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Faculty and Staff Directory

School and Departmental Contacts

Department or School Phone Email
Advising 815-753-1891 chhs@niu.edu
Dean's Office 815-753-1891
School of Clinical and Developmental Sciences 815-753-1543 scds@niu.edu
School of Nursing 815-753-6554 nursing@niu.edu
School of Preventive and Applied Health 815-753-5118 spah@niu.edu
School of Rehabilitation and Performance Sciences 815-753-1484 srps@niu.edu
Department of Military Science 815-752-ROTC (7682) niu_rotc@niu.edu
Ph.D. in Health Sciences 815-753-5118 PhDHS@niu.edu

Dean's Office

Name Email Phone Office
Fiala, Kelly kfiala1@niu.edu 815-753-1877 Wirtz Hall 323A
Donahue, Jane jdonahue@niu.edu 630-730-5608 Wirtz Hall 323K
Lyles, Lara llyles@niu.edu 815-753-6508 Wirtz Hall 323H
Morris, Sherrill srmorris@niu.edu  815-753-1486 Wirtz Hall 323B
Neeley, Vanessa vneeley@niu.edu 815-753-6103 Wirtz Hall 323D
Neibert, Hillary hneibert@niu.edu 815-753-5616 Wirtz Hall 323I
Newman, Nancy nnewman1@niu.edu 815-753-1891 Wirtz Hall 323F
Notebaert, Andrew anotebaert@niu.edu 815-753-1891 Wirtz Hall 227G
Ramirez, Deyci dmramirez@niu.edu 815-753-7904 Wirtz Hall 209G
Rauen, Ashley aern@niu.edu 815-753-5998 Wirtz Hall 323I
Schetley, Julie jschetley@niu.edu 815-753-1891 Wirtz Hall 209
Shibata, Tomoyuki

tshibata@niu.edu

 815-753-5696 Wirtz Hall 323C
Spears, Ben bspears@niu.edu 815-753-0485 Wirtz Hall 323F
Thompson, Mandy mkreitzer@niu.edu 815-753-5148 Wirtz Hall 323K

Dean's Office Advising Staff

Name Email Phone Office
Blake, Alex aaebly2@niu.edu 815-753-1891 Wirtz Hall 209
Flores, Angelica aflores14@niu.edu 815-753-1891 Wirtz Hall 209
Gómez, Anthony agomez6@niu.edu 815-753-1891 Wirtz Hall 209
Holland, Nicole nholland@niu.edu 815-753-1891 Wirtz Hall 209
Pritchard, Becky rpritchard@niu.edu 815-753-1384 Wirtz Hall 209
Williamson-Bandele, Passion pwilliamson@niu.edu 815-753-1891 Wirtz Hall 209

CHHS IT Staff

Name Email Phone Office
Riebel, Christina criebel@niu.edu N/A Wirtz Hall 323
Schetley, Eric eschetley@niu.edu N/A Wirtz Hall 323
Stauber, Nick nstauber@niu.edu N/A Wirtz Hall 323

Clinic Support Staff

 

Name Title Email Phone
Wedoff, Kim Director of Clinic Finance and Operations kwedoff@niu.edu  815-753-6161
DaSilva, Sharon Accounting Officer sdasilva@niu.edu 815-753-1484
Johnson, Jeanette Office Administrator jjohnson34@niu.edu   815-753-1481
O’Reilly, Christine Administrative Aide coreilly1@niu.edu 815-753-1481
Rosebrook, Jordynn Accounting Specialist jstohr1@niu.edu 815-753-7199
Weilert, Pat Office Administrator pweilert@niu.edu

Health and Human Sciences Survey Research Laboratory

Name Title Email Phone
Cox, Marcella Survey Interview Supervisor mcox3@niu.edu  815-753-6030
Harris, Matt Program Assistant/Operations Manager mharris16@niu.edu 815-753-0253
Watson, Tara Survey Interview Supervisor twatson@niu.edu 815-753-6030

School of Clinical and Developmental Sciences

Name Title Email Phone
Stone, Glenn Chair gstone2@niu.edu 815-753-6253
Gorecki, Diane Administrative Aide dmanzella@niu.edu 815-753-1196
Radtke, Kristine Program Coordinator kradtke@niu.edu  815-753-8151

Audiology

Name Title Email Phone
Billingsly, Danica Clinical Associate Professor dbillingsly@niu.edu 815-753-5309
Cheyney, Mariah Clinical Associate Professor mcheyney@niu.edu 815-753-1604
Kitner, Blythe Clinical Associate Professor bkitner@niu.edu 815-753-1441
Pudrith, Charles Associate Professor cpudrith@niu.edu 815-753-6246
ScheckLong, Diane Clinical Assistant Professor dscheck@niu.edu 815-753-6522
Wilson, Matt Associate Professor/Program Director mwilson@niu.edu 815-753-7366

Human Development and Family Sciences

Name Title Email Phone
Dolan, Leslie CDFC Master Teacher ldolan@niu.edu 815-753-0125
Harris-McKoy, DeAnna Associate Professor and Marriage and Family Therapy Program Director dharrismckoy@niu.edu 815-753-6348
Ilkmen, April Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinic Director eilkmen@niu.edu 815-753-1543
Koons-Beauchamp, Deborah Clinical Assistant Professor dkoonsbeauchamp@niu.edu 815-753-9343
Li, Sophie Professor xli@niu.edu 815-753-6345
Lipira, Stephanie Instructor slipira1@niu.edu
Lofthouse, Amy CDFC Associate Director alofthouse@niu.edu 815-753-0125
Montgomery, Bette Associate Professor bmontgomery@niu.edu 815-753-6338
Njue, Jane Rose Associate Professor jnjue@niu.edu 815-753-1199
Pavkov, Thomas Professor tpavkov@niu.edu
Roman, Dahlia Instructor droman3@niu.edu
Scaife, Ecila CDFC Master Teacher escaife1@niu.edu 815-753-0125
Schulz, Kristin Child Development and Family Center Executive Director kschulz@niu.edu 815-753-0125
Shi, Lin Professor lshi@niu.edu 815-753-6349
Sibley, D. Scott Associate Professor/FSS Program Director dscottsibley@niu.edu 815-753-6344
Surjadi, Flora Associate Professor fsurjadi@niu.edu 815-752-7083
Walter, Melissa Clucas Associate Professor/CD Program Director mcwalter@niu.edu 815-753-6343
Xie, Charline Professor xiaolinx@niu.edu 815-753-6335

Gerontology/Leadership in Aging Services

Name Title Email Phone
Liu, Yujun Associate Professor lyujun@niu.edu 815-753-1301

Fashion Merchandising

Name Title Email Phone
Cosbey, Sarah Associate Professor and FSMD Program Director scosbey@niu.edu 815-753-6336
Joung, Hyun-Mee Associate Professor hmjoung@niu.edu 815-753-6334
Lorenz, MaryAnn Clinical Assistant Professor mlorenz1@niu.edu 815-753-1153

Speech-Language Pathology

Name Title Email Phone
Buac, Milijana Associate Professor mbuac@niu.edu 815-753-1521
Cannone, Anna Clinical Assistant Professor acannone@niu.edu 815-753-6521
Dobbels, Deidre Clinical Assistant Professor/Clinical and Externship Coordinator ddobbels@niu.edu 815-753-1484
Gladfelter, Allison Associate Professor agladfelter@niu.edu 815-753-7737
Golz, Bridgett Clinical Assistant Professor/SLP Program Director/Program Coordinator bgolz@niu.edu 815-753-0801
Green, Makenna Clinical Supervisor mgreen1@niu.edu 815-753-1481
Kim, In-Sop Associate Professor ikim@niu.edu 815-753-7793
Mayer, Jamie Professor jmayer1@niu.edu 815-753-1484
O'Connor, Sarah Clinical Associate Professor/Externship Coordinator sbrehm@niu.edu 815-752-6563
Olson, Janet Professor/Undergraduate Program Director janet@niu.edu 815-753-8287
Scheri, Ryan Clinical Assistant Professor rscheri@niu.edu 815-753-6361

School of Nursing

Name Title Email Phone
Rossetti, Jeanette Interim Chair and Presidential Teaching Professor rossetti@niu.edu 815-753-9956
Bingham, Brigitte Undergraduate Program Coordinator bbingham@niu.edu 815-753-2839
Cooke, Marcia Associate Professor/Director of Graduate Nursing Studies mclemens@niu.edu 815-753-6554
DePuy, Holly Simulation Support Technician hdepuy@niu.edu 815-753-1231
Faber, Katie Office Manager kfaber@niu.edu 815-753-0665
Fitzpatrick, Nicole Simulation Laboratory Coordinator nhoward2@niu.edu 815-753-7137
Garcia, Carlos Administrative Aide cgarcia9@niu.edu 815-753-1232
Lyons, Sara Graduate Academic Counselor slyons2@niu.edu 815-753-2163
Madrigal, Jessica Human Patient Simulation Coordinator jmadrigal@niu.edu 815-753-9773
Reynolds, Jerri

Graduate Internship Coordinator

 jreynolds3@niu.edu 815-753-0469
Savant, Tiffany Office Manager tsavant@niu.edu 815-753-0044
Selig, Kris Director of Undergraduate Studies/Clinical Assistant Professor kselig1@niu.edu 815-753-0663
Tanzillo, Tanya Clinical Assistant Professor/Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director ttanzillo@niu.edu 815-753-8353
Yee, Liz Academic Advisor eyee1@niu.edu
Name Title Email Phone
Alsaden, Patrice Clinical Assistant Professor palsaden1@niu.edu 815-753-1018
Baradi-Macalaguin, Fatima Instructor fmacalaguin1@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Chen, Jie Associate Professor jchen2@niu.edu 815-753-8197
Colella, Francesco Instructor fcolella1@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Conroy, Becki Instructor bconroy1@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Coulter, Katherine J. Instructor katherinecoulter@niu.edu 815-753-0662
Daniel, Amy Instructor amydaniel@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Daniel, Jerry Instructor jdaniel1@niu.edu 815-753-6554
DeLeo, Maria Instructor mdeleo@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Eich, Kate Instructor keich1@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Farmer, Justin Instructor jfarmer7@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Givan, Rochelle Instructor rgivan@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Goodarzi, Anne Jane Instructor agoodarzi@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Hays, Amanda Instructor ahays@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Hickey, Kari Associate Professor khickey1@niu.edu 815-753-6550
Hughes, Dallas Instructor dhughes@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Jefferson, Rhoda Instructor rjefferson@niu.edu 815-753-0831
King, Emily Instructor eking13@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Kuchinski, Anne-Marie Instructor akuchinski@niu.edu 815-753-6581
Kurzawski, Martha Instructor mkurzawski@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Lynch, Nicole Instructor nlynch2@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Malczyk, Jamie Instructor jmalczyk@niu.edu 815-753-6554
McGregor, Ashley Instructor aduthorn1@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Meares, Annette Instructor ameares1@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Moecher, Kasey Instructor kmoecher@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Mohammed, Bilquis Instructor bmohammed@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Moreno, Sylvia Instructor smoreno4@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Moxley, Elizabeth Associate Professor emoxley@niu.edu 815-753-6569
Painter, Debora Instructor dpainter@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Pond, Ashley Instructor apond@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Reeb, Amy Instructor areeb1@niu.edu 815-753-6899
Richardson, Nicole Instructor nrichardson@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Rivera, Meaghan Instructor mrivera@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Rosso, Elizabeth Clinical Assistant Professor egoetz1@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Sabio, Cristan Associate Professor csabio@niu.edu 815-753-1210
Saravanan, Anitha Associate Professor asaravanan@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Sharp, Jennifer Instructor jsharp2@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Scheri, Nancy Instructor nscheri@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Shuey, Heather Instructor hshuey@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Siemion, Melissa Instructor msiemion@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Sietsema, Linda Instructor lsietsema1@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Smith, Christina Instructor csmith15@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Spontak, Alexandria (Allie) Instructor aspontak@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Stauche, Ann Instructor astauche@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Sterricker-Rydell, Jeanne Instructor jsterrickerrydell@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Tarvestad, Jennifer Instructor jtarvestad1@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Uhr, Stephanie Assistant Professor suhr@niu.edu 815-753-6556
Weaver, Kelly Instructor kweaver1@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Wienkes, Brittany Clinical Assistant Professor bwienkes@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Wisniowski, Gosia Instructor mwisniowski@niu.edu 815-753-6554
Woodard, Janna Clinical Assistant Professor jwoodard@niu.edu 815-753-3391
Zook, Liz Instructor emimier@niu.edu 815-753-6554

School of Preventive and Applied Health

Name Title Email Phone
Clay, Shondra Loggins Chair and Associate Professor sclay@niu.edu 815-753-6983
Notebaert, Andrew Associate Professor and Director, Ph.D. in Health Sciences Program anotebaert@niu.edu 815-753-9283
Jones, Quiana Program Coordinator qjones@niu.edu 815-753-6554
LeMay, Liz Office Administrator elemay@niu.edu 815-753-1877

Health Sciences

Name Title Email Phone
Duffrin, Melani Professor mduffrin@niu.edu 815-753-5158
Kushnick, Michael Professor mkushnick@niu.edu 815-753-6157
Mazurek, Kathryn Associate Professor kmazurek@niu.edu 815-753-6324
Milano, Margo Instructor msutorious@niu.edu 815-753-0244
Reay-Waldon, Kimberly Instructor kreay@niu.edu 815-753-5118
Wirth, Sandy Instructor swirth@niu.edu 224-308-2456

Medical Laboratory Sciences

Name Title Email Phone
Chen, Shicheng Assistant Professor schen1@niu.edu 815-753-6325
Isabel, Jeanne Associate Professor jisabel@niu.edu 815-753-6330
Olsen, Ellen Program Coordinator eolsen1@niu.edu 815-753-6300
Voelker, Amanda Clinical Coordinator avoelker2@niu.edu 815-753-1382

Public Health

Name Title Email Phone
Gray, Jennifer Professor j-gray@niu.edu 815-753-4801
Herrmann, Lynn Professor lherrmann@niu.edu 815-753-0112
Hughes, M. Courtney Professor courtneyhughes@niu.edu 815-753-1384
Kim, Jinsook Professor jkim4@niu.edu 815-753-1352
Patel, Kunal Associate Professor/Program Director kpatel27@niu.edu 815-753-5590
Pritchard, Becky MPH Internships rpritchard@niu.edu 815-753-1384

School of Rehabilitation and Performance Sciences

Name Title Email Phone
Chomentowski, III, Peter J. Chair pchomentowski@niu.edu 815-753-9190
Jones, Wes Office Support Specialist wjones2@niu.edu 815-753-1655

Athletic Training

Name Title Email Phone
Grahovec, Nicholas Associate Professor and Program Director ngrahovec@niu.edu 815-753-1400
Wood, Tyler Associate Professor twood1@niu.edu 815-753-1418

Nutrition and Dietetics

Name Title Email Phone
Barrett, Sheila Associate Professor sbarrett1@niu.edu 815-752-7063
Lulinski, Beth Instructor blulinski@niu.edu 815-753-3045
Marinaro, Laura Assistant Professor and Facilitator, Certificate of Graduate Study in Sports Nutrition lmarinaro@niu.edu 815-753-6352
Patterson, Julie Associate Professor and Didactic Program in Dietetics Director jpatterson2@niu.edu 815-753-1918
Prange, Nancy Clinical Assistant Professor, Graduate Studies Director and Director of Dietetic Internship nprange@niu.edu 815-753-6386
Muzaffar, Henna Associate Professor and Facilitator, Certificate of Eating Disorder and Obesity hmuzaffar@niu.edu 815-753-5178
Ramos, Carmen Assistant Professor cramos5@niu.edu 815-753-1231

Physical Therapy

Name Title Email Phone
Bateni, Hamid Professor hbateni@niu.edu 815-753-8514
Cheung, Catherine  Assistant Professor wcheung@niu.edu 815-753-4060
Greenhagen, Sarah Clinical Assistant Professor sgreenhagen@niu.edu 815-753-4302
Herrman, Deana Assistant Professor dherrman@niu.edu 815-753-3804
Mendoza, Renzo Clinical Assistant Professor rmendoza3@niu.edu  815-753-1484
Thomas, Rosanne Program Director rthomas4@niu.edu 815-753-2837

Rehabilitation Counseling

Name Title Email Phone
Bonine, Jeanni Instructor ebonine@niu.edu 815-753-5118
Boutin, Daniel Associate Professor dboutin@niu.edu 815-753-1939
Dallas, Bryan Professor bdallas@niu.edu 815-752-8389
Diallo, Abdoulaye Professor adiallo@niu.edu 815-753-1040
Gagliano, Lisa Instructor lgagliano1@niu.edu 815-753-5118
McCarthy, Amanda Professor and Program Director amccarthy@niu.edu 815-753-1893
Priester, Paul Professor ppriester@niu.edu 815-753-5198
Salimi, Nahal Associate Professor nsalimi@niu.edu 815-753-4134

Department of Military Science

Name Title Email Phone
Humphrey, Michael Senior Military Science Instructor mhumphrey@niu.edu 815-753-1800
SFC Van Duyne, Benjamin Military Science Instructor bvanduyne@niu.edu 815-753-8564
CPT Wheeler, Jed Assistant Professor jwheeler2@niu.edu 815-753-1800

Contact Us

College of Health and Human Sciences
Wirtz Hall 323
815-753-1891
chhs@niu.edu

The Dean's Office is open for face-to-face meetings by appointment only.