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
N/A Office of the Dean N/A 815-753-1068 270
Heidi Frostestad Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Information Services
Professor of Law
hkuehl@niu.edu
815-753-9493 192B
Kathy Mosher Office Administrator and Assistant to the Associate Dean colfacultyoffice@niu.edu 815-753-0618 190
Jeanna Hunter Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Interim Director of Academic Success jeannah@niu.edu 815-753-9481 280A2
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

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Faculty

Name Title Email Phone Office
Elvia R. Arriola Professor Emerita N/A N/A N/A
Michael Baima Visiting Practitioner in Residence mbaima@niu.edu N/A N/A
Evan Bernick Associate Professor of Law ebernick@niu.edu N/A 199C
Mark W. Cordes Professor Emeritus N/A N/A 197A
Greg Elinson Associate Professor of Law elinson@niu.edu 815-753-8383 196A
Marc D. Falkoff Professor of Law mfalkoff@niu.edu 815-753-0660 196B
Michael Fleck Visiting Practitioner in Residence mfleck@niu.edu N/A 194A
Heidi L. Frostestad Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Information Services
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
Guadalupe Luna Professor Emerita N/A N/A N/A
Daniel S. McConkie, Jr. Director of Faculty Development and Research, Professor of Law mcconkie@niu.edu 815-753-1560 194B
Stephen R. Miller Professor of Law millers@niu.edu N/A 198C
Malcolm L. Morris Professor Emeritus N/A N/A N/A
Jeffrey A. Parness Professor Emeritus jparness@niu.edu 815- 758-2864 172E
Tiffany Puckett Associate Professor of Law tpuckett@niu.edu N/A 197C
Laurel A. Rigertas Professor of Law lrigertas@niu.edu 815-753-1680 199B
David Rosenfeld Professor of Law drosenfeld@niu.edu 815-753-9489 195B
Lorianne Updike Schulzke Assistant Professor of Law lupdiketoler@niu.edu N/A 197E
David H. Taylor Distinguished Teaching Professor dtaylor@niu.edu 815-753-0560 192A
Lauren E. Threatte Assistant Professor of Law lthreatte@niu.edu N/A 197B
Michael Zuckerman Visiting Practitioner in Residence mzuckerman@niu.edu N/A 197D

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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 198D
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
Robert Hsu Clinical Assistant Professor rhsu@niu.edu 815-753-7098 318C

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Law Library Faculty and Staff

Circulation desk: 815-753-0507

Name Title Email Phone Office
Heidi L. Frostestad Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Information Services
Professor of Law
hkuehl@niu.edu 815-753-9493 192B/
267D
Therese A. Clarke Arado Interim Director of the Law Library and Professor tclarke@niu.edu 815-753-9497 290B
Matthew Timko Interim Deputy Director of the Law Library and Director of Administration and Special Projects 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 Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Interim Director of Academic Success jeannah@niu.edu 815-753-9481 280A2
Jay Streitz Co-Director of the Legal Writing Program jstreitz@niu.edu 815-753-0280 181
Lisa Woods Co-Director of the Legal Writing Program lwoods@niu.edu 815-753-2667 179
Mary McDonnell Legal Writing / ASP Instructor mmcdonnell@niu.edu 815-753-1076 175A
Tracy Simmons Legal Writing / ASP Instructor tsimmons@niu.edu 815-753-1057 175B

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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 rarnold6@niu.edu N/A N/A
Nicholas Atwood Adjunct Professor natwood1@niu.edu N/A N/A
Karen Baker Adjunct Professor klbaker@niu.edu N/A N/A
Bianca Carmago Rodriguez Adjunct Professor bcamargo@niu.edu N/A N/A
Michael Cortina Adjunct Professor mcortina@niu.edu N/A N/A
Kathryn Gwiazdon Adjunct Professor kgwiazdon@niu.edu N/A N/A
Jessica Harrill Adjunct Professor jharrill1@niu.edu N/A N/A
John F. McAdams Adjunct Professor jmcadams@niu.edu N/A N/A
Brian D. Shore Adjunct Professor bshore@niu.edu N/A 194A
Adam Weaver Adjunct Professor aweaver@niu.edu N/A N/A
David White Adjunct Professor dwhite9@niu.edu N/A N/A
Karen Wilkerson Adjunct Professor kwilkerson3@niu.edu N/A N/A
Robert Zalud Adjunct Professor rzalud@niu.edu 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 267B

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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
Lydia Nickels Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, Strategic Communications, and Diversity Initiatives lnickels@niu.edu 815-753-4899 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 276A

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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
Sean Raleigh Office Manager sraleigh@niu.edu 815-753-0589 280

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Information Technology Services

Name Title Email Phone Office
Rahul Thatte Director of Information Technology colit@niu.edu 815-753-0860 356
Rohit Reddy Chenreddy Graduate Assistant colit@niu.edu 815-753-0860 356

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Faculty Offices

Fax: 815-753-9301

Name Title Email Phone Office
Kathy Mosher Office Administrator and Assistant to the Associate Dean colfacultyoffice@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
Robert Hsu Director of Business Law Innovation Clinic and Clinical Assistant Professor rhsu@niu.edu 815-753-7098 318C
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
Stephanie Price Office Manager sprice2@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 Office
Law Review lawreview@niu.edu 290D
Moot Court Society mootcourt@niu.edu 110
Public Interest Law Society (PILS) N/A 110
Student Bar Association (SBA) N/A 110
Other Student Organizations N/A 110

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