First-Generation Faculty & Staff Directory
Being the first in your family to attend college is an accomplishment and you don’t have to navigate the experience alone.
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Our First-Generation Faculty and Staff Directory is a resource for our students looking to connect with faculty and staff who are first generation college graduates.
Whether you have questions about navigating college, are looking for someone to talk to, or simply want to connect with someone who understands your experience, their directory is a place to start.
First-Generation Faculty and Staff Directory
Explore the directory to find faculty and staff members across campus who share the first-generation college experience.
First-Generation Faculty
Biology
- Patrice Bouyer – Associate Professor
- Danielle Orozco-Nunnelly – Associate Professor
- Michael Watters – Professor
College of Arts & Sciences
- Jordin Billings – Adjunct Instructor
- Cheryl Slack – Adjunct Instructor
College of Business
- David Rolling – Associate Professor of Sports Management
College of Nursing & Health Professions
- Julie Brandy – Associate Professor of Nursing
- Christopher McQuillin – Adjunct Instructor
- Christine Paquin – Associate Professor
- Bailey Regier – Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
- Jana Stedman – Clinical Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant
Communications and Visual Arts
- Aimee Tomasek – Associate Professor
Computing & Information Science / IT
- James Caristi – Professor Emeritus
Education
- Selina Bartels – Associate Professor
- Maryann Dudzinski – Adjunct Professor
Engineering
- Dan Maguire – Associate Professor (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- Robert Schickel – Adjunct Instructor (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
- Dan White – Associate Professor (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
English
- Christine Maul Rice – Assistant Professor of English
Geography, Meteorology & Environmental Science
- Katelyn Barber– Assistant Professor
- Craig Clark – Professor
Library Services
- Teresa Augustine – Assistant Professor of Library Services
Physics & Astronomy
- Bruce Hrivnak – Senior Research Professor
Practicum Education (Social Work)
- Daniela Trajceski – Clinical Assistant Professor & BSW Director of Practicum Education
Psychology
- Jennifer Winquist – Professor of Psychology
Theology
- Amanda Brobst-Renaud – Assistant Professor
- Elijah Owen – Adjunct Instructor
World Languages & Cultures
- Elijah Owen – Professor
- Timothy Tomasik – Professor & Department Chair
- Stacy Hoult – Professor
First-Generation Staff
Admissions / Undergraduate Admissions
- Rosa Alvarado – Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management
- Amy Bell– Enrollment Data Analyst
- Erin Murphy – Admission Volunteer Coordinator
- Carrie Palkovich – Assistant Vice President
- Alexandrea Yuratovac – Admission Counselor
Advancement & Donor Relations
- Kari Ritthaler – Research Analyst, Office of Advancement
Athletics
- Christopher Smith – Assistant Athletics Director of Campus Recreation & Well-Being
College Leadership & Administration
- Julie Ault – Administrative Assistant to the Dean (CCL)
- Adrian Lee – Assistant Dean (College of Arts & Sciences)
- Carrie Miller – Administrative Assistant (College of Arts and Sciences)
- Wendy Paterson – Administrative Assistant (College of Arts & Sciences)
- Lynette Rayman – Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Nursing (College of Nursing & Health Professions)
Emeritus / Clinical Coordination
- Cynthia Felton – Emeritus / Clinical Coordinator
Facilities Management
- Dina Mueller – Maintenance Clerk
- Ryan Rabe – Landscape Technician
Finance Department
- John Johnstin – Executive Director of HU & Auxiliary Services Finance & Administration
- Chelle Whetstone – Assistant Director of Payroll
- Colette Williams – Coordinator Accounts Payable
Human Resource Services
- Michelle Soller– HR Generalist and Information Systems Coordinator
Information Technology
- Jon Sanders – Director of Enterprise Application Systems
- Jessica Wilson-Cotey – Director of Support Services
Library Services
- Trisha Mileham – Dean of Library Science
- Liz Wilson-Cotey – Library Technical Services Specialist
Marketing & Communication
- Leslie Leal – SEO Specialist / Digital Marketing Strategist
Provost, Academic Affairs & CITAL
- Ed Finn – Executive Director of CITAL
- Tammy Hartman – Faculty Services Specialist
- Stefanie Heinrich – Assistant Provost of Graduate & Online Education
- Kristi Hotter – Student Success Office Coordinator
- Raina Isaacs – Instructional Designer (CITAL)
- Gina Rue – Instructional Designer
Registrar’s Office
- Rhonda Crowley – Transfer Credit Coordinator
- Breona Rivera – Assistant Registrar
- Allison Urbanczyk – University Registrar
Student Life
- Thomas Arce – Assistant Dean of Students for Student Engagement
- Ryan Blevins – Dean of Students
- Anthony Ceja – Assistant Director for Student Engagement
- Ryan Cole – Director of Student Philanthropy Programs
- Noemi “Mimi” Lozano – Coordinator for Student Support
- Natalie Muskin-Press – Assistant Director of Prevention & Wellness Education
- Noelle Pease – Assistant Dean of Students, Adjunct Faculty
- Carla Sullivan – Executive Administrative Assistant
University Writing Program
- Brooke Regier – Writing Center Coordinator
Valpo Institute for Teaching and Learning (VITAL)
- Cynthia Rutz – Director of Faculty Development