Department Directory

Mailing Address:
Penn State Law
Lewis Katz Building
University Park, PA 16802
Reception: (814) 865-8900
Fax: (814) 863-7274

Academic Affairs
      Email: registrar@pennstatelaw.psu.edu

JILL ENGLE, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
      Email: jne2@psu.edu   •  Telephone: (814) 865-5047

RACHEL ARNOLD, Registrar
      Email: rxf25@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 863-9938

Administrative Services

RANDY FULTON, Director, Business Services
      Email: rjf9@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-4235

Admissions
      Email: admissions@pennstatelaw.psu.edu   •   (814) 867-1251

AMANDA DiPOLVERE, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
      Email: ajd7@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 865-8978

AKIN OBIRI, Director of Admissions and Recruitment
      Email: aoo2@psu.edu

LORRAINE SWAB, Admissions Coordinator
      Email: lgs71@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 863-6946

Career Services Office
      Telephone: (814) 867-1255

MAGEN K. MIHOK, Assistant Dean of Career Services
      Email: mkm26@psu.edu   •  Telephone: (814) 863-4623

SHARON BARNEY, Associate Director of Career Services
      Email: sdb247@psu.edu

ZARA DAVIS, Associate Director of Employer Engagement
      Email: zvd5154@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (856) 261-2286

NATHAN MEAD, Career Counselor
      Email: nmm9@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 863-0078

BRENDA PORTER, Recruitment Manager
      Email: bzp72@psu.edu   •  Telephone: (814) 865-5048

JENNA CIAMBOTTI, Administrative Staff Assistant
      Email: jkk5050@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-1255

 

Center for Agricultural and Shale Law

ROSS PIFER, Director
      Email: rhp102@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-3723

BROOK DUER, Staff Attorney
      Email: dhd5103@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-4290

​JACQUELINE SCHWEICHLER, Staff Attorney
      Email: jks251@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-4249

Center for Mergers and Acquisitions
      Email: centerma@psu.edu

Clinics and Experiential Learning

SHERRY CHAIKO, Administrative Support for Clinics and Experiential Learning 
 Email: quc22@psu.edu   •   Telephone: 814-865-4798

MICHELE VOLLMER, Associate Dean for Clinics and Experiential Learning 
      Email: mrv3@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-2805

SUSAN BARDO, Interim Director, Family Law Clinic, Public Interest Programs
      Email: seb127@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 863-0527

JEFFREY ERICKSON, Director, International Sustainable Development Clinic
      Email: jme121@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-5046

VIVIAN ETTER, Staff Attorney, Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic
      Email: tre127@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-3824

MICHAEL FOREMAN, Director, Civil Rights Appellate Clinic
      Email: mlf25@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 865-3832

ANGELA LOMBARDO, Office Manager, Clinics and Experiential Learning Programs
      Email: aml33@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 865-3824

TRACY ORTEGA, Supervising Attorney, Family Law Clinic
      Email: tmf184@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 865-4202

ROSS PIFER, Director, Rural Economic Development Clinic
      Email: rhp102@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-3723

GEOFFREY SCOTT, Director, Art, Sports and Entertainment Law Clinic
      Email: grs6@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 863-6878

THOMAS SHARBAUGH, Director, Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic
      Email: tjs53@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-4543

SHOBA WADHIA, Director, Center for Immigrants' Rights
      Email: ssw11@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-3823

Communications
      Email: communications@pennstatelaw.psu.edu

TIESHA BRUNSON, Director of Marketing and Communications
      Email: tjb6472@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (818) 339-1949

SAMANTHA BRUMMERT, Marketing Strategy Specialist
      Email: szb5706@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 863-1743

ANDREW GABRIEL, Marketing and Communications Specialist
      Email: atg141@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-0396

MARY SZMOLKO, Graphic Designer
      Email: mks146@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-3834

Dean’s Office

JAMES W. HOUCK, Interim Dean
      Email: DeanPSLandSIA@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 865-4294

RUSSELL L. SHAFFER, Assistant Dean for Operations and Planning
      Email: rls80@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 867-0398

BRENDA NAGLE, Executive Assistant to the Dean
      Email: bsn10@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 867-2472

LASHA HARDY, Administrative Support Coordinator
      Email: lgh112@psu.edu

CATHY TRANELL, Administrative Assistant
      Email: cjt15@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 867-2797

Development and Alumni Relations
      Email: alumni@pennstatelaw.psu.edu   •   Telephone: 814-867-4251

ROD SCHULTZ, Director of Development and Alumni Relations
      Email: rms6855@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 867-2234

LISA M. REIHART, Assistant Director of Stewardship and Development Operations
      Email: lisa@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 863-4545

PATRICK HEALEY, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations
      Email: pmh5374@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 863-3558  

Faculty Support
    Email: facsupport@pennstatelaw.psu.edu

AMY SPITLER, Faculty Support Administrative Coordinator
      Email: alj109@psu.edu • Telephone: (814) 867-4253

STACEY BECK, Administrative Support Assistant
      Email: slb6094@psu.edu • Telephone: (814) 867-4249

LAURA BENNER, Faculty Support Assistant
      Email: ldg5043@psu.edu • Telephone: (814) 863-4512

JENNIFER ENGLERT, Administrative Support Assistant
      Email: jle5526@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 863-1920

Finance Office

KIM WYATT, Financial Officer
      Email: kxw34@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-3441

SHANNON MILLAN, Assistant Financial Officer
      Email: qss2@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-0407

CHRISTINE HOODER, Financial Assistant
     Email: clt163@psu.edu   •   814-863-4196

Financial Aid

SUSAN BOGART, Director, Financial Aid
      Email: sab36@psu.edu   •  Telephone: (814) 863-0469

Graduate and International Programs (including LL.M., S.J.D., and Summer Programs)

STEPHEN G. BARNES, Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Programs
     Email: sgb14@psu.edu  •   Telephone: (814) 863-3065

JING HU, LL.M. Program Coordinator
    Email: jxh574@psu.edu  •   Telephone: (814) 863-7047

BRENDA JOHNSON, Admissions Coordinator
      Email: blj10@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 867-2373

WANDA BOONE, Administrative Support Assistant
      Email: web18@psu.edu  •  Telephone: (814) 867-3411

Human Resources

KARI ALLATT, Human Resources Strategic Partner
      Email: kea14@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 863-7253

LINDA TOBIN, Human Resources Consultant
      Email: lpt10@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-4252

JENN ADAMS, Human Resources Administrative Assistant
      Email: jmh239@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-2063

Instructional and Information Technology
      Email: help@pennstatelaw.psu.edu   •   (814) 867-1526

MATT GARDNER, Assistant Dean for Digital Learning and Information Technology
      Email: pmg12@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-1219

TIMOTHY McCARTHY, Multimedia Specialist
      Email: tdm11@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-0391

AARON WEAVER, IIT Support Specialist
      Email: ajw221@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-0416

MICHAEL PAZMINO, Multimedia Specialist
      Email: map5581@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-2233

RANDY MOORE, IIT Support Specialist
      Email: rem228@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 863-7695

ROBB REED, Web Developer/Administrator
      Email: rmr142@psu.edu  

International Affairs

ELIZABETH RANSOM, Interim Director, School of International Affairs
      Email: exr497@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-2792

      SIA Staff Directory

Law Library

STEVEN D. HINCKLEY, Associate Dean for Library and Information Services, Director of the Law Library, and Professor of Law
      Email: sdh14@psu.edu   •  Telephone: (814) 867-0390

MARTINA BYRNES, Technical Services Library Assistant
      Email: mpb18@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-0386

LAUREN GLUCKMAN, Head of Collection Management and Reference Librarian
      Email: lig2@psu.edu   •  Telephone: (814) 865-2298

JENNY HAM, Reference and Information Services Librarian and Professor of Legal Research
      Email: juh1421@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 863-0885

REBECCA A. MATTSON, Head of Faculty and Research Services and Professor of Legal Research
      Email: ram6023@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-2239

ALISON J. RUCKERT, Information Services Supervisor
      Email: ajr24@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-8863

THERESA K. TARVES, Associate Director of the Law Library and Professor of Legal Research
      Email: tkb115@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 863-6861

ANDREW J. TIG WARTLUFT, Head of Instructional Services and Professor of Legal Research
      Email: ajw5743@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-8875

JONATHAN WALLACE, Library Acquisitions Assistant
      Email: jmw19@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-0387

Non-JD Programs (Master of Legal Studies, Certificate in Legal Studies)

MARGARET HU, Associate Dean for Non-JD Programs
      Email: mkh6004@psu.edu

KRISTIN HREHOR, Non-JD Program Coordinator
      Email: kah6508@psu.edu

Office for Academic Success

KEITH ELKIN, Associate Dean for Academic Success and Professor of Legal Skills
      Email: kue2@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 865-9035

Office for Student Services

DR. WENDE' FERGUSON, Assistant Dean for Student Services
      Email: wpf5069@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-1261

EDWARD ZAYAS JR., Associate Director for Student Services
      Email: ecz103@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 867-2808

TAMMY CECIL, Student Services Coordinator
      Email: txc31@psu.edu   •   Telephone: (814) 863-1920