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    Nov 21, 2024  
American University Catalog 2024-2025 
    
American University Catalog 2024-2025

Office of Graduate & Professional Studies General Information


Administration and Faculty

Administration

Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies  Wendy Attaya Boland
Assistant Dean of Graduate Academic Administration and Reporting  Jason Kennedy
Executive Director of Lifelong Learning  Jason Garner
Director of Graduate Student Success and Development  Andrew Toczydlowski
Director of Graduate and Executive Education  Fernando Santiago Marrero
Associate Director of Graduate and Professional Studies  Jessica Bancroft
Senior Program Coordinator of Lifelong Learning  Tatyana McDaniel
Graduate and Professional Studies Coordinator  Jade Grippe

Full-Time Faculty

Senior Professorial Lecturer  B. Peters
Professorial Lecturer  M. Winkler

Graduate Programs and Certificates

The Office of Professional Studies (OPS) within the Office of Graduate & Professional Studies  offers specialized online graduate educational programs and courses to meet the needs of professional students. Through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous instruction and immersive academic curricula, students gain new skills and ways of thinking for innovative learning, personal growth, and career redesign. Graduate programs offered are: Healthcare Administration (MPS) , Human Resource Analytics and Management (MS) , Measurement and Evaluation (MS) , Sports Analytics and Management (MS) , and Non-Degree Professional Programs/Executive Education. Graduate certificates offered are: Human Resource Analytics and Management (Graduate Certificate) , Professional Skills (Graduate Certificate) , Project Monitoring and Evaluation (Graduate Certificate) , and Sports Analytics and Management (Graduate Certificate) .

Executive Programs

Our Executive Programs offer in-demand online training and preparation courses in the areas of Executive Coaching, Human Resource Management, Cybersecurity, and Graduate School Entry Exams. Some of these programs are developed in partnership with institutions that are key players in their fields which give students the benefits of their expertise and experience. In the spirit of lifelong learning, our Executive Programs meet the students where they are in their careers and can develop new curricula to fit their needs, the needs of their employers, or the needs of our community. Our non-credit offerings include: Executive Coaching Program, Cybersecurity Professional Program, Human Resource Management Programs, and our Test Preparation Programs. We also offer non-credit short training courses directly to employers and their staff. These short training courses include: Measurement and Evaluation, Human Resource Analytics, Sports Management, Instructional Design, and Healthcare Project Management.