Academic advising for NAU graduate students

Before enrolling in graduate courses at Northern Arizona University, you may contact a graduate coordinator or advisor for guidance. For general inquiries about advising, emails can be sent to graduate@nau.edu.

Advising and graduate coordinator contacts

Each college and graduate program at Northern Arizona University has its own advisors who specialize in information about those programs. Select your graduate program from the list below.

College of Arts and Letters

Students in some MA English programs (*) also have a professional advisor along with a faculty mentor. You may make an appointment with one of these advisors through the Online and Community Campus Appointment Planner.

Academic Unit	Program	Graduate Coordinator Email
English	PhD Applied Linguistics	William.Crawford@nau.edu
	MFA Creative Writing	Nicole.Walker@nau.edu
	MA English - Literature*	Anne.Scott@nau.edu
	MA English - Professional Writing*	Erika.Konrad@nau.edu
	MA English - Rhetoric, Writing, and Digital Media Studies*	Sibylle.Gruber@nau.edu
	MA English - Secondary Education*	Sandra.Raymond@nau.edu
	MA TESL	Fredricka.Stoller@nau.edu
History	MA History	Paul.Dutton@nau.edu
Modern Languages	MAT Spanish	Karina.Collentine@nau.edu
	MAT Spanish Education	Karina.Collentine@nau.edu
Music	MM Music	Emily.Hoppe@nau.edu

College of Education

Students in most MEd programs (*) also have a professional advisor along with a faculty mentor. You may make an appointment with one of these advisors through the Online and Community Campus Appointment Planner.

Academic Unit	Program	Graduate Coordinator Email
Educational Leadership	MEd Educational Leadership*	Beatriz.Castillo@nau.edu
	EdD Educational Leadership	Jennifer.Offutt@nau.edu
Educational Psychology	MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling	Pit.Kolodinsky@nau.edu (FLG)
		Steve.Farmer@nau.edu (PHX)
		Joyce.DeVoss@nau.edu (TUC)
	PhD Combined Counseling/School Psychology	Y.Evie.Garcia@nau.edu
	MEd Counseling - School Counseling	Katherine.Feather@nau.edu (FLG)
		Patricia.Young@nau.edu (PHX)
		Joyce.DeVoss@nau.edu (TUC)
	MEd Counseling - Student Affairs	Cindy.Payne@nau.edu
	MEd Human Relations*	Robert.Horn@nau.edu
	EdS School Psychology	Lisa.Persinger@nau.edu
Educational Specialties	MEd Career & Technical Education*	Nicole.Hampton@nau.edu
	MEd Educational Technology*	Chih-Hsiung.Tu@nau.edu
	MEd ESL and Bilingual Education*	Louise.Lockard@nau.edu
	MEd Special Education*	EdSpecialties@nau.edu
	MEd Special Education with Certification*	EdSpecialties@nau.edu
Teaching & Learning	EdD Curriculum and Instruction	Pamela.Powell@nau.edu
	MEd Early Childhood Education*	Pamela.Powell@nau.edu
	MEd Elementary Education*	Pamela.Powell@nau.edu
	MEd Secondary Education*	Pamela.Powell@nau.edu

College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences

Academic Unit	Program	Graduate Coordinator Email
Biological Sciences	MS Biology	Catherine.Gehring@nau.edu
	PhD Biology	Catherine.Gehring@nau.edu
Chemistry & Biochemistry	MS Chemistry	Stephanie.Hurst@nau.edu
Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability	MS Climate Science & Solutions	climate@nau.edu
	MS Geology	MS.Geology@nau.edu
	PhD Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability	SESESPhD@nau.edu
	MS Environmental Science & Policy	esp.applications@nau.edu
Forestry	MF Forestry	Kristen.Waring@nau.edu
	MS Forestry	Kristen.Waring@nau.edu
	PhD Forest Science	Kristen.Waring@nau.edu
Mathematics & Statistics	MS Mathematics	Terence.Blows@nau.edu
	MA Mathematics Education	Terence.Blows@nau.edu
	MS Statistics	Terence.Blows@nau.edu
Physics & Astronomy	MS Applied Physics	John.Gibbs@nau.edu
	PhD Astronomy and Planetary Science	David.Trilling@nau.edu
Science Teaching and Learning	MA Science Teaching	Ron.Gray@nau.edu
	MAT Teaching Science with Certification	Ron.Gray@nau.edu

College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences

Academic Unit	Program	Graduate Coordinator Email
Engineering	PhD Bioengineering	Robert.Kellar@nau.edu
	Engineering General Information	egrmasters@nau.edu
	MS & MEng Civil Engineering	Edward.Smaglik@nau.edu
	MS & MEng Mechanical Engineering	Heidi.Feigenbaum@nau.edu
Informatics and Computing	PhD Informatics and Computing	John.Georgas@nau.edu
	MS Informatics and Computing	John.Georgas@nau.edu

College Health and Human Services

Academic Unit	Program	Graduate Coordinator Email
Communication Sciences & Disorders	MS Clinical Speech-Language Pathology	speech@nau.edu
Health Sciences	Public Health (MPH)	Dawn.Clifford@nau.edu
Interdisciplinary Health	PhD Interdisciplinary Health	Sean.Gregory@nau.edu
Nursing, School of	MS Nursing- Family Nurse Practitioner	GraduateNursing@nau.edu
	MS Nursing- Generalist	GraduateNursing@nau.edu
	Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)	Christina Mooroian-Pennington
Occupational Therapy	Occupational Therapy (OTD)	ot.otd@nau.edu
Physical Therapy & Athletic Training	Athletic Training (MS)	Athletic.Training@nau.edu
	Physical Therapy (DPT)	physical.therapy@nau.edu
Physician Assistant Studies	Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS)	PAProg@nau.edu

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Academic Unit	Program	Graduate Coordinator Email
Anthropology	MA Anthropology	Frederick.Lampe@nau.edu
Applied Indigenous Studies	Indigenous and Tribal Nation-Building, Leadership, Management and Administration	Karen.Jarratt-Snider@nau.edu
Communication, School of	MA Applied Communication	Jon.Torn@nau.edu
Criminology & Criminal Justice	MS Applied Criminology	Lynn.Jones@nau.edu
Geography, Planning, & Recreation	MS Applied Geospatial Sciences	Erik.Schiefer@nau.edu
Interdisciplinary Health	PhD Interdisciplinary Health	Sean.Gregory@nau.edu
Politics & International Affairs	MA Political Science	Maiah.Jaskoski@nau.edu
	PhD Political Science	Maiah.Jaskoski@nau.edu
	MPA Master of Public Administration	Jeffrey.Hanlon@nau.edu
Psychological Sciences	MA Psychological Science	Robert.Goodman@nau.edu
Sociology	MA Applied Sociology	Janine.Schipper@nau.edu
Social Work	Master of Social Work (MSW)	Natalie.Cawood@nau.edu
Sustainable Communities	MA Sustainable Communities	Peter.Friederici@nau.edu

Online and Community Campus programs

Students in Online and Community Campus programs also have a professional advisor along with a faculty mentor. You may contact these advisors through the Online and Community Campus website.

Academic Unit	Program	Contact Email
Online and Campus Community Programs	MGBA Global Business Administration	Alex.Steenstra@nau.edu
Online and Campus Community Programs	Master of Organizational Leadership	Gina.Vance@nau.edu
Personalized Learning	Master of Computer Information Technology	Personalized@nau.edu

W.A. Franke College of Business

Academic Unit	Program	Graduate Coordinator Email
Business	MBA Business Administration	Jim.Hilliard@nau.edu