Morgan Swartzlander

Morgan Swartzlander has a joint appointment as Director of Student Support Services in the Office of Graduate Studies, and Director of the College College Office of Graduate Affairs (COGA). As COGA Director, she provides leadership to the College Office of Graduate Affairs, including awards, student services, policy, curriculum, and graduate student professional development functions. She works closely with the College’s Committee on Graduate Studies to provide oversight for graduate curriculum and policy, and collaborates with departments and the College Dean's Office to develop new graduate programs. Morgan also supervises COGA’s team of Graduate Program Coordinators and overseeing special projects and training aimed at improving the quality of advising and graduate administrative support across the College. This includes providing training to new and continuing graduate support staff in the College on University and College of Liberal Arts & Sciences graduate policy, best-practices, and administrative processes (e.g. PTD system).

Morgan first joined KU and the COGA team in 2011 as an Academic Advisor for 5 Humanities departments, began leading COGA’s Student Services team in 2014, then became Director in 2023. She is a Springfield, Missouri native, and received her B.A. in Spanish from the University of Missouri in 2005.