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Graduate School Staff Directory

Nancy E. Stamp
Vice Provost and
Dean of The Graduate School

  • Provides visionary leadership for graduate education at Binghamton University
  • Oversees the operational functions of The Graduate School and Graduate Council

Florence M. Margai
Associate Dean

  • Spearheads the Clifford D. Clark Fellowship Program for Diversity
  • Serves as The Graduate School contact for Fulbright Scholarships and the NSF-AGEP program
  • Manages the New Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant Orientations
  • Oversees all university-wide career and professional development programs for graduate students

Cheryl McGowan
Secretary to the
Vice Provost & Dean

  • Supports the Vice Provost & Dean of The Graduate School and the Graduate Council
  • Assists with New Faculty Orientation, cabinet meetings, and other Graduate School programs
  • Updates graduate course changes on the master course file

ADMISSIONS AND RECRUITMENT

Aleksandar Popovski
Assistant Dean,
Admissions and Recruitment

  • Leads the transition to a fully electronic admissions process for graduate students
  • Plans strategic initiatives regarding international student recruitment, international marketing, and relationships with sponsoring organizations
  • Partners with other campus offices, faculty and staff on efforts to provide excellent support services for graduate students

Kishan Zuber
Assistant Dean,
Admissions and Recruitment

  • Spearheads the outreach and recruitment of graduate students to Binghamton University
  • Directs targeted recruitment marketing and communications initiatives, in collaboration with strategic University partners
  • Coordinates the admissions process and the electronic admissions systems

Teresa Spinelli
Graduate Admissions Assistant

  • Supports Assistant Dean of Recruitment and Admissions
  • Provides support to departments and students regarding the graduate application process at Binghamton
  • Processes graduate applications, records student material, evaluates transcripts, confirms international student funding certification and processes deferrals

Michael Hathaway
Graduate Admissions Staff Member

  • Supports internal admission and enrollment processes
  • Supports the Graduate Admissions Assistant with daily operational responsibilities 

Emily Tier
Graduate Admissions
Recruitment Assistant 

  • Supports the fall recruitment efforts of The Graduate School, focusing on graduate fair attendance, on-campus recruitment events and other initiatives

FINANCE, DEGREE COMPLETION, AND ADMINISTRATION

Catherine Smith
Assistant Dean,
Finance, Degree Completion and Administration

  • Oversees the funding appointments and successful academic progress of teaching and graduate assistants (TA/GAs), research project assistants (RPAs), Dissertation Year Fellows (DYFs), Graduate Scholars, and other University-funded and external fellows
  • Manages operating, funding and tuition scholarship budgets, and state, Research Foundation and Binghamton Foundation accounts
  • Manages policies, programs and activities relating to enrolled students, degree candidates, degree completion and commencement

Maureen Truesdail
Funding Assistant

  • Answers funding questions concerning awards, stipends, fellowships and tuition scholarships
  • Processes and approves TA/GA Smart Forms and processes RPA and Fellowship appointments
  • Assists with graduate work study program and with Graduate Tuition Opportunity Program (GTOP)

DiAnna Loomis
Degree Completion Assistant

  • Processes and approves all graduate applications for degrees and certificates
  • Answers questions concerning degree completion
  • Collects/processes theses and dissertations
  • Reviews dissertation committee membership

STUDENT ASSISTANTS

Regina Alfieri & Nandi Dozier-Lewis
  • Assist students, faculty, staff and community members who contact The Graduate School in person or via phone or e-mail

Nikolay Merkulov &
Evrim Yuzgec

  • Responsible for data reporting and analysis, including all Hyperion reports and standardized queries run on prospective, applied, admitted and enrolled graduate students
  • Prepare The Graduate School's Annual Report
  • Compile data for official surveys as needed

Ajay Rangarajan, 
Karthik Jayaprakash &
Nithin Asokan

  • Provide technical support with admissions, recruitment, enrolled and funding systems
  • Provide data analysis and reporting using numerous systems and databases
  • Coordinate systems maintenance and troubleshooting with ITS and other offices
  • Assist with the maintenance of The Graduate School website, new student and new faculty virtual orientation websites
Natalie Fischer
  • Provides support to the Funding Assistant, Secretary to the Dean and Assistant Dean for Finance
  • Provides EGADS processing support to the departments
Anthea Chen, Steven Brown
&  Chu Zheng 
  • Provide support for the outreach and recruitment of graduate students
  • Assist with admissions processes

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The Graduate School is located in the Couper Administration Building, AD-134. Office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Summer/Winter Session hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

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Last Updated: 4/27/12