Contact us

Graduate education at the college level is overseen by:

Tabitha Grier-Reed
Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Faculty Development
grier001@umn.edu
612-624-2089

Kristine Baker
Director of Graduate and Professional Education Initiatives
bake1701@umn.edu

Michael DallaValle
Assistant Director of Graduate Education
mdallava@umn.edu
612-625-5883

Departments

Each department's graduate programs are overseen by a Director of Graduate Study (DGS), who is often assisted by one or more staff members.

Department of
Curriculum and Instruction

Kendall King
Director of Graduate Studies
kendall@umn.edu
612-625-3692

Valerie Bertsch
Graduate Studies Coordinator
fran0733@umn.edu
612-625-2545

Monarch Justice
MEd Advisor
monarch@umn.edu
612-625-4006

Michelle McElroy
MEd Advisor
wort0005@umn.edu
612-626-5757

Veronica Myers
MEd Advisor
vmyers@umn.edu

Department of
Educational Psychology

Jason Wolff
Director of Graduate Studies
jjwolff@umn.edu
612-625-4166

Lori Boucher
Student Personnel Coordinator/Graduate Program Coordinator
bouch004@umn.edu
612-624-4540

Department of
Family Social Science

Catherine Solheim
Director of Graduate Studies
csolheim@umn.edu
612-625-1201

Sumitra Madhuri Ramachandran
Pronouns: she, her
Graduate Program Coordinator
386 McNeal Hall
ramac024@umn.edu

Maggie Beaupre DeYoung
Pronouns: she, her
Senior Academic Advisor
290 McNeal Hall
beau8945@umn.edu

Shannon Rader
Director of Parent and Family Education Program and Senior Lecturer
rade0081@umn.edu
612-625-0701

Institute of Child Development

Melissa Koenig
Director of Graduate Studies
mkoenig@umn.edu
612-625-6251

Megan Troje
Graduate Program Coordinator
mtroje@umn.edu

School of Kinesiology

Daheia Barr-Anderson
Director of Graduate Studies
barra027@umn.edu
612-301-1309

Sara Cannon
Graduate Program Coordinator
scannon@umn.edu

Department of
Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development

Christopher Johnstone
Director of Graduate Studies
john4810@umn.edu
612-625-2505

Jeremy Hernandez
Coordinator of Graduate Studies
herna220@umn.edu
612-626-9377

School of Social Work

Lynette M. Renner
Director of Graduate Studies
Director of the PhD Program
renn0042@umn.edu

Andy Le
Graduate Program Coordinator
lexx0122@umn.edu
612-624-4258

Larissa Lavrov
Director of Admissions
llavrov@umn.edullavrov@umn.edu
612-624-4793

Suzanne Shatila
Director of the MSW Program
shati010@umn.edu
612-624-4210

Ross VeLure Roholt
Director of YDL MEd Program
rossvr@umn.edu
612-624-8785