Contact

The Graduate School: Staff Directory

Dean's Office

Ann Marie Kellogg
Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School

Email: akellogg@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-2070

Ann Marie Kellogg
Ann Marie Kellogg
Ann Marie coordinates scheduling for the Dean and other meetings hosted by the Graduate School. She supports graduate student events, such as the Excellence Awards, orientation, professional development seminars, and social activities that contribute to student and program success. She is responsible for processing travel grants and other awards, coordinating travel for external examiners and other guests, and hosting events for the Graduate School.  She also provides administrative support for the Graduate Council.

Student Support

Mohamadreza Babaee
Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Success

Email: mbabaee@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-2093

Mohamadreza Babaee
Mohamadreza Babaee
Dr. Babaee is part of the student services team that develops systems to monitor student progress and engages proactively to support timely degree completion, fostering an environment where students feel supported throughout their graduate journey. He works with graduate program directors to ensure academic requirements, policies, and procedures are implemented effectively. He also processes student petitions and other academic actions necessary for degree conferral. In addition to collaborating with academic units, he meets individually with students to address concerns, offer guidance, and, in coordination with other staff, connect them to resources such as professional development, wellness, or academic support.

Jeannette Cardi
Administrative Assistant 1

Email: jcardi@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-2075

Jeannette Cardi
Jeannette Cardi
Jeannette works with the student services team and is often the first point of contact for visitors to the Graduate School, where she either helps them directly or guides them to other staff. She monitors incoming email queries, provides expedited responses, and carries out actions relating to petitions and other student action forms. Jeannette works closely with the Registrar’s office and other groups on campus to review, update, and archive student records, and is instrumental in processing individual student services.

Strategic Initiatives

Joshua Reno
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives

Email: jreno@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-4337

Joshua Reno
Joshua Reno
As Associate Dean, Dr. Reno is involved in all functions of the Graduate School including decision-making on academic issues, management of Graduate Council, developing and operationalizing strategic initiatives. He is a critical point of contact for Graduate Directors and is responsible for clarifying and implementing Graduate School policies, while at the same time promoting best practices in graduate education. Dr. Reno often serves as the Dean’s representative on committees, and has decision-making authority if the Dean is not available.

Kim Yousey-Elsener
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

Email: kyousey@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-2072

Kim Yousey-Elsener
Kim Yousey-Elsener
Dr. Yousey-Elsener develops data-driven strategies to support data-informed decision-making, strategic planning, and academic policy leadership. She ensures compliance with accreditation standards and manages Graduate Manual review and revisions. Kim supports student success by coordinating national survey responses, managing data for academic program review, and coordinating Graduate Council operations,  and is instrumental in the development and implementation of strategic initiatives for the Graduate School and beyond.

Courtney Ignarri
Assistant Dean for Program Review

Email: cignarri@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-4958

Courtney Ignarri
Courtney Ignarri
Dr. Ignarri works with graduate programs to coordinate new degree program proposals, revise existing curriculum, and steward these curricular changes through campus, SUNY, and NYSED approval processes. She also organizes and oversees the Academic Program Review process to ensure accreditation requirements are fulfilled. Dr. Ignarri also manages Academic Guide review and revision for all graduate programs and policies. She is available to consult on policy matters encoded in the Academic Guide and Graduate School Manual or any of the processes described above.

Yongabi Ngoh
Assistant Director of Finance and Operations

Email: yngoh@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-5624

Yongabi Ngoh
Yongabi Ngoh
Yongabi manages budgets for the Graduate School and works with programs and departments to facilitate fellowship awards, expenditures, and payments to student accounts for select groups of international (Fulbright, IIE, etc) and Foundation-supported (Clark, Gajwani, and Wu Fellowships) graduate students. His responsibilities include support for the logistics and operations of the Graduate School such as working with ITS, regulating permissions to information systems, meeting compliance functions, and working with the business affairs to plan, manage, and reconcile budgets.

Professional Development

Erica Sausner
Professional Development Specialist

Email: esausner@binghamton.edu
Phone: 607-777-2285

Erica Sausner
Erica Sausner
Dr. Sausner leads the Graduate Center for Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs. Through this Center she connects graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to opportunities–on campus and beyond–to augment student learning, develop  professional skills, and explore career pathways. She collaborates with graduate assistants who provide peer support in dissertation writing and the development of effective teaching and mentorship skills, and is also responsible for communicating events and opportunities offered by the Graduate School to constituent groups.


Graduate Assistants

Halima Ibrahim - Writing Support Specialist

Halima Ibrahim
Halima Ibrahim

Halima Ibrahim provides comprehensive writing support to graduate students, with a particular focus on dissertations and theses, as well as conference papers and other academic manuscripts. Her support includes guidance on dissertation structure and organization, chapter development and coherence, literature review synthesis, methodology and analysis sections, academic style and clarity, and effective proofreading and revision strategies. Graduate students can register via B-Engaged to work with Halima through one-on-one consultations, written feedback on drafts, and regular writing room sessions designed to support focused, goal-oriented writing. She also facilitates workshops that connect students with best practices and expert insights into academic writing and publication. Halima brings experience with the peer-review process, collaborative writing, informal writing groups, and successful grant and manuscript preparation. She is committed to fostering a supportive environment in which graduate students can strengthen their writing, make steady progress, and celebrate key milestones in their academic careers.

Julia Eggleston - College Teaching Support Specialist

Julia Eggleston
Julia Eggleston

Julia Eggleston supports the development and implementation of university-wide TA training for new graduate students. Through this role she collaborates with cross-campus experts to design and facilitate regular workshops related to college teaching, as well as to curate and develop resources related to the pedagogical and non-pedagogical aspects of teaching. As a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature, her teaching interests center on interdisciplinarity and the environmental humanities, while her research focuses on extinction, practices of birdsong recording, and the geopolitics of data circulation.


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