The Grainger College of Engineering
Siebel School of Computing and Data Science

Graduate Advising Contacts

The Office of Graduate Programs

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CS On-campus graduate programs

If you have questions for the Graduate Academic Advisors, please join the queue at the link below during queue hours and follow instructions on the queue page.

CS On-campus Graduate Advising Queue

Monday & Wednesday:
1:00-4:00 PM CST

Tuesday & Thursday:
2:00-4:00 PM CST

Friday:
10:00-11:30 AM CST

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

Online Master of Computer Science program:

CS Online Graduate Advising Queue

Drop-in advising hours: Mondays: 1:00-3:00 PM CT; Tuesdays: 10:00 AM -12:00 PM CT; Wednesdays: 2:00 PM-3:30 PM CT; Thursdays: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM CT; Fridays: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT

Graduate Program Staff

Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Svetlana Lazebnik
3308 Siebel Center and 1312 Siebel Center, slazebni@illinois.edu

Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Colleen Lewis
3106 Siebel Center, colleenl@illinois.edu

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

Assistant Director of On-Campus Graduate Programs, 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

Graduate Academic Advisor and Program Coordinator , Sophia Maria Andricopulos
Chicago Office, chicago-mcs@siebelschool.illinois.edu

Assistant Director of Online Graduate Programs, Christine Martinez
1312 Siebel Center, cmartinz@illinois.edu

Graduate Program Specialist and Senior Academic Advisor, Maggie Chappell
1312 Siebel Center, mmetz2@illinois.edu

Graduate Program Coordinator and Senior Academic Advisor, Lisa Jagoda
1312 Siebel Center, lrjagoda@illinois.edu

Graduate Program Coordinator and Senior Academic Advisor, Desiree Marmon
1312 Siebel Center, dmarmon@illinois.edu

iCAN Academic Advisor and Student Services Coordinator, Shirice Harris
1312 Siebel Center, ican@siebelschool.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

 

Contact the CS Graduate Advising Team

Drop-in hours and online assistance

CS Graduate Advising Queue