About Graduate School

We have affordable and convenient online options as well as traditional on-campus classes.

The university-wide FSU Graduate Council provides oversight to all graduate programs at the university, and the Graduate School provides support to all graduate programs at the university. The Broadwell College of Business and Economics, College of Education, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Lloyd College of Health, Science, and Technology are responsible for the graduate programs within the college. The graduate faculty, program coordinators/directors, department chairs, assistant/associate deans, and the dean of each college are directly responsible to ensure that each degree program is of the highest quality. Each college has a Graduate Programs Committee.

Graduate Program Contacts

Doctoral

Department of Educational Leadership and School Administration

Educational Leadership Coordinator: Dr. Theodore Kaniuka, (910) 672-1636, tkaniuka@uncfsu.edu

Administrative Support Associate: Ms. Coneasha Thomas, (910) 672-1731, cthomas@uncfsu.edu

Master of Business Administration

Department of Graduate and Professional Studies in Business

MBA Director: Dr. Petur O. Jonsson, (910) 672-1984, pjonsson@uncfsu.edu

Admissions Coordinator: Ms. Stephanie Hart, (910) 672-2305, sdhart01@uncfsu.edu

Operations Manager and Graduate Advisor: Ms. Berrak Walters, (910) 672-1218, kwalter3@uncfsu.edu

Graduate Advisor: Mrs. Kaitlin Angelini, (910) 672-1441, kangelini@uncfsu.edu

Office Manager: Mrs. Rachael Johnson, (910) 672-1197, rjohnson@uncfsu.edu

Master

Criminal Justice (MS): Dr. Zahra Shekarkhar, (910) 672-2094, zshekark@uncfsu.edu

Elementary Education (MAT & MEd): Dr. Cynthia Wooten, (910) 672-1721, cwooten@uncfsu.edu

Middle Grades Education Language Arts/Social Studies (MAT & MEd): Dr. Catherine Barrett, (910) 672-1700, cbarrett1@uncfsu.edu

Middle Grades Education Math/Science (MAT & MEd): Dr. Kimberly Smith-Burton, (910) 672-1182, ksmith@uncfsu.edu

Nursing: Patient Safety and Quality (MSN): Dr. Jennifer L. Johnson, (910) 672-2228, jjohnson4@uncfsu.edu

Psychology (MA): Dr. Whitney Wall, (910) 672-1903, wwall1@uncfsu.edu

Reading Education (MEd): Dr. Ashley Johnson, (910) 672-1316, aholder@uncfsu.edu

School Administration (MSA): Dr. Paris Jones, (910) 672-1262, pjones@uncfsu.edu

Secondary Education (MAT & MEd): Dr. Konova Leak (910) 672-1174, kleak4@uncfsu.edu

Social Work (MSW): Dr. Beverly Edwards, (910) 672-2432, bedwar11@uncfsu.edu

Sociology (MA): Dr. Akbar Aghajanian, (910) 672-2927, aaghajanian@uncfsu.edu and Dr. Stacye Blount, (910) 672-1531, sblount@uncfsu.edu

Special Education (MAT & MEd): Dr. Bradley Mills, (910) 672-1772, bmills@uncfsu.edu

Certificate

Business: Dr. Petur O. Jonsson, (910) 672-1984, pjonsson@uncfsu.edu and Ms. Berrak Walters, (910) 672-1218, kwalter3@uncfsu.edu

Clinical Practice: Dr. Sharon E. Williams, (910) 672-2675, swill113@uncfsu.edu

Criminal Justice: Dr. Zahra Shekarkhar, (910) 672-2094, zshekark@uncfsu.edu

Cyber Security Management: Dr. Petur O. Jonsson, (910) 672-1984, pjonsson@uncfsu.edu

Data Science: Dr. Valentin Milanov, (910) 672-2202, vmilanov@uncfsu.edu

Health Care Management: Dr. Petur O. Jonsson, (910) 672-1984, pjonsson@uncfsu.edu and Ms. Berrak Walters, (910) 672-1218, kwalter3@uncfsu.edu

Military Behavioral Health: Dr. Dennis Corbin, (910) 672-1737, dcorbin3@uncfsu.edu

Professional and Creative Writing: Prof. Carole Weatherford, (910) 672-2149, cweatherford@uncfsu.edu

Project Management: Dr. Petur O. Jonsson, (910) 672-1984, pjonsson@uncfsu.edu and Ms. Berrak Walters, (910) 672-1218, kwalter3@uncfsu.edu

Sociology: Dr. Akbar Aghajanian, (910) 672-2927, aaghajanian@uncfsu.edu

Substance Abuse Studies: Dr. Oliver Johnson, (910) 672-2214, ojohnso1@uncfsu.edu

Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL): Dr. Ji Young Kim, (910) 672-1416, jkim@uncfsu.edu 

Teaching of Writing: Prof. Carole Weatherford, (910) 672-2149, cweatherford@uncfsu.edu

Professional Development

Executive Director for Adult Learners, Transfer, and Military Students: Dr. Cierra Griffin, Office for Adult Learners, Transfer, and Military Students, (910) 672-2262, cgriff13@uncfsu.edu   

Graduate Council and Committees

Graduate Council Chair:
Dr. Alison Van Nyhuis, Director of the Graduate School and Program Review, (910) 672-2506, avannyhu@uncfsu.edu: Completed materials (graduate faculty applications, academic proposals, etc.), with all signatures up to the Graduate Council Chair (Department Chair, Dean, etc.), must be submitted to the Graduate Council on Friday, 10 days before the Graduate Council meeting during which the materials are to be considered.

Graduate Council Graduate Catalog Committee Chair:
Ms. Sarah D. Baker, University Registrar, Office of the Registrar, (910) 672-1918, sdbaker@uncfsu.edu

Graduate Council Graduate Faculty Applicaton Committee Chair:
Dr. Petur O. Jonsson, Professor of Economics and MBA Director, Department of Graduate and Professional Studies in Business, (910) 672-1984, pjonsson@uncfsu.edu

Broadwell College of Business and Economics Graduate Programs Committee Chair:
Dr. Petur O. Jonsson, Professor of Economics and MBA Director, Department of Graduate and Professional Studies in Business, (910) 672-1984, pjonsson@uncfsu.edu

College of Education Graduate Programs Committee Chair:
Dr. Noran L. Moffett, Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and School Administration, (910) 672-1261, nlmoffett01@uncfsu.edu

College of Health, Science, and Technology Graduate Programs Committee Chair:
Dr. Valentin Milanov, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, (910) 672-2202, vmilanov@uncfsu.edu

College of Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Programs Committee Chair:
Dr. Miriam DeLone, Assistant Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of Criminal Justice, (910) 672-2271, mdelone@uncfsu.edu