training and Development | Oversees the creation and coordination of postdoctoral hiring initiatives, professional development opportunities, and training grant support. | Phone: 847-467-0827 Email: elizabeth.stein@northwestern.edu |
| Beth Healey | Associate Director of Postdoctoral Affairs | Supports and represents the approximately 1,000 postdoctoral fellows who contribute to the University’s research mission on the Evanston and Chicago campuses. | Phone: 847-491-4700 Email: beth-healey@northwestern.edu |
| Aubrey Korneta | Associate Director of Career and Professional Development | Supports TGS doctoral students in their professional and career development. Aubrey's role is jointly housed between The Graduate School and Northwestern Career Advancement. | Phone: 847-491-2763 Email: aubrey.korneta@northwestern.edu |
| Amelia Litz | Assistant Director of the Training Grant Support Office | Supports the facilitation, tracking, and renewal of training grant submissions to fund predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. | Phone: 847-491-8540 Email: amelia.litz@northwestern.edu |
| David Cosejo | Senior Data Assistant, Training Grant Support Office | Responsible for requesting and verifying faculty data used for creating data tables for NIH and NSF training grant applications. Successful training grant submissions fund predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. | Phone: 312-503-2779 Email: david.cosejo@northwestern.edu |
| Information Technology | |||
| Hosea Lee | Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer | Phone: 847-467-5781 Email: hosea@northwestern.edu |
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| Research & Analysis | |||
| Bill Artz | Director of Research and Analysis | Phone: 847-491-8505 Email: w-artz@northwestern.edu |
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| Samuel Herscher | Institutional Data Analyst | Phone: 847-467-8867 Email: samuel-herscher@northwestern.edu |
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| Will Chen | Senior Data Assistant | Email: william.chen@northwestern.edu | |
| Service Center | |||
| Brie McCauley | Program Assistant 4 |
Phone: 847-491-5279 Email: brie.mccauley@northwestern.edu |
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| Rina Fernandes | Program Assistant 3 | Phone: 847-491-5279 Email: rina.fernandes@northwestern.edu |
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| Student Life | |||
| Lauren-Ashley Buchanan | Director of Student Life | Phone: 847-491-8507 Email: lauren-ashley.buchanan@northwestern.edu |
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| Student Services | |||
| Kate Veraldi | Senior Director of Student Services | Phone: 847-467-4108 Email: k-veraldi@northwestern.edu |
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| Kristine Emrich | Associate Director of Student Services | Phone: 847-491-8469 Email: kristine.emrich@northwestern.edu |
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| Bianca West | Student Services Coordinator | Phone: 847-491-7332 Email: bianca.west@northwestern.edu |
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