Graduate Advising Contacts

The Office of Graduate Programs

Drop-In Advising hours:  CS On-campus graduate programs

CS graduate students in the on-campus programs:  CS Graduate Advising Queue
Monday - Wednesday: 10:00-11:30 AM & 1:00-4:00 PM CST
Thursday: 10:00-11:30 AM & 2:00-4:00 PM CST
Friday: 10:00-11:30 AM CST

In-person by appointment:  1312 Siebel Center, (217) 333-4428, grad@siebelschool.illinois.edu 

Drop-In Advising hours: Online Master of Computer Science program

Online MCS graduate students:  CS Graduate Advising Queue
Mondays: 1:00-3:30 PM CT; Wednesdays: 9:30 AM-11:30 PM CT; Fridays: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Graduate Program Staff

Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Robin Kravets
4233 Siebel Center and 1312 Siebel Center, rhk@illinois.edu

Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Svetlana Lazebnik
3308 Siebel Center, slazebni@illinois.edu

Senior Assistant Director of Graduate Programs, Viveka P. Kudaligama
1312 Siebel Center, kudaliga@illinois.edu

Graduate Program Coordinator & Senior Graduate Academic Advisor, Kara MacGregor
1312 Siebel Center, kmacgreg@illinois.edu

Senior Graduate Academic Advisor, Jennifer Comstock
1312 Siebel Center, jcom@illinois.edu

Senior Graduate Academic Advisor, Cassandra Phelps
1312 Siebel Center, cphelps2@illinois.edu

Graduate Academic Advisor, Emma Folkenroth
1312 Siebel Center, emmaf5@illinois.edu 

Graduate Academic Advisor, Celia Johnston
1312 Siebel Center, cejohnst@illinois.edu 

Graduate Academic Advisor, Joseph Zarnsy
1312 Siebel Center, zarnsy@illinois.edu 

Senior Coordinator of Online Programs, Christine Martinez
1312 Siebel Center,  cmartinz@illinois.edu

Online Programs/Program Specialist and Academic Advisor, Maggie Chappell
1312 Siebel Center, mmetz2@illinois.edu

Online Programs/Program Specialist and Sr. Academic Advisor, Lisa Jagoda
1312 Siebel Center,  lrjagoda@illinois.edu

Online Programs/Program Specialist and Sr. Academic Advisor, Desiree Marmon
1312 Siebel Center,  dmarmon@illinois.edu

Admissions and Records Officer, Dana Garard
1312 Siebel Center,  dgarard@illinois.edu

Office Manager, Andrew Hur
1312 Siebel Center,  thur2@illinois.edu

The Academic Office staff can assist students or answer questions regarding:

• course registration
• assessing academic progress
• degree requirement and course planning
• thesis format checks
• qual, prelim, and final exam requirements and scheduling
• Graduate College petitions (transfer of coursework, degree time extensions, etc.)
• transferring in or out of the Department of Computer Science

For International Students Only

• I-20 extensions or changes
• CPT: Curricular Practical Training
• OPT: Optional Practical Training