Office of Graduate Programs

Erin Douglas
Associate Director of Graduate Education
(504) 865-5343

Advises Master of Finance, Master of Business Administration, and PhD students.

Erin Douglas has been associate director of graduate education since 2017. Prior to that, she served for nearly three years as graduate program admissions leader. She is highly skilled in process improvement, program development, academic advising and community outreach. She holds a BA in anthropology from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and an MBA from the Freeman School.

Kim Black
Assistant Director of Graduate Education 
(504) 865-5402

Advises Professional MBA students.

In her role as assistant director of graduate education, Kim Black manages the Professional MBA program and serves as the academic advisor to its students. She is a graduate of the Emerging Leaders Program at the Tulane University Leadership Institute. She holds a BS in elementary education from Louisiana State University and an MEd from the College of William and Mary. Currently, she is working on her MBA at Tulane University.

Guoyong Wu
Assistant Director of Graduate Education
(504) 865-5673

Advises Master of Accounting and Master of Management in Energy students.

Prior to joining the Freeman School, Guoyong Wu worked for American and Chinese universities in a variety of roles including Lecturer in English and Mandarin, Conference Interpreter, and Admission Counselor. A native of Henan, China, he holds a bachelor's degree in English and Finance from Shanghai Normal University, a master's degree in Applied Linguistics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, an M.Ed. in Language Teacher Education from Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. in Literacy, Language and Culture from Clemson University. Currently he is working on his MBA at Tulane University.

Jeannine Coxen
Assistant Director of Graduate Education
(504) 865-5467

Advises Master of Business Analytics students.

Jeannine Coxen has over 10 years of experience at the Freeman School of Business. Throughout her varying roles, she has worked with masters and undergraduate students from a wide variety of backgrounds and career or academic goals. In addition to academia, Jeannine worked in human resources management with organizations including Aetna and Entergy. She is a graduate of the Emerging Leaders Program at the Tulane University Leadership Institute and holds both a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Science in Human Resources Management.

Brandy Anderson
Senior Program Coordinator
(504) 247-1300

As senior program coordinator, Brandy Anderson works directly with graduate program advisors, faculty directors, area coordinators, and deans in the areas of budgeting, orientation, course scheduling and registration. She has been in this role since 2016. Prior to that, she spent over 9 years working in admissions at the graduate school at the University of New Orleans. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration with a minor in management from the University of New Orleans.

Katie Valentine
Administrative Program Coordinator
(504) 247-1290

As administrative program coordinator, Katie Valentine manages all day-to-day activities for the Graduate Programs Office. Prior to this position, Katie worked for over three years in the Office of Undergraduate Education at the Freeman School as a Project Assistant. She is currently completing her bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and Humanities at Tulane.