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Faculty and Staff Directory

Full-time Faculty

Name Title Email Phone Office
Thomas Skuzinski Department Chair and Associate Professor tskuzinski@niu.edu  815-753-0183 MN 203
Christopher B. Goodman MPA Director and Professor cgoodman@niu.edu 815-753-6146 MN 204
Eunju Rho Director of Undergraduate Programs and Associate Professor erho@niu.edu 815-753-0183 MN 211
Jaehee Jong Associate Professor jjong@niu.edu 815-753-0183 MN 208
Julie Langer Associate Professor jlanger@niu.edu 815-753-0183 MN 212
Alicia M. Schatteman Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor aschatteman@niu.edu 815-753-4430 AL 215B
Shawn Jeffers Professor of Practice sjeffers1@niu.edu 847-221-7860
Kurt M. Thurmaier Distinguished Engagement Professor kthur@niu.edu 815-753-0311 MN 210
Michael Peddle Professor Emeritus kmpeddle1@niu.edu 815-753-0183
Paul Culhane Professor Emeritus

Staff

Name Title Email Phone Office
Denise Burchard Assistant to the Chair dburchard@niu.edu 815-753-0059 MN 202
Becky Iaccino Office Administrator riaccino1@niu.edu 815-753-9204 MN 214

Instructors

Name Email Phone
Jeanna Ballard sjeffers1@niu.edu
Bill Hannah bhannah@stcharlesil.gov 815-753-0183
Mel Henriksen mhenriksen@niu.edu
Gregory T. Kuhn gkuhn@niu.edu 815-753-3705
Rodrigo Lopez rodrigo.lopez@niu.edu
Peter Schaak pschaak@niu.edu 815-753-0183
Anna-Mary Walker awalker11@niu.edu
Robin Weaver rweaver1@niu.edu 815-753-0183
Don Weiss dweiss1@niu.edu 815-753-0183

Contact Us

Department of Public Administration
William R. Monat Building (2nd Floor)
815-753-0183
publicadm@niu.edu

Office Hours

Monday-Friday
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Lunch break: noon-1 p.m.

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