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Staff Contact Job title Advising Caseload Email Phone number
Ioana Costant Director costant@unc.edu (919) 843-8989
Amanda Mills Associate Director
International Student Services and Operations
Graduate Students:

  • All Professional Schools (excluding KFBS)
aaking@email.unc.edu (919) 962-5661
Gretchen Gosnell Associate Director
International Faculty and Scholar Services
ggosnell@email.unc.edu (919) 962-2493
Jessica Larsen International Student Advisor Graduate Students:

  • Kenan-Flagler Business School
  • College of Arts and Sciences
larsenj@email.unc.edu (919) 962-1297
Iryn McIntyre International Student Advisor Undergraduate Students (Last Name A-L) irynm@unc.edu (919) 962-5661
Kristen Cruz International Student Advisor Undergraduate Students (Last Name M-Z) Kristen_Cruz@unc.edu (919) 962-5661
N. Nicole Cobb Exchange Student Advisor Non-Degree/Exchange Students nncobb@unc.edu (919) 962-5661
Trinh Copsey International Scholar Advisor H-1B:

  • School of Medicine (Departments O-Z)

J-1 Scholars:

  • School of Medicine (Departments O-Z)

TN: All TN requests 

tnguyen1@email.unc.edu  (919) 962-2420
Elsy Padro International Scholar Advisor H-1B:

  • School of Medicine (Departments A-N)

J-1 Scholars:

  • School of Medicine (Departments A-N)
eapadro@email.unc.edu (919) 962-1520
Emma Royal International Scholar Advisor J-1 Scholars:

  • All hosting units excluding School of Medicine
evroyal@unc.edu (919) 962-1547
Chia-Hsuan (“Polly”) Chien International Scholar Advisor H-1B:

  • Adams School of Dentistry
  • College of Arts and Sciences
  • Eshelman School of Pharmacy
  • Gillings School of Global Public Health
  • Hussman School of Journalism
  • Kenan-Flagler Business School
  • School of Education
  • School of Social Work
  • School of Information and Library Science
  • Hosting Units under the Vice Chancellor for Research
  • All remaining Appointing Units not otherwise listed
chchien@unc.edu (919) 843-8700
Tyler Richie Administrative Support Specialist tarichie@unc.edu (919) 962-5661
Kadesia Alston Administrative Coordinator kmalston@unc.edu (919) 962-5661
Annie Lundeen Program Coordinator annielundeen@unc.edu
Thomas Lasater Program Coordinator at the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Serves as the point of contact for Fulbright Visitors tlasater@live.unc.edu (919) 843-4887