Office of the Graduate School

Graduate Staff

Graduate School Staff

Dr. Louis R. D'Abramo

Dr. Louis R. D'Abramo

Dean of the Graduate School and
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Phone: 662-325-7400
Email: ldabramo@grad.msstate.edu

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Dr. Karen S. Coats

Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Phone: 662-325-8106
Email: kcoats@grad.msstate.edu

Chris Rousseau

Chris Rousseau

Administrative Assistant to the Dean
Phone: 662-325-3808
Email: crousseau@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For: Personnel (Payroll, Leave, etc.), Departmental Inventory, Procurement and Equipment Cards,New Graduate Student Orientation.

Graduate Admissions

Forest N. Sparks

Forest N. Sparks

Admissions Manager
Phone: 662-325-7403
Email: fsparks@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For: Admissions data management, Assign RAC numbers, Workflow, Xtender, Electronic recommendation letter and online application processes, Liaison for academic departments, students and the Registrar's Office

Doretta S. Martin

Doretta S. Martin

Senior Admissions Assistant
Phone: 662-325-9514
Email: dmartin@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For: International graduate applicants whose last name begins with letters A-L (application status, application requirements, graduate admission holds, etc.)

Linda Bonner

Linda Bonner

Admissions Assistant
Phone: 662-325-3363
Email: lbonner@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For: Domestic and International graduate applicants (application status, application requirements, graduate admission holds, etc.)

Raimeka Brown

Raimeka Brown

Admissions Assistant
Phone: 662-325-9077
Email: rbrown@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For: Academic Outreach Domestic and International graduate applicants (application status, application requirements, graduate admission holds, etc.)

Tracy Hardrict

Tracy Hardrict

Admissions Assistant
Phone: 662-325-5188
Email: thardrict@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For: Domestic graduate applicants whose last name begins with letters A-L (application status, application requirements, graduate admission holds, etc.)

Betsy Mordecai

Betsy Mordecai

Admissions Assistant
Phone: 662-325-3804
Email: bmordecai@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For: International graduate applicants whose last name begins with letters M-Z (application status, application requirements, graduate admission holds, etc.)

Vacant

Admissions Assistant
Phone: 662-325-8951
Email:
Contact For: Domestic graduate applicants whose last name begins with letters M-Z (application status, application requirements, graduate admission holds, etc.)

Graduate Programs

Karin Lee

Karin Lee

Manager, Graduate Programs
Phone: 662-325-8095
Email: klee@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For: Degree Audit for Graduation, Provide guidance to faculty, staff and students regarding graduate matriculation process, Prospective Students/International Recruitment, Letters of Completion, Facilitate academic procedures ( eg. unclassified enrollment , withdrawal, dismissal appeals, undergraduate enrollment in graduate classes, extensions, grade changes, level overrides ), Survey of Earned Doctorates

Margaret McMullen

Margaret McMullen

Program Coordinator
Phone: 662-325-1622
Email:mmcmullen@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For:Graduate School Web Site, Graduate Teaching Assistant Certification, Prospective Students/Domestic Recruitment, Special Programs and Initiatives, Graduate Student Association, Data Management

Shlynn Morris

Shlynn Morris

AGEM Program Coordinator
Phone: 662-325-8602
Email: smorris@grad.msstate.edu
Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi (AGEM), Coordinate funded programs (AGEM Winter Scholar Symposium, IMPETUS-PGE Super Recruitment Weekend, Summer Graduate Bridge Program), Minority Recruitment

Pam Sullivan

Pam Sullivan

Graduate Program Assistant
Phone: 662-325-7394
Email: pps9@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For:Graduate Bulletin; Graduate Faculty appointments/reappointments; Graduate Committee questions; Master's and doctoral degree audits for Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Veterinary Medicine; Provisionally-admitted students; Registration for international students with TOEFL holds; Unclassified graduate students (RAC, drop/add, withdraw); Level overrides; Undergraduate enrollment in graduate course(s) (both MSU Undergraduate and Transient Undergraduate); Liaison for Mitchell Memorial Library

Business and Graduate Assistantships

Joanne To

Joanne To

Business Manager I
Phone: 662-325-9056
Email: joanne@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For: Budget, Accounting, Personnel, Graduate Assistantships, Tuition Waiver, Health Insurance Supplement

Suzanne McClain

Suzanne McClain

Business Coordinator
Phone: 662-325-8087
Email: smcclain@grad.msstate.edu
Contact For: Accounting, Graduate Assistantships

Contact Us: (P) 662-325-7400 (F) 662-325-1967