Graduate College Staff
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Deans
William Graves
(he/him/his)
Dean of the Graduate College
- Administrative Oversight
- Policies and Procedures
- Support for Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Scholars, and Graduate Faculty
Michelle Soupir
(she/her/hers)
Interim Associate Dean of the Graduate College
- Operations
Enrollment Management
Thelma Harding
(she/her/hers)
Enrollment Management
- Recruitment and retention, recruitment resources
- Funding Initiatives (including all diversity funding)
- Onboarding/Orientation
- Preparing ISU undergraduates for graduate school
Carmen Jones
(she/her/hers)
Graduate Assistant
- Diversity Recruitment and Retention Initiatives
Academic Services
Natalie Robinson
(she/her/hers)
Assistant Director of Student and Faculty Services
- Associate Graduate Faculty Membership
- Graduate Catalog and Curriculum Committee
- Graduate Council
- Policies and Procedures
Lisa Elm
(she/her/hers)
Graduate Student Services Analyst
- Coursework Only Degrees
- Final Oral Examinations
- Graduation Requirements
Samantha Hirschman
(she/her/hers)
Graduate Student Services Specialist
- Contact for Graduate Program Support
- Concurrent Undergrad/Grad Admissions
- Registration Withdrawals/Cancellations
- Nondegree Admissions and Advising
Melissa Stolt
(she/her/hers)
Academic Services Support
- Dissertations and Theses
- English Exam Holds
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
- Preliminary Oral Examinations
Celina Turner
(she/her/hers)
Graduate Student Services Specialist
- Program of Study and Committee
- Student Forms & Requests
- Schedule Changes
Career Services
Karin Lawton-Dunn
(she/her/hers)
Senior Career Services Specialist
- Career Search Strategies & Skills Workshops
- Resume / Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Interviews & Negotiation
- Individual Development Plans (IDP)
- LinkedIn training and reviews
- Industry and academic career search support
Center for Communication Excellence
Elena Cotos
(she/her/hers)
Director
- Academic and Professional Communication
- Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Communication Programming
- Research and Development
- Cross-Campus Initiatives
Sarah Huffman
(she/her/hers)
Assistant Director
- Individual Writing Consultations
- Research, Grant, Job Application, Thesis/Dissertation Writing
- Seminars, Workshops, and Outreach and Needs-Based Activities
- Graduate faculty instructor for: GR ST 536 (Preparing Publishable Thesis/Dissertation Chapters) and GR ST 566 (Communications in Science)
Lily Compton
(she/her/hers)
Graduate Communication Programs Coordinator
- Thesis and Dissertation Writing Program
- English Language Development Program
- International Teaching Assistants Program
- Interpersonal Communication Program
Kristin Terrill
(she/her/hers)
Graduate Student Services Specialist
- Thesis and Dissertation Writing Program
Graduate College Operations
John Clark
(he/him/his)
Systems Analyst
- Manager Information Systems
- IT Infrastructure Planning, Acquisition and Support
- Senior DevOps Engineer
- CorePlus Coordinator
Sarah Igram
(she/her/hers)
Communications Specialist
- Event Promotion and Publicity
- Social Media
- Graduate College Newsletter
- Academic Awards
- Student Profiles
Lynette McBirnie Sprecher
(she/her/hers)
Fiscal and Operations Manager
- Assistantships
- Fellowships
- Letter of Intent Appointments
- Tuition Scholarship
Jamie Williams
(she/her/hers)
Data Analyst
- Acquisition and analysis of data on applicants, students, postdocs, graduate programs, and graduate faculty
Postdoctoral Affairs
Misty Treanor
(she/her)
Postdoctoral Scholar Coordinator
- Postdoctoral Policies / Procedures
- Postdoctoral Association (PDA) Advisor
- Postdoctoral Professional Development
- Postdoc Success Program (PSP)
- Postdoctoral Awards and Annual Reviews
- Postdoc Contact Person (PCP) Coordinator
Program and Special Project Coordinators
Lynette Edsall
Interdepartmental Graduate Program Specialist
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Environmental Science
- Sustainable Agriculture
Tiffany Kayser
Interdepartmental Graduate Program Specialist
- Human Computer Interaction
Carla Harris
Interdepartmental Graduate Program Specialist
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Genetics and Genomics
- Immunobiology
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Lisa Volk
Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program Manager
Mary Darrow
Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Assistant Director and Evaluation Coordinator
Ronald E. McNair Program
Erin Todey
(she/her/hers)
Writing Consultant
- Statement of Purpose (SoPs)
Ma-aruf Al-hassan
Graduate Assistant
- Research Writing Consultant
Graduate College Funded Assistants
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
- Gracey Carey
- Heather Tenboer
Agronomy
- Henri Chung
Animal Science
- Imaobong Eti-Etop Inyang
Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management
- Huanjiao Dong
Biochemistry Biophysics and Molecular Biology (AGLS)
- Mahsa Askary Hemmat
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Mesih Veysi Kilinc
Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
- Tanzeel Rehman
Education
- Rudisang Motshubi
English
- Kimberly Pace Becker
- Thomas Bradley Elliott
- Erik Dean Goodale
- Timothy Ryan Kochem
- April Melody Hui En Tan
- Agata Guskaroska
- Chris Nuttall
- Nergis Danis
Food Science and Human Nutrition (AGLS)
- Kia Cristin Barry
Genetics and Genomics
- Thomas Jens Burns
Genetics Development and Cell Biology (AGLS)
- Kaitlin Marie Higgins
- Madison Lane
- Sean Andrew McLaughlin
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
- Angelica Marie Jasper
Information Systems and Business Analytics
- Lynn-Tyre Lundy Evans
Mathematics
- Xinglin Jia
Mechanical Engineering
- Adam Lawrence
- Abinayaa Dhanagopal
Microbiology
- Amali Immanuelle Stephens
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
- Jacinta Correia
- Jahanara Akter Sonia
Neuroscience
- Cooper Dillon Dodd
- Ahyoung Jang
- William F Nordstrom
Plant Biology
- Craig Cowling
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
- Marissa N Roghair Stroud
Psychology
- Madelyn Marie Becker
Toxicology
- Christian James Haffner
Veterinary Microbiology & Prev Med
- Nathaniel Boyd Higdon
- Joseph Tucker
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