Faculty

Learn from some of our most forward-thinking faculty, who collaborated to design the program. These innovators represent a diversity of disciplines, from departments including Engineering, Communications, Arts and Sciences, Business, Teaching and Learning, Marine and Atmospheric Science, and Law

Susana Alvarez

Susana Alvarez

Asst. Professor Prof. Practice

(305) 284-8588
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Dr. Susana Alvarez-Díaz is an assistant professor of professional practice in the management department at the University of Miami Herbert Business School. Her teaching portfolio includes entrepreneurship courses tailored for undergraduates, executive education students, and students in the MVSIO program at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute....
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Samiul Amin

Samiul Amin

Professor Prof. Practice

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Samiul Amin,is currently Professor of Practice at the University of Miami, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering Department.  He is also the Director of the Engineering Corporate Affiliates Program (E-CAP) for the College of Engineering. Prior to this he was Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Manhattan College....
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Bilge Merve Aktas

Adjunct Lecturer

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Sarah E Cash

Sarah E Cash

Senior Lecturer

(305) 284-1205
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Sarah Cash received her Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Miami in 2018. Her research interests include Multimodal Writing, Non-traditional Grading and Assessment, Anti-racist Pedagogy, Environmental Writing, Gender Studies, and analysis at the intersection of music and temporality. She teaches WRS 105 and 106 and has recently designed...
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Christian Garcia

Christian Garcia

Associate Dean, Toppel Career Center

(305) 284-5451
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Christian is a higher education professional with nearly 20 years of experience in a variety of areas within student and academic affairs. He currently serves as the Associate Dean and Executive Director of the Toppel Career Center, where he is responsible for the management and strategic direction of one of the country's most innovative...
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Eddie Gomez

Lecturer

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Devika M Milner

Executive Director, Study Abroad Programs

(305) 284-6858
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Marcia Narine Weldon

Marcia Narine Weldon

Director of Transactional Skills Program, Lecturer
Director, Transactional Skills Program; Faculty Coordinator, Business Compliance & Sustainability Concentration

(305) 333-9352
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Professor Narine Weldon is the director of the Transactional Skills Program, Faculty Coordinator of the Business Compliance & Sustainability Concentration, Transactional Law Concentration, and a Lecturer in Law. She earned her law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, and her undergraduate degree,...
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Margarita Rodriguez

Lecturer

(305) 284-6039
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Margarita Rodriguez, Ph.D. is Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Faculty Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami. Her extensive teaching portfolio includes a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses. She has taught Sociology; International Migration; Organizations; International...
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Ruth Ron

Lecturer

(305) 284-3731
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Carly Lynn Smith

Carly Lynn Smith

Director, Career Services

(305) 284-1818
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Carly has been a member of the Toppel staff since 2011 and is responsible for implementing programs and services that prepare University of Miami students to be successful in the workplace. In her role, Carly oversees both the Professional Development Academy as well as the UShadow program. Carly received a Master of Science in Higher Education...
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Zahir Dossa

Zahir Dossa

Lecturer

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Jeffrey Duerk

Jeffrey Duerk

Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost

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Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Jeffrey L. Duerk is the University of Miami's chief academic officer, with appointing and oversight authority concerning the deans of the 11 schools and colleges, as well as the senior administrators involved with research, undergraduate and graduate education, and other academic...
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Nathaniel Deyo

Nathaniel Deyo

Senior Lecturer

(305) 284-2956
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Nathaniel Deyo holds a B.A. in English from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, where he specialized in film and media studies. At UM, he teaches courses in the First Year Writing sequence, coordinates the Dissertation Writing Group, and is currently Assistant Director of the Writing Center. He has also taught...
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Lokesh Saravanan Ramamoorthi

Lokesh Saravanan Ramamoorthi

Lecturer

(305) 284-3708
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Lokesh Ramamoorthi, received his MBA in Computer Information Systems and Management Science, graduating from the University of Miami - School of Business. Prior to his MBA, Lokesh earned his Masters in Science degree in Software Engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology India. He has 13 years of professional experience and worked in...
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