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Deans

William Graves

William Graves

(he/him/his)

515-294-2682

Dean of the Graduate College

  • Administrative Oversight
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Support for Graduate Students,
    Postdoctoral Scholars, and Graduate Faculty
Elena Cotos

Elena Cotos

(she/her/hers)

515-294-1958

Associate Dean
Professional Development

M. Heather Greenlee

Heather Greenlee

(she/her)

515-294-9251

Associate Dean
Student & Scholar Success

  • Student recruitment and retention
  • Promotion of best practices for student mentoring
  • Performance evaluation of students
  • Complaint resolution
  • Graduate faculty database
Michelle Soupir

Michelle Soupir

(she/her/hers)

515-294-2307

Interim Associate Dean
Operations

  • Graduate College Operations
  • Workday Student Project Oversight


Enrollment Management

Thelma Harding

Thelma Harding

(she/her/hers)

515-294-2868

Director of Graduate
Enrollment Management

  • Graduate Admissions
  • Recruitment Awards
  • New Student Orientation
Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones

(she/her/hers)

515-294-8492

Senior Assistant Director of Graduate Enrollment Management

  • Diversity Recruitment and
    Retention Initiatives
  • Graduate Admissions
  • Recruitment Support


Academic Services

Natalie Robinson

Natalie Robinson

(she/her/hers)

515-294-5020

Assistant Director of Student and Faculty Services

  • Graduate Faculty Membership
  • Graduate Catalog and Curriculum Committee & Graduate Council
  • Policies and Procedures
Lisa Elm

Lisa Elm

(she/her/hers)

515-294-4532

Graduate Student Services Analyst

  • Coursework Only Degrees
  • Final Oral Examinations
  • Graduation Requirements
Celina Turner

Celina Turner

(she/her/hers)

515-294-2655

Graduate Student Services Specialist

  • Plan of Study & Committee
  • Student Forms
  • Period Activity Pay Support
  • Graduate Faculty Membership Support
Sarah Larkin

Sarah Larkin


515-294-4812

Graduate Student Services Specialist

  • Workday Student Project Support
  • Registration, Cancellations, and Withdrawals
  • Preliminary Oral Examinations
  • GR ST course management
Melissa Stolt

Melissa Stolt

(she/her/hers)

515-294-4531

Graduate Academic Services

  • Dissertation, Thesis, and Creative Component Support
  • English Exam Holds
  • Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies

Graduate College Support

  • General Office Operations


Career Services

Karin Lawton-Dunn

Karin Lawton-Dunn

(she/her/hers)

515-294-6954

Senior Career Services Specialist

  • Career Coaching
  • Individual Development Plans (IDP)
  • Career Search Strategies and Skills Workshops
  • Resume / Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Interviewing and Negotiation
  • LinkedIn Profiles


Center for Communication Excellence

Sarah Huffman

Sarah Huffman

(she/her/hers)

515-294-0175

Assistant Director

Lily Compton

Lily Compton

(she/her/hers)

515-294-7996

Assistant Director

Kristin Terrill

Kristin Terrill

(she/her/hers)

515-294-6830

Graduate Student Services Specialist

  • Thesis and Dissertation Review and Approval
  • Nationally Competitive Awards Support
  • LaTeX, iThenticate
  • Digital Accessibility


Graduate College Operations

John Clark

John Clark

(he/him/his)

515-294-6248

Systems Analyst

  • Manager Information Systems
  • IT Infrastructure Acquisition and Support
  • Full Stack Software Development
  • CorePlus Coordinator
Sarah Igram

Sarah Igram

(she/her/hers)

515-294-9234

Communications Specialist

Jamie Williams

Jamie Williams

(she/her/hers)

515-294-2774

Data Analyst

  • Acquisition and analysis of data on applicants, students, postdocs, graduate programs, and graduate faculty
  • Deputy Title IX Coordinator for the Graduate College


Postdoctoral Affairs

Misty Treanor

Misty Treanor

(she/her)

515-294-0419

Postdoctoral Scholar Coordinator

  • Postdoctoral Policies, Procedures, and Programming
  • Postdoctoral Awards, Annual Reviews, and Communication
  • ISU Postdoctoral Association (PDA) Advisor
  • 3MT Competition


Ronald E. McNair Program

Ashley Garrin

Ashley Garrin

(she/her/hers)

515-294-7310

Program Director

  • Program Oversight
Regine Peters

Regine Peters

(she/her/hers)

515-294-2059

Program Specialist

  • Program Support
Erin Todey

Erin Todey

(she/her/hers)

515-294-7435

Assistant Director

  • UST 301/302
  • REU and graduate school application writing support (statement of purpose, CV, diversity statement)
  • Poster and oral presentation support


Program and Special Project Coordinators

Samantha Hirschman

Samantha Hirschman

(she/her/hers)

515-294-4812

Graduate Education Workday
Student Project Coordinator

  • Workday Student Configuration
  • Office Technical Support
  • Change Management & Training
Lynette Edsall

Lynette Edsall


515-294-1191

Interdepartmental Graduate
Program Specialist

  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Environmental Science
  • Sustainable Agriculture
Tiffany Kayser

Tiffany Kayser


515-294-2089

Interdepartmental Graduate
Program Specialist

  • Human Computer Interaction
Carla Harris

Carla Harris


515-294-5122

Interdepartmental Graduate
Program Specialist

  • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  • Genetics and Genomics, Immunobiology
  • Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Lisa Volk

Lisa Volk

515-294-6151

Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska,
Louis Stokes Alliance for
Minority Participation Program Manager

Mary Darrow

Mary Darrow

515-290-3992

Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska,
Louis Stokes Alliance for
Minority Participation Assistant Director and
Evaluation Coordinator


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