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Information for New Students

Congratulations on your admission and welcome to Saint Louis University. We hope to see you at a graduate orientation session. We highly recommend that all new SLU graduate students attend, but if you are receiving an assistantship or fellowship, it is required.

Graduate Programs Contacts

Many of your questions about your academic requirements or individual graduate school experience can be answered by contacts at the college, school or degree-granting center to which you have been admitted.

Center for Advanced Dental Education

John Hatton, D.M.D., executive director
Dreiling-Marshall Hall, second floor
[email protected]
314-977-8363

Kimberly Cox, administrative assistant
Dreiling-Marshall Hall, second floor
[email protected]
314-977-8611

Center for Advanced Dental Education

College of Arts and Sciences

Jennifer Popiel, Ph.D., associate dean for research and graduate affairs
Verhaegen Hall, room 220
[email protected]
314-977-2973

Catherine Zimmer, business manager
Verhaegen Hall, room 221
[email protected]
314-977-2468

College of Arts and Sciences

Doisy College of Health Sciences

Elizabeth Gockel-Blessing, Ph.D., associate dean for student and academic affairs
Allied Health Building, room 3094
[email protected]
314-977-8691

Matthew Campbell, business manager
Allied Health Building, room 3113
[email protected]
314-977-8605 

Doisy College of Health Sciences

Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business

Beth Doores, director of business programs
Cook Hall, suite 130
[email protected]
314-977-4052 

Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business

School of Education

Molly A. Schaller, Ph.D., associate dean and professor
Fitzgerald Hall, room 133
[email protected]
314-977-3296

Elizabeth Nutt, executive assistant
Fitzgerald Hall, room 130
[email protected]
314-977-3292

Ashley Burle, Ph.D.
Interim director of graduate admissions
[email protected] 
314-977-4062

School of Education

School of Law

Jon Baris, assistant dean for student services
Scott Hall, room 1008B
[email protected]
314-977-3675

Shannon Morse, associate dean for administration
Scott Hall, room 872E
[email protected]
314-977-2761

School of Law

School of Medicine

Willis K. Samson, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate education
Caroline Building, room 207-A
[email protected]
314-977-8677

Katie Kornuta, graduate program coordinator
Caroline Building, room 207-A
[email protected]
314-977-8678

School of Medicine

Department of Health and Clinical Outcomes Research

Paula Buchanan, Ph.D., associate director of academic affairs   
Salus Center, room 411A
[email protected]
314-977-9446

Divya S. Subramaniam, Ph.D., program director 
Salus Center, room 417
[email protected]
314-977-9420

School for Professional Studies

Kyle Crews, Ph.D., associate dean
Brouster Hall
[email protected] 
314-977-7061

Srikanth Mudigonda, Ph.D., interim associate dean
Brouster Hall
[email protected]
314-977-2300

School for Professional Studies

School of Social Work

Danni Young, director of recruitment and admissions
Tegeler Hall, second floor
[email protected] 
314-977-2752

School of Social Work

School of Science and Engineering

Sarah Arkebauer, Ph.D., director of graduate programs
McDonnell Douglas Hall 1013
[email protected]
314-977-3763

 

Trudy Francis, graduate admissions program coordinator
McDonnell Douglas Hall 2004
[email protected] 
314-977-8185

 

School of Science and Engineering 

Saint Louis University-Madrid

Francisco García-Serrano, Ph.D., vice rector for academics
Saint Louis University-Madrid
[email protected]  
Phone: (+34) 91 554 5858 - ext: 283

Laurie Mazzuca, Ph.D., vice rector for academics
Saint Louis University-Madrid
[email protected] 
Phone: (+34) 91 554 5858 - ext: 207

Saint Louis University-Madrid

Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing

Joanne Thanavaro, D.N.P., professor and associate dean for graduate education; director of advanced practice programs
Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing, room 225
[email protected]
314-977-8908

Helen Lach, Ph.D., interim director of the Ph.D. program; interim associate dean for research
Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing, room 518
[email protected]
314-977-8939

Lisa Roach, business manager
Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing, room 221
[email protected]
314-977-8911

Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing