Graduate Studies Council

Purpose

The purpose of the Graduate Studies Council (GSC) is to:

• Serve as an advisory and consultative group to the Dean of Graduate Studies.
• Discuss issues of interest and concern to graduate programs across the University and, where appropriate, propose policies to the Dean of Graduate Studies.
• Assist the Academic Senate with the review of graduate curricular proposals.

Representation

GSC is comprised of representatives from each graduate program. Participants may also include:

• Director of Admissions (or designee).
• Director of Registration and Records (or designee).
• Representative(s) from the Office of Extended Learning.
• Representatives from prospective graduate programs.
• The Office of Graduate Studies and Research administrative support person
• Representative from the Graduate Students Association

2024-2025 GSC Members

• Voting Members
  • Dr. Julie Jameson - Biological Sciences
  • Dr. Betsy Read - Biotechnology
  • Dr. Soheila Jorjani/Dr. Mohammad Oskoorouchi - Business Adminstration
  • Dr.Afra Panahi - Chemistry
  • Dr. Sreedevi Gutta - Computer Science
  • Dr. Teresa Macklin -Cybersecurity
  • Dr. Joni Kolman - Curriculum and Instruction
  • Dr. Brooke Soles - Educational Administration and Educational Leadership
  • Dr. Alyssa Sepinwall - History
  • Dr. Deanna Schmidt - Kinesiology
  • Dr. Francesco Levato - Literature & Writing
  • Dr. Badal Joshi  - Mathematics
  • Dr. Annette Daoud - Multicultural and Multilingual
  • Dr. Amy Carney - Nursing
  • Dr. Nancy Caine - Psychological Sciences
  • Dr. AsherLev Santos - Public Health
  • Dr. Christiane Wood - Reading, Language and Literacy
  • Dr. Blake Beecher - Social Work
  • Dr. Sheri-Lynn Kurisu/Dr. Lori Walkington - Sociological Practice
  • Dr. Darci Strother - Spanish
  • Dr. Jodi Robledo - Special Education
  • Dr. Lori Heisler -  Speech Language Pathology
  • Dr. Carmen Mitchell - University Library
• Non-Voting Members
  • Dr. Charles De Leone - Graduate Studies and Research
  • Nam Nguyen - Graduate Studies and Research
  • Seth Del Fiorentino - Graduate Representatives Council
  • Brooke Judkins - Extended Learning
  • Danielle McMartin - Global Programs
  • Leo Melena - College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral and Social Sciences
  • Stephen Vandereb - MBA Office

Co-Chairs

The Co-Chairs of GSC are a faculty member of GSC and the Dean of Graduate Studies.The faculty co-chair is elected by GSC members to serve a one-year tem and can be re-elected. The co-chairs meet to set the GSC agenda and review the minutes of the previous meeting.

                                                      2024 -2025 GSC Co-Chairs

Meetings

• Meetings are held monthly or as convened by the Dean of Graduate Studies.
• The faculty co-chair leads the meetings.
• Meetings are open unless an executive session is called by a simple majority vote of the graduate programs represented at the meeting, in which case only the graduate program representatives will remain in the room to conduct business.

2024-2025 Meeting Schedule

Meetings take place via Zoom from 12:30pm-2pm

• Friday, September 13th
• Friday, October 11th
• Friday, November 8th
• Friday, December 13th
• Friday, February 14th
• Friday, March 14th
• Friday, April 11th
• Friday, May 9th

Quorum/Voting

• A majority of the graduate programs must be represented at a meeting in order to conduct business.

• GSC generally operates by consensus. If a formal vote is requested by a graduate program representative, each graduate program represented at the meeting will have one vote. A simple majority vote prevails.