Contact Graduate Education

Graduate Education Staff

April Trees, Ph.D.

Associate Provost for Graduate Education
[email protected]

Felicia C. Echols, Ed.D.

Coordinator, Academic Affairs
DuBourg Hall, Room 420B
[email protected]
314-977-2601

Felicia C. Echols works closely with the associate provost for Academic Affairs. She coordinates and manages projects and workflows related to both Graduate and Undergraduate Academic Affairs Committees. This includes both programmatic initiatives and policy development and implementation across both graduate and undergraduate curricula. She also coordinates the initiation and awarding of graduate fellowships, assistantships, and scholarships.

Audra J. Frick, Ph.D. 

Candidacy Specialist
DuBourg Hall, Room 420C
[email protected] 
314-977-2243

Audra handles the doctoral candidacy process. She is responsible for advising doctoral students in completing the final stages of exams, proposals, dissertations and projects. She ensures that all policies and procedures are followed and that students have completed their requirements for degree conferral, understand the graduate process, and have been treated fairly according to University policy.

Janie D. Henderson, Ph.D.

Candidacy Specialist
DuBourg Hall, Room 420D
[email protected]
314-977-2245

Janie Henderson handles the master's candidacy process. She assists students with degree completion, examinations, and thesis projects. She verifies that they are in compliance with Graduate Education policies, and university procedures for degree conferral; that they understand the graduate process, and have been treated fairly according to university policy.