The Graduate Council

The Graduate Council reviews the policies, practices, and procedures of the Graduate School.

Members of the Graduate Council

2007-2008 Ex-Officio Members:

• Peter Holland, Ph.D.
  Acting Dean of the Graduate School and Council Chair
  
  
• Robert Bernhard, Ph.D.
  Vice President for Research
  
  
• Joseph Marino, Ph.D.
  William K. Warren Dean of the College of Science and Professor of Chemistry
  
  
• James Merz, Ph.D.
  Frank M. Freimann Professor of Electrical Engineering and Interim Dean of the College of Engineering
  
  
• Patricia O'Hara, J.D.
  Joseph A. Matson Dean of the Law School and Professor of Law
  
  
• Mark W. Roche, Ph.D.
  I. A. O’Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters and the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of German Language and Literature
  
  
• Carolyn Woo, Ph.D.
  Martin J. Gillen Dean of the Mendoza College of Business and the Raymond and Milann Siegfried Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies
  
  
• Jennifer A. Younger, Ph.D.
  Director of University Libraries
  
  

Elected Members*:

• Philip Bess (Architecture) — 2010
• Crislyn D’Souza-Schorey (Biological Sciences) — 2008
• Sandra Gustafson (English) — 2010
• Angelina Lay (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) — 2010
• Darcia Narvaez (Psychology) — 2009
  
• John Renaud (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) — 2010
                                          

Appointed Members*:

• Peter Burns (Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences) — 2008
• Peter Garnavich (Physics) — 2008
• Juan Migliore (Mathematics) — 2008
• Kathleen Pyne (Art History) — 2008

Academic Council Representatives

• Panos Antsaklis (Electrical Engineering) — 2008
  
• Laura Carlson (Psychology) — 2008
  
• Christine Maziar (Electrical Engineering), Vice President and Senior Associate Provost — 2008
• Scott Van Jacob (University Libraries) — 2008
  
• John Welle (Film, Television, and Theatre) — 2008
  
• Bill Westfall (Architecture) — 2008

Graduate Student Representatives*:

• Rebecca McCumbers (Political Science), GSU President  — 2008
• Tam Chantem (Computer Science and Engineering), GSU Co-Vice President — 2008

Graduate School Representatives (non-voting):

• Terry Akai, Associate Dean, Financial Resources
  
• Barbara Turpin, Associate Dean, Academic Policies and Programs

Reporter:

• Mary Hendriksen, Executive Assistant to Peter Holland

*The figure following each name indicates the year in which the term of office will end.

Revised 10/2007