UCGS Members

Academic Year: 2026-2027

COLLEGE DIRECTORS OF GRADUATE STUDIES

College of Arts and Sciences
Roger J Kreuz, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
rkreuz@memphis.edu

Fogelman College of Business and Economics
Carmen Astorne, PhD, Associate Dean of Academic Programs & Research
cmstrnfg@memphis.edu

College of Communication and Fine Arts
Craig Stewart, Interim Associcate Dean
costewrt@memphis.edu

College of Education
Stephen Zanskas, PhD, Associate Dean
szanskas@memphis.edu

Herff College of Engineering
Sabya Mishra, PhD, Director of Graduate Programs
smishra3@memphis.edu

College of Health Sciences
Larry Weiss, PhD, Director of Graduate Studies
lweiss@memphis.edu

Loewenberg College of Nursing
Brad Harrell, Associate Dean for Academic Programs
bharrell@memphis.edu

College of Professional and Liberal Studies
Colin Chapell, PhD, Director of Graduate Studies
cbchpell@memphis.edu

School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Jennifer P. Taylor, Associate Dean of Academic Programs
jptaylr2@memphis.edu

School of Public Health
Ilias Kavouras, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Public Health
kavouras@memphis.edu

College of Arts and Sciences

Gretchen Peterson, PhD, Sociology,
gpetrson@memphis.edu

Bernie Daigle, PhD, Biology Sciences,
bjdaigle@memphis.edu

Andrei Znamenski, PhD, Department of History,
znmenski@memphis.edu

Fogelman College of Business and Economics

Hannah Antinozzi, PhD,Crews School of Accountancy

College of Communication and Fine Arts

Mahir Cetiz, PhD, School of Music,
mcetiz@memphis.edu

Jin Yang, PhD, Journalism,
jinyang@memphis.edu

College of Education

Yong hon Jade Xu, PhD, Counseling, Educational Psychology and Research
yxu@memphis.edu

Dustin Hornbeck, PhD, Department of Leadership
dhornbeck@memphis.edu

Herff College of Engineering

Daniel Vincent Foti, PhD
dvfoti@memphis.edu

John T. Willaims, PhD

Loewenberg College of Nursing

Jacqueline Bowen Buford, MSN, FNP
jabowen@memphis.edu

College of Health and Human Sciences

Todd Layne, PhD,
telayne@memphis.edu

School of Public Health

Alex Parkhouse, PhD,
alex.parkhouse@memphis.edu

College of Professional and Liberal Studies

Dr. Jeremy Killian, PhD,
jkillian@memphis.edu

University Libraries

Brannen Varner, Graduate Student Outreach Librarian
bvvarner@memphis.edu

Faculty Senate

Viktoriya Pleshkan, PhD, APRN, FNP-C
Viktoriya.Pleshkan@memphis.edu

Deborah Tollefsen, PhD, Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate School
dtollfsn@memphis.edu

Ryan Crews, Assistant Dean and Director of Enrollment and Retention, Graduate School
rccrews@memphis.edu