How to Apply?
Students apply for URCA Assistant positions through the website. Below is a complete listing of all the Assistant positions for the Fall 2026 semester. A description of each faculty member is available in a PDF linked to their name.
Students are able to apply for multiple positions, but a new application must be completed for each position. Also, students are only allowed to accept one Assistant position per semester. Once you have committed to one faculty’s position, you are not allowed to accept another faculty offer.
Note for prospective funded students: Any funded URCA student who does not have a social security number, including Foreign National students, needs to have one in order to receive the award. To do this, please email ISSS@siue.edu for assistance with this process.
Requirements
- Any undergraduate student of any level (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior)
- Must have and maintain cumulative grade point average of 2.3 or above
- Enrolled as a full-time student (minimum 12 credit hours) at SIUE for the semester participating in the URCA program
- Not allowed to be an URCA Associate and Assistant during the same semester
- Submit URCA Assistant Application
Note: Only students who applied through the website by the deadline are eligible for the URCA program.
URCA Assistant Application Due Date: Monday, May 11, 2026
Faculty must select students to fill their positions by Monday, August 24, 2026. However, faculty may choose to fill their positions earlier. So be sure to frequently check your email over the break.
College of Arts and Sciences
| Anthropology | |
| Susan Kooiman | Position Filled |
| Corey Ragsdale | Position Filled |
| Julie Zimmermann | Position Filled |
| Art & Design | |
| Shelly Goebl-Parker | Position Filled |
| Barb Nwacha | Position Filled |
| Joe Page | Position Filled |
| Brigham Dimick | Position Filled |
| Abbey Hepner | Position Filled |
| Mike Stumbras | Position Filled |
| Rodrick Whetstone | Position Filled |
| Biological Sciences | |
| Maurina Aranda | Position Filled |
| Carolyn Butts-Wilmsmeyer | Position Filled |
| Susanne Disalvo | Position Filled |
| Elizabeth Esselman | Position Filled |
| Richard Essner | Position Filled |
| Brett Fredericksen | Position Filled |
| Danielle Lee | Position Filled |
| Darron Luesse | Position Filled |
| Brittany Peterson | Position Filled |
| Emily Petruccelli | Position Filled |
| Christopher Theodorakis | Position Filled |
| Chemistry | |
| Andres Durantini | Position Filled |
| Cristina De Meo | Position Filled |
| Debanjana Ghosh | Position Filled |
| Myron Jones | Position Filled |
| Yun Lu | Position Filled |
| Sarah Luesse | Position Filled |
| Mina Sumita | Position Filled |
| Kevin Tucker | Position Filled |
| Chin-Chuan Wei | Position Filled |
| English | |
| Donovan Ramon | Position Filled |
| Environmental Sciences | |
| Kyong-Sup Yoon | Position Filled |
| Nathaniel Adegboyega | Position Filled |
| Zhiqing Lin* | Position Filled |
| Foreign Languages and Literature | |
| Douglas Simms | Position Filled |
| Forensic Sciences | |
| Tom Spudich | Position Filled |
| Geography and GIS | |
| Gillian Acheson | Position Filled |
| Alan Black | Position Filled |
| Tianyu Li | Position Filled |
| Shannon McCarragher | Position Filled |
| Sanoar Rahman** | Position Filled |
| History | |
| Manuel Robles | Position Filled |
| Jason Stacey | Position Filled |
| Kathleen Vongsathorn | Position Filled |
| International Studies Program | |
| Sorin Nastasia | Position Filled |
| IRIS Center | |
| Margaret Smith | Position Filled |
| Mathematics and Statistics | |
| Jireh Loreaux | Position Filled |
| Music | |
| Alicia Canterbury | Position Filled |
| Philosophy | |
| Matthew Schunke | Position Filled |
| Political Science | |
| Nicholas Guehlstorf*** | Position Filled |
| Social Work | |
| Jennifer Erwin | Position Filled |
| Aidan Ferguson | Position Filled |
| Theater and Dance | |
| Theresa Comstock | Position Filled |
| Adrianna Jones | Position Filled |
| Kristie Schakelford | Position Filled |
| T. Shacon Jones II | Position Filled |
*Also Biological Sciences, **Also Environmental Sciences, ***Also Environmental Sciences
School of Business
| CMIS | |
| Mary Macharia | Position Filled |
| Joseph Vithayathil | Position Filled |
| Economics & Finance | |
| Rakesh Bharati | Position Filled |
School of Dental Medicine
| Biomedical and Craniofacial Sciences | |
| Alicia De Maria | Position Filled |
| Brenda Del Moral | Position Filled |
| Cinnamon VanPutte | Position Filled |
| Andres Davila | Position Filled |
School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
| Educational Leadership | |
| Latrice Marianno | Position Filled |
| Exercise, Sport, and Nutrition Sciences | |
| Chaya Goplan | Position Filled |
| Katherine Mora | Position Filled |
| Bryan Smith | Position Filled |
| Erin Vanderbunt | Position Filled |
| Joshua Wooten | Position Filled |
| Jen Zuercher | Position Filled |
| Psychology | |
| Ashley Abraham | Position Filled |
| Rachel Bradley | Position Filled |
| Marie Childers | Position Filled |
| Sarah Conoyer | Position Filled |
| David Fisher | Position Filled |
| Carlee Hawkins | Position Filled |
| Diana Jenkins | Position Filled |
| Jeremy Jewell | Position Filled |
| Jonathan Pettibone | Position Filled |
| Margaret Polk | Position Filled |
| Eunyoe Ro | Position Filled |
| Mitsuru Shimizu | Position Filled |
| Public Health and Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology | |
| Cedric Harville II | Position Filled |
| Steffany Chleboun | Position Filled |
| Marie Klopfenstein | Position Filled |
| Allison Sauerwein | Position Filled |
School of Engineering
| Computer Science | |
| Manas Das | Position Filled |
| Thoshitha Gamage | Position Filled |
| John Matta | Position Filled |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| Mousam Hossain | Position Filled |
| Amardeep Kaur | Position Filled |
| Jon Klingensmith | Position Filled |
| Ashiq Sakib | Position Filled |
| Industrial Engineering | |
| Sinan Onal | Position Filled |
| Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | |
| Jeff Darabi | Position Filled |
| Jagath Gunasekera | Position Filled |
| Physics | |
| Abdullatif Hamad | Position Filled |
School of Nursing
| Family Health and Community Health | |
| Amelia Perez | Position filled |
| Nancy Kurilla | Position filled |
| Primary Care and Health Systems | |
| Angela Andrews | Position filled |
| Mary Frazier | Position filled |
| Sheri Compton-McBride | Position Filled |
School of Pharmacy
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Bhargav Patel | Position Filled |
| Joseph Schober | Position Filled |
Other Projects
| University Museum | |
| Erin Vigneau-Dimick | Position Filled |
