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Department Contacts

Use the below information to find the TGS unit name, a description of each unit, and their email address and phone number. The Staff Directory tab gives more detailed information of individuals who work in each unit along with specific email addresses and phone numbers.

TGS Department Questions about... Contact
Office of the Dean ?

tgsdean@northwestern.edu

 
Academic Affairs DGS Procedures and expectations, data reports access, course proposals, curriculum changes, academic affairs reviews, interdisciplinary graduate assistantships, clusters and certificates.

tgsacademicaffairs@northwestern.edu

 
Admissions & Recruitment Collegenet, transcripts, and application procedures and deadlines. 

Prospective students and applicants: tgsadmission@northwestern.edu

 

Faculty and staff: tgs-admissions-staff@northwestern.edu 
Communications & Engagement

Communication consultations, graphic design, media inquiries, social media, website content creation, weekly spotlight series.

 

Event and engagement, awards and recognition, Dean's events and programming.

 

For newsletter submissions and promotions: tgs-promo@northwestern.edu

 

TGS events and programming: tgs-events@northwestern.edu
Graduate and Postdoctoral Success Recruitment and retention initiatives including Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), Introduction to Graduate Education at Northwestern (IGEN), Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, Peer Mentor Program, campus visits, career fairs, and conferences. 

gps@northwestern.edu

 
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs Postdoc appointments, insurance and benefits, performance concerns, 1:1 career advising. 

postdocs@northwestern.edu
Training Grant Support Office Training-grant related issues, special training for grant-related projects, communications on training grant-related matters, data reports for grants and requests. 

tgso@northwestern.edu
English Language Programs

elp@northwestern.edu

Student Funding

tgs-fa@northwestern.edu

Financial Aid Team

tgs-fit@northwestern.edu
Service Center

Email: tgs@northwestern.edu

Phone: 847-491-5279
Student Life

lauren-ashley.buchanan@northwestern.edu
Student Services

gradservices@northwestern.edu

Office of the Dean

Kelly Mayo Dean and Associate Provost for Graduate Education Email: tgsdean@northwestern.edu
Gayle E. Woloschak Associate Dean for Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Programs

Email: tgs-adsa@northwestern.edu
Miriam Petty Associate Dean for Academic Programs Email: tgs-adaa@northwestern.edu
Sheehan Fisher Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Success Email: tgs-adgps@northwestern.edu
Sergiy Kucherenko Associate Dean for Finance and Business Operations Email: sergey.kucherenko@northwestern.edu
Rich Cohrs Assistant Dean of Administration and Strategic Initiatives Phone: 847-467-7693
Email: rich.cohrs@northwestern.edu
Sarah Clewett Senior Program Coordinator/Assistant to the Deans Supports the Deans and Service Center.  Phone: 847-467-3267
Email: sarah.clewett@northwestern.edu

Academic Affairs

Angela Ripp Director of Academic Affairs Oversees the Administrative Board, Academic Affairs Reviews, DGS... Phone: 847-467-4459
Email: angela.ripp@northwestern.edu
Eric Long Assistant Director of Academic Affairs Phone: 847-467-6858
Email: eric.long@northwestern.edu
Samantha Freeman Academic Affairs Coordinator Phone: 847-491-6703
Email: samantha.freeman.m@northwestern.edu

Admissions & Recruitment

Melissa Sersland Director of Admissions and Recruitment Oversees the... Email: melissa.sersland@northwestern.edu
Alex Smith Graduate Admissions Business Analyst Oversees collegenet...

Prospective Students and Applicants:
tgsadmission@northwestern.edu 

Faculty and Staff:
tgs-admissions-staff@northwestern.edu 
Lyric Hairston Graduate Admissions Coordinator Oversees college transcripts,  Email: lyric.hairston@northwestern.edu

 Communications & Engagement

Angela Lorenzo Assistant Director of Events and Engagement Event and engagement, awards and recognition, Dean's events and programming.
Phone: 847-491-5070
Email: jerica.gs@northwestern.edu
Jerica Griffin-Stewart Senior Communications Coordinator Communication consultations, graphic design, media inquiries, social media, website content creation, weekly spotlight series.