Graduate Academic Advising - Academic Advising

Find Graduate Program Coordinators

Graduate students are not advised by professional academic advisors at KSU, rather they are advised by program coordinators or faculty mentors. Contact information for graduate students seeking advising can be found below:

Bagwell College of Education

Curriculum and Instruction, Ed.S.

Dr. Megan Adams - madam104@kennesaw.edu

470-578-6314 | ciedssmge@kennesaw.edu.
Educational Leadership, M.Ed. Higer Education and Student Affairs

Dr. Chinasa Elue - celue@kennesaw.edu

edldepartment@kennesaw.edu
Educational Leadership, M.Ed. (K-12)

Dr. Cathey Goodgame - cgoodgam@kennesaw.edu

470-578-6888 | edldepartment@kennesaw.edu
Educational Leadership, Ed.S.

Dr. Binbin DeVillar - bjiang@kennesaw.edu

(470) 578-6888 | edldepartment@kennesaw.edu
Educational Leadership, Ed.D.

Dr. Sheryl Croft - scroft10@kennesaw.edu

(470) 578-6888 | edldepartment@kennesaw.edu
Elementary and Early Childhood Education, M.Ed.

Dr. Roberta Gardner - rgardn21@kennesaw.edu

470-578-4885 | eecemedinfo@kennesaw.edu
Instructional Technology, M.Ed.
Instructional Technology, Ed.S.
Instructional Technology, Ed.D.
Secondary and Middle Grades Education, M.Ed.
Secondary and Middle Grades Education, Ed.S.
Secondary and Middle Grades Education, Ed.D.
Special Education, M.Ed.
Special Education, Ed.S.
Teacher Leadership and Educational Leadership, M.Ed.
Teacher Leadership, Ed.D.
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), M.Ed.
Teaching, M.A.T.
Certificates and Endorsements

Coles College of Business

Accounting, MAcc

Katherine Zhou - kzhou3@kennesaw.edu
Business Administration, MBA/WebMBA

Sameera Luthur - sluthur@kennesaw.edu
Business Administration, Ph.D

Linda Rowlette ldieffen@kennesaw.edu
Digital Financial Technologies, MS

Shevonne Sikes-Ramadan ssikesra@kennesaw.edu
Exec Master of Business Admin

Alexander Goble agoble3@kennesaw.edu
Healthcare Management and Informatics, MS

Millena Da Silva mdasilv2@kennesaw.edu
Information Systems, MSIS

Shevonne Sikes-Ramadan ssikesra@kennesaw.edu
Certificate Programs
- Graduate Certificate in Business Research Methods
  - Linda Rowlette ldieffen@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Financial Technology
  - Shevonne Sikes-Ramadan ssikesra@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Information Security & Assurance
  - Shevonne Sikes-Ramadan ssikesra@kennesaw.edu

College of Architecture and Construction Management

Construction Management, MS

Sanjeev Adhikari - sadhika3@kennesaw.edu

College of Computing and Software Engineering

Artificial Intelligence, MS

Mahmut Karakaya - mkarakay@kennesaw.edu
Computer Science, MS

Yong Shi - yshi5@kennesaw.edu.
Computer Science, Ph.D.

Abhishek Parakh - aparakh@kennesaw.edu.
Cybersecurity, MS

Gina Gavin - ggavin@kennesaw.edu

mscyber@kennesaw.edu
Data Science and Analytics, MS

Leann Levelsmier - lhaman1@kennesaw.edu
Data Science and Analytics, Ph.D.

Herman Ray - hray8@kennesaw.edu.
Information Technology, MSIT

Shirley Tian, Ph.D. - xtian2@kennesaw
Software Engineering, MSSWE

Reza Meimandi Parizi - rparizi1@kennesaw.edu.
Certificate Programs
- Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics & Intelligent Tech
  - Leann Levelsmier - lhaman1@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Computer Science Foundations
  - Yong Shi - yshi5@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Enterprise IT Management
  - Shirley Tian - xtian2@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Health Information Technology
  - Shirley Tian xtian2@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Foundations
  - Shirley Tian xtian2@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Security
  - Shirley Tian xtian2@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering Foundations
  - Reza Parizi rparizi1@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering
  - Reza Parizi rparizi1@kennesaw.edu

College of Science and Mathematics

Chemical Sciences, M.S.

Kimberly Cortes klinenbe@kennesaw.edu
Integrative Biology, MS

Troy Mutchler tmutchle@kennesaw.edu

College of The Arts

Art and Design, MA

Pete Hriso - graduatearts@kennesaw.edu

Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences

American Studies, M.A.

Dr. Miriam Brown Spiers - mspiers1@kennesaw.edu
Conflict Management, MSCM

Sobia Mufti - smufti@kennesaw.edu

470-578-6299 | conflict@kennesaw.edu
Criminal Justice, M.S.

Sara Evans - sevan120@kennesaw.edu

mscj@kennesaw.edu
Integrated Global Communication, M.A.

Jeannine Jones - jjone276@kennesaw.edu

470-578-4900 | comgradstudies@kennesaw.edu
International Conflict Management, Ph.D.

Sobia Mufti - smufti@kennesaw.edu

470-578-6299 | conflict@kennesaw.edu
International Policy Management, MS

Dr. Tavishi Bhasin - tbhasin@kennesaw.edu
Professional Writing, MAPW

Terri Dudenhoeffer - tdudenho@kennesaw.edu
Public Administration, MPA

Maureen Wilson - mwils152@kennesaw.edu
Certificate Programs
- Graduate Certificate in American Studies
  - Miriam Brown Spiers mspiers1@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Professional Editing & Publishing
  - Terri Dudenhoeffer tdudenho@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing
  - Terri Dudenhoeffer tdudenho@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Digital and Social Media
  - Terri Dudenhoeffer tdudenho@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing for Inter. Audiences
  - Terri Dudenhoeffer tdudenho@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Screen & TV Writing
  - Terri Dudenhoeffer tdudenho@kennesaw.edu

Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology

Civil Engineering, MSCE

Metin Oguzmert - moguzmer@kennesaw.edu
Electrical and Computer Engineering, MS

Sumit Chakravarty - schakra2@kennesaw.edu
Engineering Management, MSEM

Dr. Lin Li - lli19@kennesaw.edu
Intelligent Robotic Systems, MS

Dr. Ying Wang - ywang34@kennesaw.edu

msrobotics@kennesaw.edu
Interdisciplinary Engineering, Ph.D.

Dr. Philippe Sucosky - psucosky@kennesaw.edu

470-578-3158 | phdengineering@kennesaw.edu
Mechanical Engineering, MSME

Valmiki Sooklal - vsooklal@kennesaw.edu
Systems Engineering, MSSENG

Dr. Lin Li - lli19@kennesaw.edu
Certificate Programs
- Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering
  - Lin Li lli19@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Green Belt Certificate in Quality Assurance
  - Victor Kane vkane@kennesaw.edu

Wellstar College of Health and Human Services

Exercise Science, MS

Jacob Grazer - jgrazera@kennesaw.edu
Family Nurse Practitioner, MSN

Susan M. Beidler - sbeidler@kennesaw.edu
Leadership in Nursing, MSN
- Education: Anne White, PhD, RN, CNE - awhite@kennesaw.edu
- Administration: Nancy Ballard, PhD, RN, NEA-BC - nballard@kennesaw.edu
Prosthetics and Orthotics, MS

Adrienne Hill - ahill213@kennesaw.edu or (470) 578-4542
Social Work, MSW

Dr. Alan Kirk - akirk@kennesaw.edu
Certificate Programs
- Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education
  - Susan Beidler - llg6678@kennesaw.edu
- Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship
  - Susan Beidler - llg6678@kennesaw.edu