Campus Housing & Residence Life Staff
Directors & Area Coordinators
- Susan Teggatz
- steggatz@uic.edu
- Director of Housing
- Sets the vision and directs the Campus Housing Department
- Thomas Cooley
- tomc@uic.edu
- Associate Director for Administration
- Oversees the administration of the Campus Housing Department
- William Washington
- washingw@uic.edu
- Associate Director for Residence Life
- Supervises the overall Residence Life functions
- Martha Querfurth
- meq@uic.edu
- Assistant Director for Facilities
- Oversees custodial, maintenance, and facilities operations
- Dr. Nick Ardinger
- ardinger@uic.edu
- Assistant Director for Marketing & Assessment
- Oversees Housing recruiting and communications efforts
- Matthew Miller
- mtmiller@uic.edu
- Assistant Director for Information Technology
- Responsible for network administration, hardware, software, and database development
- John Bruch
- jbruch@uic.edu
- Area Coordinator for Facilities South
- Coordinates custodial, maintenance, and facilities operations
- Marcus D. Weemes
- mweemes@uic.edu
- Area Coordinator for Administration & Operations
- Manages the Central Housing office, housing applications, room assignments, cancellations
- Joe Timson
- jtimson@uic.edu
- Area Coordinator for Leadership Programs & East Campus
- Advises RHA and oversees Project: LEAD, implements leadership development programs
- Priscilla Velarde
- pvelarde@uic.edu
- Area Coordinator for Academic Programs & West and South Campus
- Coordinates Faculty Initiatives, Special Interest Areas, MAP & Freshmen Read
Resident Directors
Resident Directors build community, utilize community standards, and supervise staff.
- Joe Campos
- jcampos1@uic.edu
- Resident Director for Administration
- Coordinates room changes, interim housing, summer housing and contract cancellations
- Michael S. Kowalczyk
- mkowal@uic.edu
- Resident Director for Guest Services & Marketing
- Nilkamal Shah
- nshah@uic.edu
- Resident Director for Academic Programs
- Supervises Peer Mentor program, Learning Resource Centers & Summer Reading program
- Victoria Kathrein
- vkathrei@uic.edu
- Resident Director for Staff Selection & Development
- Katie Watkins
- kwatkins@uic.edu
- Resident Director Polk Street Residence (PSR) & Student Residence Hall (SRH)
- Amanda Scott Born
- amandasb@uic.edu
- Resident Director for Commons North (CMN), Commons West (CMW), & Commons South (CMS)
- Tamnekia Grant
- tamnekia@uic.edu
- Resident Director for Single Student Residence (SSR)
- Anthony Marotta
- amarotta@uic.edu
- Resident Director for Thomas Beckham Hall (TBH) & Marie Robinson Hall (MRH)
- Denika Wilson
- denikaw@uic.edu
- Resident Director for Courtyard (CTY)
- Miranda Ambuske
- mambus2@uic.edu
- Resident Director for James Stukel Towers (JST)