Graduate and Professional Education Guidance and Contacts

For information from the Graduate School regarding policy updates related to COVD-19, see the COVID-19 and Graduate Education: FAQs page or contact gsdean@umn.edu or 612-625-2809 with questions

For information on graduate student records management, contact Graduate Student Services and Progress at gssp@umn.edu

For information on specific department program information, assistantships or funding, requirements and degree progress, or information on specific student needs, first contact your department GPC or DGS:

Curriculum & Instruction

Martha Bigelow (DGS) – mbigelow@umn.edu, 612-624-7087
Kristina Pearson (GPC) – pearson@umn.edu, 612-625-2545

Educational Psychology

Panayiota Kendeou (DGS) – kend0040@umn.edu, 612-626-7814
Lori Boucher (GPC) – bouch004@umn.edu, 612-624-4540

Family Social Science

Catherine Solheim (DGS) – csolheim@umn.edu, 612-625-1201
Sarah Dohm (GPC) – sdohm@umn.edu, 612-625-3116

Institute of Child Development

Kathleen Thomas (DGS) – thoma114@umn.edu, 612-625-3389
Lindsey Jendraszak (GPC) – ljendras@umn.edu, 612-625-9778

Kinesiology

Zan Gao (DGS) – gaoz@umn.edu, 612-626-4639
Nina Wang (GPC) – nwang@umn.edu, 612-625-4380

Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development

Alexandre Ardichvili (DGS) – ardic001@umn.edu, 612-626-4529
Jeremy Hernandez (GPC) – herna220@umn.edu, 612-626-9377

Social Work

Joseph Merighi (DGS) – jmerighi@umn.edu, 612-625-1984
MacKenzie Case (GPC) – mbcase@umn.edu, 612-624-4258

For information on student concerns, leaves of absence, degree extensions, petitions, degree clearance (pre-2013 M.Ed. students), committee requests, and faculty exception requests, contact Michael DallaValle, Assistant Director of Graduate Education, mdallava@umn.edu or call 612-625-5883

For information on mental health services, contact Michael DallaValle, Mental Health Advocate, mdallava@umn.edu or call 612-625-5883. You can also visit the Student Mental Health site for a list of available services.

For information on curriculum review and proposals, contact Patrick Doble, doble004@umn.edu

For any other CEHD Graduate and Professional Education questions or concerns contact

Deborah R. Dillon, Senior Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Education dillon@umn.edu

Teacher Education

For general questions and problem-solving, contact: ote@umn.edu Krista will redirect questions to appropriate staff members as needed.

For urgent items please contact Dr. Stacy Ernst, Director, Office of Teacher Education (OTE), College of Education & Human Development (CEHD)

sernst@umn.edu or 612-804-6805

Multiple Pathways to Teaching

For all questions on pathways to teaching contact Laura Mogelson, Director, Multiple Pathways to Teaching, mogelson@umn.edu or call 612-301-1579