Faculty and Staff Directory

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Dean's Office

Name Title Email Phone Office
Cassandra L. Hill Dean and Professor of Law clhill@niu.edu 815-753-1068 270
Tita Kaus Administrative Assistant tkaus@niu.edu 815-753-1068 270
Heidi Frostestad Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of the Law Library, and Associate Professor of Law hkuehl@niu.edu
815-753-9493 192B
Lesly Schoo Office Manager for Faculty and Associate Dean lschoo@niu.edu 815-753-0618 190
Jeanna Hunter Acting Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Director of Academic Success jeannah@niu.edu 815-753-9481 276A
Lisa A. Hoebing Support Specialist for Associate Dean for Student Affairs lhoebing@niu.edu 815-753-9488 276
Greg C. Anderson Assistant Dean, Director of Career Opportunities and Professional Development and Director of Externships ganderson@niu.edu 815-753-9604 280A1
Melody Mitchell Chief of Staff, Assistant Dean of Strategic Communications, Alumni Engagement and Diversity Initiatives mmitchell@niu.edu 815-753-9655 350
Lauren E. Threatte DEI Postdoctoral Fellow with the College of Law and Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality lthreatte@niu.edu 815-753-8595 197B

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Faculty

Name Title Email Phone Office
Elvia R. Arriola Professor Emerita N/A N/A N/A
Evan Bernick Assistant Professor of Law ebernick@niu.edu N/A 197C
Mark W. Cordes Professor Emeritus N/A N/A N/A
Greg Elinson Assistant Professor of Law elinson@niu.edu 815-753-8383 196A
Marc D. Falkoff Professor of Law mfalkoff@niu.edu 815-753-0660 196B
Sarah Fox Associate Professor of Law sarah.fox@niu.edu 815-753-0285 195A
Heidi L. Frostestad Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of the Law Library, and Associate Professor of Law hkuehl@niu.edu 815-753-9493

192B

David B. Gaebler Professor Emeritus dgaebler@niu.edu N/A N/A
Robert Jones Associate Professor of Law rljones@niu.edu 815-753-1460 199A
Bryan Lammon Visiting Faculty Member and Professor of Law blammon@niu.edu N/A 197C
Guadalupe Luna Professor Emerita N/A N/A N/A
Daniel S. McConkie, Jr. Associate Professor of Law mcconkie@niu.edu 815-753-1560 194B
Malcolm L. Morris Professor Emeritus N/A N/A N/A
Peter Ormerod Assistant Professor of Law pormerod@niu.edu N/A 197D
Jeffrey A. Parness Professor Emeritus jparness@niu.edu 815-753-0340 172E
Laurel A. Rigertas Professor of Law lrigertas@niu.edu 815-753-1680 199B
David Rosenfeld Associate Professor of Law drosenfeld@niu.edu 815-753-9489 195B
David H. Taylor Distinguished Teaching Professor dtaylor@niu.edu 815-753-0560 192A
Lorianne Updike Toler Assistant Professor of Law lupdiketoler@niu.edu N/A 197E
Telia Williams Assistant Professor of Law twilliams3@niu.edu N/A 198B

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Clinical Faculty

Name Title Email Phone Office
Wendy Hinton Vaughn Director of Clinics and Clinical Professor wvaughn@niu.edu 815-962-9980 198C
Colleen Boraca Clinical Associate Professor and Pro Bono Coordinator cboraca@niu.edu 630-229-0752 318/
319
Paul J. Cain Clinical Professor pcain@niu.edu 815-962-9980 318/
319

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Law Library Faculty and Staff

Circulation desk: 815-753-0507
Fax: 815-753-9499

Name Title Email Phone Office
Heidi L. Frostestad Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of the Law Library, and Associate Professor of Law hkuehl@niu.edu 815-753-9493 192B/
267D
Therese A. Clarke Arado Deputy Director of the Law Library and Professor
Acting Director of Administration and Special Projects
tclarke@niu.edu 815-753-9497 290B
Matthew Timko Academic Technologies and Outreach Services Librarian and Associate Professor mtimko@niu.edu 815-753-9492 269A1
Rachel Ford Resources Management Librarian and Assistant Professor rford2@niu.edu 815-753-2021 267C
Kate Hartman Library Operations Associate khartman4@niu.edu 815-753-9184 267A

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Legal Writing and Academic Success Program Faculty

Name Title Email Phone Office
Jeanna L. Hunter Acting Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Director of Academic Success jeannah@niu.edu 815-753-9481 181/
276A
Sandra E. Kupelian Acting  Director of Legal Writing and Legal Writing Instructor skupelian@niu.edu 815-753-0140 175A
Brenda Carlson Legal Writing Instructor bcarlson1@niu.edu 815-753-1186 172F
Jay Streitz Legal Writing Instructor jstreitz@niu.edu 815-753-0280 175B
Lisa Woods Legal Writing Instructor lwoods@niu.edu 815-753-2667 172A

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Adjunct Faculty

Name Title Email Phone Office
Greg C. Anderson Assistant Dean, Director of Career Opportunities and Professional Development and Director of Externships ganderson@niu.edu 815-753-9604 280A1
Robert P. Arnold Adjunct Professor rarnold@wwmlawyers.com N/A 197A
Nicholas Atwood Adjunct Professor natwood1@niu.edu N/A N/A
Jamie Bellah Adjunct Professor N/A N/A N/A
Steven D. Blanc Adjunct Professor steveblanc@blanctax.com N/A 172F
Bianca Carmago Adjunct Professor N/A N/A N/A
Michael Cortina Adjunct Professor mcortina@niu.edu N/A N/A
Heather Darsie Adjunct Professor hdarsie@niu.edu
David Fish Adjunct Professor dfish@niu.edu N/A N/A
Michael Fleck Adjunct Professor mfleck@niu.edu N/A N/A
Kathryn Gwiazdon Adjunct Professor kgwiazdon@niu.edu N/A N/A
John R. Hardison Adjunct Professor John_Hardison@ilnb.uscourts.gov N/A 172C
Jessica Harrill Adjunct Professor jharrill1@niu.edu N/A N/A
Shannon Holmes Adjunct Professor sholmes1@niu.edu N/A N/A
Richard Lenkov Adjunct Professor N/A N/A N/A
John F. McAdams Adjunct Professor jmcadams@niu.edu N/A 196A
Irakere Picon Adjunct Professor N/A N/A N/A
Tiffany Puckett Adjunct Professor tpuckett@niu.edu N/A N/A
Omar Salguero Adjunct Professor osalguero1@niu.edu N/A N/A
Brian D. Shore Adjunct Professor bshore@niu.edu N/A 197A
Karen Wilkerson Adjunct Professor kwilkerson3@niu.edu N/A N/A
Robert Zalud Adjunct Professor N/A N/A N/A
Michael Zuckerman Adjunct Professor michael@zuckermandispute.com N/A N/A

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Admissions and Financial Aid

Fax: 815-753-5680

Name Title Email Phone Office
General Admissions Contact Information N/A law-admit@niu.edu 815-753-8595 151
Talk and Tour N/A law-admit@niu.edu 815-753-8595 151
Kellie Martial Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions kmartial@niu.edu 815-753-8595 151
Candice Olagunju Associate Director of Admissions cwheaten1@niu.edu 815-753-8595 151
Alex Chapman Admissions/Records Representative achapman1@niu.edu 815-753-8595 151

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Advancement

Name Title Email Phone Office
Michelle Japlon Director of Advancement mjaplon@niu.edu 815-753-9486 350

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Strategic Communications, Alumni Engagement and Diversity Initiatives

Fax: 815-753-4501

Name Title Email Phone Office
Melody Mitchell Chief of Staff, Assistant Dean of Strategic Communications, Alumni Engagement and Diversity Initiatives mmitchell@niu.edu 815-753-9655 350

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Budget and Records

Fax: 815-753-1615

Name Title Email Phone Office
Larry Madlock Director of Budget and Finance lmadlock1@niu.edu 815-753-1459 280

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Office of the Registrar

Name Title Email Phone Office
Christy Cunningham-Watson Registrar and Director of Academic Records ccunningham@niu.edu 815-753-1505 285

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Career Opportunities and Professional Development

Fax: 815-753-8073

Name Title Email Phone Office
Greg C. Anderson Assistant Dean, Director of Career Opportunities and Professional Development and Director of Externships ganderson@niu.edu 815-753-9604 280A1
Rebecca A. Leneau Office Manager rleneau@niu.edu 815-753-0589 N/A

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Information Technology Services

Fax: 815-753-8087

Name Title Email Phone Office
General IT Help N/A

Classroom-related services: colit@niu.edu

Spam or suspicious email: abuse@niu.edu

Tech Support:
815-753-0860
N/A
Rahul Thatte Director of Information Technology rthatte@niu.edu 815-753-1784 356

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Faculty Offices

Fax: 815-753-9301

Name Title Email Phone Office
Lesly Schoo Office Manager lschoo@niu.edu 815-753-0618 190

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Clinical Law Center

Name Title Email Phone Office
Marc D. Falkoff Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney, Prisoners' Rights Project mfalkoff@niu.edu 815-753-0660 196B
Ashley McVady Office Manager amcvady@niu.edu 815-753-8815 318
Business Law Innovation Clinic N/A BusinessLawClinic@niu.edu 815-753-0031 318
Prisoners' Rights Project N/A N/A 815-753-0055 318

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Zeke Giorgi Legal Clinic - Rockford

401 W. State Street
Suite 600
Rockford, IL 61101
Fax: 815-962-9984

Name Title Email Phone Office
Wendy Hinton Vaughn Director of Clinics and Clinical Professor wvaughn@niu.edu 815-962-9980 N/A
Paul J. Cain Director of Criminal Defense Clinic and Clinical Professor pcain@niu.edu 815-962-9980 N/A
Lucy Galpin Office Manager lgalpin@niu.edu 815-962-9980 N/A
Civil Justice Clinic N/A CivilJusticeClinic@niu.edu N/A N/A
Criminal Defense Clinic N/A CriminalDefenseClinic@niu.edu N/A N/A

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Student Organizations

Name Email Phone Office
Law Review lawreview@niu.edu 815-753-0619 290D
Moot Court Society mootcourt@niu.edu 815-753-9483 110
Public Interest Law Socieity (PILS) N/A

815-753-0589
815-753-4501 (fax)

110
Student Bar Association (SBA) N/A 815-753-1663 110
Other Student Organizations N/A 815-753-9484 110

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