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Program Advisors

Program Advisors for the 2024-2025 Academic Year

Programs Advisors Location
1 Accounting Tilda Woody TECH 321
2 Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Technology (AMET) Dr. Tarique Khan TECH 325
3 Administrative Office Specialist Phillip Quink TECH 316
4 Animal Science Dr. Germaine Daye Veterinary Clinic
5 Automotive Technology Venon Upshaw Trades Building
6 Biology Dr. Irene Ane-Anyangwe
Dr. Palmer Netongo
Wet Lab 109
7 Building Information Modeling (BIM) Anusuya Vellingiri TECH 323
8 Business Administration Christine Reidhead TECH 316
9 Construction Technology Tom Bebo
Jones Lee
Trades Building/Chinle/Law Advocate Building
10 Chemical Engineering Dr. Olenrewaju Johnson MOD 7
11 Chemistry Dr. Thiagarajan Soundappan Wet Lab 114
12 Commercial Driver License (CDL)/Heavy Equipment Operator Collins Woody
Jerrison Jumbo
CDL, MT1/Chinle Site
13 Computer Science Dr. Frank Stomp
Dr. Bhagya Patil
MOD 10
14 Counseling Dr. Dianna Dekelaita-Mullet
Nancy Goodwin
MOD 8/MOD 14
15 Creative Writing Dr. Jennifer Wheeler
Anita Roastingear
MOD8/MOD 14
16 Criminal Justice Chinle Site
17 Culinary Arts Robert Witte
Brian Tatsukawa
Hospitality Center
18 Cybersecurity Dr. Mahmoud Darwish
Marceline N. Namboh Epse Masumbe Netongo
19 Diné Culture, Language & Leadership (B.A.) Dr. Franklin Sage
Dr. Siri Tuttle
MOD 32
20 Diné Culture, Language & Leadership (M.A.) MOD 32
21 Early Childhood Multicultural Education Cheryl Tom Chinle Site/Crownpoint
22 Electrical Trades Virgil House Trades Building
23 Electrical Engineering (EE) Dr. Peter Romine
Dr. Sundaram Arumugam
Dr. Md. Faruk Hossain
MOD 16/TECH 325
24 Energy Systems Darrick Lee MOD 2
25 Engineering Technician Dr. Monsuru Ramoni
Dr. Arup Dey
TECH 322
26 Environmental Engineering (ENVE) Dr. Olanrewaju Johnson
Dr. Juanita Francis
MOD 7/MOD 21
27 Engineering Technology Dr. Mahbubar Rahman
Dr. Mahbubar Rahman
TECH 325
28 Environmental Science (ENV) Steven Chischilly
Dr. Abhishek Roychowdhury
TECH 301
29 General Studies Brian Connolly MOD 15
30 Geographic Information Technology (GIT) Dr. Nsalambi Nkongolo TECH 325
31 Geology Dr. Olanrewaju Johnson MOD 7
32 Hotel and Restaurant Administration Brian Tatsukawa Hospitality Center
33 Industrial Engineering (IE) Dr. Tarique Khan
Dr. Md Mahbubar Rahman
TECH 322/323
34 Information Technology (IT) Mark Trebian
Sumathi Ragavanantham
Duwayne Thomas
Dr. Mohammad Reza Ali
Sonia Singla
Law Advocate Building/Chinle
35 Law Advocate/Legal Assistant Robert Yazzie, J.D.
Sidner Larson, J.D.
Lola Notay, J.D.
Law Advocate Building/Chinle Site
36 Law Enforcement Chinle Site
37 Mathematics Dr. Carlos Paez-Paez
Shasha Han
Mohamed Illafe
Dr. Abdulmtalb Hussen
MOD 9/Law Advocate Building
38 Mechanical Engineering (ME) Dr. Yogesh Singla TECH 325
39 New Media Aanor Louis TECH 333
40 Nursing Assistant Rachel Pacheco Nursing Building/Chinle
41 Nursing (RN) Dr. Michelle Kahn-John
Dr. Christopher Young
Nursing Building
42 Plumbing Lorenzo Gurule Kirtland Site
43 Professional Baking Walter Cloud
Melvina Jones
Hospitality Center
44 Public Administration Douglas Capitan TECH 316
45 Veterinary Technology Dr. Germaine Daye  Veterinary Clinic
46 Welding Christopher Storer
Francis Noble
Lorenzo Gurule
Christopher Panigeo
 Crownpoint Trades Building/kirtland Site/Teec Site

Online Program Advisors for 2024-2025

2Counseling – Substance Use Disorder/Crisis Management & Suicide Prevention (A.A.)Dr. Dianna Dekelaita-Mullet/Nancy Goodwin

Online Programs Total Credits Program Advisor(s)
1 Master of Science Information Systems (M.S.), June 22, 2026 (ONLINE) 36 Frances C. Ijeoma, PhD
Assistant Professor, Graduate Studies
fijeoma@navajotech.edu
2 Accounting (A.A.S.), June 7, 2021 (ONLINE or Traditional) 60-61 Tilda A. Harrison-Woody
Assistant Professor of Accounting Assistant
twoody@navajotech.edu
3 General Studies (A.A.) June 7, 2021 (ONLINE or Traditional) 62 Gene Hult
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Chinle Faculty Chair
ehult@navajotech.edu
4 Public Administration (A.A.S), June 7, 2021 (ONLINE or Traditional) 63-64 Douglas “Doug” Capitan
Assistant Professor of Business Administration/Public Administration
Program Coordinator
dcapitan@navajotech.edu
5 Mathematics (A.S.), June 7, 2021 (ONLINE or Traditional) 63-64 Dr. Carlos Paez-Paez
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
cpaez@navajotech.edu

Shasha Han
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
shan@navajotech.edu

6 Business Administration Administration (B.A.), June 7, 2021 (ONLINE or Traditional) 124 Christine Reidhead
Assistant Professor / Chair for School of Business
creidhead@navajotech.edu

Ursula Pawlowski
Assistant Professor of Business Administration / Business Internship
Advisor
upawlowski@navajotech.edu

7 Counseling (Certificate), December 27, 2022 (ONLINE or Traditional) 35 Nancy Goodwin
Assistant Professor of Psychology
nancy.goodwin@navajotech.edu
8 Counseling - Substance Use Disorder/Crisis Management & Suicide Prevention (A.A.), December 27, 2022 (ONLINE or Traditional) 65-66 Nancy Goodwin
Assistant Professor of Psychology
nancy.goodwin@navajotech.edu
9 Law Advocacy (B.A.), December 27, 2022 (ONLINE or Traditional) 120 Lola TaNeil Natay, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Law
lnatay@navajotech.edu
10 Diné Culture and Language Sustainability (Ph.D.), March 3, 2023 (ONLINE and Traditional) 64 Siri G. Tuttle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
s.tuttle@navajotech.edu

Franklin Sage, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor
f.sage@navajotech.edu

11 Early Childhood Multicultural Education (A.S.), April, 2023 (ONLINE and Traditional) 72-72 Kelly Dineyazhe-Hunter, Ed. S.
ECME Program Director
k.hunter@navajotech.edu
12 Early Childhood Multicultural Education (B.S.), April 2023 (ONLINE or Traditional) 119-122* Kelly Dineyazhe-Hunter, Ed. S.
ECME Program Director
k.hunter@navajotech.edu
13 Information Technology (B.A.S.), August 14,
2023 (ONLINE or Traditional)
120-121 Mohammad Reza Ali
Assistant Professor of Information Technology
m.ali@navajotech.edu
14 Electrical Engineering (M.S.), November 17, 2023 (ONLINE) 33 Dr. Peter Romine
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
promine@navajotech.edu
15 Creative Writing (B.F.A.), January 26, 2024 (ONLINE or Traditional) 121-122 Jennifer Wheeler, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor
jwheeler@navajotech.edu

Gene Hult
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Chinle Instructional Site
ehult@navajotech.edu

Anita Roastingear
Associate Professor of English
aroastingear@navajotech.edu

15 Accounting (B.S.), April 2025,
(Online or Traditional)
121 Luyen Nguyen, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor of Accounting
lnguyen@navajotech.edu

Tilda A. Harrison-Woody
Associate Professor of Accounting
twoody@navajotech.edu